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If equipped with Lane Change Alert
(LCA), the LCA detection zones that
extend back from the side of the
vehicle do not move further back
when a trailer is towed. Use caution
while changing lanes when towing a
trailer.
If equipped with Rear Cross Traffic
Alert (RCTA), use caution while
backing up when towing a trailer, as
the RCTA detection zones that extend
out from the back of the vehicle do
not move further back when a trailer
is towed.
{Warning
When towing a trailer, exhaust
gases may collect at the rear of the
vehicle and enter if the liftgate,
trunk/hatch, or rear-most window
is open.
When towing a trailer:. Do not drive with the liftgate,
trunk/hatch, or rear-most
window open.
(Continued)
Warning (Continued)
.Fully open the air outlets on
or under the instrument
panel.
. Also adjust the climate
control system to a setting
that brings in only outside air.
See “Climate Control Systems ”
in the Index.
For more information about carbon
monoxide, see Engine Exhaust
0 190.
Towing a trailer requires experience.
The combination of the vehicle and
trailer is longer and not as responsive
as the vehicle itself. Get used to the
handling and braking of the
combination by driving on a level road
surface before driving on public roads.
The trailer structure, the tires, and the
brakes must be all be rated to carry
the intended cargo. Inadequate trailer
equipment can cause the combination
to operate in an unexpected or unsafe
manner. Before driving, inspect all trailer hitch parts and attachments,
safety chains, electrical connectors,
lamps, tires, and mirrors. See
Towing
Equipment 0247. If the trailer has
electric brakes, start the combination
moving and then manually apply the
trailer brake controller to check the
trailer brakes work. During the trip,
occasionally check that the cargo and
trailer are secure and that the lamps
and any trailer brakes are working.
Towing with a Stability Control
System
When towing, the stability control
system might be heard. The system
reacts to vehicle movement caused by
the trailer, which mainly occurs
during cornering. This is normal when
towing heavier trailers.
Following Distance
Stay at least twice as far behind the
vehicle ahead as you would when
driving without a trailer. This can help
to avoid heavy braking and sudden
turns.
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There are relays on the back of the
fuse block. To access, press the tabs
and remove the fuse block.The vehicle may not be equipped with
all of the fuses, relays, and features
shown. Fuses Usage
1 –
2 –
3 –
4 Accessory power outlet 1
5 Accessory power outlet from retained accessory
power
6 Accessory power outlet from battery power
7 Universal remote system/Interior
rearview mirror
8 SEO/Retained accessory power
9 –
10 Body control module 3
11 Body control module 5
12 Steering wheel control backlighting
13 –
14 –
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FusesUsage
15 –
16 Discrete logic ignition sensor
17 Video processing module/Virtual key
module
18 Mirror window module
19 Body control module 1
20 Front bolster
21 –
22 –
23 –
24 HVAC ignition/AUX HVAC ignition
25 Instrument cluster/ Ignition sensing
diagnostic module
ignition
26 Tilt column/Tilt column lock 1/SEO 1/
SEO 2
27 Data link connector/ Driver seat module Fuses
Usage
28 Passive locking, Passive theft-deterrent/HVAC
battery
29 Content theft deterrent
30 –
31 –
32 –
33 SEO/Left heated seat
34 Park enable/Electric adjustable pedal
35 –
36 Miscellaneous run crank loads
37 Heated steering wheel
38 Steering column lock 2
39 Instrument cluster battery
40 –
41 –
42 Euro trailer
43 Left door Fuses
Usage
44 Driver power seat
45 –
46 Right heated, cooled, or ventilated seat
47 Left heated, cooled, or ventilated seat
48 –
49 –
Relays Usage
50 Accessory power outlet 2
51 –
52 Retained accessory power
53 Miscellaneous run crank
54 –
55 –
56 –
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Rear Compartment Fuse
Block
The rear compartment fuse block is
behind the access panel on the left
side of the compartment.
Pull the panel out by grabbing the
finger access slot at the rear edge.
The vehicle may not be equipped with
all of the fuses, relays, and features
shown.Fuses Usage
2 –
3 Right heated second row seat
4 Heated mirrors
5 Liftgate
6 Glass breakage
7 Liftglass
8 Liftgate module logic
9 Rear wiper
10 Rear heating, ventilation, and air
conditioning blower
11 Second row seat
12 Liftgate module
13 Third row seat
14 Rear accessory power outlet
15 Rear window defogger
19 Rear fog lamp (if equipped)
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RelaysUsage
1 Rear window defogger
16 Liftgate
17 Liftglass
18 Rear fog lamp
20 Heated mirrorWheels and Tires
Tires
Every new GM vehicle has
high-quality tires made by a
leading tire manufacturer. See the
warranty manual for information
regarding the tire warranty and
where to get service. For
additional information refer to the
tire manufacturer.
{Warning
.Poorly maintained and
improperly used tires are
dangerous.
.Overloading the tires can
cause overheating as a
result of too much flexing.
There could be a blowout
and a serious crash. See
Vehicle Load Limits 0178.
(Continued)
Warning (Continued)
.Underinflated tires pose
the same danger as
overloaded tires. The
resulting crash could cause
serious injury. Check all
tires frequently to
maintain the
recommended pressure.
Tire pressure should be
checked when the tires
are cold.
.Overinflated tires are more
likely to be cut, punctured,
or broken by a sudden
impact —such as when
hitting a pothole. Keep
tires at the recommended
pressure.
.Worn or old tires can
cause a crash. If the tread
is badly worn,
replace them.
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INDEX 381
AutomaticDoor Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Emergency Braking (AEB) . . . . . . . . 228
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Level Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Automatic Transmission Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Shift Lock Control FunctionCheck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Axle, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Axle, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
B
Battery Exterior Lighting Battery
Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Load Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Battery - North America . . . . . .273, 322
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . . . . . . 276
Brake
Parking, Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Pedal and Adjustable Throttle . . . 183
System Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271 Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Brakes (cont'd)
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Automatic Emergency (AEB) . . . . . 228
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Bulb Replacement Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
License Plate Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
C
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
California Perchlorate MaterialsRequirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
California Proposition
65 Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . .256, 273, 322, Back Cover
Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Capacities and Specifications . . . . . . 353
Carbon Monoxide Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177 Cargo
Tie-Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . . . . . 2
Center Console Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Charging Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Check Engine Light (MalfunctionIndicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Child Restraints Infants and Young Children . . . . . . . . 81
Lower Anchors and Tethers forChildren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94, 96
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Child-View Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Cigarette Lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Cleaning Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Climate Control Systems
Dual Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
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Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . . . . . . 363
CompartmentsStorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Connected Services Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Connections Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Control Traction and ElectronicStability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Coolant Engine Temperature Gauge . . . . . . 118
Engine Temperature WarningLight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157, 162
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Cornering Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Courtesy Transportation Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Cruise Control, Adaptive . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . . 358
Customer Information Publications Ordering
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Customer Satisfaction Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Cybersecurity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
D
Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . . . . . 2
Data Collection Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . 150
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Diagnostics Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Door Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Door (cont'd)
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . . . . 355
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . 218
Driver Information Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Driving
Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Characteristics andTowing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Drunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 176
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Off-Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Winter Mode Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Dual Automatic Climate Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
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E
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . 124
Electrical Equipment, Add-On . . . . . 253
Electrical SystemEngine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . 280
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285, 287
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Rear Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Emergency
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Check Light (MalfunctionIndicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . . . . 260
Coolant Temperature Gauge . . . . . 118
Coolant Temperature Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 Engine (cont'd)
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Extender, Seat Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . . . . 150
Exterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . 155
F
Fan Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Filter, Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . . . . . 152
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336 Fluid
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . 264
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Four-Wheel Drive
Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196, 274
Frequency Statement Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Front Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Front Seats Heated and Cooled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Fuel
Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Economy, Driving for Better . . . . . 167
Filling a Portable FuelContainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 128
Management, Active . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Recommended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Top Tier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234