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108 Instruments and Controls
Instruments and
Controls
Controls
Steering Wheel Adjustment . . . 109
Steering Wheel Controls . . . . . . 109
Heated Steering Wheel . . . . . . . 110
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Pedestrian Safety Signal . . . . . 110
Windshield Wiper/Washer . . . . . 111
Rear Window Wiper/Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Power Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Wireless Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Warning Lights, Gauges, and
Indicators
Warning Lights, Gauges, and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Battery Gauge (High Voltage) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Driver Efficiency Gauge . . . . . . 122 Power Indicator Gauge . . . . . . . 123
Seat Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . 123
Airbag Readiness Light . . . . . . . 124
Passenger Airbag Status
Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Charging System Light (12-Volt Battery) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Service Vehicle Soon Light . . . 126
Brake System Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Service Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Antilock Brake System (ABS) Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Sport Mode Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . 128
Pedestrian Ahead Indicator . . . 128
Traction Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
StabiliTrak OFF Light . . . . . . . . . 128
Traction Control System (TCS)/ StabiliTrak Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Tire Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Vehicle Ready Light . . . . . . . . . . 130
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . 130
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . 130 Cruise Control Light . . . . . . . . . . 130
Door Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Information Displays
Power Flows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Programmable Charging . . . . . . 131
Energy Information . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Energy Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Driver Information
Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Vehicle Messages
Vehicle Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Propulsion PowerMessages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Vehicle Speed Messages . . . . . 143
Vehicle Personalization
Vehicle Personalization . . . . . . . 143
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parking brake is released, or while
driving, there is a problem with the
Electric Parking Brake system.
If the light does not come on,
or remains flashing, see your dealer.
Service Electric Parking
Brake Light
The service electric parking brake
light should come on briefly when
starting the vehicle. If it does not
come on, have the vehicle serviced
by your dealer.
If this light stays on, there is a
problem with a system on the
vehicle that is causing the parking
brake system to work at a reduced
level. The vehicle can still be driven,
but should be taken to a dealer as
soon as possible. SeeElectricParking Brake
0213. A message
may also display in the Driver
Information Center (DIC).
Antilock Brake System
(ABS) Warning Light
The ABS warning light will come on
briefly when the vehicle is started.
This is normal. If the light does not
come on then, have it fixed so it will
be ready to warn if there is a
problem.
If the light stays on or comes on
while driving, stop as soon as
possible and turn the vehicle off.
Then start the vehicle again to reset
the system. If the light still stays on,
or comes on again while driving, the
vehicle needs service. See your
dealer. If the regular brake system
warning light is not on, the brakes
will still work, but the antilock brakes will not work. If the regular brake
system warning light is also on, the
antilock brakes will not work and
there is a problem with the regular
brakes.
Sport Mode Light
This light comes on when Sport
Mode is selected.
Lane Keep Assist (LKA)
Light
If available, this light comes on
briefly while starting the vehicle.
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208 Driving and Operating
Electric Vehicle
Operating Modes
Driver Selected Operating
Modes
Sport Mode
Sport Mode provides more
responsive acceleration than
Normal Mode, but can reduce
efficiency. When the SPORT
indicator is not on, the vehicle is in
Normal Mode.
Press SPORT to select Sport Mode.
Press SPORT again to return to
Normal Mode.
An indicator will display in the
instrument cluster.
Each time the vehicle is started, it
will return to Normal Mode.
Sport Mode may be unavailable if
the battery charge is too low.
Electric Drive Unit
The vehicle uses an electric drive
unit. The shift lever always starts
from a center position. An amber
dot is displayed on the shift pattern.
After releasing the shift lever, it will
return to the center position.
P :This position locks the front
wheels. It is the best position to use
when starting the propulsion system
because the vehicle cannot move
easily.
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Index 363
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
LATCH SystemReplacing Parts after aCrash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
LATCH, Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Lighting
Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 154
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Lights Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Antilock Brake System(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . 126
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . 126
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 152
Lane Keep Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Seat Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . . 123
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Lights (cont'd)
Service Electric Parking
Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Service Vehicle Soon . . . . . . . . . 126
Sport Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
StabiliTrak OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Vehicle Ready . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
M
MaintenanceAir Conditioning RegularOperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329 Maintenance and Care
Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 322 Recommended Fluids andLubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Messages Propulsion Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Mirror Rear Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Mirrors Automatic DimmingRearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Manual Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . 51
Mobile Applications KeyPass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Modes Driver Selected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Monitor System, Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Multi-band Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
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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