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Vehicle Care 301
California Proposition
65 Warning
{Warning
Most motor vehicles, including
this one, as well as many of its
service parts and fluids, contain
and/or emit chemicals known to
the State of California to cause
cancer and birth defects or other
reproductive harm. Engine
exhaust, many parts and
systems, many fluids, and some
component wear by-products
contain and/or emit these
chemicals. For more information
go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov/
passenger-vehicle.
See Battery - North America 0326
and Jump Starting - North America
0 381 and the back cover.
California Perchlorate
Materials Requirements
Certain types of automotive
applications, such as airbag
initiators, seat belt pretensioners,
and lithium batteries contained in
Remote Keyless Entry transmitters,
may contain perchlorate materials.
Special handling may be necessary.
For additional information, see
www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/
perchlorate.
Accessories and
Modifications
Adding non-dealer accessories or
making modifications to the vehicle
can affect vehicle performance and
safety, including such things as
airbags, braking, stability, ride and
handling, emissions systems,
aerodynamics, durability, and
electronic systems like antilock
brakes, traction control, and stability
control. These accessories or
modifications could even cause
malfunction or damage not covered
by the vehicle warranty. Damage to suspension components
caused by modifying vehicle height
outside of factory settings will not be
covered by the vehicle warranty.
Damage to vehicle components
resulting from modifications or the
installation or use of non-GM
certified parts, including control
module or software modifications, is
not covered under the terms of the
vehicle warranty and may affect
remaining warranty coverage for
affected parts.
GM Accessories are designed to
complement and function with other
systems on the vehicle. See your
dealer to accessorize the vehicle
using genuine GM Accessories
installed by a dealer technician.
Also, see
Adding Equipment to the
Airbag-Equipped Vehicle 0105.
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Vehicle Care 343
There are relays on the back of the
fuse block. To access, press the
tabs and remove the fuse block.The vehicle may not be equipped
with all of the fuses, relays, and
features shown. Fuses Usage
1 –
2 –
3 –
4 Accessory power outlet 1
5 Accessory power outlet from retained
accessory power
6 Accessory power outlet from battery power
7 Universal remote system/Interior rearview
mirror
8 SEO/Retained accessory power
9 –
10 Body control module 3 11 Body control module 5
12 Steering wheel control backlighting
13 –
14 –
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Headlamps (cont'd)Daytime Running
Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
High Intensity Discharge
(HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . 161
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 185
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . 162
Heated Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Heated and Ventilated Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Heater Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194, 198
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
High-Speed Operation . . . . . . . . . . 356
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 212
Hill Descent Control (HDC) . . . . . 248
Hill Descent Control Light . . . . . . . 158
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . 246
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 How to Wear Seat Belts
Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
HVAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194, 198
I
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . 220, 222
Ignition Transmission Lock Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Indicator Vehicle Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Infants and Young Children,
Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Information Publication Ordering . . . . . . . . . . 431
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Instrument Panel Storage Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Instrument Panel Overview . . . . . . . 6
Interior Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . 59
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
J
Jump Starting - North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
K
Keyless Entry
Remote (RKE) System . . . . . 34, 40
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29, 30
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . . . 350
Lamps Auxiliary RoofMounted Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . 186
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Exterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Front Turn Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Malfunction Indicator (Check Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . 269
Lane Departure
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . 271
Lane Keep Assist Light . . . . . . . . . 159
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R
Radio Frequency Statement . . . . 431
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Rear Climate Control System . . . 198
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Rear Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . . 261
Rear Window Washer/Wiper . . . . 137
Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Recommended
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413
Records
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . 385
Reimbursement Program, GM Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425
Remote Keyless Entry
(RKE) System . . . . . . . . . . 33, 34, 40
Remote Vehicle Start . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Replacement Glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331 Replacement Parts
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . . 106
Replacing LATCH System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Replacing Seat Belt System
Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Reporting Safety Defects Canadian Government . . . . . . . . 432
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
Restraints Where to Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Reverse Tilt Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Ride Control Systems Magnetic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Roads Driving, Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Roadside Assistance Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425
Roof Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . . 420 Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
S
Safety Defects Reporting
Canadian Government . . . . . . . . 432
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . 427
Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
How to Wear Seat BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Lap Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . . . 93
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . 91
Seats Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Center Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Heated and Ventilated Front . . . . 73
Heated, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . . 68
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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