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Vehicle Data
Capacities and Specifications
The following approximate capacities are given in metric and English conversions. SeeRecommended Fluids and Lubricants
0 354 for more information.
Application Capacities
Metric English
Air Conditioning Refrigerant For the air conditioning system refrigerant type and charge amount, see the refrigerant label under thehood. See your dealer for more information.
Cooling System –Engine
2.0L L4 Engine 8.8 L 9.3 qt
3.6L V6 Engine (LF3) 13.0 L 13.8 qt
3.6L V6 Engine (LF3) Low Temperature Radiator 1.6 L 1.7 qt
3.6L V6 Engine (LGX) 10.0 L 10.6 qt
3.6L V6 Engine (LGX) with KC4 Oil Cooler 10.6 L 11.2 qt
6.2L V8 Engine (V-Series) 10.4 L 12.9 qt
6.2L V8 Engine (V-Series) Low Temperature Radiator 2.0 L 2.2 qt
Engine Oil with Filter
2.0L L4 Engine RWD 4.7 L 5.0 qt
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ApplicationCapacities
Metric English
2.0L L4 Engine AWD 5.7 L 6.0 qt
3.6L V6 Engine (LGX) RWD (without oil cooler) 5.2 L 5.5 qt
3.6L V6 Engine (LGX) RWD (with oil cooler) 5.7 L 6.0 qt
3.6L V6 Engine (LGX) AWD 6.15 L 6.5 qt
3.6L V6 Engine (LF3) 6.6 L 7.0 qt
6.2L V8 Engine (V-Series) 9.5 L 10.0 qt
Fuel Tank 72 L 19 gal
Transfer Case –AWD 0.80 L 0.84 qt
Rear Axle (with limited slip) 1.2 L 1.3 qt
Wheel Nut Torque 190 Y140 lb ft
All capacities are approximate. When adding, be sure to fill to the approximate level, as recommended in this manual.
Recheck fluid level after filling.
Engine Specifications
Engine VIN CodeTransmission Spark Plug Gap
2.0L L4 Engine (LTG) XAutomatic0.75–0.90 mm (0.030–0.035 in)
3.6L V6 Engine (LGX) SAutomatic0.80–0.90 mm (0.031–0.035 in)
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Engine Specifications (cont'd)
EngineVIN CodeTransmission Spark Plug Gap
3.6L V6 Engine (LF3) 8Automatic0.75–0.90 mm (0.030–0.035 in)
6.2L V8 Engine (V-Series) 6Automatic 0.725–0.875 mm (0.029–
0.034 in)
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390 INDEX
Auto StopStop/Start System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Auto Stop Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Automatic Dimming Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Forward Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Automatic Transmission
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Shift Lock Control FunctionCheck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
B
BatteryExterior Lighting BatterySaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Load Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Battery - North America . . . . . .283, 329
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . . . . . . 286
Boost Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Brake Parking, Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
System Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281 Brakes (cont'd)
Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Automatic Forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Bulb Replacement Back-up Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
High Intensity Discharge(HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
License Plate Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
C
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
California Perchlorate MaterialsRequirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
California Proposition 65 Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . .258, 283, 329,
Back Cover
Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Capacities and Specifications . . . . . . 359 Carbon Monoxide
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Cargo Tie-Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . . . . . 2
Center Console Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Charging Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Check Engine Light (MalfunctionIndicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Child Restraints
Infants and Young Children . . . . . . . . 90
Lower Anchors and Tethers forChildren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101, 103
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Cleaning Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Climate Control Systems Dual Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
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RoofSunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . . . . . 362
Run-Flat Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Running the Vehicle While Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
S
Safety Defects Reporting
Canadian Government . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . . . . 369
Sealant Kit, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
How to Wear Seat BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Seats Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Seats (cont'd)
Heated and Ventilated Front . . . . . . . 63
Heated, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . 59
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . 56
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Securing Child Restraints . . . . .101, 103
Security
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Maintenance, General
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Parts Identification Label . . . . . . . . 358
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . . 369
Service Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Services Special Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Shift Lock Control Function
Check, Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . 238
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . 158
Special Application Services . . . . . . . 351
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . 359
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
StabiliTrak
OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Start Assist, Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Stop/Start System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Storage Areas Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Instrument Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106