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126 Seats and Restraints
6. To tighten the belt, push downon the child restraint, pull the
shoulder portion of the belt to
tighten the lap portion of the
belt, and feed the shoulder belt
back into the retractor. When
installing a forward-facing child
restraint, it may be helpful to
use your knee to push down on
the child restraint as you
tighten the belt.
Try to pull the belt out of the
retractor to make sure the
retractor is locked. If the
retractor is not locked, repeat
Steps 5 and 6. 7. Before placing a child in the
child restraint, make sure it is
securely held in place. To
check, grasp the child restraint
at the seat belt path and
attempt to move it side to side
and back and forth. When the
child restraint is properly
installed, there should be no
more than 2.5 cm (1 in) of
movement.
If the airbag is off, the off indicator in
the passenger airbag status
indicator will come on and stay on
when the vehicle is started.
If a child restraint has been installed
and the on indicator is lit, see “If the
On Indicator Is Lit for a Child
Restraint” underPassenger Sensing
System 099.
To remove the child restraint,
unbuckle the vehicle seat belt and
let it return to the stowed position.
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Parking Assist
With RPA, and if equipped with FPA,
as the vehicle moves at speeds of
less than 8 km/h (5 mph) the
sensors on the bumpers may detect
objects up to 2.5 m (8 ft) behind and
1.2 m (4 ft) in front of the vehicle
within a zone 25 cm (10 in) high off
the ground and below bumper level.
These detection distances may be
shorter during warmer or humid
weather. Blocked sensors will not
detect objects and can also cause
false detections. Keep the sensors
clean of mud, dirt, snow, ice, and
slush; and clean sensors after a car
wash in freezing temperatures.
{Warning
The Parking Assist system does
not detect children, pedestrians,
bicyclists, animals, or objects
located below the bumper or that
are too close or too far from the
vehicle. It is not available at
speeds greater than 8 km/h(Continued)
Warning (Continued)
(5 mph). To prevent injury, death,
or vehicle damage, even with
Parking Assist, always check the
area around the vehicle and
check all mirrors before moving
forward or backing.
The instrument cluster may have a
parking assist display with bars that
show“distance to object” and object
location information for RPA, and on
some vehicles, FPA. As the object gets closer, more bars light up and
the bars change color from yellow to
amber to red.
When an object is first detected in
the rear, one beep will be heard
from the rear, or both sides of the
Safety Alert Seat will pulse two
times. When an object is very close
(<0.6 m (2 ft) in the vehicle rear,
or <0.3 m (1 ft) in the vehicle front),
a continuous beep will sound from
the front or rear depending on
object location, or both sides of the
Safety Alert Seat will pulse five
times. Beeps for FPA are higher
pitched than for RPA.
Rear Cross Traffic Alert (RCTA)
If equipped, when the vehicle is
shifted into R (Reverse), RCTA
displays a red warning triangle with
a left or right pointing arrow on the
RVC screen to warn of traffic
coming from the left or right. This
system detects objects coming from
up to 20 m (65 ft) from the left or
right side of the vehicle. When an
object is detected, either three
beeps sound from the left or right or
three Safety Alert Seat pulses occur
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432 Index
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
ChargingWireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . 153
Check Engine Light (MalfunctionIndicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Ignition Transmission Lock . . . 317
Child Restraints Infants and Young Children . . . 107
Lower Anchors and Tethersfor Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121, 123
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Child-View Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Cleaning
Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Climate Control Systems
Dual Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . . 411
Compartments Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Connections
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
Control Hill Descent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Traction and ElectronicStability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Control Light Hill Descent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Coolant Engine Temperature Gauge . . 149
Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192, 196
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Courtesy Transportation Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Cruise Control, Adaptive . . . . . . . . 248
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 407
Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406
Text Telephone (TTY)Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407 Customer Information
Service Publications
Ordering Information . . . . . . . . 413
Customer Satisfaction Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404
D
Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . . . 411
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . 3
Data CollectionInfotainment System . . . . . . . . . . 417
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . 416
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Diagnostics OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Door Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . 403
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . 255
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Headlamps (cont'd)High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . 159
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 183
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . 160
Heated Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Heated and Ventilated Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Heater Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192, 196
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
High-Speed Operation . . . . . . . . . . 344
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 210
Hill Descent Control (HDC) . . . . . 244
Hill Descent Control Light . . . . . . . 157
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . 241
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
How to Wear Seat Belts Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
HVAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192, 196I
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . 217, 219
Ignition Transmission Lock Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Indicator
Vehicle Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Infants and Young Children, Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . 417
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Instrument Panel Storage Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Instrument Panel Overview . . . . . . . 6
Interior Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . 59
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
J
Jump Starting - North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
K
Keyless EntryRemote (RKE) System . . . . . 35, 41
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 33
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . . . 338 Lamps
Auxiliary Roof
Mounted Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . 184
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Exterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Front Turn Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Malfunction Indicator
(Check Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . 263
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . 265
Lane Keep Assist Light . . . . . . . . . 157
Lap Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
LATCH System Replacing Parts after a
Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
LATCH, Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . 112
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LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Level ControlAutomatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Lighting Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 187
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Lights Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Antilock Brake System
(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . 155
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Check Engine (Malfunction Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Four-Wheel-Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Front Fog Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 183
Hill Descent Control . . . . . . . . . . 157
Lane Keep Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Seat Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . . 151 Lights (cont'd)
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
StabiliTrak OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Traction Control System
(TCS)/StabiliTrak . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Locking Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Locks
Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 159
Low-Profile Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
M
Magnetic Ride Control . . . . . . . . . . 244 Maintenance
Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
Maintenance and Care Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 389 Recommended Fluids andLubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 153
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Memory Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Messages Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Mirror Child-View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Mirrors Automatic DimmingRearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Blind Spot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Manual Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Tilt in Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
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Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . 59
Monitor System, TirePressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
N
NavigationOnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420
Net, Convenience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . 216
O
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Off-Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Oil
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 299
Engine Oil Pressure Gauge . . . 148
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . . 105
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . . 407
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417
OnStar Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424
OnStar Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
OnStar Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423
OnStar Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
OnStar Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420 OnStar Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418
OnStar Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420
Operation
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Ordering Service Publications . . . . . . . . . . 413
Outlets
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 309P
Park Shifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Brake and P (Park)Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . 317
Extended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 226
Parking Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Parking or Backing
Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 256
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Passenger Compartment Air
Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . 99 Perchlorate Materials
Requirements, California . . . . . . 291
Personalization Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Power Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Protection, Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . 224
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Steering Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Power Assist Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Pregnancy, Using Seat Belts . . . . 89
Privacy Vehicle Data Recording . . . . . . . 416
Program Courtesy Transportation . . . . . . 410
Proposition 65 Warning,
California . . . . . . . . . . . .291, 314, 368,
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R
Radio Frequency Statement . . . . 414
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
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Seats (cont'd)Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Second Row . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Third Row Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Second Row Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Securing Child Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121, 123
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Accessories and
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . 292
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . 400
Maintenance, General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Parts Identification Label . . . . . 401
Publications Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 410
Services Special Application . . . . . . . . . . . 394
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Shift Lock Control Function
Check, Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . 262
Signals, Turn and
Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Special Application Services . . . . 394
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
StabiliTrak OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Start Assist, Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Fluid, Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Steps
Power Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Stoplamps and Back-up Lamps Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 322 Storage
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Storage Areas Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Instrument Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Sunglasses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . 127
Struts
Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Sunglass Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
System Forward CollisionAlert (FCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191, 417
Roof Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Systems Driver Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
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Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147