2018 CHEVROLET TRAVERSE Wiper fluid

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366 Service and Maintenance
.Visually inspect windshield wiper
blades for wear, cracking,
or contamination. See Exterior
Care 0353. Replace worn or
damaged wiper blades. See
Wiper Blade Replacement
0 304.
. Check tire inflation pressures.
See Tire Pressure 0326.
. Inspect tire wear. See Tire
Inspection 0332.
. Visually check for fluid leaks.
. Inspect engine air cleaner filter.
See Engine Air Cleaner/Filter
0 293.
. Inspect brake system. See
Exterior Care 0353. .
Visually inspect steering,
suspension, and chassis
components for damaged, loose,
or missing parts or signs of
wear. See Exterior Care 0353.
. Check restraint system
components. See Safety System
Check 083.
. Visually inspect fuel system for
damage or leaks.
. Visually inspect exhaust system
and nearby heat shields for
loose or damaged parts.
. Lubricate body components. See
Exterior Care 0353.
. Check starter switch. See Starter
Switch Check 0303. .
Check parking brake and
automatic transmission park
mechanism. See Park Brake and
P (Park) Mechanism Check
0 304.
. Check accelerator pedal for
damage, high effort, or binding.
Replace if needed.
. Visually inspect gas strut for
signs of wear, cracks, or other
damage. Check the hold open
ability of the strut. If the hold
open ability is low, service the
gas strut. See Gas Strut(s)
0 306.
. Inspect sunroof track and seal,
if equipped. See Sunroof059.

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Index 407
Apple CarPlay andAndroid Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Assistance Program, Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Assistance Systems for Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Assistance Systems for
Parking and Backing . . . . . . . . . . 256
Audio Theft-Deterrent Feature . . . . . . . 176
Automatic
Dimming Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Forward Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Automatic Transmission Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Shift Lock Control FunctionCheck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Auxiliary Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Avoiding Untrusted Media Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184B
Battery
Exterior Lighting BatterySaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Load Management . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Battery - North America . . . . 302, 348
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . . 304
Bluetooth Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191, 192
Brake Parking, Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
System Warning Light . . . . . . . . 143
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 Automatic Forward . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Braking System Front Pedestrian (FPB) . . . . . . . 263
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 223
Bulb Replacement Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Headlamps, Front Turn
Signal, and Sidemarker . . . . . 308 Bulb Replacement (cont'd)
High Intensity Discharge
(HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
License Plate Lamps . . . . . . . . . 308
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
C
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
California Fuel Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Perchlorate Materials
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
California Proposition
65 Warning . . . . . . . . . .283, 302, 348,
Back Cover
Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . . . . . 2
Capacities and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Carbon Monoxide Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Cargo
Management System . . . . . . . . . .119
Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . 3
Center Console Storage . . . . . . . . 119
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339

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Operation (cont'd)Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . 178
Ordering Service Publications . . . . . . . . . . 389
Outlets Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
P
Park Shifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Parking
Brake and P (Park)Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . 304
Extended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 230
Parking Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Parking or Backing
Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 256
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Passenger Compartment Air
Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . 91
Pedestrian Ahead Indicator . . . . . 145 Perchlorate Materials
Requirements, California . . . . . . 284
Personalization Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Phone Apple CarPlay andAndroid Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191, 192
Hands-Free . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Port USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Power Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Protection, Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . 228
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Pregnancy, Using Seat Belts . . . . 82
Privacy Vehicle Data Recording . . . . . . . 392
Program Courtesy Transportation . . . . . . 386
Proposition
65 Warning,
California . . . . . . . . . . . .283, 302, 348, Back Cover
R
Radio Frequency Statement . . . . 390
Radio Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
RadiosAM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Satellite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Rear Camera Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Rear Climate Control System . . . 203
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . . 256
Rear Window Washer/Wiper . . . . 126
Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Records
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . 351
Reimbursement Program, GM Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Remote Vehicle Start . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Replacement Parts Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

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416 Index
Towing (cont'd)Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 351
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Trademarks and License Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Trailer Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Transmission Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Transportation Program,
Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
U
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . 336
Universal Remote System . . . . . . 162Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162 Updates
Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
USB Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
V
Vehicle Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Identification Number (VIN) . . . 376
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Speed Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . . . 145
Vehicle Care Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Vehicle Data Recording and Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Ventilation, Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Voltage Devices and Wiring . . . . 309
W
Warning Brake System Light . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Caution and Danger . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Lane Departure (LDW) . . . . . . . 267
Warning Lights, Gauges, and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Warnings Hazard Flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Wheels
Alignment and Tire Balance . . 338
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Where to Put the Restraint . . . . . 103
Wi-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Windshield Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Wiper/Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Winter
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Winter Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Wiper Blade Replacement . . . . . . 304