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Warning (Continued)
be sure the proper tools and
procedures, as described in the
service manual, are used.
If the vehicle has self-sealing tires, see
Self-Sealing Tires 0269. Tread
punctures typically will not cause tires
to lose air. However, if the vehicle
does get a flat tire, there is no spare
tire, tire changing equipment, or place
to store a tire. Contact Roadside
Assistance for help.
Jump Starting
Jump Starting - North
America
For more information about the
vehicle battery, see Battery - North
America 0254.
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 HANDLING. For
more information go to
www.P65Warnings.ca.gov/
passenger-vehicle. See
California Proposition 65 Warning
0 234 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.
Caution
Ignoring these steps could result in
costly damage to the vehicle that
would not be covered by the vehicle
warranty. Trying to start the vehicle
by pushing or pulling it will not
work, and it could damage the
vehicle.
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The vehicle is equipped with a tow
eye. Only use the tow eye to pull the
vehicle onto a flatbed car carrier from
a flat road surface. Do not use the tow
eye to pull the vehicle from snow,
mud, or sand. The tow eye is located
under the carpet in the trunk.
Carefully open the cover in the fascia
by using the small notch that conceals
the tow eye socket.
Install the tow eye into the socket and
turn it until it is fully tightened. When
the tow eye is removed, reinstall the
cover with the notch in the original
position.Rear Tow Eye
If equipped, carefully open the cover
by using the small notch that conceals
the rear tow eye socket. Install the
tow eye into the socket and turn it
until it is fully tightened. When the
tow eye is removed, reinstall the cover
with the notch in the original
position.
Recreational Vehicle
Towing
Caution
Dolly towing or dinghy towing the
vehicle may cause damage because
of reduced ground clearance.
Always put the vehicle on a flatbed
truck or trailer.
The vehicle was neither designed nor
intended to be towed with any of its
wheels on the ground. If the vehicle
must be towed, see Towing the Vehicle
0 291.
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INDEX 347
Driving (cont'd)Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Dual Automatic Climate Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
E
Electric Brake Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . 102
Electrical Equipment, Add-On . . . . . 231
Electrical SystemEngine Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . 260
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . 262
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Rear Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Emergency OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Check Light (Malfunction
Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . . . . 238
Coolant Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . 97
Coolant Temperature Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Engine (cont'd)
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Extender, Seat Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . . . . 127
Exterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . 132
F
Filter,
Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . . . . . 128
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 Fluid
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . 244
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Frequency Statement Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Front Pedestrian Braking (FPB) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Front Seats Heated and Ventilated . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Front Turn Signal Lamps . . . . . . . . . . 259
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Economy, Driving for Better . . . . . 142
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 107
Management, Active . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Recommended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Top Tier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
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Power (cont'd)Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Pregnancy, Using Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . 50
Privacy Vehicle Data Recording . . . . . . . . . . 332
Program Courtesy Transportation . . . . . . . . . 327
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Proposition 65 Warning,
California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234, 254, 288, Back Cover
Publication Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
R
Radio Frequency Statement . . . . . . . . 330
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Rear Pedestrian Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . . . . . . 204
Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Recommended Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313 Records
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . . . . 292
Reimbursement Program, GM Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Remote Vehicle Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Replacement Parts Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Replacing LATCH System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Replacing Seat Belt System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Reporting Safety Defects Canadian Government . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Restraints
Where to Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Reverse Tilt Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Ride Control Systems
Enhanced TractionSystem (ETS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 Roads
Driving, Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Roadside Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Roof Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . . . . . 320
Run-Flat Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Running the Vehicle While Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
S
Safety Defects ReportingCanadian Government . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . . . . 326
Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
How to Wear Seat Belts
Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
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Tires (cont'd)Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Pressure Monitor Operation . . . . . . 277
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . . . . 276
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Run-Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Self-Sealing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Terminology and Definitions . . . . 272
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . . 284
Wheel Alignment and Tire
Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Top Tier Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Towing Driving Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Track Events and Competitive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Traction
Control System
(TCS)/StabiliTrak Light . . . . . . . . . 105
Limited-Slip Differential . . . . . . . . . . 191
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Trailer Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Transmission Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169, 171
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Transportation Program, Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . 129
U
Umbrella Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . . . . 284
Universal Remote System . . . . . . . . . . 121 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
V
Vehicle Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Vehicle (cont'd)
Automatic Hold Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Identification Number (VIN) . . . . . 317
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Speed Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Vehicle Care Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Vehicle Data Recording and
Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Vehicle Hold Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Vehicle Hold (AVH) Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Ventilation, Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
W
Warning Brake System Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102