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Service and Maintenance 327
Maintenance
Schedule
Owner Checks and Services
At Each Fuel Stop
.Check the engine oil level. See
Engine Oil 0240.
Once a Month
. Check the tire inflation
pressures. See Tire Pressure
0 279.
. Inspect the tires for wear. See
Tire Inspection 0284.
. Check the windshield washer
fluid level. See Washer Fluid
0 250.
. Engine, power electronics, and
high voltage battery pack
coolant level checks.
See Cooling System (Engine)
0 245 orCooling System (High
Voltage Battery) 0248 or
Cooling System (Power
Electronics and Charger
Modules) 0249.
Engine Oil Change
Every 24 months or when the
CHANGE ENGINE OIL SOON
message displays, change the
engine oil and filter as soon as
possible, within the next 1 000 km/
600 mi. The engine oil and filter
must be changed at least once
every 24 months. After each oil and
filter change, the oil life system must
be reset. See Engine Oil Life
System 0242. More frequent
changes may be required when the
vehicle is exposed to a corrosive
environment, such as areas of high
humidity, along an ocean coast,
and/or areas that apply road salt
during winter.
Your trained dealer technician can
perform this work. If the engine oil
life system is reset accidentally,
service the vehicle within 5 000 km/
3,000 mi since the last service.
Reset the oil life system when the
oil is changed.
Tire Rotation and Required
Services Every 12 000 km/
7,500 mi
Rotate the tires, if recommended for
the vehicle, and perform the
following services. See Tire
Rotation 0284.
. Check engine oil level and oil
life percentage. If needed,
change engine oil and filter, and
reset oil life system.
See Engine Oil 0240 and
Engine Oil Life System 0242.
. Check engine coolant level.
See Cooling System (Engine)
0 245 orCooling System (High
Voltage Battery) 0248 or
Cooling System (Power
Electronics and Charger
Modules) 0249.
. Check windshield washer fluid
level. See Washer Fluid 0250.
. Visually inspect windshield wiper
blades for wear, cracking,
or contamination. See Exterior
Care 0315. Replace worn or
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Index 369
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Compressor Kit, Tire Sealant . . . 292
ConnectionsOnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Control Traction and ElectronicStability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Coolant Engine Temperature
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Cooling System . . . . . . .245, 248, 249
Courtesy Transportation Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Cover Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Cruise Control, Adaptive . . . . . . . . 193
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Text Telephone (TTY)Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344 Customer Information
Service Publications
Ordering Information . . . . . . . . 351
Customer Satisfaction Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
D
Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . . . 348
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . 2
Data CollectionInfotainment System . . . . . . . . . . 354
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . 353
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Delayed Charging Override . . . . . 215
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Diagnostics OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Door
Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . 340
Drive Unit
Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . 200
Driver Efficiency Gauge . . . . . . . . 111
Driver Information Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Driver Selected Operating Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Driving
Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 205
Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Drunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 165
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 167
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Driving for Better Energy Efficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
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E
Electric Drive Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Electric Drive Unit Shift LockControl Function Check . . . . . . . 255
Electric Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . 185
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . 117
Electrical Equipment,
Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Electrical Requirements for
Battery Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Electrical System Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 262
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Rear Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Emergency OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Energy Efficiency Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Energy Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 Engine (cont'd)
Check Light (Malfunction
Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 239
Coolant Temperature
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Cooling System . . . . . 245, 248, 249
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 183
Engine Unavailable
Out of Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 353
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Extended Range Mode . . . . . . . . . 177
Extender, Seat Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 145
F
Filter, Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 148 Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Fluid Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Forward Automatic Braking . . . . . 207
Forward Collision Alert
(FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Frequency Statement
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Front Seats Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Filling a Portable FuelContainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . 121
Requirements, California . . . . . 229
Function Check
Electric Drive Unit ShiftLock Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
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L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . . . 273
LampsDaytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . 147
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Malfunction Indicator(Check Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Taillamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . 209
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . 211
Lane Keep Assist Light . . . . . . . . . 118
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
LATCH System Replacing Parts after aCrash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
LATCH, Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Lighting
Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Lighting (cont'd)
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Lights Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Antilock Brake System
(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . .116
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Check Engine (Malfunction Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . .117
Engine Coolant Temperature Warning . . . . . . . 120
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 120
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 147
Hold Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Lane Keep Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Mountain Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Seat Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . . .112
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Service Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Sport Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118 Lights (cont'd)
StabiliTrak OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Traction Control System
(TCS)/StabiliTrak . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Vehicle Ready . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 121
Low-Profile Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
M
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Maintenance and Care Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Maintenance Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 327