
GMC Canyon/Canyon Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada-
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340 Technical Data
Vehicle Data
Capacities and Specifications
The following approximate capacities are given in metric and English conversions. SeeRecommended Fluids and
Lubricants 0335.
If the vehicle has a diesel engine, see the Duramax diesel supplement.
Application Capacities
Metric English
Air Conditioning Refrigerant For the air conditioning system refrigerant type and charge amount, see the refrigerant label under thehood. See your dealer for more information.
Cooling System
2.5L L4 9.1 L 9.6 qt
3.6L V6 10.6 L 11.2 qt
Engine Oil with Filter
2.5L L4 4.7 L 5.0 qt
3.6L V6 5.7 L 6.0 qt
Fuel Tank 78 L 20.6 gal
Transfer Case Fluid 1.9 L 2.0 qt
Wheel Nut Torque 190 Y140 lb ft
All capacities are approximate. When adding, be sure to fill to the approximate level, as recommended in this
manual. Recheck fluid level after filling.

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Index 369
IndexA
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . 232
Additional Information OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Additional Maintenance and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Adjustments
Lumbar, Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . . . 246
Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . 147, 149
Air Filter, Passenger Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Airbag System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
How Does an AirbagRestrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Passenger Sensing System . . . . 65
What Makes an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
What Will You See after an
Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
When Should an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . . 61 Airbags
Adding Equipment to the
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Passenger Status Indicator . . . .118
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Servicing Airbag-Equipped Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Alarm Vehicle Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
All-Terrain Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . 195
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Appearance Care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Assistance Program, Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Assistance Systems for Parking and Backing . . . . . . . . . . 205
Automatic Climate Control System . . . . . . . 149
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . 245

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E
Electrical Equipment,Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Electrical System Engine Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 265
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Emergency OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Check Light (Malfunction
Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 238
Coolant Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Engine (cont'd)
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 181
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 355
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Extender, Seat Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Exterior Cargo Lamps . . . . . . . . . . 142
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 138
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . 139
Exterior Lighting Battery
Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
F
FanEngine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Filter, Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 141
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Fluid
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 245
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254 Fluid (cont'd)
Four-Wheel Drive
Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . 189, 256
Frequency Statement
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Front Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Front Seats Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Heated and Ventilated . . . . . . . . . . 48
Fuel
Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Economy Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Filling a Portable FuelContainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . 126
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Recommended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211

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Maintenance and CareAdditional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 325 Recommended Fluids andLubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 119
Manual Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Manual Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . 187 Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Messages Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Mirrors
Automatic DimmingRearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Blind Spot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Manual Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . 39
Monitor System, Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281N
NavigationConnected Services . . . . . . . . . . 365
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . 173
O
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Off-Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Oil Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 243
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . . . 72
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . . 346
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
OnStar Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
OnStar Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
OnStar Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
OnStar Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Operation Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Outlets Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
P
Park Shifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Brake and P (Park)Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . 259
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 180
Parking or Backing Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 205
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Passenger Compartment Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . 65
Perchlorate Materials Requirements, California . . . . . . 236
Personalization Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Power Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Protection, Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . 178
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46