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12 In Brief
Instrument Panel (Driver Side)
1. Instrument Panel Light LevelControl. See Instrument Panel
Illumination Control 095.
2. Power Take Off (PTO) Main Switch. See Power Take-Off
(PTO) 0215.
3. Power Take Off (PTO) Engine Speed Control Switch. See
Power Take-Off (PTO) 0215. 4. Rear Body Interior Light
Switch. See Cargo Lamp 096.
5. Instruments, Warning Lights and Indicator Lights. See
Instrument Cluster 070.
6. Horn Button. See Horn065.
7. Outside Rearview Mirror Heater Switch. See Heated
Mirrors 034. 8. Cruise Control Main Switch.
See Cruise Control 0202.
9. Hazard Warning Flasher Switch. See Hazard Warning
Flashers 094.
10. Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) Switch. See Diesel Particulate
Filter 0161.
11. Odometer Check Switch. See Odometer 071.
Engine Oil Level Check Switch.
See Engine Oil 0223.
12. Door Lock Switch. See Power
Door Locks 033.
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CD Player
To play a CD, seeCD Player0103.
Portable Audio Devices
This vehicle is equipped with a
3.5 mm (1/8 in) auxiliary input jack
and a USB port in the radio
faceplate. External devices such as
iPods
®, laptop computers, MP3
players, and USB storage devices
may be connected.
See USB Port 0110 and Auxiliary
Devices 0113.
Cruise Control
1. Press the cruise control main
switch to turn it on.
At this time, the cruise main
indicator light comes on
simultaneously.
2. Use the accelerator pedal to
adjust the vehicle to the
desired speed. Upon reaching
the desired speed, turn the
cruise control set switch. The vehicle speed at the moment
you operate the switch is set in
the system, enabling you to
drive with the set speed
automatically maintained
without using the accelerator
pedal.
At the same time the cruise set
indicator light comes on.
See Cruise Control 0202.
Driver Information
Center (DIC)
The DIC display is in the instrument
cluster. It shows the status of many
vehicle systems.
See Instrument Cluster 070 and
Driver Information Center (DIC)
0 82.
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Instruments and
Controls
Controls
Steering Wheel Adjustment . . . . 65
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Windshield Wiper/Washer . . . . . . 66
Power Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Cigarette Lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Ashtrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Warning Lights, Gauges, and
Indicators
Warning Lights, Gauges, andIndicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Fuel Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Engine Coolant Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Seat Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Battery Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . 73
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (Check Engine Light) . . . . . . . . . 74 Service Vehicle Soon Light . . . . 74
Brake System Warning Light
(Parking Brake Light) . . . . . . . . . 75
Antilock Brake System (ABS) Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Exhaust Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Service Transmission Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Automatic Transmission Fluid Temperature Warning Light . . . 78
Overdrive Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Wait-to-Start Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Engine Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . 79
Engine Oil Level Indicator Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Engine Shutdown Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Idle Shutdown Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Reduced Engine Power Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) Indicator Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Cruise Control Light . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Information Displays
Driver Information Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Vehicle Messages
Vehicle Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Warning Buzzers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
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Instrument Cluster
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needle should stay in the safety
zone. SeeEngine Overheating
0 237.
{Warning
If the engine coolant temperature
gauge shows an overheat
condition or you have any other
reason to suspect the engine may
be overheating, continued
operation of the engine, even for
a short time, may result in a fire
and the risk of personal injury and
severe vehicle damage. Take
immediate action as outlined in
Engine Overheating. See Engine
Overheating 0237.
Caution
If the needle goes up above the
upper limit and enters the H zone,
the engine is likely to overheat.
Immediately pull safely off the
road out of the way of traffic and
(Continued)
Caution (Continued)
take the necessary actions to
deal with engine overheating.
If the needle nears the H zone but
does not cross into it, this is not a
problem, but check the engine
coolant level in the reservoir. Add
engine coolant as necessary.
See “Engine Overheat Warning
Light” under Driver Information
Center (DIC) 082 and Engine
Coolant 0231.
Diesel Exhaust Fluid
(DEF) Gauge
The DEF gauge is part of the Driver
Information Center (DIC). See
Driver Information Center (DIC)
082.
Seat Belt Reminders
Seat Belt Warning Light
There is a driver seat belt reminder
light on the instrument cluster.
This warning light comes on and a
warning buzzer sounds when the
driver is not wearing the seat belt
while the engine control switch is in
the ON position.
When the vehicle speed exceeds
20 km/h (12 mph) with the seat belt
unbuckled, the warning light will
flash and the buzzer will continue to
sound. The warning light will go out
and the warning buzzer will stop
when the driver buckles the
seat belt.
Battery Warning Light
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Daytime Running Lamps
(DRL) Indicator Light
This light comes on when the DRL
are on. If the vehicle is started
during the daytime with the lighting
switch off and the parking brake
released, the low beam headlamps
will come on at a reduced
brightness. The light will go out
when the lighting switch is
turned on.
SeeExterior Lamp Controls 092.
Cruise Control Light
This light should come on briefly
when the engine control switch is
turned to the ON position, and then
should go out after the engine is
started.
For vehicles with cruise control, this
light comes on when cruise control
is turned on.
This light should come on briefly
when the engine control switch is
turned to the ON position, and then
should go out after the engine is
started.
This light comes on when the
vehicle enters the cruise control
mode after the cruise control set
switch is operated to set the vehicle
speed.
See Cruise Control 0202.
Information Displays
Driver Information
Center (DIC)
The DIC display is in the center of
the instrument cluster. The displays
show the status of many vehicle
systems. There are three parts to
the DIC display:
1. DIC menu items and warning lights and messages (includes
operation related information,
diesel particulate filter (DPF)
status, maintenance data, and
errors)
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352 Index
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 147
Bulb ReplacementHeadlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Headlamps and Front TurnSignal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Interior Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
License Plate Lamps . . . . . . . . . 263
Roofmarker Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Sidemarker Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Taillamps, Turn Signal, Sto- plamps, and Back-up
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Buzzers, Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
C
Cab Tilting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
California Perchlorate Materials Re-quirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
California Proposition 65 Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218, 287
Capacities and Specifica- tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Carbon Monoxide
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Cargo Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . 3
CD Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Check
Engine Light (Malfunction In-dicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Child Restraints Infants and Young Children . . . . . 51
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Cigarette Lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Cleaning Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Climate Control Systems . . . . . . . 115 Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Cold Weather Operation . . . . . . . . 209
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . . 345
Compartments
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Coolant
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Engine Temperature Gauge . . . . 72
Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Cornering Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Cover
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 Covers
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 343 Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Text Telephone (TTY)
Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Customer Information Service Publications Order-
ing Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Customer Satisfaction Pro- cedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
D
Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . . . 345
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . 3
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL)Indicator Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Devices
Auxiliary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Diesel Engine Engine Alarm and Auto-matic Shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
High Idle System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Diesel Exhaust Fluid . . . . . . . . 24, 170
Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
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Fuel (cont'd)Running out of Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Water in Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Fuel for Diesel Engines . . . . . . . . . 206
G
Gauges
Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) . . . . . 73
Engine Coolant Temperature . . . 72
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Warning Lights and Indi-cators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
General Information Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Getting In and Out of the Ve-
hicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
GM Mobility Reimbursement Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
H
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . . 94
HeadlampsAiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . 254, 257 Headlamps (cont'd)
Daytime Running Lamps
(DRL) Indicator Light . . . . . . . . . . 82
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . . . 93
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Heater Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
High Idle System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 132
Hooks Shopping Bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
HVAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
I
Idle Shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Idle Shutdown Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Infants and Young Children, Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Information on Loading the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Instrument Panel Storage Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
J
Jump Starting - North
America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
K
Keyless EntryRemote (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . 26
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
L
Lamps Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Cornering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Malfunction Indicator (Check
Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Roofmarker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Sidemarker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Lap Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Lighter, Cigarette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Lighting Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Lights
Antilock Brake System(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77