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change. This causes the turn
signals to automatically flash three
times. It will flash six times if Tow/
Haul Mode is active. Holding the
turn signal lever for more than
one second will cause the turn
signals to flash until the lever is
released.
The lever returns to its starting
position whenever it is released.
If after signaling a turn or a lane
change the arrows flash rapidly or
do not come on, a signal bulb could
be burned out. If equipped with LED
turn signals, see your dealer.
Replace any burned out bulbs. If a
bulb is not burned out, check the
fuse. SeeFuses and Circuit
Breakers 0376.
Turn Signal On Chime
If the turn signal is left on for more
than 1.2 km (0.75 mi), a chime
sounds at each flash of the turn
signal. The message TURN
SIGNAL ON will also appear in the
Driver Information Center (DIC). To turn the chime and message off,
move the turn signal lever to the off
position.
Fog Lamps
If equipped, the control is on the
center of the exterior lamp control,
to the left of the steering column.
The ignition must be on for the fog
lamps to come on.
#:
Press to turn the fog lamps on
or off. A light will come on in the
instrument cluster.
When the fog lamps are turned on,
the parking lamps automatically
turn on. When the headlamps are changed
to high beam, the fog lamps go off.
When the high-beam headlamps are
turned off, the fog lamps will come
on again.
Some localities have laws that
require the headlamps to be on with
the fog lamps.
Auxiliary
Roof-Mounted Lamp
If equipped, this button includes
wiring provisions for a dealer or a
qualified service center to install an
auxiliary roof lamp.
This button is on the overhead
console.
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Vehicle Care
General Information
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 335
California Proposition65 Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
California Perchlorate Materials Requirements . . . . . 336
Accessories and Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Vehicle Checks
Doing Your OwnService Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Engine Compartment Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 346
Automatic Transmission Fluid (6-Speed Transmission) . . . . . 347
Automatic Transmission Fluid (8-Speed Transmission) . . . . . 350
Manual Transmission Fluid . . . 350
Hydraulic Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . 351
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Engine Overheating . . . . . . . . . . 356 Overheated Engine Protection
Operating Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Engine Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Power Steering Fluid (1500 Series) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Power Steering Fluid (2500/ 3500 Series) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Brake Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Battery - North America . . . . . . 362
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Front Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Noise Control System . . . . . . . . 366
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . 367
Automatic Transmission Shift Lock Control Function
Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Ignition Transmission Lock Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Park Brake and P (Park) Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . 368
Wiper Blade Replacement . . . . 369
Windshield Replacement . . . . . 369
Gas Strut(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Headlamp Aiming
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Bulb Replacement
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
High Intensity Discharge (HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Headlamps, Front Turn Signal,
Sidemarker, and Parking
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Taillamps (Chassis Cab Models) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Taillamps, Turn Signal, Stoplamps, and Back-Up
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Center High-Mounted Stoplamp (CHMSL) and
Cargo Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Electrical System
High Voltage Devices andWiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Electrical System Overload . . . 375
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 376
Engine Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Instrument Panel Fuse Block (Right) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Instrument Panel Fuse Block (Left) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
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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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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