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Instruments and Controls 101
Instruments and
Controls
Controls
Steering Wheel Adjustment . . . 102
Steering Wheel Controls . . . . . . 102
Heated Steering Wheel . . . . . . . 102
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Pedestrian Safety Signal . . . . . 102
Windshield Wiper/Washer . . . . 103
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Power Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Wireless Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Warning Lights, Gauges, and
Indicators
Warning Lights, Gauges, andIndicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Battery Gauge (High Voltage) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Fuel Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Driver Efficiency Gauge . . . . . . . 111
Power Indicator Gauge . . . . . . . 112 Seat Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . . 112
Airbag Readiness Light . . . . . . . 113
Passenger Airbag Status
Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Charging System Light (12-Volt
Battery) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (Check Engine Light) . . . . . . . . 114
Brake System Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Service Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Antilock Brake System (ABS) Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Sport Mode Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Mountain Mode Light . . . . . . . . . 118
Hold Mode Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . . 119
Traction Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
StabiliTrak OFF Light . . . . . . . . . 119
Traction Control System (TCS)/ StabiliTrak Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Engine Coolant Temperature Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Tire Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Engine Oil Pressure Light . . . . 121 Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . 121
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Vehicle Ready Light . . . . . . . . . . 122
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . 122
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . 122
Cruise Control Light . . . . . . . . . . 122
Door Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Information Displays
Power Flows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Programmable Charging . . . . . . 123
Energy Information . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Driver Information
Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Vehicle Messages
Vehicle Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Propulsion PowerMessages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Vehicle Speed Messages . . . . . 136
Vehicle Personalization
Vehicle Personalization . . . . . . . 137

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102 Instruments and Controls
Controls
Steering Wheel
Adjustment
To adjust the steering wheel:1. Pull the lever down.
2. Move the steering wheel up or down.
3. Pull or push the steering wheel closer or away from you.
4. Pull the lever up to lock the steering wheel in place. Do not adjust the steering wheel
while driving.
Steering Wheel Controls
The infotainment system can be
operated by using the steering
wheel controls. See
“Steering Wheel
Controls” in the infotainment
manual.
Heated Steering Wheel
(: If equipped, press to turn on or
off. An indicator light on the button
displays when the feature is
turned on. The steering wheel takes about
three minutes to start heating.
If equipped with an auto heated
steering wheel, the heated steering
wheel will turn on automatically in
remote start along with the heated
seats when it is cold outside. The
heated steering wheel indicator light
will not come on. See
Heated Front
Seats 057.
Horn
Pressaon the steering wheel pad
to sound the horn.
Pedestrian Safety Signal
The vehicle is equipped with
automatic sound generation.
The automatic sound is generated
to indicate the vehicle presence to
pedestrians. The sound changes if
the vehicle is speeding up or
slowing down. It is activated when
the vehicle is shifted into a forward
gear or R (Reverse), up to 33 km/h
(20 mph).

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IndexA
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . . . 191
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . 233
Additional Information OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Additional Maintenance and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Adjustments Lumbar, Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . . . 245
Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Air Filter Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Air Filter, Passenger Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Airbag System
Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
How Does an AirbagRestrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Passenger Sensing System . . . . 74
What Makes an Airbag
Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
What Will You See after an Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Airbag System (cont'd)
When Should an Airbag
Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . . 69
Airbags Adding Equipment to theVehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Passenger Status Indicator . . . .113
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Servicing Airbag-Equipped Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Alarm Vehicle Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Alert Lane Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Side Blind Zone (SBZA) . . . . . . 210
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . 182
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Appearance Care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Assistance Program, Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Assistance Systems for Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

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Driving for Better EnergyEfficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
E
Electric Drive Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Electric Drive Unit Shift LockControl Function Check . . . . . . . 257
Electric Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . 183
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . 117
Electrical Equipment, Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Electrical Requirements for Battery Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Electrical System Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 264
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Rear Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Emergency OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Energy Efficiency
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Energy Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Engine
Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Check Light (Malfunction
Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 240
Coolant Temperature Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Cooling System . . . . . 246, 250, 251
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 180
Engine Air Filter Life System . . . . 244
Engine Unavailable Out of Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 347
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Extended Range Mode . . . . . . . . . 174
Extender, Seat Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 142
Exterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
F
Filter,Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 145
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Fluid Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Forward Automatic Braking . . . . . 208
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Frequency Statement Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Front Seats Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Filling a Portable FuelContainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . 121
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

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Lower Anchors and Tethersfor Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
M
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Maintenance and Care Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Maintenance Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 321
Recommended Fluids andLubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 114
Messages Propulsion Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Mirrors
Automatic DimmingRearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Manual Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . 49
Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Driver Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Extended Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Hold Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Modes
Driver Selected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Monitor System, Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Mountain Mode Light . . . . . . . . . . . 118
N
Navigation Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . 357
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . 168
O
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Off-Road
Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Oil Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 243
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . . . 80
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . . 338 OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
OnStar Additional
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
OnStar Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
OnStar Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
OnStar Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Out of Fuel/Engine Unavailable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Outlets Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
P
Park
Shifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Parking
Brake and P (Park)Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . 257
Extended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 173
Parking or Backing Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 202
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Passenger Compartment Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

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Passenger Sensing System . . . . . 74
Pedestrian Safety Signal . . . . . . . 102
Perchlorate MaterialsRequirements, California . . . . . . 237
Personalization Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Plug-In Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Power
Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Flows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Indicator Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Protection, Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . 171
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Pregnancy, Using Seat Belts . . . . 65
Privacy Vehicle Data Recording . . . . . . . 347
Program Courtesy Transportation . . . . . . 341
Programmable Charging . . . . . . . . 123
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Proposition
65 Warning,
California . . . . . . . . . . . .236, 255, 299,
Back Cover
Propulsion Power Messages . . . 136
Publication Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
R
Radio Frequency Statement . . . . 345
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Ready Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Rear Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . . 202
Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Recommended Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Records Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . 307
Regenerative Braking . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Reimbursement Program,
GM Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Replacement Parts Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . . . 80
Replacing LATCH System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Replacing Seat Belt System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Reporting Safety Defects Canadian Government . . . . . . . . 346
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Requirements Electrical Battery Charging . . . 228
Restraints Where to Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Roads Driving, Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Roadside Assistance Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284

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Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . . 334
Running the Vehicle WhileParked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
S
Safety Defects ReportingCanadian Government . . . . . . . . 346
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Safety Signal Pedestrian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . 341
Sealant Kit, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
How to Wear Seat Belts
Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . . . 67
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . 65
Seats Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Heated Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Seats (cont'd)
Heated, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . . 55
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . 55
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Securing Child Restraints . . . . 93, 95
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Accessories and
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . 237
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . 331
Maintenance, General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Parts Identification Label . . . . . 332
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 341
Service Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Services Special Application . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Shifting (cont'd)
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . 210
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Special Application Services . . . . 326
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Sport Mode Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
StabiliTrak
OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Start Remote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Start Assist, Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Starting and Stopping the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Status Screens
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Storage Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Storage Areas Cargo Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99