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364 ONSTAR
may not work if the OnStar equipment
is not properly installed or it has not
been properly maintained.
If equipment or software is added,
connected, or modified, OnStar
services may not work. Other
problems beyond the control of
OnStar—such as hills, tall buildings,
tunnels, weather, electrical system
design and architecture of the vehicle,
damage to the vehicle in a crash,
or wireless phone network congestion
or jamming —may prevent service.
See Radio Frequency Statement 0353.
Services for People with
Disabilities
Advisors provide services to help with
physical disabilities and medical
conditions.
Press
Qto help:
. Locate a gas station with an
attendant to pump gas.
. Find a hotel, restaurant, etc., that
meets accessibility needs. .
Provide directions to the closest
hospital or pharmacy in urgent
situations.
TTY Users
OnStar has the ability to communicate
to deaf, hard-of-hearing,
or speech-impaired customers while in
the vehicle. The available
dealer-installed TTY system can
provide in-vehicle access to all OnStar
services, except Virtual Advisor and
OnStar Turn-by-Turn Navigation.
OnStar Personal Identification
Number (PIN)
A PIN is needed to access some
OnStar services. The PIN will need to
be changed the first time when
speaking with an Advisor. To change
the OnStar PIN, contact an OnStar
Advisor by pressing
Qor calling
1-888-4ONSTAR.
Warranty
OnStar equipment may be warranted
as part of the vehicle warranty.
Languages
The vehicle can be programmed to
respond in multiple languages.
Press
Qand ask for an Advisor.
Advisors are available in English,
Spanish, and French. Available
languages may vary by country.
Potential Issues
OnStar cannot perform Remote Door
Unlock or Stolen Vehicle Assistance
after the vehicle has been off
continuously for 10 days without an
ignition cycle. If the vehicle has not
been started for 10 days, OnStar can
contact Roadside Assistance or a
locksmith to help gain access to the
vehicle.
Global Positioning System (GPS)
. Obstruction of the GPS can occur
in a large city with tall buildings;
in parking garages; around
airports; in tunnels and
underpasses; or in an area with
very dense trees. If GPS signals are
not available, the OnStar system
should still operate to call OnStar.
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Power (cont'd)Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Pregnancy, Using Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . 76
Premium Care Maintenance Cadillac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Privacy Vehicle Data Recording . . . . . . . . . . 355
Program Courtesy Transportation . . . . . . . . . 349
Proposition 65 Warning,
California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250, 265, 314, Back Cover
R
Radio Frequency Statement . . . . . . . . 353
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Rear Camera Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Rear Climate Control System . . . . . . 173
Rear Seat Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Rear Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . . . . . . 220
Rear Window Washer/Wiper . . . . . . . 117
Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Recommended Fluids and
Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Records Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . . . . 317
Reimbursement Program, GM Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Remote Vehicle Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Replacement Parts Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Replacing LATCH System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Replacing Seat Belt System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Reporting Safety Defects Canadian Government . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Restraints Where to Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Reverse Tilt Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Roads
Driving, Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Roadside Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Roof Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . . . . . 342
Running the Vehicle While Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
S
Safety Defects ReportingCanadian Government . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . . . . 349
Sealant Kit, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
How to Wear Seat BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
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Seat Belts (cont'd)Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Seats Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Heated and Ventilated Front . . . . . . . 64
Heated, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . 61
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Securing Child Restraints . . . . .102, 104
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Maintenance, General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Parts Identification Label . . . . . . . . 340
Publications Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . . 349 Service Electric Parking Brake
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Services Special Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . 232
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . 163
Spare Tire Compact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Special Application Services . . . . . . . 334
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . 341
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
StabiliTrak OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Start Assist, Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Storage Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Storage Areas
Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Cargo Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Cargo Management System . . . . . . 110
Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Storing the Tire Sealant and Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Struts Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Summer Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
System Forward Collision Alert (FCA) . . . . 226
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167, 356
Roof Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Systems Driver Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
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T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . . . . 345
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 48Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 All-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Compact Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286, 288
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Pressure Monitor Operation . . . . . . 289
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . . . . 288
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Sealant and Compressor Kit . . . . . 301
Sealant and Compressor Kit,Storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Terminology and Definitions . . . . 284
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . . 297 Tires (cont'd)
Wheel Alignment and Tire
Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
When It Is Time for New
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Towing Driving Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . . . . . 247
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Transmission Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257 Transportation Program,
Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . 163
U
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . . . . 297
Universal Remote System . . . . . . . . . . 156 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
V
Vehicle Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Identification Number (VIN) . . . . . 340
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Speed Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Vehicle Care Storing the Tire Sealant andCompressor Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307