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Lighting 125
If after signaling a turn or lane
change the arrow flashes rapidly or
does not come on, a signal bulb
may be burned out. Replace any
burned out bulbs. If a bulb is not
burned out, check the fuse. See
Fuses and Circuit Breakers0204.
Fog Lamps
If equipped, the front fog lamp
button is on the exterior lamp
control to the left of the steering
column. The ignition must be on to turn on
the fog lamps.
#:
Press to turn the fog lamps on
or off. An indicator light on the
instrument cluster comes on when
the fog lamps are on.
The fog lamps come on together
with the parking lamps.
Some localities have laws that
require the headlamps to be on
along with the fog lamps.
Interior Lighting
Instrument Panel
Illumination Control
This feature controls the brightness
of the instrument panel controls and
infotainment display screen. The
thumbwheel is to the left of the
steering column on the instrument
panel.
D: Move the thumbwheel up or
down and hold, to brighten or dim
the instrument panel controls and
infotainment display screen.
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Vehicle Care 175
Vehicle Care
General Information
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 176
California Proposition65 Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
California Perchlorate Materials Requirements . . . . . 177
Accessories and Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Vehicle Checks
Doing Your OwnService Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Engine Compartment Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 183
Automatic Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . 185
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Engine Overheating . . . . . . . . . . 189
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Brake Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Battery - North America . . . . . . 193
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . 193 Automatic Transmission Shift
Lock Control Function
Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Ignition Transmission Lock Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Park Brake and P (Park) Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . 194
Wiper Blade Replacement . . . . 195
Windshield Replacement . . . . . 195
Gas Strut(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Headlamp Aiming
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Bulb Replacement
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
High Intensity Discharge (HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Adaptive Forward Lighting Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Front Turn Signal Lamps . . . . . 199
Sidemarker Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Side Turn Signal Lamps . . . . . . 200
Back-Up Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
License Plate Lamp . . . . . . . . . . 203
Electrical System
Electrical System Overload . . . 203
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 204 Engine Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Rear Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Wheels and Tires
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Winter Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Low-Profile Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Tire Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . 213
Tire Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Tire Terminology andDefinitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Tire Pressure Monitor
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Tire Pressure Monitor Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Tire Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Tire Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Different Size Tires and Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
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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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Electrical System (cont'd)Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 204
Instrument Panel Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Rear Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Emergency OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Check Light (MalfunctionIndicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 180
Coolant Temperature
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 152
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 281
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Extender, Seat Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 121
Exterior Lighting Battery
Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
F
Filter,Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 124
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Fluid Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 184
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Frequency Statement Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Front Seats Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Front Turn Signal Lamps . . . . . . . 199
Fuel
Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Economy Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Filling a Portable FuelContainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . .110
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Recommended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Top Tier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Fuses Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 204
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Rear Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
G
Gas Strut(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
GaugesEngine Coolant
Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101