2019 GMC SIERRA DENALI transmission fluid

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420 Service and Maintenance Maintenance Schedule
Additional Required
Services - Severe
12 000 km/7,500 mi
24 000 km/15,000 mi
36 000 km/22,500 mi
48 000 km/30,000 mi
60 000 km/37,500 mi
72 000 km/45,000 mi
84 000 km/52,500 mi
96 000 km/60,000 mi
108 000 km/67,500 mi
120 000 km/75,000 mi
132 000 km/82,500 mi
144 000 km/90,000 mi
156 000 km/97,500 mi
168 000 km/105,000 mi
180 000 km/112,500 mi
192 000 km/120,000 mi
204 000 km/127,500 mi
216 000 km/135,000 mi
228 000 km/142,500 mi
240 000 km/150,000 miRotate tires and perform Required Services.
Check engine oil level and oil life percentage.
Change engine oil and filter, if needed.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @Replace passenger compartment air filter. (1)
@ @ @ @ @ @Replace engine air cleaner filter. (2)
@ @ @Inspect evaporative control system. (3)
@ @ @Replace spark plugs. Inspect spark plug wires.
(Except 2.7L L4 Turbo Engine)
@Replace spark plugs. Inspect spark plug wires.
(2.7L L4 Turbo Engine Only)
@ @Change automatic transmission fluid and filter.
@ @ @Change transfer case fluid, if equipped with
4WD. (4)
@ @ @Drain and fill engine cooling system. (5)
@Visually inspect accessory drive belts. (6)
@Replace brake fluid. (7)
Replace windshield wiper blades. (8)
@ @ @
@ @ @
@ @ @ @Replace hood and/or body lift support gas struts.
@ @

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Service and Maintenance 425
Recommended Fluids, Lubricants, and Parts Recommended Fluids and Lubricants This maintenance section applies to vehicles with a gasoline engine. If the vehicle has a diesel engine, see
“ Recommended Fluids and Lubricants ” in the Duramax diesel supplement.
Fluids and lubricants identified below by name, part number, or specification can be obtained from your dealer.
Usage Fluid/Lubricant
Automatic Transmission (6-Speed
Transmission) DEXRON-VI Automatic Transmission Fluid.
Automatic Transmission (8-Speed
Transmission) DEXRON-HP Automatic Transmission Fluid.
Automatic Transmission (10-Speed
Transmission) DEXRON ULV Automatic Transmission Fluid (GM Part No. 19352619, in
Canada 19352620).
Chassis Lubrication Chassis Lubricant (GM Part No. 12377985, in Canada 88901242) or
lubricant meeting requirements of NLGI #2, Category LB or GC-LB.
Engine Coolant 50/50 mixture of clean, drinkable water and use only DEX-COOL coolant.
See Cooling System 0 327 .
Engine Oil Engine oil meeting the dexos1 specification of the proper SAE viscosity
grade. ACDelco dexos1 full synthetic is recommended. See Engine Oil
0 321 .
Front and Rear Axle Driveshaft
Splines Spline Lubricant, Special Lubricant (GM Part No. 19257121, in
Canada 19257122).

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426 Service and Maintenance Usage Fluid/Lubricant
Front Axle (Four-Wheel Drive) and
Rear Axle See your dealer.
Hydraulic Brake System DOT 4 Hydraulic Brake Fluid (GM Part No. 19299570, in
Canada 19299571).
Key Lock Cylinders, Hood Hinges,
Body Door Hinge Pins, Tailgate
Hinge and Linkage, Fuel Door Hinge,
Tailgate Handle Pivot Points, Hinges,
Latch Bolt, and Linkage Multi-Purpose Lubricant, Superlube (GM Part No. 12346241, in
Canada 10953474).
Transfer Case (Four-Wheel Drive) DEXRON-VI Automatic Transmission Fluid.
Weatherstrip Conditioning Weatherstrip Lubricant (GM Part No. 3634770, in Canada 10953518) or
equivalent.
Weatherstrip Squeaks Synthetic Grease with Teflon, Superlube (GM Part No. 12371287, in
Canada 10953437).
Windshield Washer Automotive windshield washer fluid that meets regional freeze protection
requirements.

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460 Index Assistance Systems for
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Assistance Systems for
Parking and Backing . . . . . . . . . . 254
Auto Stop
Stop/Start System . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Automatic
Dimming Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Forward Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Automatic Transmission
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Axle, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Axle, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
B Battery
Exterior Lighting Battery
Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Load Management . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Battery - North America . . . . 337, 395
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . . 344
Blind Spot Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Brake
Parking, Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
System Warning Light . . . . . . . . 151
Brake Pad Life System . . . . . . . . . 335
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Pad Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Automatic Forward . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Braking System
Front Pedestrian (FPB) . . . . . . . 264
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 216
Bulb Replacement
Center High-Mounted
Stoplamp (CHMSL) and
Cargo Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Headlamps, Front Turn
Signal, Sidemarker, and
Parking Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
License Plate Lamps . . . . . . . . . 349
Taillamps, Turn Signal,
Stoplamps, and Back-up
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347 Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
C Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
California
Perchlorate Materials
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
California
Proposition
65 Warning . . . . . . . . . .313, 337, 395,
Back Cover
Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . . . . . 2
Capacities and
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
Carbon Monoxide
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Cargo
Tie-Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . 2
Center Console Storage . . . . . . . . 126
Center High-Mounted
Stoplamp (CHMSL) and
Cargo Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Center Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382

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Index 463F Fan
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Features
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Filter,
Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 180
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
FlexFuel
E85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Floor Console Storage . . . . . . . . . . 127
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
Fluid
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 325
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Four-Wheel Drive
Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Forward Automatic Braking . . . . . 263
Forward Collision Alert
(FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . 235, 340
Four-Wheel-Drive Light . . . . . . . . . 153 Frequency Statement
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443
Front Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Front Fog Lamp
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Front Pedestrian Braking
(FPB) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Front Seats
Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Heated and Ventilated . . . . . . . . . . 75
Fuel
Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Economy Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . 157
Management, Active . . . . . . . . . . 227
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Recommended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Top Tier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Full-Size Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
Fuses
Engine Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 350 Fuses (cont'd)
Instrument Panel Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354, 356
G Garage Door Opener . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Gas Strut(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Gauges
Engine Coolant
Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 144
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Voltmeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Warning Lights and
Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
General Information
Service and Maintenance . . . . . 413
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
GM Mobility Reimbursement
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437

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Index 469Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
System
Brake Pad Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Engine Air Filter Life . . . . . . . . . . 325
Forward Collision
Alert (FCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187, 446
Noise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Systems
Driver Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
T Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Taillamps
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Task Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . 436
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . . . 55
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
All-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
All-Terrain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385 Tires (cont'd)
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Full-Size Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Low Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367, 368
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Pressure Monitor Operation . . 370
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . 369
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Terminology and Definitions . . 364
Uniform Tire Quality
Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Wheel Alignment and Tire
Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 381
When It Is Time for New
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Top Tier Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Tow/Haul Mode Light . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Towing
Driving Characteristics . . . . . . . . 276
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 Towing (cont'd)
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 276
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 399
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . 293
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
Traction
Limited-Slip Differential . . . . . . . 250
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Trailer
Sway Control (TSC) . . . . . . . . . . 293
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Trailer Towing
App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Trailering App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Transmission
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Transportation Program,
Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Truck-Camper Loading
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Turn and Lane-Change
Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181