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Climate Controls 175
Rear Window Defogger
K:Press to turn the rear window
defogger on or off. An indicator light
on the control comes on to show
that the rear window defogger is on.
The rear window defogger only
works when the engine is running.
It turns off when the ignition is
turned off or in ACC/ACCESSORY.
The rear window defogger can be
set to automatic operation. See
“Climate and Air Quality” under
Vehicle Personalization 0153.
When Auto Rear Defog is selected,
the rear window defogger turns on
automatically when the interior
temperature is cold and the outside
temperature is about 4 °C (40 °F)
and below. The auto rear defogger
turns off automatically after about
10 minutes, or after five minutes if
the outside temperature is not
as cold.
The upper gridlines on the rear
window are antenna lines and are
not intended to heat when the
defogger is activated. The heated outside mirrors turn on
when the rear window defogger
control is on and help to clear fog or
frost from the surface of the mirror.
See
Heated Mirrors 052.
Caution
Do not try to clear frost or other
material from the inside of the
front windshield and rear window
with a razor blade or anything
else that is sharp. This may
damage the rear window
defogger grid and affect the
radio's ability to pick up stations
clearly. The repairs would not be
covered by the vehicle warranty.
Heated and Ventilated Seats
LorM:If equipped, pressLorMto heat the driver or passenger seat.
{orC:If equipped, press{orCto ventilate the driver or
passenger seat. See Heated and
Ventilated Seats 013. Remote Start Climate Control
Operation :
If equipped with remote
start, the climate control system
may run when the vehicle is started
remotely. If equipped with heated or
ventilated seats, they may come on
during a remote start. See Remote
Vehicle Start 035 and Heated and
Ventilated Seats 013.
Sensors
The solar sensor, on top of the
instrument panel near the
windshield, monitors the solar heat.
Do not cover the solar sensor or the
system will not work properly.
The climate control system uses the
sensor information to adjust the
temperature, fan speed,
recirculation, and air delivery mode
for best comfort.
Do not cover the sensor; otherwise
the automatic climate control system
may not work properly.
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Vehicle Care
General Information
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 245
California Proposition65 Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
California Perchlorate Materials Requirements . . . . . 246
Accessories and Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Vehicle Checks
Doing Your OwnService Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Engine Compartment Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 253
Automatic Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . 255
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Engine Overheating . . . . . . . . . . 260
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Brake Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Battery - North America . . . . . . 264
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . 265
Automatic Transmission Shift
Lock Control Function
Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Park Brake and P (Park)
Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . 265
Wiper Blade Replacement . . . . 266
Windshield Replacement . . . . . 267
Gas Strut(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Headlamp Aiming
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Bulb Replacement
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
High Intensity Discharge (HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Front Turn Signal Lamps . . . . . 270
Taillamps, Turn Signal, Stoplamps, and Back-Up
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Electrical System
Electrical System Overload . . . 271
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 272
Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 Instrument Panel Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Wheels and Tires
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Winter Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Low-Profile Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Tire Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . 280
Tire Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Tire Terminology andDefinitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Tire Pressure for High-Speed Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Tire Pressure Monitor System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Tire Pressure Monitor Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Tire Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Tire Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Different Size Tires and Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 297
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3. Disconnect the electricalconnector.
4. Remove the bulb socket from the headlamp assembly.
5. Reverse Steps 1–4 to install.
High/Low-Beam Headlamps
(Uplevel)
The high/low-beam headlamps on
the uplevel headlamp system are
Light Emitting Diode (LED) and
should be replaced by your dealer.
Fog Lamps
To replace the fog lamp bulb: 1. Locate the bulb assembly under the front fascia.
2. Disconnect the electrical connector from the bulb
assembly.
3. Remove the bulb by turning it counterclockwise and pulling it
straight out of the assembly.
4. Install the new bulb by turning it clockwise into the assembly.
5. Reconnect the electrical connector to the bulb
assembly.
Front Turn Signal Lamps
Sidemarkers, daytime running
lamps and turn signal lamps are
LEDs and cannot be changed.
See your dealer.
Taillamps, Turn Signal,
Stoplamps, and Back-Up
Lamps
Driver Side Shown, Passenger
Side Similar
To replace any one of these bulbs: 1. Open the liftgate. See Liftgate
0 41.
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Armrest Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Assistance Program,Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Assistance Systems for Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Assistance Systems for Parking and Backing . . . . . . . . . . 219
Auto Stop Stop/Start System . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Automatic Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Forward Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Automatic Transmission
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Shift Lock Control FunctionCheck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
B
BatteryExterior Lighting BatterySaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Load Management . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Battery - North America . . . . 264, 319 Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . . 266
Brake
Parking, Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
System Warning Light . . . . . . . . 137
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262 Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Automatic Forward . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Braking System
Front Pedestrian (FPB) . . . . . . . 225
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 190
Bulb Replacement Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Front Turn Signal Lamps . . . . . 270
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
High Intensity Discharge(HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Taillamps, Turn Signal, Stoplamps, and Back-up
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
C
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
California
Perchlorate MaterialsRequirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
California Proposition
65 Warning . . . . . . . . . .245, 264, 319, Back Cover
Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . . . . . 2
Capacities and
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Carbon Monoxide Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Cargo Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Tie-Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . 3
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Charging Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . 135
Check
Engine Light (MalfunctionIndicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
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Driver InformationCenter (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Driving Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 221
Characteristics andTowing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Drunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
For Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . 27
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 183
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 185
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Dual Automatic Climate Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
E
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . 202
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . 138
Electrical Equipment,Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Electrical System Engine Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 272 Electrical System (cont'd)
Instrument Panel Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Emergency OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Check Light (MalfunctionIndicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 248
Coolant Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Coolant Temperature
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 198
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Engine Oil Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . 131
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 364
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Extender, Seat Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 162
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . 163
Exterior Lighting Battery
Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
F
FeaturesMemory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Filter, Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 165
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Fluid Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 254
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Forward Automatic Braking . . . . . 223
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Forward Collision Alert(FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Frequency Statement Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Front Pedestrian Braking
(FPB) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Front Seats Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Heated and Ventilated . . . . . . . . . . 66
Front Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Front Turn Signal Lamps . . . . . . . 270
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Economy Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Filling a Portable FuelContainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . 142
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Recommended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Top Tier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Fuses Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 Fuses (cont'd)
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 272
Instrument Panel Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
G
Garage Door Opener . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Gas Strut(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Gauges Engine CoolantTemperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Engine Oil Temperature . . . . . . . 131
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Voltmeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Warning Lights and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
General Information Service and Maintenance . . . . . 334
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
GM Mobility Reimbursement Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
H
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . 165
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Head-up Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269Adaptive ForwardLighting (AFL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
High Intensity Discharge
(HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . 142
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 163
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . 143
Heated Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Heated and Ventilated Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Heater
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
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Lights (cont'd)Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 141
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Front Fog Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 163
Lane Keep Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Seat Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . . 133
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Service Electric Parking
Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
StabiliTrak OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Locks
Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 142
Low-Profile Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 Lower Anchors and Tethers
for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
M
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Maintenance and Care Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 336
Recommended Fluids andLubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 135
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Massage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Memory Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Messages Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Mirrors Automatic DimmingRearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Mirrors (cont'd)
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Tilt in Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . 52
Monitor System, Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
N
NavigationConnected Services . . . . . . . . . . 374
Net, Convenience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . 190
O
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Oil Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 253
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . . . 90
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . . 355
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
OnStar Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
OnStar Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
OnStar Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366