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Vehicle Security
This vehicle has theft-deterrent
features; however, they do not make
the vehicle impossible to steal.
Vehicle Alarm System
This vehicle has an anti-theft alarm
system.
The indicator light, on the
instrument panel near the
windshield, indicates the status of
the system:
Off :Alarm system is disarmed. On Solid :
Vehicle is secured
during the delay to arm the system.
Fast Flash : Vehicle is unsecured.
A door, the hood, or the trunk
is open.
Slow Flash : Alarm system is
armed.
Arming the Alarm System
1. Close the trunk and the hood. Turn off the vehicle.
2. Lock the vehicle in one of three ways:
.Use the RKE transmitter.
. Use the Keyless Access
system, if equipped.
. With a door open, press the
interior
Q.
3. After 30 seconds the alarm system will arm, and the
indicator light will begin to
slowly flash indicating the
alarm system is operating.
Pressing
Qon the RKE
transmitter a second time will bypass the 30-second delay
and immediately arm the alarm
system.
The vehicle alarm system will not
arm if the doors are locked with
the key.
If the driver door is opened without
first unlocking with the RKE
transmitter, the horn will chirp and
the lights will flash to indicate
pre-alarm. If the vehicle is not
started, or the door is not unlocked
by pressing
Kon the RKE
transmitter during the 10-second
pre-alarm, the alarm will be
activated.
If a door, the hood, or the trunk is
opened without first disarming the
system, the turn signals will flash
and the horn will sound for about
30 seconds. The alarm system will
then re-arm to monitor for the next
unauthorized event.
Disarming the Alarm System
Do one of the following to disarm
the alarm system or turn off the
alarm if it has been activated:
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Lighting
Exterior Lighting
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . 143
Headlamp High/Low-BeamChanger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Automatic Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . 146
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Interior Lighting
Instrument Panel Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Courtesy Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Lighting Features
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Battery Power Protection . . . . . 149
Exterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Exterior Lighting
Exterior Lamp Controls
The exterior lamp control is to the
left of the steering column on the
instrument panel.
O: Turns the exterior lamps off and
deactivates the AUTO mode. Turn
to
Oagain to reactivate the
AUTO mode.
In Canada, the headlamps will
automatically reactivate when the
vehicle is shifted out of P (Park). AUTO :
Turns the headlamps on
automatically at normal brightness,
together with the parking lamps,
taillamps, license plate lamps,
instrument panel lights, and
sidemarker lamps.
;: Turns on the parking lamps
including all lamps, except the
headlamps.
5: Turns on the headlamps
together with the parking lamps and
instrument panel lights. A warning
chime sounds if the driver door is
opened when the ignition is off and
the headlamps are on.
9: If equipped, press to turn the
fog lamps on or off. See Fog Lamps
0 147.
IntelliBeam System
If equipped, this system turns the
vehicle's high-beam headlamps on
and off according to surrounding
traffic conditions.
The system turns the high-beam
headlamps on when it is dark
enough and there is no other traffic
present.
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372 Index
IndicatorPedestrian Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Vehicle Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Infants and Young Children, Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Information Publication Ordering . . . . . . . . . . 350
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Instrument Panel Overview . . . . . . . 6
Interior Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . 53
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
ISOFIX Child Restraint Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
J
Jump Starting - NorthAmerica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
K
Keyless EntryRemote (RKE) System . . . . . 31, 38
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . . . 272
Lamps Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Lamps (cont'd)
Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . 145
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Exterior Lighting Battery
Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Malfunction Indicator (Check Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Taillamps and Back-up . . . . . . . 257
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . 209
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . 211
Lane Keep Assist Light . . . . . . . . . 127
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
LATCH System Replacing Parts after aCrash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
LATCH, Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Lighting Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Lighting (cont'd)
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 148
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Lights
Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Antilock Brake System(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . 126
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Check Engine (Malfunction Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) . . . 130
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 129
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Front Fog Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 145
Lane Keep Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Seat Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . . 121
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
StabiliTrak OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
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Lights (cont'd)Up-Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Wait to Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Locks
Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 130
Low-Profile Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
M
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Maintenance and Care Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 324 Recommended Fluids and
Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 124
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Messages
Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Mirrors Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Manual Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . 53
Monitor System, Tire
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
N
NavigationConnected Services . . . . . . . . . . 363
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . 169
O
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Oil Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 239
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . . . 86 Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . . 344
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
OnStar Additional
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
OnStar Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
OnStar Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
OnStar Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Operation Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Outlets Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
P
Park Shifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Brake and P (Park)Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . 252
Extended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 180
Parking or Backing Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 201
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123