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136 Driving and Operating
Driving Information
Distracted Driving
Distraction comes in many forms
and can take your focus from the
task of driving. Exercise good
judgment and do not let other
activities divert your attention away
from the road. Many local
governments have enacted laws
regarding driver distraction. Become
familiar with the local laws in
your area.
To avoid distracted driving, keep
your eyes on the road, keep your
hands on the steering wheel, and
focus your attention on driving.
.Do not use a phone in
demanding driving situations.
Use a hands-free method to
place or receive necessary
phone calls.
. Watch the road. Do not read,
take notes, or look up
information on phones or other
electronic devices. .
Designate a front seat
passenger to handle potential
distractions.
. Become familiar with vehicle
features before driving, such as
programming favorite radio
stations and adjusting climate
control and seat settings.
Program all trip information into
any navigation device prior to
driving.
. Wait until the vehicle is parked
to retrieve items that have fallen
to the floor.
. Stop or park the vehicle to tend
to children.
. Keep pets in an appropriate
carrier or restraint.
. Avoid stressful conversations
while driving, whether with a
passenger or on a cell phone.
{Warning
Taking your eyes off the road too
long or too often could cause a
crash resulting in injury or death.
Focus your attention on driving.
Refer to the infotainment section for
more information on using that
system and the navigation system,
if equipped, including pairing and
using a cell phone.
Defensive Driving
Defensive driving means “always
expect the unexpected.” The first
step in driving defensively is to wear
the seat belt. See Seat Belts053.
. Assume that other road users
(pedestrians, bicyclists, and
other drivers) are going to be
careless and make mistakes.
Anticipate what they might do
and be ready.
. Allow enough following distance
between you and the driver in
front of you.
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Warning (Continued)
.Do not leave an
unsecured child restraint
in the vehicle.
.Secure loose items in the
vehicle.
.Do not leave a seat
folded down unless
needed.
Starting and
Operating
New Vehicle Break-In
Caution
The vehicle does not need an
elaborate break-in. But it will
perform better in the long run if
you follow these guidelines:. Do not drive at any one
constant speed, fast or slow,
for the first 805 km (500 mi).
Do not make full-throttle
starts. Avoid downshifting to
brake or slow the vehicle.
. Avoid making hard stops for
the first 322 km (200 mi) or
so. During this time the new
brake linings are not yet
broken in. Hard stops with
new linings can mean
premature wear and earlier
replacement. Follow this
(Continued)
Caution (Continued)
breaking-in guideline every
time you get new brake
linings.
Following break-in, engine speed
and load can be gradually
increased.
Ignition Positions
The ignition switch has four different
positions.
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296 Index
AutomaticDoor Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Automatic Transmission Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Shift Lock Control Function
Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
B
BatteryExterior Lighting BatterySaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Load Management . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Battery - North America . . . . 193, 238
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . . 195
Brake
Parking, Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
System Warning Light . . . . . . . . 106
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 146 Bulb Replacement
Back-up Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Front Turn Signal Lamps . . . . . 199
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
High Intensity Discharge
(HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
License Plate Lamps . . . . . . . . . 203
Side Turn Signal Lamps . . . . . . 200
Sidemarker Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
C
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
California Perchlorate Materials
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
California Proposition
65 Warning . . . . . . . . . .176, 193, 238, Back Cover
Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . . . . . 2
Capacities and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Carbon Monoxide
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Carbon Monoxide (cont'd)
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . 2
Center Console Storage . . . . . . . . . 94
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . 104
Check Engine Light (MalfunctionIndicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Ignition Transmission Lock . . . 194
Child Restraints Infants and Young Children . . . . . 74
Lower Anchors and Tethersfor Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86, 89
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Cleaning
Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Climate Control Systems Dual Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . . 276
Compact Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
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Gauges (cont'd)Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Warning Lights and
Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
General Information Service and Maintenance . . . . . 253
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
GM Mobility Reimbursement Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
H
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . 124
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Headlamp Leveling Control . . . . . 124
Headlamps
Adaptive ForwardLighting (AFL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Headlamps (cont'd)
High Intensity Discharge
(HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . 111
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 122
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . 111
Heated Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Heated Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 140
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . 158
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
How to Wear Seat Belts Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
HVAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
I
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Ignition Transmission Lock Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Indicator Vehicle Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Infants and Young Children,
Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Information Publication Ordering . . . . . . . . . . 278
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Instrument Panel Storage Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Instrument Panel Overview . . . . . . . 6
Interior Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . 34
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
J
Jump Starting - North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
K
Keyless EntryRemote (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . 23
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . . . 213
Lamps Adaptive Forward Lighting . . . . 197
Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . 122
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
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M
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Maintenance and Care Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 255 Recommended Fluids andLubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 104
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Messages Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Mirrors Automatic DimmingRearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . 34
Monitor System, Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
N
Navigation
Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . 291
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . 146
O
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Oil
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 183
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . . . 73
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . . 272
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
OnStar Additional
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
OnStar Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
OnStar Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
OnStar Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Operate Pedal Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Operation
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Outlets Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
P
Park Shifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Parking
Brake and P (Park)Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . 194
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 151
Parking or Backing
Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 164
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Passenger Compartment Air
Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . 67
Perchlorate Materials Requirements, California . . . . . . 177
Personalization
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Power Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Protection, Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . 149
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
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Seats (cont'd)Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Securing Child Restraints . . . . 86, 89
Security
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . 177
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . 265
Maintenance, General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Parts Identification Label . . . . . 266
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 275
Service Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Services Special Application . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Shift Lock Control Function
Check, Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Shifting (cont'd)
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Side Turn Signal Lamps . . . . . . . . 200
Sidemarker Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Spare Tire Compact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Special Application Services . . . . 260
Specifications and
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
StabiliTrak OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Start Assist, Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Power, Warning Lights . . . . . . . . 108
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Storage Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Storage Areas Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Storage Areas (cont'd)
Instrument Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . . 92
Struts Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
System Forward CollisionAlert (FCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129, 282
Systems Driver Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . 272
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . . . 32
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 All-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Compact Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215