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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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Index 449
ChargingWireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . 155
Check Engine Light (MalfunctionIndicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Ignition Transmission Lock . . . 329
Child Restraints Infants and Young Children . . . 108
Lower Anchors and Tethersfor Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . 122, 124, 125
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Child-View Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Cleaning Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
Climate Control Systems Dual Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . . 428
Compartments Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Connected Services
Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444
Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443
Connections Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . 444
Control
Hill Descent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Traction and ElectronicStability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Control Light
Hill Descent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Coolant Engine Temperature Gauge . . 151
Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194, 198
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Courtesy Transportation Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Cruise Control, Adaptive . . . . . . . . 252
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 424 Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423 Customer Assistance (cont'd)
Text Telephone (TTY)
Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424
Customer Information
Publications OrderingInformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
Customer Satisfaction Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
D
Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . . . 428
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . 3
Data CollectionInfotainment System . . . . . . . . . . 434
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . 433
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Diagnostics
Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . 446
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Door Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
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450 Index
Door (cont'd)Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . 420
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . 259
Driver Information Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163, 164
Driving Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 264
Characteristics andTowing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Drunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
For Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . 27
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 212
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 214
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Off-Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Dual Automatic Climate Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
E
E85 or FlexFuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Electrical Equipment,Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298 Electrical System
Engine Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 337
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342, 345
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Rear Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Emergency OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Check Light (MalfunctionIndicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 303
Coolant Temperature
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 420
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
Oil Pressure Gauge . . . . . . . . . . 150
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 231 Engine (cont'd)
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 433
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Extender, Seat Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 183
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . 185
Exterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
F
FanEngine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Features Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Filter,
Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 187
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
FlexFuel E85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Floor Console Storage . . . . . . . . . . 131
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
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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