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California Perchlorate
Materials Requirements
Certain types of automotive
applications, such as airbag initiators,
seat belt pretensioners, and lithium
batteries contained in Remote Keyless
Entry transmitters, may contain
perchlorate materials. Special
handling may be necessary. For
additional information, see
www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/
perchlorate.
Accessories and
Modifications
Adding non-dealer accessories or
making modifications to the vehicle
can affect vehicle performance and
safety, including such things as
airbags, braking, stability, ride and
handling, emissions systems,
aerodynamics, durability, and
electronic systems like antilock
brakes, traction control, and stability
control. These accessories or
modifications could even cause
malfunction or damage not covered by
the vehicle warranty.Damage to suspension components
caused by modifying vehicle height
outside of factory settings will not be
covered by the vehicle warranty.
Damage to vehicle components
resulting from modifications or the
installation or use of non-GM certified
parts, including control module or
software modifications, is not covered
under the terms of the vehicle
warranty and may affect remaining
warranty coverage for affected parts.
GM Accessories are designed to
complement and function with other
systems on the vehicle. See your
dealer to accessorize the vehicle using
genuine GM Accessories installed by a
dealer technician.
Also, see
Adding Equipment to the
Airbag-Equipped Vehicle 097.
Vehicle Checks
Doing Your Own
Service Work
{Warning
It can be dangerous to work on
your vehicle if you do not have the
proper knowledge, service manual,
tools, or parts. Always follow
owner’s manual procedures and
consult the service manual for your
vehicle before doing any
service work.
If doing some of your own service
work, use the proper service manual.
It tells you much more about how to
service the vehicle than this manual
can. To order the proper service
manual, see Publication Ordering
Information 0386.
This vehicle has an airbag system.
Before attempting to do your own
service work, see Servicing the
Airbag-Equipped Vehicle 097.
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There are relays on the back of the
fuse block. To access, press the tabs
and remove the fuse block.The vehicle may not be equipped with
all of the fuses, relays, and features
shown. Fuses Usage
1 –
2 –
3 –
4 Accessory power outlet 1
5 Accessory power outlet from retained accessory
power
6 Accessory power outlet from battery power
7 Universal remote system/Interior
rearview mirror
8 SEO/Retained accessory power
9 –
10 Body control module 3
11 Body control module 5
12 Steering wheel control backlighting
13 –
14 –
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J
Jump Starting - North America . . . . 342
K
Keyless EntryRemote (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Lamps Cornering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . 169
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . . 169
Exterior Lighting BatterySaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Malfunction Indicator (Check Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Lane Keep Assist Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 LATCH System
Replacing Parts after a Crash . . . . 113
LATCH, Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Level Control Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Lighter, Cigarette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Lighting Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Lights Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Antilock Brake System (ABS)
Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Check Engine (Malfunction Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Engine Coolant Temperature Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Lights (cont'd)
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . . . . . 169
Lane Keep Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Seat Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Service Electric Parking Brake . . . 142
Sport Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
StabiliTrak OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Traction Control System
(TCS)/StabiliTrak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Winter Driving Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Locking Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Locks
Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Low-Profile Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
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Perchlorate MaterialsRequirements, California . . . . . . . . . 278
Personalization Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Power Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Protection, Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . . . . . . 206
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Power Assist Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Pregnancy, Using Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . 85
Privacy Vehicle Data Recording . . . . . . . . . . 388
Program Courtesy Transportation . . . . . . . . . 383
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Proposition 65 Warning,
California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277, 293, 342,
Back Cover
Publication Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386R
Radio Frequency Statement . . . . . . . . 387
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Rear Camera Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Rear Climate Control System . . . . . . 181
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Rear Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . . . . . . 237
Rear Window Washer/Wiper . . . . . . . 126
Rearview Mirrors Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Recommended Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Records Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . . . . 346
Reimbursement Program, GM Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Remote Vehicle Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Replacement
Glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Replacement Parts Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Replacing LATCH System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Replacing Seat Belt System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Reporting Safety Defects
Canadian Government . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Restraints Where to Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Reverse Tilt Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Ride Control Systems Magnetic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Roads Driving, Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Roadside Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Roof Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
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Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . . . . . 376
Running the Vehicle WhileParked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
S
Safety Defects ReportingCanadian Government . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . . . . 383
Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77 Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
How to Wear Seat BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Seats Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Heated, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . 63
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . 62
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Seats (cont'd)
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Second Row . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Third Row Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Second Row Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Securing Child Restraints . . . . .113, 115
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Maintenance, General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Parts Identification Label . . . . . . . . 373
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . . 383
Service Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Services
Special Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Shift Lock Control Function Check, Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296 Shifting
Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . 247
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . 171
Special Application Services . . . . . . . 366
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . 374
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Sport Mode Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
StabiliTrak OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Start Assist, Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Steps Power Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Storage Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Storage Areas Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
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U
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . . . . 328
Universal Remote System . . . . . . . . . . 163Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
V
Vehicle Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Identification Number (VIN) . . . . . 373
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Speed Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Vehicle Care Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Vehicle Data Recording and
Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
Ventilation, Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
W
Warning Brake System Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Caution and Danger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Lane Departure (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Warning Lights, Gauges, and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Warnings Hazard Flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Wheels
Alignment and Tire Balance . . . . . 329
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . 325
Where to Put the Restraint . . . . . . . . 105
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Windshield
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Wiper/Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Winter Driving Mode Light . . . . . . . . 143
Winter Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Wiper Blade Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 297 Wipers
Rear Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Wireless Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130