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4. Turn the ignition off. Turn off alllights and accessories in both
vehicles, except the hazard
warning flashers if needed.
{Warning
An electric fan can start up even
when the engine is not running
and can injure you. Keep hands,
clothing, and tools away from any
underhood electric fan.
{Warning
Using a match near a battery can
cause battery gas to explode.
People have been hurt doing this,
and some have been blinded.
Use a flashlight if you need more
light.
Battery fluid contains acid that
can burn you. Do not get it on
you. If you accidentally get it in
your eyes or on your skin, flush
the place with water and get
medical help immediately.
{Warning
Fans or other moving engine
parts can injure you badly. Keep
your hands away from moving
parts once the engine is running.
5. Connect one end of the red positive (+) cable to the
positive (+) terminal on the
discharged battery.
6. Connect the other end of the red positive (+) cable to the
positive (+) terminal of the good
battery.
7. Connect one end of the black negative (–) cable to the
negative (–) terminal of the
good battery.
8. Connect the other end of the black negative (–) cable to the
remote negative (–) terminal for
the discharged battery.
9. Start the engine in the vehicle with the good battery and run
the engine at idle speed for at
least four minutes. 10. Try to start the vehicle that had
the dead battery. If it will not
start after a few tries, it
probably needs service.
Caution
If the jumper cables are
connected or removed in the
wrong order, electrical shorting
may occur and damage the
vehicle. The repairs would not be
covered by the vehicle warranty.
Always connect and remove the
jumper cables in the correct order,
making sure that the cables do
not touch each other or other
metal.
Jumper Cable Removal
Reverse the sequence exactly when
removing the jumper cables.
After starting the disabled vehicle
and removing the jumper cables,
allow it to idle for several minutes.

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Front Fog LampLight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Front Pedestrian Braking (FPB) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Front Seats Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Heated and Ventilated . . . . . . . . . . 70
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Economy Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Filling a Portable FuelContainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . 148
Requirements, California . . . . . 270
Fuses Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 310
Instrument Panel Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Rear Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316G
Garage Door Opener . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Gas Strut(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Gauges Engine CoolantTemperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Warning Lights and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
General Information Service and Maintenance . . . . . 363
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
GM Mobility Reimbursement
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
H
Hands-Free Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . 170
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
HeadlampsAiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307 Headlamps (cont'd)
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . 307, 308
Daytime Running
Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
High Intensity Discharge (HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . 148
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 168
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . 149
Heated Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Heated and Ventilated Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Heater Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200, 203
High Voltage Devices and Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
High-Speed Operation . . . . . . . . . . 327
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 217
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . 239
Home Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

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Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
How to Wear Seat BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
HVAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200, 203
I
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Indicator Pedestrian Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Vehicle Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Infants and Young Children,
Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Instrument Panel Storage Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Interior Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . 54
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
J
Jump Starting - North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
K
Keyless EntryRemote (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . 32
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . . . 320
Lamps Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . 168
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Exterior Lighting BatterySaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Malfunction Indicator
(Check Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . 265
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . 267
Lane Keep Assist Light . . . . . . . . . 145
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
LATCH System Replacing Parts after aCrash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
LATCH, Lower Anchors and
Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . 104
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Lighting
Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 171
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Lights Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Antilock Brake System
(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . 143
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Check Engine (Malfunction Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . 144
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 147
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Front Fog Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 168
Lane Keep Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Seat Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . . 139
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Service Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
StabiliTrak OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

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Lights (cont'd)Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Traction Control System
(TCS)/StabiliTrak . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 148
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
M
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Maintenance and Care
Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 365 Recommended Fluids andLubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373 Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 141
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Media
Avoiding Untrusted Devices . . 184
Memory Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Messages Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Mirror
Rear Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Mirrors Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Automatic DimmingRearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Manual Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Tilt in Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . 54
Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Driver Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Monitor System, Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Multi-band Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
N
Navigation OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . 223
O
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Off-Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Oil Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 291
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . . . 97
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . . 383
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
OnStar Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
OnStar Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
OnStar Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
OnStar Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
OnStar Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
OnStar Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
OnStar Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
Operation Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

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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