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284 VEHICLE CARE
Vehicles that have a tire pressure
monitoring system could give an
inaccurate low-pressure warning if
non-TPC Spec rated tires are
installed. SeeTire Pressure Monitor
System 0276.
The Tire and Loading Information
label indicates the original
equipment tires on the vehicle.
See Vehicle Load Limits 0154.
Different Size Tires and
Wheels
If wheels or tires are installed that are
a different size than the original
equipment wheels and tires, vehicle
performance, including its braking,
ride and handling characteristics,
stability, and resistance to rollover
may be affected. If the vehicle has
electronic systems such as antilock
brakes, rollover airbags, traction
control, electronic stability control,
or All-Wheel Drive, the performance
of these systems can also be affected.
{Warning
If different sized wheels are used,
there may not be an acceptable
level of performance and safety if
tires not recommended for those
wheels are selected. This increases
the chance of a crash and serious
injury. Only use GM specific wheel
and tire systems developed for the
vehicle, and have them properly
installed by a GM certified
technician.
See Buying New Tires 0282 and
Accessories and Modifications 0235.
Uniform Tire Quality
Grading
The following information relates
to the system developed by the
United States National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA), which grades tires by
treadwear, traction, and
temperature performance. This
applies only to vehicles sold in the United States. The grades are
molded on the sidewalls of most
passenger car tires. The Uniform
Tire Quality Grading (UTQG)
system does not apply to deep
tread, winter tires, compact spare
tires, tires with nominal rim
diameters of 10 to 12 inches
(25 to 30 cm), or to some
limited-production tires.
While the tires available on
General Motors passenger cars
and light trucks may vary with
respect to these grades, they must
also conform to federal safety
requirements and additional
General Motors Tire Performance
Criteria (TPC) standards.
Quality grades can be found where
applicable on the tire sidewall
between tread shoulder and
maximum section width. For
example:
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Treadwear 200 Traction AA
Temperature A
All Passenger Car Tires Must
Conform to Federal Safety
Requirements In Addition To
These Grades.
Treadwear
The treadwear grade is a
comparative rating based on the
wear rate of the tire when tested
under controlled conditions on a
specified government test course.
For example, a tire graded
150 would wear one and one-half
(1½) times as well on the
government course as a tire
graded 100. The relative
performance of tires depends
upon the actual conditions of
their use, however, and may
depart significantly from the norm
due to variations in driving habits,
service practices and differences
in road characteristics and
climate.Traction
The traction grades, from highest
to lowest, are AA, A, B, and C.
Those grades represent the tire's
ability to stop on wet pavement as
measured under controlled
conditions on specified
government test surfaces of
asphalt and concrete. A tire
marked C may have poor traction
performance. Warning: The
traction grade assigned to this tire
is based on straight-ahead braking
traction tests, and does not
include acceleration, cornering,
hydroplaning, or peak traction
characteristics.
Temperature
The temperature grades are A (the
highest), B, and C, representing
the tire's resistance to the
generation of heat and its ability
to dissipate heat when tested
under controlled conditions on a
specified indoor laboratory test
wheel. Sustained high temperaturecan cause the material of the tire
to degenerate and reduce tire life,
and excessive temperature can
lead to sudden tire failure. The
grade C corresponds to a level of
performance which all passenger
car tires must meet under the
Federal Motor Safety Standard
No. 109. Grades B and A represent
higher levels of performance on
the laboratory test wheel than the
minimum required by law.
Warning: The temperature grade
for this tire is established for a tire
that is properly inflated and not
overloaded. Excessive speed,
underinflation, or excessive
loading, either separately or in
combination, can cause heat
buildup and possible tire failure.
Wheel Alignment and Tire
Balance
The tires and wheels were aligned and
balanced at the factory to provide the
longest tire life and best overall
performance. Adjustments to wheel
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346 INDEX
CompartmentsStorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Competitive Driving Mode . . . . . . . . . 189
Composite Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Connected Services Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Connections Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Control Traction and ElectronicStability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Coolant Engine Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . 97
Engine Temperature WarningLight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Cornering Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Courtesy Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Courtesy Transportation
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Cruise Control, Adaptive . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . . 323
Customer Information Publications Ordering
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Customer Satisfaction Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Cybersecurity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
D
Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . . . . . 3
Data Collection Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . 127
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Diagnostics Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Differential, Limited-Slip . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Door
Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . . . . 320
Drive Systems All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178, 255
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . 203
Driver Information Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Driver Mode Control Light . . . . . . . . . 106
Driving Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Characteristics andTowing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Competitive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Drunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 151
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Track Events and Competitive . . . 146
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
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K
Keyless EntryRemote (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Lamps Cornering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . 127
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . . 127
Exterior Lighting BatterySaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Front Turn Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Malfunction Indicator (Check Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Lane Keep Assist Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
LATCH System Replacing Parts after a Crash . . . . . . 76 LATCH, Lower Anchors and
Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Lighting Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Lights Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Antilock Brake System (ABS)Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Automatic Vehicle Hold . . . . . . . . . . 103
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Check Engine (Malfunction Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Engine Coolant Temperature Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . . . . . 127
Lane Keep Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Lights (cont'd)
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Seat Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Service Electric Parking Brake . . . 102
StabiliTrak OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Traction Control System
(TCS)/StabiliTrak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Limited-Slip Differential . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Low-Profile Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH System) . . . . . . . . . 70
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
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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