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Automatic (cont'd)Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Forward Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Level Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Automatic Transmission Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Shift Lock Control Function
Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
B
BatteryExterior Lighting BatterySaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Battery - North America . . . . . .258, 306
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . . . . . . 260
Boost Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Brake Parking, Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
System Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Braking (cont'd)
Automatic Forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Bulb Replacement Back-up Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
License Plate Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
C
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
California Perchlorate Materials
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
California Proposition 65 Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . .237, 258, 306, Back Cover
Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Capacities and Specifications . . . . . . 337
Carbon Monoxide
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Cargo Management System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Tie-Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . . . . . 2 Center Console Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Charging
Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Check Engine Light (Malfunction
Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Child Restraints Infants and Young Children . . . . . . . . 90
Lower Anchors and Tethers forChildren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102, 104
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Cigarette Lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Cleaning
Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Climate Control Systems
Dual Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Compact Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
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E
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . 133
Electrical Equipment, Add-On . . . . . 235
Electrical SystemEngine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . 265
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . 268
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Rear Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Emergency OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Check Light (MalfunctionIndicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . . . . 240
Coolant Temperature Gauge . . . . . 128
Coolant Temperature
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Engine (cont'd)
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Overheated Protection
Operating Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Engine Oil
Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Extender, Seat Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . . . . 156
Exterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . 161
F
Features Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Filter,
Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . . . . . 158
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291 Flat Tire (cont'd)
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Fluid Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . 247
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Power Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Forward Automatic Braking . . . . . . . . 219
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Frequency Statement Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Front Seats Heated and Ventilated . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Economy Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 138
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Recommended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Top Tier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
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Safety Defects Reporting (cont'd)U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . . . . 345
Sealant Kit, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
How to Wear Seat BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Seats Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Heated and Ventilated Front . . . . . . . 63
Heated, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . 57
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . 56
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Securing Child Restraints . . . . .102, 104
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354 Security (cont'd)
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Maintenance, General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Parts Identification Label . . . . . . . . 336
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . . 345
Service Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Services Special Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Shift Lock Control Function Check, Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . 221
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . 158
Spare Tire Compact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Special Application Services . . . . . . . 328 Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . 337
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
StabiliTrak
OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Start Assist, Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Fluid, Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Storage Areas Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Cargo Management System . . . . . . 111
Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Instrument Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Storing the Tire Sealant and
Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Struts Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Summer Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
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Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
SunshadeRear Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
System Forward Collision Alert (FCA) . . . . 217
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162, 351
Systems Driver Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . . . . 341
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 43Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Thigh Support Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . 59
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 All-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Compact Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Full-Size Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 Tires (cont'd)
Low Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279, 281
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Pressure Monitor Operation . . . . . . 282
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . . . . 281
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Sealant and Compressor Kit . . . . . 293
Sealant and Compressor Kit,
Storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Terminology and Definitions . . . . 277
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . . 289
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Top Tier Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Towing Driving Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 Traction
Control System
(TCS)/StabiliTrak Light . . . . . . . . . 136
Limited-Slip Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Trailer Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Transmission Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Transportation Program, Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . 158
U
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . . . . 289
Universal Remote System . . . . . . . . . . 151 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
V
Vehicle Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2