2018 CHEVROLET SILVERADO ABS

Chevrolet Silverado Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
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4. Secure the vehicle to the dollyfollowing the manufacturer's
instructions.
5. Use a clamping device designed for towing to ensure
that the front wheels are locked
into the straight position.
6. Turn the ignition to LOCK/OFF.
Four-Wheel-Drive Vehicles
{Warning
Shifting a four-wheel-drive
vehicle's transfer case into
N (Neutral) can cause the vehicle
to roll even if the transmission is
in P (Park). You or others could
be injured. Set the parking brake
before shifting the transfer case
to N (Neutral). To dolly tow a four-wheel-drive
vehicle from the rear:
1. Drive the rear wheels onto the dolly.
2. Set the parking brake. See Parking Brake 0273.
3. Put the transmission in P (Park).
4. Secure the vehicle to the dolly following the manufacturer's
instructions.
5. Use a clamping device designed for towing to ensure
that the front wheels are locked
into the straight position.
6. Shift the transfer case to N (Neutral). See “Shifting into
N (Neutral)” underFour-Wheel
Drive 0265 for the proper
procedure.
7. Turn the ignition to LOCK/OFF.
Appearance Care
Exterior Care
Locks
Locks are lubricated at the factory.
Use a de-icing agent only when
absolutely necessary, and have the
locks greased after using. See
Recommended Fluids and
Lubricants 0451.
Washing the Vehicle
To preserve the vehicle's finish,
wash it often and out of direct
sunlight.
{Warning
Do not power wash any part of
the vehicle’s interior, including the
vinyl floor covering. This could
damage safety and other systems
in the vehicle, which would not be
covered by the vehicle warranty.

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IndexA
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Active Fuel Management . . . . . . . 256
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . 329
Adding a Snow Plow or Similar Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Additional Information OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481
Additional Maintenance and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448
Adjustable Throttle and Brake Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Adjustments Lumbar, Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Agreements Trademarks and License . . . . . 210
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . . . 351
Air Conditioning . . . . . .216, 218, 220
Air Filter, Passenger
Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Airbag System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
How Does an AirbagRestrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Passenger Sensing System . . . . 86 Airbag System (cont'd)
What Makes an Airbag
Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
What Will You See after an
Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
When Should an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . . 78
Airbags
Adding Equipment to theVehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Light On-Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
On-Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
On-Off Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Passenger Status Indicator . . . 146
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Servicing Airbag-Equipped Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Alarm Vehicle Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
All-Terrain Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Antenna Fixed Mast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Multi-band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . 273

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Antilock Brake System(ABS) (cont'd)
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Appearance Care
Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436
Apple CarPlay and Android Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Assistance Program,
Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
Assistance Systems for Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Assistance Systems for
Parking and Backing . . . . . . . . . . 282
Audio Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Theft-Deterrent Feature . . . . . . . 182
Automatic
Dimming Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Forward Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . 347, 350
Automatic Transmission Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Shift Lock Control FunctionCheck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368 Auxiliary
Roof Mounted Lamp . . . . . . . . . . 176
Auxiliary Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Avoiding Untrusted Media Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Axle, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Axle, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
B
Battery Exterior Lighting BatterySaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Load Management . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Battery - North America . . . . 362, 421
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . . 369
Blind Spot Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Bluetooth Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203, 205
Bluetooth Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Brake Pedal and AdjustableThrottle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
System Warning Light . . . . . . . . 149
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360 Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361 Brakes (cont'd)
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 Automatic Forward . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 247
Bulb Replacement Center High-MountedStoplamp (CHMSL) and
Cargo Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Headlamps, Front Turn Signal, Sidemarker, and
Parking Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
High Intensity Discharge (HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Taillamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Taillamps, Turn Signal, Stoplamps, and Back-up
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
C
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
California Fuel Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 293

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Lamps (cont'd)Exterior Lighting Battery
Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Malfunction Indicator
(Check Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Taillamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Lane Departure
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Lane Departure Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . 290
Lane Keep Assist Light . . . . . . . . . 151
Lap Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
LATCH System Replacing Parts after a
Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
LATCH, Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Lighting Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 177
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371 Lights
Airbag On-Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Antilock Brake System
(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . 149
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Check Engine (Malfunction Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Four-Wheel-Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Front Fog Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 173
Hill Descent Control . . . . . . . . . . 151
Lane Departure Warning . . . . . . 151
Lane Keep Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Seat Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . . 143
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
StabiliTrak OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Locking Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Locks
Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 153
Low-Profile Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
M
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455
Maintenance and Care Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 443 Recommended Fluids andLubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451
Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 147
Manual Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260