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Service and Maintenance 411
Hoses
Hoses transport fluids and should
be regularly inspected to ensure
that there are no cracks or leaks.
With a multi-point inspection, your
dealer can inspect the hoses and
advise if replacement is needed.
Lamps
Properly working headlamps,
taillamps, and brake lamps are
important to see and be seen on
the road.
.Signs that the headlamps need
attention include dimming, failure
to light, cracking, or damage.
The brake lamps need to be
checked periodically to ensure
that they light when braking.
. With a multi-point inspection,
your dealer can check the lamps
and note any concerns. Shocks and Struts
Shocks and struts help aid in control
for a smoother ride.
.
Signs of wear may include
steering wheel vibration, bounce/
sway while braking, longer
stopping distance, or uneven
tire wear.
. As part of the multi-point
inspection, trained dealer
technicians can visually inspect
the shocks and struts for signs
of leaking, blown seals,
or damage, and can advise
when service is needed. Tires
Tires need to be properly inflated,
rotated, and balanced. Maintaining
the tires can save money and fuel,
and can reduce the risk of tire
failure.
.
Signs that the tires need to be
replaced include three or more
visible treadwear indicators; cord
or fabric showing through the
rubber; cracks or cuts in the
tread or sidewall; or a bulge or
split in the tire.
. Trained dealer technicians can
inspect and recommend the right
tires. Your dealer can also
provide tire/wheel balancing
services to ensure smooth
vehicle operation at all speeds.
Your dealer sells and services
name brand tires.
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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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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