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change the OnStar PIN, contact an
OnStar Advisor by pressing
Qor
calling 1-888-4ONSTAR.
Warranty
OnStar equipment may be
warranted as part of the vehicle
warranty.
Languages
The vehicle can be programmed to
respond in multiple languages.
Press
Qand ask for an Advisor.
Advisors are available in English,
Spanish, and French. Available
languages may vary by country.
Potential Issues
OnStar cannot perform Remote
Door Unlock or Stolen Vehicle
Assistance after the vehicle has
been off continuously for 10 days
without an ignition cycle. If the
vehicle has not been started for
10 days, OnStar can contact
Roadside Assistance or a locksmith
to help gain access to the vehicle.
Global Positioning
System (GPS)
. Obstruction of the GPS can
occur in a large city with tall
buildings; in parking garages;
around airports; in tunnels and
underpasses; or in an area with
very dense trees. If GPS signals
are not available, the OnStar
system should still operate to
call OnStar. However, OnStar
could have difficulty identifying
the exact location.
. In emergency situations, OnStar
can use the last stored GPS
location to send to emergency
responders.
A temporary loss of GPS can cause
loss of the ability to send a
Turn-by-Turn Navigation route. The
Advisor may give a verbal route or
may ask for a call back after the
vehicle is driven into an open area.
Cellular and GPS Antennas
Cellular reception is required for
OnStar to send remote signals to
the vehicle. Do not place items over or near the antenna to prevent
blocking cellular and GPS signal
reception.
Unable to Connect to OnStar
Message
If there is limited cellular coverage
or the cellular network has reached
maximum capacity, this message
may come on. Press
Qto try the
call again or try again after driving a
few miles into another cellular area.
Vehicle and Power Issues
OnStar services require a vehicle
electrical system, wireless service,
and GPS satellite technologies to be
available and operating for features
to function properly. These systems
may not operate if the battery is
discharged or disconnected.
Add-on Electrical Equipment
The OnStar system is integrated
into the electrical architecture of the
vehicle. Do not add any electrical
equipment. See Add-On Electrical
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equipment may interfere with the
operation of the OnStar system and
cause it to not operate.
Vehicle Software Updates
OnStar or GM may remotely deliver
software updates or changes to the
vehicle without further notice or
consent. These updates or changes
may enhance or maintain safety,
security, or the operation of the
vehicle or the vehicle systems.
Software updates or changes may
affect or erase data or settings that
are stored in the vehicle, such as
OnStar Hands-Free Calling name
tags, saved navigation destinations,
or pre-set radio stations. Neither
OnStar nor GM is responsible for
any affected or erased data or
settings. These updates or changes
may also collect personal
information. Such collection is
described in the OnStar privacy
statement or separately disclosed at
the time of installation. These
updates or changes may also cause
a system to automatically
communicate with GM servers to
collect information about vehiclesystem status, identify whether
updates or changes are available,
or deliver updates or changes. An
active OnStar agreement constitutes
consent to these software updates
or changes and agreement that
either OnStar or GM may remotely
deliver them to the vehicle.
Privacy
The complete OnStar Privacy
Statement may be found at
www.onstar.com (U.S.),
or www.onstar.ca (Canada). We
recommend that you review it. If you
have any questions, call
1-888-4ONSTAR (1-888-466-7827)
or press
Qto speak with an
Advisor. Users of wireless
communications are cautioned that
the privacy of any information sent
via wireless cellular communications
cannot be assured. Third parties
may unlawfully intercept or access
transmissions and private
communications without consent.
OnStar - Software
Acknowledgements
Certain OnStar components include
libcurl and unzip software and other
third party software. Below are the
notices and licenses associated with
libcurl and unzip and for other third
party software please see http://
opensource.lge.com/index
www.onstar.com/us/en/
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IndexA
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . 269
Additional Information OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
Additional Maintenance and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Adjustments
Lumbar, Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Agreements Trademarks and License . . . . . 186
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . . . 283
Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . 192, 194
Air Filter, Passenger
Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Airbag System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
How Does an AirbagRestrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Passenger Sensing System . . . . 64
What Makes an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
What Will You See after an Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Airbag System (cont'd)
When Should an Airbag
Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . . 60
Airbags Adding Equipment to theVehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Passenger Status Indicator . . . .119
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Servicing Airbag-Equipped Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Alarm Vehicle Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
All-Terrain Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Antenna Multi-band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . 239 Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Appearance Care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Apple CarPlay and Android Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Assistance Program, Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382

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AudioBluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Theft-Deterrent Feature . . . . . . . 152
Automatic Climate Control System . . . . . . . 194
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Automatic Transmission Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Shift Lock Control Function
Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Auxiliary Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Avoiding Untrusted Media Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Axle, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Axle, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
B
Battery Exterior Lighting BatterySaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Load Management . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Battery - North America . . . . 292, 342
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . . 297
Blind Spot Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Bluetooth
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . 173, 175, 179
Bluetooth Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Brake System Warning Light . . . . . . . . 122
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290 Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 217
Bulb Replacement
Center High-MountedStoplamp (CHMSL) and
Cargo Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Headlamps, Front Turn Signal, Sidemarker, and
Parking Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Taillamps, Turn Signal, Stoplamps, and Back-up
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
C
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
California Fuel Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Perchlorate MaterialsRequirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
California Proposition
65 Warning . . . . . . . . . .272, 292, 342, Back Cover
Camera Rear Vision (RVC) . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . . . . . 2
Capacities and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Carbon Monoxide Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Cargo Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . 2
Center Console Storage . . . . . . . . 103
Center High-Mounted Stoplamp (CHMSL) and
Cargo Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Charging Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

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Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . 120
CheckEngine Light (MalfunctionIndicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Ignition Transmission Lock . . . 296
Child Restraints Infants and Young Children . . . . . 73
Lower Anchors and Tethers
for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92, 98
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Cleaning Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Climate Control Systems . . . . . . . 192 Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . 112, 115
Clutch, Hydraulic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . . 385
Compact Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Compartments
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Connections
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
Control Hill Descent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Traction and ElectronicStability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Control Light
Hill Descent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Coolant Engine Temperature Gauge . . .117
Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192, 194
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Courtesy Transportation Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 381 Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Text Telephone (TTY)
Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Customer Information Service Publications
Ordering Information . . . . . . . . 387
Customer Satisfaction Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378D
Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . . . 385
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . 2
Data CollectionInfotainment System . . . . . . . . . . 391
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . 390
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Diagnostics
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
Differential, Limited-Slip . . . . . . . . 244
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Door
Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . 377
Driver Information Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129, 131
Driving Characteristics andTowing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

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Driving (cont'd)Drunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
For Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . 25
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 208
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 210
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Off-Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
E
Electrical Equipment,
Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Electrical System Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 302
Instrument Panel Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Emergency OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Check Light (MalfunctionIndicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Engine (cont'd)
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 275
Coolant Temperature
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 225
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 390
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Extender, Seat Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 143
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . 144
Exterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
F
FanEngine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Filter, Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 146
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Fluid
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 282
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Four-Wheel DriveTransfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . 232, 293
Four-Wheel-Drive Light . . . . . . . . . 123
Frequency Statement Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
Front Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128