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Service and Maintenance 383
Footnotes—Maintenance
Schedule Additional Required
Services - Severe
(1) Or every two years, whichever
comes first. More frequent
passenger compartment air filter
replacement may be needed if
driving in areas with heavy traffic,
poor air quality, high dust levels,
or environmental allergens.
Passenger compartment air filter
replacement may also be needed if
there is reduced airflow, window
fogging, or odors. Your GM dealer
can help determine when to replace
the filter.
(2) Visually check all fuel and vapor
lines and hoses for proper
attachment, connection, routing, and
condition.
(3) Or as indicated by the Driver
Information Center (DIC) or
two years whichever comes first.
The fuel filter may need to be
replaced more often based on
biodiesel usage, driving in climates
with severe dust, off-road driving,
or towing a trailer for extended
periods. (4)
Or every four years, whichever
comes first. If driving in dusty
conditions, inspect the filter at each
oil change or more often as needed.
(5) Or every five years, whichever
comes first. See Cooling System
0 301.
(6) Or every 10 years, whichever
comes first. Inspect for fraying,
excessive cracking, or damage;
replace, if needed.
(7) Replace brake fluid every five
years. See Brake Fluid 0308.
(8) Or every 12 months, whichever
comes first. See Wiper Blade
Replacement 0311.Special Application
Services
.
Severe Commercial Use
Vehicles Only: Lubricate chassis
components every oil change.
. Have underbody flushing service
performed. See "Underbody
Maintenance" in Exterior Care
0 367.
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388 Service and Maintenance
UsageFluid/Lubricant
Weatherstrip Conditioning Weatherstrip Lubricant (GM Part No. 3634770, in Canada 10953518) or equivalent.
Windshield Washer Automotive windshield washer fluid that meets regional freeze protection requirements.
Maintenance Replacement Parts
Replacement parts identified below by name, part number, or specification can be obtained from your dealer.
Part GM Part Number ACDelco Part Number
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter 23279657 A3226C
Engine Oil Filter 1.5L L4 Gas Engine 12640445 PF64
1.6L L4 Diesel Engine 55588497 PF2264G
2.0L L4 Gas Engine 12640445 PF64
Fuel Filter 1.6L L4 Diesel Engine 84186990 TP1016
Passenger Compartment Air Filter 13508023 CF185
Spark Plugs 1.5L L4 Gas Engine 12673527 41-153
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392 Technical Data
Vehicle Data
Capacities and Specifications
ApplicationCapacities
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.
Engine Cooling System 1.5L L4 Gas Engine 6.6 L 7.0 qt
1.6L L4 Diesel Engine 7.5 L 7.9 qt
2.0L L4 Gas Engine 7.8 L 8.2 qt
Engine Oil with Filter 1.5L L4 Gas Engine AWD 5.0 L 5.3 qt
1.5L L4 Gas Engine FWD 4.0 L 4.2 qt
1.6L L4 Diesel Engine 5.0 L 5.3 qt
2.0L L4 Gas Engine AWD 5.7 L 6.0 qt
2.0L L4 Gas Engine FWD 4.7 L 5.0 qt
Fuel Tank
FWD 56.0 L 14.8 gal
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IndexA
About Driving the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . 3
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . . . 232
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . 282
Additional Information
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .411
Additional Maintenance
and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Adjustments Lumbar, Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . . . 299
Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . 170, 172
Air Filter, Passenger
Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Airbag System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
How Does an AirbagRestrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Passenger Sensing System . . . . 85
What Makes an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
What Will You See after an Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Airbag System (cont'd)
When Should an Airbag
Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . . 81
Airbags Adding Equipment to theVehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Passenger Status Indicator . . . 132
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Servicing Airbag-Equipped Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Alarm Vehicle Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Alert Lane Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Side Blind Zone (SBZA) . . . . . . 255
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 218, 310
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . 219
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Appearance Care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Assistance Program, Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Assistance Systems for Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
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Index 423
Child Restraints (cont'd)Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104, 106
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Cleaning
Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Climate Control Systems . . . . . . . 170 Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Dual Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . 122, 125
Cold Weather Operation . . . . . . . . 264
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . . 402
Compact Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Compartments Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Compressor Kit, Tire Sealant . . . 347
Connected Services Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418
Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417
Connections Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . 418
Control Hill Descent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 Control (cont'd)
Traction and Electronic
Stability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Control Light
Hill Descent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Coolant Engine Temperature Gauge . . 130
Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170, 172
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Courtesy Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Courtesy Transportation Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
Cover Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Cruise Control, Adaptive . . . . . . . . 232
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 398 Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
Text Telephone (TTY)
Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
Customer Information Publications OrderingInformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404 Customer Satisfaction
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
D
Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . . . 402
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . 3
Data Collection
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . 408
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . 407
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Diagnostics Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . 420
Diesel Exhaust Fluid . . . . . . . . 28, 208
Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF)
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Diesel Particulate Filter . . . . . . . . . 207
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Door Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . 394
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Drive SystemsAll-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . 218, 310
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . 242
Driver Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Driver Information Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142, 147
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Driving
Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 249
Characteristics andTowing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Drunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
For Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . 27
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 188
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 190
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Off-Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Driving the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Dual Automatic Climate Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172E
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . 219
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . 136
Electrical Equipment,Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Electrical System Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 318
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Rear Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Emergency OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Check Light (MalfunctionIndicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 289
Coolant Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298 Engine (cont'd)
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 206
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Engines Diesel Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 407
Exhaust Fluid
Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Extender, Seat Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 161
Exterior Lighting Battery
Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
F
FeaturesMemory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Replacement (Fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Filter, Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
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N
NavigationConnected Services . . . . . . . . . . 417
Net, Convenience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . 195
O
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Off-Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Oil Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 298
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . . . 91
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . . 398
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
OnStar Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
OnStar Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
OnStar Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409
OnStar Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
Operation Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Outlets Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117 Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
P
Park
Shifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Parking
Brake and P (Park)Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . .311
Extended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 205
Parking or Backing Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 243
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Passenger Compartment Air
Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . 85
Pedestrian Ahead Indicator . . . . . 137
Perchlorate Materials Requirements, California . . . . . . 286
Personalization Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Power Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117 Power (cont'd)
Protection, Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . 202
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Pregnancy, Using Seat Belts . . . . 77
Privacy Vehicle Data Recording . . . . . . . 407
Program
Courtesy Transportation . . . . . . 401
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Proposition 65 Warning,
California . . . . . . . . . . . .285, 309, 360, Back Cover
Publication Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404
R
Radio Frequency Statement . . . . 405
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . . 243
Rear Window Washer/Wiper . . . . 115
Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61