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414 Service and Maintenance
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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security, or the operation of the
vehicle or the vehicle systems.
Software updates or changes may
affect or erase data or settings that
are stored in the vehicle, such as
OnStar Hands-Free Calling name
tags, saved navigation destinations,
or pre-set radio stations. Neither
OnStar nor GM is responsible for
any affected or erased data or
settings. These updates or changes
may also collect personal
information. Such collection is
described in the OnStar privacy
statement or separately disclosed at
the time of installation. These
updates or changes may also cause
a system to automatically
communicate with GM servers to
collect information about vehicle
system status, identify whether
updates or changes are available,
or deliver updates or changes. An
active OnStar agreement constitutes
consent to these software updates
or changes and agreement that
either OnStar or GM may remotely
deliver them to the vehicle.Privacy
The complete OnStar Privacy
Statement may be found at
www.onstar.com (U.S.),
or www.onstar.ca (Canada). We
recommend that you review it. If you
have any questions, call
1-888-4ONSTAR (1-888-466-7827)
or press
Qto speak with an
Advisor. Users of wireless
communications are cautioned that
the privacy of any information sent
via wireless cellular communications
cannot be assured. Third parties
may unlawfully intercept or access
transmissions and private
communications without consent.
OnStar - Software
Acknowledgements
Certain OnStar components include
libcurl and unzip software and other
third party software. Below are the
notices and licenses associated
with libcurl and unzip and for other
third party software please see
http://opensource.lge.com/index
www.onstar.com/us/en/ libcurl:
COPYRIGHT AND PERMISSION
NOTICE
Copyright (c) 1996 - 2010, Daniel
Stenberg,
All rights reserved.
Permission to use, copy, modify,
and distribute this software for any
purpose with or without fee is
hereby granted, provided that the
above copyright notice and this
permission notice appear in all
copies.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED
“AS IS,”
WITHOUT WARRANTY OF
ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
AND NONINFRINGEMENT OF
THIRD PARTY RIGHTS. IN NO
EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM,
DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF
CONTRACT, TORT OR

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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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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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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