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338 Customer Information
Services Provided
.Lock-Out Service: Service to
unlock the vehicle if you are
locked out. A remote unlock may
be available if you have OnStar.
For security reasons, the driver
must present identification
before this service is given.
. Emergency Tow from a Public
Road or Highway: Tow to the
nearest certified Bolt EV dealer
for warranty service, or if the
vehicle was in a crash and
cannot be driven. Assistance is
not given when the vehicle is
stuck in the sand, mud, or snow.
Emergency towing may be
covered during the Extended
Vehicle (EV) warranty.
. Flat Tire Change: If the tire has
been separated from the wheel,
has damaged sidewalls, or has a
large puncture, the tire is too
severely damaged for the self
sealing tire to be effective and
the vehicle will have to be
towed. It is the owner's responsibility for the repair or
replacement of the tire if it is not
covered by the warranty.
. Battery Jump Start: Service to
jump start a dead battery.
. Trip Interruption Benefits and
Assistance: If your trip is
interrupted due to a warranty
event, incidental expenses may
be reimbursed within the
Powertrain warranty period.
Items considered are reasonable
and customary hotel, meals,
rental car, or a vehicle being
delivered back to the customer,
up to 500 miles.
Services Not Included in
Roadside Assistance
. Impound towing caused by
violation of any laws.
. Legal fines.
. Mounting, dismounting,
or changing of snow tires,
chains, or other traction devices.
Service is not provided if a vehicle
is in an area that is not accessible
to the service vehicle or is not a regularly traveled or maintained
public road, which includes ice and
winter roads. Off-road use is not
covered.
Services Specific to Canadian
Vehicles
.
Lock-Out Service: Vehicle
registration is required.
. Trip Interruption Benefits and
Assistance: Must be over
150 km (93 mi) from where the
trip was started to qualify.
Pre-authorization, original
detailed receipts, and a copy of
the repair orders are required.
Once authorization has been
received, the Roadside
Assistance advisor will help to
make arrangements and explain
how to receive payment.
. Alternative Service: If
assistance cannot be provided
right away, the Roadside
Assistance advisor may give
permission to get local
emergency road service. You will
receive payment, up to $100,
after sending the original receipt
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Index 363
GaugesBattery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Driver Efficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Power Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Warning Lights and
Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
General Information Service and Maintenance . . . . . 322
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
GM Mobility Reimbursement Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
H
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Hands-Free Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . 155
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
HeadlampsAiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Daytime RunningLamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 Headlamps (cont'd)
High Intensity Discharge
(HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . 131
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 154
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . 131
Heated Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Heated Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
High Voltage Battery Gauge . . . . 123
High Voltage Devices and Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 200
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . 217
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
How to Wear Seat Belts Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
HVAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
I
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Indicator Pedestrian Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Indicator (cont'd)
Vehicle Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Infants and Young Children, Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Information Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Publication Ordering . . . . . . . . . . 342
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Instrument Panel Storage Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Interior Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . 51
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 159
J
Jump Starting - North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
K
Keyless EntryRemote (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . 33
KeyPass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . . . 281
Lamps Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . 154
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
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Index 367
Seat Belts (cont'd)Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . 70
Seats Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Heated Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Heated, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Securing Child Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100, 102
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Self-Sealing Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . 257
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . 330
Maintenance, General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Parts Identification Label . . . . . 331
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 339
Vehicle Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Service Electric Parking
Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . 232
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Specifications and
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Sport Mode Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
StabiliTrak OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Start Remote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Start Assist, Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Starting and Stopping the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Status Screens Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110 Stoplamps and Back-up Lamps
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Storage Areas Cargo Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Cargo ManagementSystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Instrument Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . 106
Storing the Tire Sealant and Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Struts Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
System Forward CollisionAlert (FCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Systems Driver Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
T
Taillamps
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Teen Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . 336
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . . . 49
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368 Index
Theft-Deterrent Systems (cont'd)Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 All-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Pressure Monitor Operation . . 287
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . 286
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Sealant andCompressor Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Sealant and Compressor Kit, Storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Self-Sealing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Terminology and Definitions . . 282
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 297 Tires (cont'd)
When It Is Time for New
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Towing General Information . . . . . . . . . . 254
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . .311
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Traction
Control System(TCS)/StabiliTrak Light . . . . . . 130
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Trademarks and License Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Transportation Program, Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Turn Signal Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 271U
Underhood Compartment
Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Underhood Compartment Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . 295
Updates Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
USB Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Utility Interruption of Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
V
VehicleAlarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Identification Number (VIN) . . . 331
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Service Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Speed Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Starting and Stopping . . . . . . . . . 207
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . . . 129