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Chevrolet Tahoe/Suburban Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/
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Recommended Fluids, Lubricants, and Parts
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants
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 (10-Speed Transmission) DEXRON ULV Automatic Transmission Fluid (GM Part No. 19352619, in
Canada 19352620).
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 0305.
Engine Oil Engine oil meeting the dexos1 specification of the proper SAE viscosity grade. ACDelco dexos1 is recommended. See Engine Oil0297.
Front Axle (Four-Wheel Drive) SAE 75W-90 Synthetic Axle Lubricant (GM Part No. 88900401, in Canada 89021678).
Front Axle Propshaft Spline or One-Piece Propshaft Spline
(Two-Wheel Drive) Spline Lubricant, Special Lubricant (GM Part No. 19257121, in
Canada 19257122).
Hydraulic Brake System DOT 3 Hydraulic Brake Fluid (GM Part No. 19353126, in Canada 19299819).

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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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Driver InformationCenter (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161, 162
Driving Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 258
Characteristics andTowing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Drunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
For Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . 29
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 210
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . .211
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Off-Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Dual Automatic Climate Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
E
E85 or FlexFuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Electrical Equipment,Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Electrical System Engine Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 325 Electrical System (cont'd)
Instrument Panel Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330, 333
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Rear Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Emergency OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
Engine
Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Check Light (MalfunctionIndicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 293
Coolant Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Oil Pressure Gauge . . . . . . . . . . 148
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 227
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278 Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 416
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Extender, Seat Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 181
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . 183
Exterior Lighting Battery
Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
F
FanEngine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Features Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Filter, Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 185
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
FlexFuel
E85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Fluid AutomaticTransmission . . . . . . . . . . . 301, 304
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312

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Fluid (cont'd)Four-Wheel Drive
Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Power Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Forward Automatic Braking . . . . . 261
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . 234, 314
Four-Wheel-Drive Light . . . . . . . . . 156
Frequency Statement Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414
Front Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Front Seats Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Heated and Ventilated . . . . . . . . . . 72
Front Turn Signal Lamps . . . . . . . 322
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Economy Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Filling a Portable FuelContainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 Fuel (cont'd)
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . 159
Management, Active . . . . . . . . . . 226
Requirements, California . . . . . 267
Full-Size Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Fuses Engine Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 325
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330, 333
Rear Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
G
Garage Door Opener . . . . . . . . . . . 178Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Gas Strut(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Gauges Engine CoolantTemperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 148
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Gauges (cont'd)
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Voltmeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Warning Lights and
Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
General Information Service and Maintenance . . . . . 387
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Glass Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
GM Mobility Reimbursement Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
H
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . 185
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Head-up Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Daytime RunningLamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
High Intensity Discharge (HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321