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Chevrolet Colorado Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
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374 Service and Maintenance
Recommended Fluids, Lubricants, and Parts
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants
This maintenance section applies to vehicles with a gasoline engine. If the vehicle has a diesel engine, see the
recommended fluids and lubricants section in the Duramax diesel supplement.
Fluids and lubricants identified below by name, part number, or specification can be obtained from your dealer.Usage Fluid/Lubricant
Automatic Transmission (6 Speed) DEXRON-VI Automatic Transmission Fluid.
Automatic Transmission (8 Speed) DEXRON-HP Automatic Transmission Fluid (GM Part No. 19331925, in Canada 19300537).
Chassis Lubrication Chassis Lubricant (GM Part No. 12377985, in Canada 88901242) or lubricant meeting requirements of NLGI #2, Category LB or GC-LB.
Engine Coolant 50/50 mixture of clean, drinkable water and use only DEX-COOL coolant. SeeCooling System 0287.
Engine Oil Engine oil meeting the dexos1 specification of the proper SAE viscosity grade. ACDelco dexos1 is recommended. See Engine Oil0281.
Floor Shift Linkage Lubriplate Lubricant Aerosol (GM Part No. 89021668, in Canada 89021674) or lubricant meeting requirements of NLGI #2 Category LB or GC-LB.
Front (If Equipped With Four-Wheel Drive) and Rear Axle SAE 75W-90 Axle Lubricant (GM Part No. 88863089, in
Canada 88863090).
Hydraulic Brake/Clutch System DOT 3 Hydraulic Brake Fluid (GM Part No. 19353126, in Canada 19299819).

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410 Index
Center High-MountedStoplamp (CHMSL) and
Cargo Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Charging Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . 120
Check
Engine Light (MalfunctionIndicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Ignition Transmission Lock . . . 299
Child Restraints Infants and Young Children . . . . . 74
Lower Anchors and Tethersfor Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94, 99
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Cleaning Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Climate Control Systems . . . . . . . 191 Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . 112, 114 Clutch, Hydraulic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . . 389
Compact Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Compartments
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Connections OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Control Hill Descent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Traction and ElectronicStability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Control Light Hill Descent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Coolant Engine Temperature Gauge . . .117
Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191, 193
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Courtesy Transportation Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384 Customer Assistance (cont'd)
Text Telephone (TTY)
Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Customer Information
Service PublicationsOrdering Information . . . . . . . . 391
Customer Satisfaction Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
D
Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . . . 389
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . 2
Data CollectionInfotainment System . . . . . . . . . . 395
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . 394
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Diagnostics
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
Differential, Limited-Slip . . . . . . . . 245
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Door Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

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Door (cont'd)Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . 381
Driver Information
Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129, 131
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Driving Characteristics and
Towing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Drunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
For Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . 26
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 207
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 209
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Off-Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
E
Electrical Equipment, Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Electrical System Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306 Electrical System (cont'd)
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 305
Instrument Panel Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Emergency OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Check Light (Malfunction
Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 278
Coolant Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 223
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 394 Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Extender, Seat Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 142
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . 143
Exterior Lighting Battery
Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
F
FanEngine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Filter, Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 145
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Fluid
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 285
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Four-Wheel DriveTransfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . 231, 296

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Four-Wheel-Drive Light . . . . . . . . . 124
Frequency StatementRadio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Front Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297 Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Front Seats Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Economy Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Filling a Portable FuelContainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . 127
Requirements, California . . . . . 256
Full-Size Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Fuses
Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 305
Instrument Panel Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310G
Gas Strut(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
GaugesEngine CoolantTemperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Warning Lights and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
General Information Service and Maintenance . . . . . 363
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
GM Mobility Reimbursement Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
H
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . 145
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Headlamps
Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 302 Headlamps (cont'd)
Daytime Running
Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Headlamps, Front Turn
Signal, Sidemarker, and
Parking Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . 127
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 143
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . 128
Heated Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Heater Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191, 193
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 207
Hill Descent Control (HDC) . . . . . 243
Hill Descent Control Light . . . . . . . 124
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . 240
Home Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
How to Wear Seat Belts Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
HVAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191, 193
Hydraulic Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285