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Trailer Towing
General Towing Information . . . . 240
Driving Characteristics andTowing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Trailer Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Towing Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . . . . 250
Conversions and Add-Ons
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . 252
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.

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weight of the driver, passengers,
and cargo should never exceed the
vehicle's capacity weight.
Certification/Tire Label
Label Example
A vehicle-specific Certification/
Tire label is attached to the center
pillar (B-pillar).
The label may show the size of the
vehicle's original tires and the
inflation pressures needed to
obtain the gross weight capacity
of the vehicle. The label shows the
gross weight capacity of the
vehicle. This is called the GrossVehicle Weight Rating (GVWR).
The GVWR includes the weight of
the vehicle, all occupants, fuel,
and cargo.
The Certification/Tire label may
also show the maximum weights
for the front and rear axles, called
the Gross Axle Weight Rating
(GAWR). To find out the actual
loads on the front and rear axles,
weigh the vehicle at a weigh
station. Your dealer can help with
this. Be sure to spread the load
equally on both sides of the
centerline.
Caution
Overloading the vehicle may cause
damage. Repairs would not be
covered by the vehicle warranty. Do
not overload the vehicle.
{Warning
Things inside the vehicle can
strike and injure people in a
sudden stop or turn, or in a
crash.
.Put things in the cargo
area of the vehicle. In the
cargo area, put them as far
forward as possible. Try to
spread the weight evenly.
.Never stack heavier things,
like suitcases, inside the
vehicle so that some of
them are above the tops of
the seats.
.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.

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Auto StopStop/Start System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Automatic Dimming Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Forward Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Automatic Transmission Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
B
Battery
Exterior Lighting BatterySaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Battery - North America . . . . . .269, 319
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . . . . . . 271
Brake Parking, Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
System Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Automatic Forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Braking System
Front Pedestrian (FPB) . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Bulb Replacement Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Headlamps and Front TurnSignal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
C
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
California Perchlorate MaterialsRequirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
California Proposition
65 Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . .254, 269, 319, Back Cover
Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Capacities and Specifications . . . . . . 347
Carbon Monoxide Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Cargo
Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Management System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Cargo (cont'd)
Tie-Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . . . . . 3
Center Console Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Charging Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Check Engine Light (MalfunctionIndicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Child Restraints Infants and Young Children . . . . . . . . 90
Lower Anchors and Tethers forChildren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100, 102
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Cigarette Lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Cleaning Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Climate Control Systems Dual Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . .122, 124

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Fuel (cont'd)Top Tier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Fuses Engine Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . 275
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . 279
Rear Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
G
Garage Door Opener . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Gas Strut(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Gauges
Engine Coolant Temperature . . . . 128
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Voltmeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Warning Lights andIndicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
General Information Service and Maintenance . . . . . . . . 333
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 General Information (cont'd)
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
GM Mobility Reimbursement Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
H
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . . . . 162
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Head-up Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
HeadlampsAiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Daytime RunningLamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . . . . . 161
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Heated Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Heated and Ventilated Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Heater
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167, 172
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
High-Speed Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . . . 181
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
How to Wear Seat Belts Properly . . . 69
HVAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167, 172
I
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Indicator Pedestrian Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Vehicle Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Infants and Young Children, Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Information
Publication Ordering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . .122, 124
Instrument Panel Overview . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Interior Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

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M
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Maintenance and Care Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334 Recommended Fluids andLubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . . . 132
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Memory Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Messages Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Mirror Rear Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Mirrors
Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Automatic Dimming Rearview . . . . . 50
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Manual Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Tilt in Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Driver Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Monitor System, Tire Pressure . . . . . 293
N
Navigation Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Net, Convenience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
O
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Oil Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Engine Oil Pressure Gauge . . . . . . . 127
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
OnStar Additional Information . . . . 366
OnStar Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
OnStar Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
OnStar Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Outlets Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
P
Park
Shifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Parking
Brake and P (Park)Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Extended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Parking or Backing Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Passenger Compartment Air
Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . . . . . . 82
Pedestrian Ahead Indicator . . . . . . . . 136
Perchlorate Materials Requirements, California . . . . . . . . . 255
Personalization Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Power Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

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Seat Belts (cont'd)How to Wear Seat Belts
Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Seats Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Heated and Ventilated Front . . . . . . . 63
Heated, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . 60
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Securing Child Restraints . . . . .100, 102
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 Service (cont'd)
Maintenance, General
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Parts Identification Label . . . . . . . . 346
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . . 356
Service Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Services Special Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . 232
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . 162
Spare Tire
Compact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Special Application Services . . . . . . . 340
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . 347
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
StabiliTrak
OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Start Assist, Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Steering (cont'd)
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Stop/Start System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Storage
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Storage Areas Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Cargo Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Cargo Management System . . . . . . 109
Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Sunglasses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Storing the Tire Sealant and Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Struts Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Summer Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Sunglass Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
System Forward Collision Alert (FCA) . . . . 226