2019 CHEVROLET SUBURBAN transmission fluid

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Recommended Fluids, Lubricants, and Parts
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants
Fluids and lubricants identified below by name, part number, or specification can be obtained from your dealer.Usage Fluid/Lubricant
Automatic Transmission (6-Speed Transmission) DEXRON-VI Automatic Transmission Fluid.
Automatic Transmission (10-Speed Transmission) DEXRON ULV Automatic Transmission Fluid (GM Part No. 19352619, in
Canada 19352620).
Chassis Lubrication Chassis Lubricant (GM Part No. 12377985, in Canada 88901242) or lubricant meeting requirements of NLGI #2, Category LB or GC-LB.
Engine Coolant 50/50 mixture of clean, drinkable water and use only DEX-COOL Coolant.
See Cooling System 0317.
Engine Oil Engine oil meeting the dexos1 specification of the proper SAE viscosity
grade. ACDelco dexos1 full synthetic is recommended. See Engine Oil
0 309.
Front Axle (Four-Wheel Drive) SAE 75W-90 Synthetic Axle Lubricant (GM Part No. 88900401, in Canada 89021678).
Front Axle Propshaft Spline or One-Piece Propshaft Spline (Two-Wheel Drive) Spline Lubricant, Special Lubricant (GM Part No. 19257121, in
Canada 19257122).
Hydraulic Brake System DOT 3 Hydraulic Brake Fluid (GM Part No. 19353126, in Canada 19353127).

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UsageFluid/Lubricant
Key Lock Cylinders, Hood Hinges,
Power Assist Steps, and Outer Liftgate
Handle Pivot Points Multi-Purpose Lubricant, Superlube (GM Part No. 12346241, in
Canada 10953474).
Rear Axle SAE 75W-85 Synthetic Axle Lubricant (GM Part No. 19300457, in
Canada 19300458).
Transfer Case (Four-Wheel Drive) DEXRON-VI Automatic Transmission Fluid. Weatherstrip Conditioning Weatherstrip lubricant (GM Part No. 3634770, in Canada 10953518) or equivalent.
Weatherstrip Squeaks Synthetic Grease with Teflon, Superlube (GM Part No. 12371287, in Canada 10953437).
Windshield Washer Automotive windshield washer fluid that meets regional freeze protection
requirements.

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448 Index
Assistance Program,Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425
Assistance Systems for Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Assistance Systems for Parking and Backing . . . . . . . . . . 261
Automatic
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Forward Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Level Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . 313, 316
Automatic Transmission Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . 234, 236
Shift Lock Control FunctionCheck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Auxiliary Roof Mounted Lamp . . . . . . . . . . 188
Axle, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Axle, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
B
Battery Exterior Lighting BatterySaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Load Management . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Battery (cont'd)
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Battery - North America . . . . 326, 381
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . . 330
Blind Spot Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Brake Pedal and AdjustableThrottle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
System Warning Light . . . . . . . . 157
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Automatic Forward . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 219
Bulb Replacement Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Front Turn Signal Lamps . . . . . 334
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
High Intensity Discharge(HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
License Plate Lamps . . . . . . . . . 336 Bulb Replacement (cont'd)
Taillamps, Turn Signal,
Stoplamps, and Back-up
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
C
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
California Perchlorate Materials
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
California Proposition
65 Warning . . . . . . . . . .301, 326, 381, Back Cover
Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . . . . . 2
Capacities and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418
Carbon Monoxide
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Cargo Tie-Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . 3
Center Console Storage . . . . . . . . 130
Center Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368

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FluidAutomatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . 313, 316
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Four-Wheel Drive Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Power Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Forward Automatic Braking . . . . . 267
Forward Collision Alert
(FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . 239, 326
Frequency Statement Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
Front Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Front Seats
Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Heated and Ventilated . . . . . . . . . . 73
Front Turn Signal Lamps . . . . . . . 334
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Economy Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Fuel (cont'd)
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . 161
Management, Active . . . . . . . . . . 229
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Recommended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Top Tier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Full-Size Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Fuses Engine Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 337
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342, 345
Rear Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
G
Garage Door Opener . . . . . . . . . . . 180Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Gas Strut(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Gauges Engine CoolantTemperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Gauges (cont'd)
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 150
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Voltmeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Warning Lights and
Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
General Information Service and Maintenance . . . . . 401
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Glass Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
GM Mobility Reimbursement Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425
H
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . 187
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Head-up Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 333

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Seats (cont'd)Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . 67
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Second Row . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Third Row Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Second Row Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Securing Child Restraints . . . . . . . . . . .122, 124, 125
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . 302
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . 416
Maintenance, General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
Parts Identification Label . . . . . 417
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 427
Services Special Application . . . . . . . . . . . 409
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Shift Lock Control Function
Check, Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . 269
Signals, Turn and
Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Special Application Services . . . . 409
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
StabiliTrak OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Start Assist, Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 Fluid, Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Steps
Power Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Stoplamps and Back-up Lamps Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Storage
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Storage Areas Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Floor Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Instrument Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Sunglasses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . 128
Struts Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Sunglass Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
System Forward Collision
Alert (FCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193, 434
Roof Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Systems
Driver Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

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T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
TaillampsBulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . 424
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . . . 55
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Third-Row Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Throttle, Adjustable . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348 All-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
All-Terrain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Full-Size Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Low Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355, 356
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Pressure Monitor Operation . . 358
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . 357
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350 Tires (cont'd)
Terminology and Definitions . . 352
Uniform Tire Quality
Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 368
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Top Tier Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Tow/Haul Mode Light . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Towing Driving Characteristics . . . . . . . . 278
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 278
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 385
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . 296
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Traction Control System
(TCS)/StabiliTrak Light . . . . . . 160
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Trailer
Sway Control (TSC) . . . . . . . . . . 296
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Transmission Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . 313, 316
Transportation Program, Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Turn Signal Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
U
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . 366
Universal Remote System . . . . . . 180Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
V
Vehicle
Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Identification Number (VIN) . . . 417
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215