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compact spare tires, tires with
nominal rim diameters of
10 to 12 inches (25 to 30 cm),
or to some limited-production
tires.
While the tires available on
General Motors passenger cars
and light trucks may vary with
respect to these grades, they
must also conform to federal
safety requirements and
additional General Motors Tire
Performance Criteria (TPC)
standards.
Quality grades can be found
where applicable on the tire
sidewall between tread shoulder
and maximum section width. For
example:
Treadwear 200 Traction AA
Temperature A
All Passenger Car Tires Must
Conform to Federal Safety
Requirements In Addition To
These Grades.Treadwear
The treadwear grade is a
comparative rating based on the
wear rate of the tire when tested
under controlled conditions on a
specified government test
course. For example, a tire
graded 150 would wear one and
one-half (1½) times as well on
the government course as a tire
graded 100. The relative
performance of tires depends
upon the actual conditions of
their use, however, and may
depart significantly from the
norm due to variations in driving
habits, service practices and
differences in road
characteristics and climate.
Traction
The traction grades, from
highest to lowest, are AA, A, B,
and C. Those grades represent
the tire's ability to stop on wet
pavement as measured under
controlled conditions onspecified government test
surfaces of asphalt and
concrete. A tire marked C may
have poor traction performance.
Warning: The traction grade
assigned to this tire is based on
straight-ahead braking traction
tests, and does not include
acceleration, cornering,
hydroplaning, or peak traction
characteristics.
Temperature
The temperature grades are A
(the highest), B, and C,
representing the tire's resistance
to the generation of heat and its
ability to dissipate heat when
tested under controlled
conditions on a specified indoor
laboratory test wheel. Sustained
high temperature can cause the
material of the tire to degenerate
and reduce tire life, and
excessive temperature can lead
to sudden tire failure. The grade
C corresponds to a level of
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AutomaticDimming Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Forward Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Automatic Transmission Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
B
BatteryExterior Lighting BatterySaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Load Management . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Battery - North America . . . . 284, 335
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . . 286
Brake Parking, Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
System Warning Light . . . . . . . . 129
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Automatic Forward . . . . . . . . . . . 231 Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 185
Bulb Replacement
Front Turn Signal Lamps . . . . . 289
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
High Intensity Discharge(HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
License Plate Lamps . . . . . . . . . 291
Taillamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
C
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
California
Fuel Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Perchlorate MaterialsRequirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
California Proposition
65 Warning . . . . . . . . . .260, 284, 335, Back Cover
Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . . . . . 2
Capacities and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Carbon Monoxide
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Carbon Monoxide (cont'd)
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Cargo Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Tie-Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . 3
Center Console Storage . . . . . . . . 106
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Charging Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . 127
Check Engine Light (MalfunctionIndicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Child Restraints Infants and Young Children . . . . . 90
Lower Anchors and Tethersfor Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101, 103
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Cleaning Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Climate Control Systems . . . . . . . 160 Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Dual Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
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Climate Control Systems (cont'd)Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Cold Weather Operation . . . . . . . . 242
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . . 376
Compact Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Compartments Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Compressor Kit, Tire Sealant . . . 322
Connections OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Control
Hill Descent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Traction and ElectronicStability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Control Light
Hill Descent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Coolant Engine Temperature Gauge . . 124
Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160, 162
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Courtesy Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Courtesy Transportation
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Cover Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Text Telephone (TTY)Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Customer Information Service PublicationsOrdering Information . . . . . . . . 378
Customer Satisfaction Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
D
Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . . . 376
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . 3
Data Collection
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . 382
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . 381
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Diagnostics
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
Diesel Exhaust Fluid . . . . . . . . 27, 198
Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Diesel Particulate Filter . . . . . . . . . 197
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Door Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . 368
Drive Systems All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . 209, 285
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . 222
Driver Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Driver Information
Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Driving Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 228
Characteristics andTowing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Drunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
For Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . 26
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Driving (cont'd)Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 179
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 180
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Off-Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Driving the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Dual Automatic Climate Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
E
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . 210
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . 130
Electrical Equipment,Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Electrical System
Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 292
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Rear Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298 Emergency
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Check Light (MalfunctionIndicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 264
Coolant Temperature
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 197
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Engines Diesel Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 381
Exhaust Fluid Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 Extender, Seat Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 151
Exterior Lighting Battery
Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
F
FeaturesMemory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Replacement (Fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Filter, Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 154
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Fluid
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 274
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Diesel Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Folding Seatback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Forward Automatic Braking . . . . . 231
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
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Reporting Safety DefectsCanadian Government . . . . . . . . 380
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Restraints Where to Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Reverse Tilt Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Roads Driving, Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Roadside Assistance Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Roof Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . . 368
Running out of Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Running the Vehicle While Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
S
Safety Defects Reporting
Canadian Government . . . . . . . . 380
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380 Safety Defects Reporting (cont'd)
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . 375
Sealant Kit, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
How to Wear Seat BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . . . 75
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . 74
Seats Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Folding Seatback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Heated and Ventilated Front . . . . 63
Heated, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . . 59
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . 58
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Securing Child
Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101, 103
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Climate Control System . . . . . . . 160
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . 261
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . 364
Maintenance, General
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Parts Identification Label . . . . . 365
Publications Ordering
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 375
Service Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Services Special Application . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193