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Vehicle Care 321
FusesUsage
F60 Engine control module–even
F61 O2 sensor 1/MAF
F62 –
F63 –
F64 Aeroshutter
F65 Engine control module
powertrain 1
F66 Engine control module
powertrain 2
F67 Engine control module–odd
F68 –
F69 –
F70 –
F71 –
F72 –
F73 –
F74 –
F75 – Fuses
Usage
F76 –
F77 –
Relays Usage
K1 Starter 1
K2 Run/Crank
K3 Vacuum pump
K4 –
K5 Air conditioning
K6 Coolant pump
K7 Engine control module
K8 Folding seats
K9 –
K10 Starter 2Instrument Panel Fuse
Block
The instrument panel fuse block is
inside the center console on the
passenger side of the vehicle.
Remove the fuse access door by
inserting a coin or tool into the slot
of the access door.
To remove a fuse, use the fuse
puller located in the Engine
Compartment Fuse block.
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Maintenance
Schedule
Owner Checks and Services
At Each Fuel Stop
.Check the engine oil level. See
Engine Oil 0296.
Once a Month
. Check the tire inflation
pressures. See Tire Pressure
0 333.
. Inspect the tires for wear. See
Tire Inspection 0340.
. Check the windshield washer
fluid level. See Washer Fluid
0 306.
Engine Oil Change
When the CHANGE ENGINE OIL
SOON message displays, have the
engine oil and filter changed within
the next 1 000 km/600 mi. If driven
under the best conditions, the engine oil life system may not
indicate the need for vehicle service
for up to a year. The engine oil and
filter must be changed at least once
a year and the oil life system must
be reset. Your trained dealer
technician can perform this work.
If the engine oil life system is reset
accidentally, service the vehicle
within 5 000 km/3,000 mi since the
last service. Reset the oil life
system when the oil is changed.
See
Engine Oil Life System 0298.
Air Conditioning Desiccant
(Replace Every Seven Years)
The air conditioning system requires
maintenance every seven years.
This service requires replacement of
the desiccant to help the longevity
and efficient operation of the air
conditioning system. This service
can be complex. See your dealer.
Tire Rotation and Required
Services Every 12 000 km/
7,500 mi
Rotate the tires, if recommended for
the vehicle, and perform the
following services. See Tire
Rotation 0340.
. Check engine oil level and oil
life percentage. If needed,
change engine oil and filter, and
reset oil life system. See Engine
Oil 0296 andEngine Oil Life
System 0298.
. Check engine coolant level. See
Cooling System 0301.
. Check windshield washer fluid
level. See Washer Fluid 0306.
. Check tire inflation pressures.
See Tire Pressure 0333.
. Inspect tire wear. See Tire
Inspection 0340.
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382 Service and Maintenance
Recommended Fluids, Lubricants, and Parts
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants
UsageFluid/Lubricant
Automatic Transmission DEXRON-VI Automatic Transmission Fluid. Engine Coolant 50/50 mixture of clean, drinkable water and use only DEX-COOL Coolant.
See Cooling System 0301.
Engine Oil Engine oil meeting the dexos1 specification of the proper SAE viscosity
grade. ACDelco dexos1 full synthetic is recommended. See Engine Oil
0 296.
Hood Latch Assembly, Secondary Latch, Pivots, Spring Anchor, and
Release Pawl Lubriplate Lubricant Aerosol (GM Part No. 89021668, in
Canada 89021674) or lubricant meeting requirements of NLGI #2,
Category LB or GC-LB.
Hydraulic Brake System DOT 3 Hydraulic Brake Fluid (GM Part No. 19353126, in Canada 19353127).
Key Lock Cylinders, Hood and Door Hinges Multi-Purpose Lubricant, Superlube (GM Part No. 12346241, in
Canada 10953474).
Weatherstrip Conditioning Weatherstrip lubricant (GM Part No. 3634770, in Canada 10953518) or equivalent.
Windshield Washer Automotive windshield washer fluid that meets regional freeze protection requirements.
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Index 417
ChargingWireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . 142
Check Engine Light (MalfunctionIndicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Child Restraints
Infants and Young Children . . . . . 99
Lower Anchors and Tethersfor Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113, 115
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Cleaning Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Climate Control Systems Dual Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . . 396
Compact Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Compartments
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Connected Services
Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412
Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .411
Connections Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . 412
Control
Traction and ElectronicStability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Coolant Engine Temperature Gauge . . 139
Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201, 204
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Courtesy Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Courtesy Transportation Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Cruise Control, Adaptive . . . . . . . . 248
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
Text Telephone (TTY)Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Customer Information Publications OrderingInformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398 Customer Satisfaction
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
D
Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . . . 396
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . 3
Data Collection
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . 402
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . 401
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Devices Auxiliary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Diagnostics
Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . 414
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Door Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . 388
Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . 237, 310
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Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . 256
Driver InformationCenter (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Driving Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 261
Characteristics andTowing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Drunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
For Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . 27
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 218
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 220
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Off-Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Dual Automatic Climate Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
E
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . 238
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . 145
Electrical Equipment,
Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288 Electrical System
Engine Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 317
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Rear Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Emergency OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Check Light (MalfunctionIndicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 293
Coolant Temperature
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 233
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 401
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Extender, Seat Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 167
Exterior Lighting Battery
Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
F
FeaturesMemory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Filter, Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 171
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Fluid Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 299
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Forward Automatic Braking . . . . . 263
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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