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370 Connected Services
vehicles, the SSID and
password can be changed in
the Wi-Fi Hotspot menu.
After initial set-up, your vehicle’s
Wi-Fi hotspot will connect
automatically to your mobile
devices. Manage data usage by
turning Wi-Fi on or off on your
mobile device, using the
myChevrolet mobile app, or by
contacting an OnStar Advisor. On
some vehicles, Wi-Fi can also be
managed from the Wi-Fi
Hotspot menu.
MyChevrolet Mobile App (If
Available)
Download the myChevrolet mobile
app to compatible Apple and
Android smartphones. Chevrolet
users can access the following
services from a smartphone:
.
Remotely start/stop the vehicle,
if factory-equipped.
.
Lock/unlock doors, if equipped
with automatic locks.
.
Activate the horn and lamps..
Check the vehicle’s fuel level, oil
life, or tire pressure,
if factory-equipped with the Tire
Pressure Monitor System.
.
Send destinations to the vehicle.
.
Locate the vehicle on a map
(U.S. market only).
.
Turn the vehicle's Wi-Fi hotspot
on/off, manage settings, and
monitor data consumption,
if equipped.
.
Locate a dealer and schedule
service.
.
Request roadside assistance.
.
Set a parking reminder with pin
drop, take a photo, make a note,
and set a timer.
.
Connect with Chevrolet on social
media.
Features are subject to change. For
myChevrolet mobile app information
and compatibility, see
my.chevrolet.com.
An active OnStar or connected
service plan may be required.
A compatible device,factory-installed remote start, and
power locks are required. Data rates
apply. See www.onstar.com for
details and system limitations.
Remote Services
Contact an OnStar Advisor to
unlock the doors or sound the horn
and flash the lamps.
Marketplace
OnStar Advisors can provide offers
from restaurants and retailers on
your route, help locate hotels,
or book a room. These services
vary by market.
OnStar Hands-Free Calling
Make and receive calls with the
built-in wireless calling service,
which requires available minutes.
Functionality of the Voice Command
button may vary by vehicle and
region. For some vehicles, press
=
to open the OnStar app on the
infotainment display, then select
Hands-Free calling. For other
vehicles press
=as follows.
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How to Wear Seat Belts
Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
HVAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156, 159
I
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Indicator
Pedestrian Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Vehicle Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Infants and Young Children,
Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Information
Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Publication Ordering . . . . . . . . . . 355
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . 115, 116
Instrument Panel Overview . . . . . . . 6
Interior Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . 49
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
J
Jump Starting - North
America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
K
Keyless Entry
Remote (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . 30
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . . . 278
Lamps
Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . 149
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Exterior Lamps Off
Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Exterior Lighting Battery
Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Malfunction Indicator
(Check Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . 215
Lane Departure
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . 217
Lane Keep Assist Light . . . . . . . . . 128
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70LATCH System
Replacing Parts after a
Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
LATCH, Lower Anchors and
Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Lighting
Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 151
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Lights
Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Antilock Brake System
(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . 126
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Check Engine (Malfunction
Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . 127
Engine Coolant
Temperature Warning . . . . . . . 130
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 131
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 149
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P
Park
Shifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Parking
Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Brake and P (Park)
Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . 260
Extended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 183
Parking or Backing
Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 205
Passenger Airbag Status
Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Passenger Compartment Air
Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . 80
Pedestrian Ahead Indicator . . . . . 128
Pedestrian Safety Signal . . . . . . . 108
Perchlorate Materials
Requirements, California . . . . . . 234
Personalization
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Power
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Flows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Indicator Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121Power (cont'd)
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Protection, Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . 181
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Pregnancy, Using Seat Belts . . . . 72
Privacy
Vehicle Data Recording . . . . . . . 358
Program
Courtesy Transportation . . . . . . 352
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Proposition
65 Warning,
California . . . . . . . . . . . .234, 257, 312,
Back Cover
Publication Ordering
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
R
Radio Frequency Statement . . . . 356
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Ready Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Rear Seat Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . . 205Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Recommended
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Recommended Fluids and
Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Records
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . 316
Regenerative Braking . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Reimbursement Program,
GM Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Remote Vehicle Start . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Replacement Parts
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . . . 86
Replacing LATCH System
Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Replacing Seat Belt System
Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Reporting Safety Defects
Canadian Government . . . . . . . . 357
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
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StabiliTrak
OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Start Assist, Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Stop/Start System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Stoplamps and Back-up Lamps
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . 264, 266
Storage Areas
Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Umbrella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . 104
Storing the Tire Sealant and
Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Struts
Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Summer Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3System
Engine Air Filter Life . . . . . . . . . . 246
Forward Collision
Alert (FCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155, 359
Systems
Driver Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Taillamps
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . 264, 266
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . 349
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . . . 46
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
All-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Compact Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Low Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284, 285Tires (cont'd)
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Pressure Monitor Operation . . 286
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . 285
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Sealant and
Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Sealant and Compressor
Kit, Storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Terminology and Definitions . . 281
Uniform Tire Quality
Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Wheel Alignment and Tire
Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 296
When It Is Time for New
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Top Tier Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Towing
Driving Characteristics . . . . . . . . 224
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 223
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 316
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
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Traction
Control System
(TCS)/StabiliTrak Light . . . . . . 129
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Trailer
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Transmission
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Transportation Program,
Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Turn and Lane-Change
Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Turn Signal
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . 264, 266
U
Umbrella Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . 294
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
V
Vehicle
Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2Vehicle (cont'd)
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Identification Number (VIN) . . . 342
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Speed Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . . . 128
Vehicle Care
Storing the Tire Sealant
and Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . 306
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Vehicle Data Recording and
Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Vehicle Ready Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Ventilation, Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Voltage Devices and Wiring . . . . 267
W
Warning
Brake System Light . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Caution and Danger . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3Warning (cont'd)
Lane Departure (LDW) . . . . . . . 217
Warning Lights, Gauges, and
Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Warnings
Hazard Flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Wheels
Alignment and Tire Balance . . 296
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
When It Is Time for New
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Where to Put the Restraint . . . . . . 92
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Windshield
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Wiper/Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Winter
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Winter Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Wiper Blade Replacement . . . . . . 261
Wireless Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Wiring, High Voltage Devices . . . 267