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36 Keys, Doors, and Windows
Fast Flash :Vehicle is unsecured.
A door or the hood is open.
Slow Flash : Alarm system is
armed.
Arming the Alarm System
1. Turn off the vehicle.
2. Lock the vehicle with one of the following:
.Use the Remote Keyless
Entry (RKE) transmitter.
. With a door open, press
Q
on the interior of the door.
3. After 30 seconds the alarm system will arm, and the
indicator light will begin to
slowly flash indicating the
alarm system is operating.
Pressing
Qon the RKE
transmitter a second time will
bypass the 30-second delay
and immediately arm the alarm
system.
The theft-deterrent alarm system will
not arm if the doors are locked with
the key. If the driver door is opened without
first unlocking with the RKE
transmitter, the horn will chirp and
the lights will flash to indicate
pre-alarm. If the vehicle is not
started, or the door is not unlocked
by pressing
Kon the RKE
transmitter during the 10-second
pre-alarm, the alarm will be
activated.
If a door or the hood is opened
without first disarming the system,
the turn signals will flash and the
horn will sound for about
30 seconds. The alarm system will
then re-arm to monitor for the next
unauthorized event.
Disarming the Alarm System
To disarm the alarm system or turn
off the alarm if it has been activated:
. Press
Kon the RKE transmitter.
. Start the vehicle. To avoid setting off the alarm by
accident:
.
Lock the vehicle after all
occupants have left the vehicle
and all doors are closed.
. Always unlock a door with the
RKE transmitter.
Unlocking the driver door with the
key will not disarm the system or
turn off the alarm.
Detecting a Tamper Condition
IfKis pressed on the RKE
transmitter and the horn chirps three
times, an alarm occurred previously
while the alarm system was armed.
Immobilizer
See Radio Frequency Statement
0 388.
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Immobilizer Operation
This vehicle has a passive
theft-deterrent system.
The system does not have to be
manually armed or disarmed.
The vehicle is automatically
immobilized when the vehicle is
turned off.
The system is automatically
disarmed when the ignition is turned
from off to on.
The security light, in the instrument
cluster, comes on if there is a
problem with arming or disarming
the theft-deterrent system.
When trying to start the vehicle, the
security light comes on briefly when
the ignition is turned on.If the engine does not start and the
security light stays on, there is a
problem with the system. Turn the
ignition off and try again.
If the engine still does not start, and
the key appears to be undamaged,
try another ignition key. It may be
necessary to check the fuse. See
Fuses and Circuit Breakers
0302.
If the engine still does not start with
the other key, the vehicle needs
service. If the vehicle does start, the
first key may be faulty. See your
dealer.
It is possible for the immobilizer
system to learn new or replacement
keys. Up to eight keys can be
programmed for the vehicle. To
program additional transmitters, see
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE)
System Operation 029.
Do not leave the transmitter or
device that disarms or deactivates
the vehicle theft-deterent system in
the vehicle.
See your dealer to get a new key
blank cut exactly as the ignition key
that operates the system.
Exterior Mirrors
Convex Mirrors
{Warning
A convex mirror can make things,
like other vehicles, look farther
away than they really are. If you
cut too sharply into the right lane,
you could hit a vehicle on the
right. Check the inside mirror or
glance over your shoulder before
changing lanes.
The passenger side mirror is convex
shaped. A convex mirror's surface is
curved so more can be seen from
the driver seat.
Manual Mirrors
If equipped, adjust manual mirrors
by moving the mirror up and down
or left to right to see a little of the
side of the vehicle and to have a
clear view behind the vehicle.
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138 Instruments and Controls
.Auto Rear Defog
Auto Fan Speed
This feature will set the auto fan
speed.
Select Low, Medium, or High.
Auto Defog
This allows the feature to be turned
on or off.
Select Off or On.
Auto Rear Defog
This allows the feature to be turned
on or off.
Select Off or On.
Comfort and Convenience
Select and the following may
display:
. Chime Volume
Chime Volume
This allows the selection of the
chime volume level.
Touch + or −to adjust the volume.
Lighting
Select and the following may
display:
.
Vehicle Locator Lights
. Exit Lighting
Vehicle Locator Lights
This feature will flash the exterior
lamps and allows the headlamps,
parking lamps, taillamps, and most
of the interior lamps to turn on
briefly when
Kon the Remote
Keyless Entry (RKE) transmitter is
pressed to locate the vehicle.
Select Off or On.
Exit Lighting
This allows the selection of how
long the exterior lamps stay on
when leaving the vehicle when it is
dark outside.
Select Off, 30 Seconds, 60 Seconds,
or 120 Seconds.
Power Door Locks
Select and the following may
display:
. Unlocked Door Anti-Lockout
. Auto Door Unlock
. Delayed Door Lock
Unlocked Door Anti-Lockout
When on, this feature will keep the
driver door from locking when the
door is open. If Off is selected, the
Delayed Door Lock menu will be
available.
Select Off or On.
Auto Door Unlock
This allows selection of which of the
doors will automatically unlock when
the vehicle is shifted into P (Park)
for an automatic transmission or
when the key is removed from the
ignition for a manual transmission.
Select Off, All Doors, or Driver Door.
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Reading Lamps
The front reading lamps,
if equipped, are in the overhead
console.
The rear reading lamps, if equipped,
are in the headliner.
#or$:Press to turn each lamp
on or off.
Lighting Features
Entry Lighting
Some exterior lamps and the interior
lamps turn on briefly at night, or in
areas with limited lighting, when
K
is pressed on the Remote Keyless
Entry (RKE) transmitter. When a
door is opened, the interior lamps
come on if the dome lamp control is
in the
Hposition. After about
30 seconds the exterior lamps turn
off. Entry lighting can be disabled
manually by changing the ignition
out of the OFF position, or by
pressing
Qon the RKE transmitter.
This feature can be changed. See
“Vehicle Locator Lights” under
Vehicle Personalization 0136.
Exit Lighting
Some exterior lamps and the interior
lamps come on at night, or in areas
with limited lighting when the key is
removed from the ignition. The
exterior and interior lamps remain
on for a set amount of time and then automatically turn off. The interior
lamps do not come on if the dome
lamp control is in the Off position.
The exterior lamps turn off
immediately by turning the exterior
lamps control off.
This feature can be changed. See
Vehicle Personalization
0136.
Battery Load
Management
The vehicle has Electric Power
Management (EPM), which
estimates the battery's temperature
and state of charge. It then adjusts
the voltage for best performance
and extended life of the battery.
When the battery's state of charge
is low, the voltage is raised slightly
to quickly bring the charge back up.
When the state of charge is high,
the voltage is lowered slightly to
prevent overcharging. The voltmeter
gauge or the voltage display on the
Driver Information Center (DIC),
if equipped, may show the voltage
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California Perchlorate
Materials Requirements
Certain types of automotive
applications, such as airbag
initiators, seat belt pretensioners,
and lithium batteries contained in
Remote Keyless Entry transmitters,
may contain perchlorate materials.
Special handling may be necessary.
For additional information, see
www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/
perchlorate.
Accessories and
Modifications
Adding non-dealer accessories or
making modifications to the vehicle
can affect vehicle performance and
safety, including such things as
airbags, braking, stability, ride and
handling, emissions systems,
aerodynamics, durability, and
electronic systems like antilock
brakes, traction control, and stability
control. These accessories or
modifications could even cause
malfunction or damage not covered
by the vehicle warranty.Damage to suspension components
caused by modifying vehicle height
outside of factory settings will not be
covered by the vehicle warranty.
Damage to vehicle components
resulting from modifications or the
installation or use of non-GM
certified parts, including control
module or software modifications, is
not covered under the terms of the
vehicle warranty and may affect
remaining warranty coverage for
affected parts.
GM Accessories are designed to
complement and function with other
systems on the vehicle. See your
dealer to accessorize the vehicle
using genuine GM Accessories
installed by a dealer technician.
Also, see
Adding Equipment to the
Airbag-Equipped Vehicle 069.
Vehicle Checks
Doing Your Own
Service Work
{Warning
It can be dangerous to work on
your vehicle if you do not have
the proper knowledge, service
manual, tools, or parts. Always
follow owner ’s manual procedures
and consult the service manual
for your vehicle before doing any
service work.
If doing some of your own service
work, use the proper service
manual. It tells you much more
about how to service the vehicle
than this manual can. To order the
proper service manual, see Service
Publications Ordering Information
0 387.
This vehicle has an airbag system.
Before attempting to do your own
service work, see Servicing the
Airbag-Equipped Vehicle 069.
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Index 409
I
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Ignition Transmission LockCheck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Indicator
Vehicle Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Infants and Young Children, Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . 112, 115
Interior Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . 40
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
J
Jack
Auxiliary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Jump Starting - North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
K
Keyless Entry
Remote (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . 29
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . . . 311
Lamps
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . 145
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Exterior Lamps OffReminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Exterior Lighting Battery
Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Malfunction Indicator (Check Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Lane Departure Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
LATCH System Replacing Parts after aCrash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
LATCH, Lower Anchors and
Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Lighting Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Lighting (cont'd)
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Lights Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Antilock Brake System
(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . 122
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Check Engine (Malfunction Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 126
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Four-Wheel-Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Front Fog Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 144
Hill Descent Control . . . . . . . . . . 124
Lane Departure Warning . . . . . . 124
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Seat Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . . .118
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
StabiliTrak OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
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OnStar Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
OperationFog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Ordering Service Publications . . . . . . . . . . 387
Outlets Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
P
Park Shifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Brake and P (Park)Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . 296
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 224
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Passenger Compartment Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . 64
Perchlorate Materials Requirements, California . . . . . . 273
Personalization Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Phone
Apple CarPlay and
Android Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . 173, 175, 179
Port USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Power
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Protection, Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . 221
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Pregnancy, Using Seat Belts . . . . 56
Privacy Vehicle Data Recording . . . . . . . 390
Program Courtesy Transportation . . . . . . 384
Proposition 65 Warning,
California . . . . . . . . . . . .272, 292, 342,
Back Cover
R
Radio Frequency Statement . . . . 388
Radio Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 Radios
AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Satellite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . . 247
Rear Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Recognition
Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Records
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . 345
Reimbursement Program, GM Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Remote Vehicle Start . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Replacement Parts Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . . . 70