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428 Service and Maintenance
Lamps
Properly working headlamps,
taillamps, and brake lamps are
important to see and be seen on
the road.
.Signs that the headlamps need
attention include dimming, failure
to light, cracking, or damage.
The brake lamps need to be
checked periodically to ensure
that they light when braking.
. With a multi-point inspection,
your dealer can check the lamps
and note any concerns.
Shocks and Struts
Shocks and struts help aid in control
for a smoother ride.
. Signs of wear may include
steering wheel vibration, bounce/
sway while braking, longer
stopping distance, or uneven
tire wear.
. As part of the multi-point
inspection, trained dealer
technicians can visually inspect
the shocks and struts for signs of leaking, blown seals,
or damage, and can advise
when service is needed.
Tires
Tires need to be properly inflated,
rotated, and balanced. Maintaining
the tires can save money and fuel,
and can reduce the risk of tire
failure.
. Signs that the tires need to be
replaced include three or more
visible treadwear indicators; cord
or fabric showing through the
rubber; cracks or cuts in the
tread or sidewall; or a bulge or
split in the tire.
. Trained dealer technicians can
inspect and recommend the right
tires. Your dealer can also
provide tire/wheel balancing
services to ensure smooth
vehicle operation at all speeds.
Your dealer sells and services
name brand tires. Vehicle Care
To help keep the vehicle looking like
new, vehicle care products are
available from your dealer. For
information on how to clean and
protect the vehicle’s interior and
exterior, see
Interior Care 0413 and
Exterior Care 0408.
Wheel Alignment
Wheel alignment is critical for
ensuring that the tires deliver
optimal wear and performance.
. Signs that the alignment may
need to be adjusted include
pulling, improper vehicle
handling, or unusual tire wear.
. Your dealer has the required
equipment to ensure proper
wheel alignment.
Windshield
For safety, appearance, and the
best viewing, keep the windshield
clean and clear.
. Signs of damage include
scratches, cracks, and chips.
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ChargingWireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . 151
Check Engine Light (MalfunctionIndicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Ignition Transmission Lock . . . 348
Child Restraints Infants and Young Children . . . 101
Lower Anchors and Tethersfor Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118, 122
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Cleaning Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413
Climate Control Systems . . . . . . . 191 Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Dual Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . . 445
Compartments Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Connected Services
Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461
Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460
Connections Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . 461
Control
Hill Descent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Traction and ElectronicStability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Control Light
Hill Descent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Coolant Engine Temperature Gauge . . 147
Engine Temperature
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191, 193
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Courtesy Transportation Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 441
Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440 Customer Assistance (cont'd)
Text Telephone (TTY)
Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
Customer Information
Publications OrderingInformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447
Customer Satisfaction Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438
D
Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . . . 445
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . 3
Data CollectionInfotainment System . . . . . . . . . . 451
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . 450
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Diagnostics
Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . 463
Differential, Limited-Slip . . . . . . . . 255
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Door Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
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F
FanEngine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Features Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Filter, Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 183
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
FlexFuel E85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Floor Console Storage . . . . . . . . . . 128
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
Fluid
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 330
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Four-Wheel DriveTransfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Forward Automatic Braking . . . . . 268
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . 239, 345
Four-Wheel-Drive Light . . . . . . . . . 155 Frequency Statement
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448
Front Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Front Pedestrian Braking (FPB) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Front Seats Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Heated and Ventilated . . . . . . . . . . 76
Fuel
Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Economy Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Filling a Portable FuelContainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . 160
Management, Active . . . . . . . . . . 231
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Recommended . . . . . . . . . . 276, 277
Top Tier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Full-Size Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Fuses Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 355 Fuses (cont'd)
Instrument Panel Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359, 361
G
Garage Door Opener . . . . . . . . . . . 175Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Gas Strut(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Gauges Engine Coolant
Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 146
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Voltmeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Warning Lights and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
General Information Service and Maintenance . . . . . 418
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
GM Mobility Reimbursement Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442
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Lane Keep Assist Light . . . . . . . . . 156
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
LATCH SystemReplacing Parts after aCrash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
LATCH, Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . 107
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Lighting Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 186
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Lights Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Antilock Brake System
(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . 153
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Check Engine (Malfunction Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . 158
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . 154
Electronic Stability Control (ESC), Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Lights (cont'd)
Engine Coolant
Temperature Warning . . . . . . . 158
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 159
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Four-Wheel-Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Front Fog Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 181
Hill Descent Control . . . . . . . . . . 156
Lane Keep Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Seat Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . . 149
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Service Electric Parking
Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Limited-Slip Differential . . . . . . . . . 255
Locking Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 160
Low-Profile Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Lower Anchors and Tethers
for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
M
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433
Maintenance and Care Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 420 Recommended Fluids andLubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 151
Manual Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Manual Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Memory Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Messages Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
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MirrorRear Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Mirrors Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Automatic DimmingRearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Blind Spot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Manual Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Tilt in Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . 61
Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 Driver Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Monitor System, Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
N
NavigationConnected Services . . . . . . . . . . 460
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Noise Control System . . . . . . . . . . 347
O
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Off-Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Oil Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 328
Engine Oil Pressure Gauge . . . 146
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . . 100
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . . 441
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451
OnStar Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
OnStar Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453
OnStar Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452
OnStar Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
Operating Mode Overheated EngineProtection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Operation Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Outlets Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Overheated Engine
Protection Operating Mode . . . . 338
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
P
Park Shifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Parking Brake and P (Park)Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . 348
Extended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 231
Parking or Backing Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 259
Passenger Airbag Status
Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Passenger Compartment Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . 93
Pedestrian Ahead Indicator . . . . . 156
Perchlorate Materials
Requirements, California . . . . . . 318
Personalization Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Pickup Conversion to Chassis Cab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315