Chevrolet Silverado LD 1500 and Silverado 2500/3500 Owner Manual (GMNA-
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242 Driving and Operating
{Warning
In the case of a sudden stop
or collision, things carried in
the bed of your truck could
shift forward and come into
the passenger area, injuring
you and others. If you put
things in the bed of your truck,
you should make sure they
are properly secured.
Caution
Overloading the vehicle may
cause damage. Repairs would not
be covered by the vehicle
warranty. Do not overload the
vehicle.
Using heavier suspension
components to get added
durability might not change the
weight ratings. Ask your dealer
to help load the vehicle the
right way.
{Warning
Things you put 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. 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.
.When you carry
something inside the
vehicle, secure it
whenever you can.
.Do not leave a seat
folded down unless you
need to. There is also important loading
information for off-road driving in
this manual. See
“Loading the
Vehicle for Off-Road Driving“
under Off-Road Driving 0230.
Two-Tiered Loading
Depending on the model of the
pickup, an upper load platform
can be created by positioning
three or four 5 cm (2 in) by
15 cm (6 in) wooden planks
across the width of the pickup
box. The planks must be
inserted in the pickup box
depressions.
When using this upper load
platform, be sure the load is
securely tied down to prevent it
from shifting. The load's center
of gravity should be positioned
in a zone over the rear axle. The
zone is located in the area
between the front of each wheel
well and the rear of each wheel
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478 Index
CaliforniaPerchlorate Materials
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
California Proposition
65 Warning . . . . . . . . . .326, 350, 409, Back Cover
Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . . . . . 2
Capacities and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447
Carbon Monoxide
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Cargo Tie-Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . 3
Center Console Storage . . . . . . . . 123
Center High-Mounted Stoplamp (CHMSL) and
Cargo Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Center Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
Charging Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . 146 Check
Engine Light (Malfunction
Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Ignition Transmission Lock . . . 355
Child Restraints Infants and Young Children . . . . . 92
Lower Anchors and Tethersfor Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110, 113
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Cleaning Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424
Climate Control
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216, 218
Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . 216, 218
Dual Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216, 218
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . . 457
Compartments Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Connected Services Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473 Connected Services (cont'd)
Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472
Connections
Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . 473
Control Hill Descent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Traction and ElectronicStability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Control Light Hill Descent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Coolant Engine Temperature Gauge . . 141
Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216, 218, 219
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Courtesy Transportation Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 453 Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452
Text Telephone (TTY)Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453
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Gauges (cont'd)Voltmeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Warning Lights and
Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
General Information Service and Maintenance . . . . . 429
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
GM Mobility Reimbursement
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
H
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . 175
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
HeadlampsAiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Daytime RunningLamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Headlamps, Front Turn Signal, Sidemarker, and
Parking Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
High Intensity Discharge (HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359 Headlamps (cont'd)
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . 153
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 173
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . 154
Heated Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Heated and Ventilated Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Heater
Engine Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216, 218, 219
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
High-Speed Operation . . . . . . . . . . 381
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 235
Hill Descent Control (HDC) . . . . . 275
Hill Descent Control Light . . . . . . . 150
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . 272
Home Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
How to Wear Seat Belts Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
HVAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216, 218, 219
I
Idle System Fast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Ignition Transmission Lock Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Indicator Vehicle Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Infants and Young Children,
Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Information Publication Ordering . . . . . . . . . . 459
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Instrument Panel
Storage Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Interior Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . 49
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
J
Jack Auxiliary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Jump Starting - North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409
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Lumbar Adjustment (cont'd)Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
M
Maintenance
Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445
Maintenance and Care Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 431 Recommended Fluids and
Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 146
Manual Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Manual Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Media Avoiding Untrusted Devices . . 190
Memory Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Messages
Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Mirrors Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Automatic DimmingRearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Mirrors (cont'd)
Blind Spot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Manual Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Tilt in Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Trailer Tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . 49
Monitor System, Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Multi-band Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
N
Navigation
Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . 472
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Noise Control System . . . . . . . . . . 353
O
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Off-Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Oil Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332 Oil (cont'd)
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 334
Engine Oil Pressure Gauge . . . 140
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . . . 91
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . . 453
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
OnStar Additional
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466
OnStar Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
OnStar Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464
OnStar Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466
Operating Mode
Overheated EngineProtection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Operation Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Outlets Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Overheated Engine Protection Operating Mode . . . . 345
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
P
Park Shifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
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Replacing Seat Belt SystemParts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Reporting Safety Defects Canadian Government . . . . . . . . 461
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460
Restraints
Where to Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Reverse Tilt Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Roads
Driving, Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Roadside Assistance Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
Roof
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . . 449
Running the Vehicle While Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
S
Safety Defects Reporting
Canadian Government . . . . . . . . 461
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461 Safety Defects Reporting (cont'd)
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . 456
Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
How to Wear Seat BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Lap Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . . . 75
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . 73
Seats Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Center Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Heated and Ventilated Front . . . . 63
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . . 58
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . 58
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65, 66
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Securing Child Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110, 113 Security
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Accessories and
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Climate Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216, 218
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . 327
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . 445
Maintenance, General
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
Parts Identification Label . . . . . 446
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 456
Services Special Application . . . . . . . . . . . 437
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Shift Lock Control Function Check, Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Snow Plow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319