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Technical Data 447
Vehicle Data
Capacities and Specifications
The following approximate capacities are given in metric and English conversions. SeeRecommended Fluids and
Lubricants 0441.
If the vehicle has a diesel engine, see the Duramax diesel supplement.
Application Capacities
Metric English
Air Conditioning Refrigerant For the air conditioning system refrigerant type and charge amount, see the refrigerant label under thehood. See your dealer for more information.
Cooling System
5.3L V8 1500 Series 15.7 L 16.6 qt
6.0L V8 2500 Series and 3500 Series 16.1 L 17.0 qt
Engine Oil with Filter
5.3L V8 Engine 7.6 L 8.0 qt
6.0L V8 Engines 5.7 L 6.0 qt
Fuel Tank 1500 Series Standard and Short Box 98.4 L 26.0 gal
1500 Series Long Box 128.7 L 34.0 gal
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IndexA
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Active Fuel Management . . . . . . . 255
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . 318
Adding a Snow Plow or Similar Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Additional Information OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466
Additional Maintenance and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438
Adjustable Throttle and Brake Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Adjustments Lumbar, Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Agreements Trademarks and License . . . . . 210
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . . . 339
Air Conditioning . . . . . .216, 218, 219
Air Filter, Passenger
Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Airbag System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
How Does an AirbagRestrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Passenger Sensing System . . . . 84 Airbag System (cont'd)
What Makes an Airbag
Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
What Will You See after an
Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
When Should an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . . 77
Airbags
Adding Equipment to theVehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Light On-Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
On-Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
On-Off Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Passenger Status Indicator . . . 145
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Servicing Airbag-Equipped Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Alarm Vehicle Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
All-Terrain Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Antenna Fixed Mast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Multi-band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . 270
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Customer InformationPublications Ordering
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459
Customer Satisfaction Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
D
Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . . . 457
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . 3
Data CollectionInfotainment System . . . . . . . . . . 463
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . 462
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Diagnostics Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . 475
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . 449
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . 279
Driver Information Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154, 156 Driving
Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 282
Characteristics and
Towing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Drunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
For Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . 32
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 235
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 237
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Off-Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Dual Automatic Climate
Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
E
E85 or FlexFuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Electrical Equipment,Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Electrical System Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 363
Instrument Panel Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367, 368 Electrical System (cont'd)
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Emergency OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Check Light (MalfunctionIndicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 329
Coolant Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Coolant Temperature
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 449
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Oil Pressure Gauge . . . . . . . . . . 140
Overheated Protection Operating Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 256
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 462
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
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Extender, Seat Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Exterior Cargo Lamps . . . . . . . . . . 177
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 171
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . 173
Exterior Lighting BatterySaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
F
FanEngine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Fast Idle System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Features Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Filter, Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Fixed Mast Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 175
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
FlexFuel
E85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Floor Console Storage . . . . . . . . . . 124
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Fluid Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . 336, 338
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349 Fluid (cont'd)
Four-Wheel Drive
Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Power Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Forward Automatic Braking . . . . . 285
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . 262, 351
Four-Wheel-Drive Light . . . . . . . . . 150
Frequency Statement Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460
Front Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Front Seats Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Heated and Ventilated . . . . . . . . . . 63
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Economy Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 290 Fuel (cont'd)
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . 153
Management, Active . . . . . . . . . . 255
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Recommended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Top Tier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Full-Size Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Fuses Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 363
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367, 368
G
Garage Door Opener . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Gas Strut(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Gauges
Engine CoolantTemperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 140
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
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ParkingBrake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Brake and P (Park)
Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . 355
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 254
Parking or Backing Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 280
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Passenger Compartment Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . 84
Perchlorate Materials Requirements, California . . . . . . 326
Personalization Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Phone Apple CarPlay andAndroid Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203, 205
Pickup Conversion to
Chassis Cab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Port USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Power
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Power (cont'd)
Protection, Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . 251
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Steering Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Power Assist Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Pregnancy, Using Seat Belts . . . . 73
Privacy Vehicle Data Recording . . . . . . . 462
Program Courtesy Transportation . . . . . . 456
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Proposition 65 Warning,
California . . . . . . . . . . . .326, 350, 409, Back Cover
Publication Ordering
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459
R
Radio Frequency Statement . . . . 460
Radio Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
RadiosAM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Satellite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352 Rear Axle (cont'd)
Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65, 66
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . . 280
Rear Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Recognition Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Recommended Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
Records Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . 413
Reimbursement Program, GM Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Remote Vehicle Start . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Replacement Parts Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . . . 90
Replacing LATCH System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . 109