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Vehicle Care 357
3. Good Battery Negative (-)Terminal
4. Good Battery Positive (+) Terminal
The jump start positive (+)
Terminal (1) and the negative
remote negative terminal (2) for the
discharged battery are on the driver
side of the vehicle.
The jump start positive (+)
terminal (4) and negative (-)
terminal (3) are on the battery of the
vehicle providing the jump start.
The positive jump start connection
for the discharged battery is under a
cover. Remove the cover to expose
the terminal.
1. Check the other vehicle. It must have a 12-volt battery
with a negative ground system.
Caution
If the other vehicle does not have
a 12-volt system with a negative
ground, both vehicles can be
(Continued)
Caution (Continued)
damaged. Only use a vehicle that
has a 12-volt system with a
negative ground for jump starting.
2. Position the two vehicles so that they are not touching.
3. Set the parking brake firmly and put the shift lever in
P (Park) with an automatic
transmission, or Neutral with a
manual transmission. See
Shifting Into Park 0230.
Caution
If any accessories are left on or
plugged in during the jump
starting procedure, they could be
damaged. The repairs would not
be covered by the vehicle
warranty. Whenever possible, turn
off or unplug all accessories on
either vehicle when jump starting. 4. Turn the ignition off. Turn off all
lights and accessories in both
vehicles, except the hazard
warning flashers if needed.
{Warning
An electric fan can start up even
when the engine is not running
and can injure you. Keep hands,
clothing, and tools away from any
underhood electric fan.
{Warning
Using a match near a battery can
cause battery gas to explode.
People have been hurt doing this,
and some have been blinded.
Use a flashlight if you need more
light.
Battery fluid contains acid that
can burn you. Do not get it on
you. If you accidentally get it in
your eyes or on your skin, flush
the place with water and get
medical help immediately.

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Forward Collision Alert(FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Frequency Statement Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Front Pedestrian Braking
(FPB) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Front Seats Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Heated and Ventilated . . . . . . . . . . 69
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Economy Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Filling a Portable FuelContainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . 149
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Recommended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Top Tier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Fuses Engine Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 317 Fuses (cont'd)
Instrument Panel Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Rear Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
G
Garage Door Opener . . . . . . . . . . . 164Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Gas Strut(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Gauges
Engine CoolantTemperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Warning Lights and
Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
General Information Service and Maintenance . . . . . 371
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
GM Mobility Reimbursement Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
H
Hands-Free Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . 171
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
HeadlampsAiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . 314, 315
Daytime RunningLamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
High Intensity Discharge (HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . 150
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 169
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . 150
Heated Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Heated and Ventilated Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Heater Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201, 204
High Voltage Devices and Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

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High-Speed Operation . . . . . . . . . . 334
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 218
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . 240
Home Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
How to Wear Seat BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
HVAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201, 204
I
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Indicator Pedestrian Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Vehicle Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Infants and Young Children,
Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Information Publication Ordering . . . . . . . . . . 398
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Instrument Panel
Storage Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Interior Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . 53
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
J
Jump Starting - North
America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
K
Keyless EntryRemote (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . 30
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . . . 328
Lamps Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . 169
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Exterior Lighting BatterySaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Malfunction Indicator (Check Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . 267
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . 269
Lane Keep Assist Light . . . . . . . . . 146
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 LATCH System
Replacing Parts after a
Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
LATCH, Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . 105
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Lighting Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 172
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Lights Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Antilock Brake System(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . 144
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Check Engine (Malfunction Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . 145
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 148
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Front Fog Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 169

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Lights (cont'd)Lane Keep Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Seat Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . . 140
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Service Electric Parking
Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
StabiliTrak OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 149
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64M
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Maintenance and Care Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 373 Recommended Fluids andLubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 142
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Media Avoiding Untrusted Devices . . 185
Memory Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Messages Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Mirror
Rear Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Mirrors Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Automatic DimmingRearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Manual Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Mirrors (cont'd)
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Tilt in Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . 53
Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Driver Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Monitor System, Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Multi-band Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
N
Navigation
Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . .411
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . 224
O
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Off-Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Oil Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 298
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . . . 98
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . . 392
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402

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Tires (cont'd)Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 345
When It Is Time for New
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Top Tier Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Towing Driving Characteristics . . . . . . . . 275
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 275
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 359
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . 287
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Traction Control System(TCS)/StabiliTrak Light . . . . . . 147
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Trademarks and License Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . . . . . . . . 287
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Transmission Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Transmission (cont'd)
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Transportation Program, Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
U
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . 344
Universal Remote System . . . . . . 164Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Updates
Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
USB Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
V
Vehicle Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Identification Number (VIN) . . . 385
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Vehicle (cont'd)
Speed Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . . . 146
Vehicle Care
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Vehicle Data Recording and Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
Ventilation, Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Voltage Devices and Wiring . . . . 316
W
Warning
Brake System Light . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Caution and Danger . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Lane Departure (LDW) . . . . . . . 269
Warning Lights, Gauges, and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Warnings Hazard Flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Wheels Alignment and Tire Balance . . 345
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341