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Seats and Restraints 51
Rear Seats
Rear Seat Reminder
If equipped, the message REAR
SEAT REMINDER LOOK IN REAR
SEAT displays under certain
conditions indicating there may be
an item or passenger in the rear
seat. Check before exiting the
vehicle.
This feature will activate when a
second row door is opened while
the vehicle is on or up to 10 minutes
before the vehicle is turned on.
There will be an alert when the
vehicle is turned off. The alert does
not directly detect objects in the rear
seat; instead, under certain
conditions, it detects when a rear
door is opened and closed,
indicating that there may be
something in the rear seat.
The feature is active only once each
time the vehicle is turned on and off,
and will require reactivation by
opening and closing the second row
doors. There may be an alert even
when there is nothing in the rear
seat; for example, if a child enteredthe vehicle through the rear door
and left the vehicle without the
vehicle being shut off.
The feature can be turned on or off.
See
Vehicle Personalization 0121.
Folding the Seatback
Either side of the seatback can be
folded down for more cargo space.
Fold a seatback only when the
vehicle is not moving.
Caution
Folding a rear seat with the seat
belts still fastened may cause
damage to the seat or the seat
belts. Always unbuckle the seat
belts and return them to their
normal stowed position before
folding a rear seat.
To fold a seatback down: 1. Slide the front seats forward and place the front seatbacks
in the upright position.
See Seat Adjustment 048 and
Reclining Seatbacks 049. 2. Remove the rear head
restraints. See “Head Restraint
Removal and Reinstallation”
under Lower Anchors and
Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) 079.
3. Pull up on the front edge of the rear seat cushion to release it.
Tilt the seat cushion forward
toward the front of the vehicle.
4. Pull up the release knob on thetop of the seatback.
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Warning (Continued)
Buckle any unused seat belts
behind the child restraint so
children cannot reach them. Pull
the shoulder belt all the way out
of the retractor to set the lock,
and tighten the belt behind the
child restraint after the child
restraint has been installed.
Caution
Do not let the LATCH
attachments rub against the
vehicle’s seat belts. This may
damage these parts. If necessary,
move buckled seat belts to avoid
rubbing the LATCH attachments.
Do not fold the rear seatback
when the seat is occupied. Do not
fold the empty rear seat with a
seat belt buckled. This could
damage the seat belt or the seat.(Continued)
Caution (Continued)
Unbuckle and return the seat belt
to its stowed position, before
folding the seat.
If you need to secure more than one
child restraint in the rear seat, see
Where to Put the Restraint 078.
1. Attach and tighten the lower attachments to the lower
anchors. If the child restraint
does not have lower
attachments or the desired
seating position does not have
lower anchors, secure the child
restraint with the top tether and
the seat belts. Refer to the
child restraint manufacturer
instructions and the
instructions in this manual.
1.1. Find the lower anchors for the desired seating
position.
1.2. Put the child restraint on the seat. For rear outboard seating
positions, if the head
restraint interferes with
the proper installation of
the child restraint, the
head restraint may be
removed. See
“Head
Restraint Removal and
Reinstallation” at the end
of this section.
When installing a
rear-facing child restraint,
it may be necessary to
move the front seat
forward to properly install
the child restraint per
the child restraint
manufacturer instructions.
See Seat Adjustment
0 48.
1.3. Attach and tighten the lower attachments on the
child restraint to the lower
anchors.
2. If the child restraint manufacturer recommends that
the top tether be attached,
attach and tighten the top
tether to the top tether anchor,
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To reinstall the head restraint:
1. Insert the head restraint postsinto the holes in the top of the
seatback. The notches on the
posts must face the driver side
of the vehicle.
2. Push the head restraint down. If necessary, press the height
adjustment release button to
further lower the head restraint.
See Head Restraints 047.
3. Try to move the head restraint to make sure that it is locked in
place.
Replacing LATCH System
Parts After a Crash
{Warning
A crash can damage the LATCH
system in the vehicle. A damaged
LATCH system may not properly
secure the child restraint,
resulting in serious injury or even
death in a crash. To help make
sure the LATCH system is
working properly after a crash,
see your dealer to have the
system inspected and any
necessary replacements made as
soon as possible.
If the vehicle has the LATCH system
and it was being used during a
crash, new LATCH system parts
may be needed.
New parts and repairs may be
necessary even if the LATCH
system was not being used at the
time of the crash.
Securing Child Restraints
(With the Seat Belt in the
Rear Seat)
When securing a child restraint in a
rear seating position, study the
instructions that came with the child
restraint to make sure it is
compatible with this vehicle.
If the child restraint has the LATCH
system, see Lower Anchors and
Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) 079 for how and where to
install the child restraint using
LATCH. If a child restraint is
secured in the vehicle using a seat
belt and it uses a top tether, see
Lower Anchors and Tethers for
Children (LATCH System) 079 for
top tether anchor locations.
Do not secure a child seat in a
position without a top tether anchor
if a national or local law requires
that the top tether be anchored, or if
the instructions that come with the
child restraint say that the top tether
must be anchored.
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Instruments and Controls 95
Instruments and
Controls
Controls
Steering Wheel Adjustment . . . . 96
Steering Wheel Controls . . . . . . . 96
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Windshield Wiper/Washer . . . . . . 96
Rear Window Wiper/Washer . . . 97
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Power Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Warning Lights, Gauges, and
Indicators
Warning Lights, Gauges, andIndicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Fuel Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Seat Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . 103
Airbag Readiness Light . . . . . . . 103
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Charging System Light . . . . . . . 105 Malfunction Indicator Lamp
(Check Engine Light) . . . . . . . . 105
Service Vehicle Soon Light . . . 107
Owner Manual Indicator . . . . . . 107
Brake System Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Antilock Brake System (ABS) Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Operate Pedal Light . . . . . . . . . . 108
Up-Shift Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Power Steering Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . 109
Ultrasonic Parking Sensor Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Traction Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
StabiliTrak OFF Light . . . . . . . . . 110
Traction Control System (TCS)/ StabiliTrak Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Engine Coolant Temperature Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Tire Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Engine Oil Pressure Light . . . . . 112
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . 112
Immobilizer Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Reduced Engine Power Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . 113 Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . 113
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . 113
Cruise Control Light . . . . . . . . . . 113
Hood Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Door Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Information Displays
Driver Information
Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Vehicle Messages
Vehicle Messages (Base LevelCluster) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Vehicle Messages (Uplevel Cluster) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Engine Power Messages . . . . . 121
Vehicle Speed Messages . . . . . 121
Vehicle Personalization
Vehicle Personalization . . . . . . . 121
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334 Index
Driving (cont'd)If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 171
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
E
Electrical Equipment,
Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Electrical System Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 242
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Emergency
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Check Light (MalfunctionIndicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 217
Coolant Temperature Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 Engine (cont'd)
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Reduced Power Light . . . . . . . . . .113
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 186
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 317
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Extender, Seat Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 125
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . 126
Exterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
F
Filter,Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 128
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Fluid
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 221
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Forward Automatic Braking . . . . . 204
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Frequency Statement
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Front Seat Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Front Seats Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Economy Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Filling a Portable FuelContainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . .112
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
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Index 339
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . . 304
Running the Vehicle WhileParked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
S
Safety Defects ReportingCanadian Government . . . . . . . . 316
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . 311
Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
How to Wear Seat BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . . . 60
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . 58
Seats Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Heated Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Securing Child Restraints . . . . 86, 88
Security
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Accessories and
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Climate Control System . . . . . . . 159
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . 214
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . 301
Maintenance, General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Parts Identification Label . . . . . 302
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . .311
Vehicle Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Services Special Application . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Shift Lock Control Function Check, Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Spare Tire
Compact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Special Application Services . . . . 296
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
StabiliTrak OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Start Assist, Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Power, Warning Lights . . . . . . . . 109
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Stoplamps and Back-up Lamps
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Storage Areas Cargo Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . . 92
Struts Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3