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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 and/or an
Allison Transmission, see“Recommended Fluids and Lubricants” 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 Transmission) DEXRON-VI Automatic Transmission Fluid.
Automatic Transmission (8-Speed Transmission) 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 0352.
Engine Oil Engine oil meeting the dexos1 specification of the proper SAE viscosity grade. ACDelco dexos1 is recommended. See Engine Oil0343.
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.
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UsageFluid/Lubricant
Rear Driveline Center Spline (Two-Piece Driveshaft) Chassis Lubricant (GM Part No. 12377985, in Canada 88901242) or
lubricant meeting requirements of NLGI #2, Category LB or GC-LB.
Transfer Case (Four-Wheel Drive) DEXRON-VI Automatic Transmission Fluid. Weatherstrip Conditioning Weatherstrip Lubricant (GM Part No. 3634770, in Canada 10953518) or equivalent.
Weatherstrip Squeaks Synthetic Grease with Teflon, Superlube (GM Part No. 12371287, in Canada 10953437).
Windshield Washer Automotive windshield washer fluid that meets regional freeze protection requirements.
Maintenance Replacement Parts
Replacement parts identified below by name, part number, or specification can be obtained from your dealer.
If the vehicle has a diesel engine, see the Duramax diesel supplement.
Part GM Part Number ACDelco Part Number
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter 22845992 A3181C
Oil Filter
4.3L V6 19330000 PF63E
5.3L V8; 6.2L V8 19330000 PF63E
6.0L V8 19303975 PF48E
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Index 491
F
FanEngine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Fast Idle System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Features Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Filter, Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Fixed Mast Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 175
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
FlexFuel
E85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Floor Console Storage . . . . . . . . . . 126
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
Fluid Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . 347, 350
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Four-Wheel Drive Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Power Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Forward Automatic Braking . . . . . 287
Forward Collision Alert
(FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . 265, 363
Four-Wheel-Drive Light . . . . . . . . . 150
Frequency Statement Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471
Front Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Front Seats
Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Heated and Ventilated . . . . . . . . . . 65
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292 Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Economy Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Filling a Portable FuelContainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . 153
Management, Active . . . . . . . . . . 256
Requirements, California . . . . . 293
Full-Size Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 420
Fuses
Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376 Fuses (cont'd)
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 376
Instrument Panel Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380, 381
G
Garage Door Opener . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Gas Strut(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Gauges Engine CoolantTemperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 141
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Voltmeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Warning Lights and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
General Information Service and Maintenance . . . . . 441
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
GM Mobility Reimbursement Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
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Manual Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . 263Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Manual Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Media Avoiding Untrusted Devices . . 190
Memory Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Messages Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Mirrors Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Automatic DimmingRearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Blind Spot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Manual Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Tilt in Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Trailer Tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . 51
Monitor System, Tire
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
Multi-band Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189N
Navigation OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Noise Control System . . . . . . . . . . 366
O
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Off-Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Oil Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 346
Engine Oil Pressure Gauge . . . 141
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . . . 92
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . . 464
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474
OnStar Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481
OnStar Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
OnStar Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480
OnStar Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476
OnStar Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
OnStar Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475
OnStar Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477 Operating Mode
Overheated Engine
Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Operation Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Ordering Service Publications . . . . . . . . . . 470
Outlets Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Overheated Engine Protection Operating Mode . . . . 358
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
P
Park Shifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Brake and P (Park)Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . 368
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 255
Parking Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Parking or Backing Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 282
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146