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Technical Data 333
Vehicle Data
Capacities and Specifications
The following approximate capacities are given in metric and English conversions. Refer toRecommended Fluids and
Lubricants 0329 for more information.
Application Capacities
Metric English
Air Conditioning Refrigerant For the air conditioning system refrigerant charge type and amount, see the refrigerant label underthe hood. See your dealer for more information.
Cooling Systems Engine 7.0 L 7.4 qt
High Voltage Battery 3.8 L 4.0 qt
Power Electronics 4.2 L 4.4 L*4.4 qt
4.6 qt*
* 3.6 kW/7.2 kW Charger
Engine Oil with Filter 4.0 L 4.2 qt
Fuel Tank 33.7 L 8.9 gal
Electric Drive Unit 6.75 L 7.13 qt
Wheel Nut Torque 140 Y100 lb ft
All capacities are approximate. When adding, be sure to fill to the approximate level, as recommended in this
manual.

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Index 361
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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Storage Areas (cont'd)Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . . 98
Storing the Tire Sealant and Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Struts Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
System Engine Air Filter Life . . . . . . . . . . 244
Forward CollisionAlert (FCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149, 348
System Operation Electric Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Systems
Driver Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
T
Taillamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . 338
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . . . 47Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 All-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 Tires (cont'd)
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Low Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Pressure Monitor Operation . . 281
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . 280
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Sealant and
Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Sealant and Compressor Kit, Storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Terminology and Definitions . . 276
Uniform Tire Quality
Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 290
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Top Tier Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Towing
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 233
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 307
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Traction Control System(TCS)/StabiliTrak Light . . . . . . .119
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Transportation Program,
Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
U
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . 288
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Utility Interruption ofCharging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
V
Vehicle
Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Identification Number (VIN) . . . 332
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164