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4. Insert the hoist end (10)through the hole (9) in the rear
bumper and onto the hoist
shaft.
Do not use the chiseled end of
the wheel wrench.
5. Raise the tire part way upward. Make sure the retainer is
seated in the wheel opening.
6. Raise the tire fully against the underside of the vehicle by
turning the wheel wrench
clockwise until you hear two
clicks or feel it skip twice. You
cannot overtighten the cable.
7. Make sure the tire is storedsecurely and flush in the
radius (2) of the spare tire
support bracket (1). Push, pull, and then try to turn the tire.
If the tire moves, use the wheel
wrench to tighten the cable.
Repeat this tightness check
procedure when checking the
spare tire pressure according
to the scheduled maintenance
information or any time the
spare tire is handled due to
service of other components.
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Incorrectly Stored
8. Reinstall the spare tire lock, if the vehicle has one.
To store the jack and tools, reverse
the steps for removing them.
1. Wheel Wrench 2. Jack Handle
3. Jack Handle Extensions
4. Wing Nut
For extended cab models, be sure
to replace the wheel wrench (1),
jack handle (2), and two jack handle
extensions (3) in the bag, as shown,
so it can be properly stored in the
storage compartment.
Be sure to fully tighten the wing
nut (4) so the tool bag cover can be
properly and securely closed.
Compact Spare Tire
{Warning
Driving with more than one
compact spare tire at a time could
result in loss of braking and
handling. This could lead to a
crash and you or others could be
injured. Use only one compact
spare tire at a time.
If this vehicle has a compact spare
tire, it was fully inflated when new;
however, it can lose air over time. Check the inflation pressure
regularly. It should be 420 kPa
(60 psi).
Stop as soon as possible and check
that the spare tire is correctly
inflated after being installed on the
vehicle. The compact spare tire is
designed for temporary use only.
The vehicle will perform differently
with the spare tire installed and it is
recommended that the vehicle
speed be limited to 80 km/h
(50 mph). To conserve the tread of
the spare tire, have the standard tire
repaired or replaced as soon as
convenient and return the spare tire
to the storage area.
When using a compact spare tire,
the AWD (if equipped), ABS, and
Traction Control systems may
engage until the spare tire is
recognized by the vehicle,
especially on slippery roads. Adjust
driving to reduce possible
wheel slip.
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Caution
When the compact spare is
installed, do not take the vehicle
through an automatic car wash
with guide rails. The compact
spare can get caught on the rails
which can damage the tire, wheel,
and other parts of the vehicle.
Do not use the compact spare on
other vehicles.
Do not mix the compact spare tire or
wheel with other wheels or tires.
They will not fit. Keep the spare tire
and its wheel together.
Caution
Tire chains will not fit the compact
spare. Using them can damage
the vehicle and the chains. Do not
use tire chains on the compact
spare.
Caution
If the vehicle has four-wheel drive
and a different size spare tire is
installed, do not drive in
four-wheel drive until the flat tire
is repaired and/or replaced. The
vehicle could be damaged and
the repairs would not be covered
by the warranty. Never use
four-wheel drive when a different
size spare tire is installed on the
vehicle.
Full-Size Spare Tire
If this vehicle came with a full-size
spare tire, it was fully inflated when
new, however, it can lose air over
time. Check the inflation pressure
regularly.
See Tire Pressure 0280 and
Vehicle Load Limits 0167. For
instructions on how to remove,
install, or store a spare tire, see Tire
Changing 0295. If equipped with a temporary use
full-size spare tire, it is indicated on
the tire sidewall. See
Tire Sidewall
Labeling 0275. This spare tire
should not be driven on over
112 km/h (70 mph), or 88 km/h
(55 mph) when pulling a trailer, at
the proper inflation pressure. Repair
and replace the road tire as soon as
it is convenient, and stow the spare
tire for future use.
Caution
If the vehicle has four-wheel drive
and a different size spare tire is
installed, do not drive in
four-wheel drive until the flat tire
is repaired and/or replaced. The
vehicle could be damaged and
the repairs would not be covered
by the warranty. Never use
four-wheel drive when a different
size spare tire is installed on the
vehicle.
The vehicle may have a different
size spare tire than the road tires
originally installed on the vehicle.
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This spare tire was developed for
use on this vehicle, so it is all right
to drive on it. If the vehicle has
four-wheel drive and a different size
spare tire is installed, drive only in
two-wheel drive.
After installing the spare tire on the
vehicle, stop as soon as possible
and check that the spare is correctly
inflated. The spare tire is made to
perform well at speeds up to
112 km/h (70 mph) at the
recommended inflation pressure, so
you can finish your trip.
Have the damaged or flat road tire
repaired or replaced and installed
back onto the vehicle as soon as
possible so the spare tire will be
available in case it is needed again.
Do not mix tires and wheels of
different sizes, because they will not
fit. Keep your spare tire and its
wheel together. If the vehicle has a
spare tire that does not match the
original road tires and wheels in size
and type, do not include the spare in
the tire rotation.Jump Starting
Jump Starting - North
America
For more information about the
vehicle battery, seeBattery - North
America 0255.
If the battery has run down, try to
use another vehicle and some
jumper cables to start your vehicle.
Be sure to use the following steps to
do it safely.
{Warning
WARNING: Battery posts,
terminals, and related
accessories contain lead and lead
compounds, chemicals known to
the State of California to cause
cancer and birth defects or other
reproductive harm. Batteries also
contain other chemicals known to
the State of California to cause
cancer. WASH HANDS AFTER
(Continued)
Warning (Continued)
HANDLING.For more information
go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov/
passenger-vehicle.
See California Proposition
65 Warning 0235 and the back
cover.
{Warning
Batteries can hurt you. They can
be dangerous because:
. They contain acid that can
burn you.
. They contain gas that can
explode or ignite.
. They contain enough
electricity to burn you.
If you do not follow these steps
exactly, some or all of these
things can hurt you.
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.Visually inspect gas strut for
signs of wear, cracks, or other
damage. Check the hold open
ability of the strut. If the hold
open is low, service the gas
strut. See Gas Strut(s) 0260.
. Verify spare tire key lock
operation and lubricate as
needed. See Tire Changing
0 295.
. Visually inspect the spare tire to
ensure that it is tightly stowed
under the vehicle. Push, pull,
and try to turn the tire. If the
spare tire moves, tighten as
necessary. Verify that the wheel
retainer plate compression
spring is fully compressed. See
Tire Changing 0295.
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Index 373
Fuel (cont'd)Top Tier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Full-Size Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Fuses Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 265
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
G
Gas Strut(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
GaugesEngine Coolant
Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Warning Lights and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
General Information Service and Maintenance . . . . . 323
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 GM Mobility Reimbursement
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
H
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . 141
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Headlamps
Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Daytime RunningLamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Headlamps, Front Turn Signal, Sidemarker, and
Parking Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . 126
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 139
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . 127
Heated
Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Heated and Ventilated Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Heater Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147, 149 High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 164
Hill Descent Control (HDC) . . . . . 199
Hill Descent Control Light . . . . . . . 123
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . 197
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
How to Wear Seat Belts
Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
HVAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147, 149
Hydraulic Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
I
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Ignition Transmission Lock Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Indicator
Vehicle Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Infants and Young Children, Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Information Publication Ordering . . . . . . . . . . 352
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . 111, 113
Interior Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . 39
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
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Seat Belts (cont'd)Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . 57
Seats Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Heated and Ventilated Front . . . . 48
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . . 46
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . 46
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Underseat Storage . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Securing Child Restraints . . . . 93, 99
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Climate Control System . . . . . . . 147
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . 236
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . 338
Maintenance, General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Parts Identification Label . . . . . 339
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 349 Services
Special Application . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Shift Lock Control Function Check, Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Shifting
Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Spare Tire Compact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Special Application Services . . . . 331
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
StabiliTrak OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Start Assist, Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Stoplamps and Back-up Lamps
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Storage Areas Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Sunglasses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Underseat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . 102
Struts Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Sunglass Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
System Forward Collision
Alert (FCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146, 356
Systems Driver Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
TaillampsBulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . 346
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Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . . . 35Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 All-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
All-Terrain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Compact Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Full-Size Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Pressure Monitor Operation . . 282
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . 281
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Terminology and Definitions . . 278
Uniform Tire QualityGrading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Wheel Alignment and Tire
Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 292 Tires (cont'd)
When It Is Time for New
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Top Tier Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Tow/Haul Mode Light . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Towing Driving Characteristics . . . . . . . . 214
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 214
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 309
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . 230
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Traction Control System(TCS)/StabiliTrak Light . . . . . . 124
Limited-Slip Differential . . . . . . . 200
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Trailer
Sway Control (TSC) . . . . . . . . . . 230
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Transmission Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Transmission (cont'd)
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Fluid, Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Transportation Program,
Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Truck-Camper Loading Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Turn and Lane-Change
Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Turn Signal Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
U
Underseat Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . 290
Up-Shift Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
V
VehicleAlarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Identification Number (VIN) . . . 339
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30