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OnStar 355
equipment may interfere with the
operation of the OnStar system and
cause it to not operate.
Vehicle Software Updates
OnStar or GM may remotely deliver
software updates or changes to the
vehicle without further notice or
consent. These updates or changes
may enhance or maintain safety,
security, or the operation of the
vehicle or the vehicle systems.
Software updates or changes may
affect or erase data or settings that
are stored in the vehicle, such as
OnStar Hands-Free Calling name
tags, saved navigation destinations,
or pre-set radio stations. Neither
OnStar nor GM is responsible for
any affected or erased data or
settings. These updates or changes
may also collect personal
information. Such collection is
described in the OnStar privacy
statement or separately disclosed at
the time of installation. These
updates or changes may also cause
a system to automatically
communicate with GM servers to
collect information about vehiclesystem status, identify whether
updates or changes are available,
or deliver updates or changes. An
active OnStar agreement constitutes
consent to these software updates
or changes and agreement that
either OnStar or GM may remotely
deliver them to the vehicle.
Privacy
The complete OnStar Privacy
Statement may be found at
www.onstar.com (U.S.),
or www.onstar.ca (Canada). We
recommend that you review it. If you
have any questions, call
1-888-4ONSTAR (1-888-466-7827)
or press
Qto speak with an
Advisor. Users of wireless
communications are cautioned that
the privacy of any information sent
via wireless cellular communications
cannot be assured. Third parties
may unlawfully intercept or access
transmissions and private
communications without consent.
OnStar - Software
Acknowledgements
Certain OnStar components include
libcurl and unzip software and other
third party software. Below are the
notices and licenses associated with
libcurl and unzip and for other third
party software please see http://
opensource.lge.com/index
www.onstar.com/us/en/
libcurl:
COPYRIGHT AND PERMISSION
NOTICE
Copyright (c) 1996 - 2010, Daniel
Stenberg,
All rights reserved.
Permission to use, copy, modify,
and distribute this software for any
purpose with or without fee is
hereby granted, provided that the
above copyright notice and this
permission notice appear in all
copies.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED
“AS IS,” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF
ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
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General InformationService and Maintenance . . . . . 321
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
GM Mobility Reimbursement Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
H
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Hands-Free Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . 153
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
HeadlampsAiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Daytime RunningLamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
High Intensity Discharge (HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . 130
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 152
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . 130
Heated Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Heated Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
High Voltage Battery Gauge . . . . 122
High Voltage Devices and
Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 198
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . 215
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
How to Wear Seat Belts Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
HVAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
I
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Indicator Pedestrian Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Vehicle Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Infants and Young Children, Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Information
Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Instrument Panel Storage Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Interior Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . 51
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 157
J
Jump Starting - North
America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
K
Keyless EntryRemote (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . 33
KeyPass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . . . 280
Lamps Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . 152
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Exterior Lamps OffReminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Exterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . 231
Lane Departure
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . 233
Lane Keep Assist Light . . . . . . . . . 127
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Security (cont'd)OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Self-Sealing Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . 256
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . 329
Maintenance, General
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Parts Identification Label . . . . . 330
Publications Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 338
Vehicle Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Service Electric Parking
Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Shifting
Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . 231
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Specifications and
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Sport Mode Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
StabiliTrak OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Start Remote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Start Assist, Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Starting and Stopping the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Status Screens Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Stoplamps and Back-up Lamps Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Storage Areas
Cargo Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Cargo ManagementSystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Instrument Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . 105 Storing the Tire Sealant and
Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Struts Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
System Forward CollisionAlert (FCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Systems
Driver Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
T
TaillampsBulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Teen Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . 335
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . . . 49
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
All-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
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Tires (cont'd)Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Pressure Monitor Operation . . 286
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . 285
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Sealant and
Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Sealant and Compressor Kit, Storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Self-Sealing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Terminology and Definitions . . 282
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 295
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Towing
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 252
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 309
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307 Traction
Control System (TCS)/
StabiliTrak Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Trademarks and License
Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Transportation Program, Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Turn and Lane-Change
Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Turn Signal Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
U
Underhood CompartmentFuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Underhood Compartment Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . 293
Updates Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
USB Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Utility Interruption of Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
V
VehicleAlarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Identification Number (VIN) . . . 330
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Service Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Speed Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Starting and Stopping . . . . . . . . . 205
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . . . 128
Vehicle Care Storing the Tire Sealantand Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . 303
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Vehicle Data Recording and Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Vehicle Ready Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Ventilation, Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Voltage Devices and Wiring . . . . 271