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Customer Information 377
Aftermarket collision parts are also
available. These are made by
companies other than GM and may
not have been tested for the vehicle.
As a result, these parts may fit
poorly, exhibit premature durability/
corrosion problems, and may not
perform properly in subsequent
collisions. Aftermarket parts are not
covered by the GM New Vehicle
Limited Warranty, and any vehicle
failure related to such parts is not
covered by that warranty.
Repair Facility
GM also recommends that you
choose a collision repair facility that
meets your needs before you ever
need collision repairs. Your dealer
may have a collision repair center
with GM-trained technicians and
state-of-the-art equipment, or be
able to recommend a collision repair
center that has GM-trained
technicians and comparable
equipment.
Insuring the Vehicle
Protect your investment in the GM
vehicle with comprehensive and
collision insurance coverage. There
are significant differences in the
quality of coverage afforded by
various insurance policy terms.
Many insurance policies provide
reduced protection to the GM
vehicle by limiting compensation for
damage repairs through the use of
aftermarket collision parts. Some
insurance companies will not
specify aftermarket collision parts.
When purchasing insurance, we
recommend that you ensure that the
vehicle will be repaired with GM
original equipment collision parts.
If such insurance coverage is not
available from your current
insurance carrier, consider switching
to another insurance carrier.
If the vehicle is leased, the leasing
company may require you to have
insurance that ensures repairs with
Genuine GM Original Equipment
Manufacturer (OEM) parts or
Genuine Manufacturer replacementparts. Read the lease carefully, as
you may be charged at the end of
the lease for poor quality repairs.
If a Crash Occurs
If there has been an injury, call
emergency services for help. Do not
leave the scene of a crash until all
matters have been taken care of.
Move the vehicle only if its position
puts you in danger, or you are
instructed to move it by a police
officer.
Give only the necessary information
to police and other parties involved
in the crash.
For emergency towing see
Roadside Assistance Program
0
373.
Gather the following information:
. Driver name, address, and
telephone number
. Driver license number
. Owner name, address, and
telephone number
. Vehicle license plate number
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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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Frequency StatementRadio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Front Seats Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Heated and Ventilated . . . . . . . . . . 63
Front Turn Signal Lamps . . . . . . . 289
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Cold Weather Operation . . . . . . 242
Diesel Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Economy Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Filling a Portable FuelContainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . 247, 248
Filter Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . 134
Requirements, California . . . . . 237
Running out of Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Water in Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
What to Use in Canada and Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
What to Use in the U.S. . . . . . . 239
Fuel for Diesel Engines . . . . . . . . . 238 Fuses
Engine Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 292
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Rear Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
G
Garage Door Opener . . . . . . . . . . . 147Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Gas Strut(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Gauges Engine CoolantTemperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Warning Lights and
Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
General Information Service and Maintenance . . . . . 351
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 GM Mobility Reimbursement
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
H
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . 154
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Headlamps
Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Daytime RunningLamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
High Intensity Discharge (HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . 135
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 153
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . 135
Heated Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Heated and Ventilated Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Heater Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160, 162
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OnStar Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
OnStar Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
OnStar Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
OnStar Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
OnStar Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
OnStar Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
OperationFog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Ordering Service Publications . . . . . . . . . . 378
Outlets
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
P
Park Shifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Parking Brake and P (Park)Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . 286
Extended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 196
Parking Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Parking or Backing Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 223 Passenger Airbag Status
Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Passenger Compartment Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . 82
Perchlorate Materials Requirements, California . . . . . . 261
Personalization Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Power Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Protection, Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . 192
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Pregnancy, Using Seat Belts . . . . 74
Privacy Vehicle Data Recording . . . . . . . 381
Program
Courtesy Transportation . . . . . . 375
Proposition 65 Warning,
California . . . . . . . . . . . .260, 284, 335, Back Cover
R
Radio Frequency Statement . . . . 379
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . . 223
Rear Window Washer/Wiper . . . . 112
Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Recommended Fluids and
Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Records Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . 339
Reimbursement Program, GM Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Remote Vehicle Start . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Replacement Parts Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . . . 87
Replacing LATCH System
Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Replacing Seat Belt System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
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Tires (cont'd)Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Tow/Haul Mode Light . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Towing Driving Characteristics . . . . . . . . 251
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 251
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 339
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . 257
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Traction Control System (TCS)/
StabiliTrak Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . . . . . . . . 257
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Transmission Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Transportation Program, Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375 Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Turn and Lane-Change
Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
U
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . 317
Universal Remote System . . . . . . 147Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
V
Vehicle Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Identification Number (VIN) . . . 365
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Speed Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . . . 132 Vehicle Care
Storing the Tire Sealant
and Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . 328
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Vehicle Data Recording and Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Ventilation, Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
W
Wait to Start Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Warning
Brake System Light . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Caution and Danger . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Lane Departure (LDW) . . . . . . . 234
Warning Lights, Gauges, and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Warnings Hazard Flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Water in Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
What Fuel to Use in Canada and Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
What Fuel to Use in the U.S. . . . 239
Wheels Alignment and Tire Balance . . 319
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317