2020 CHEVROLET BLAZER automatic transmission

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348 Service and Maintenance
Recommended Fluids, Lubricants, and Parts
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants
UsageFluid/Lubricant
Automatic Transmission DEXRON-VI Automatic Transmission Fluid. Engine Coolant 50/50 mixture of clean, drinkable water and use only DEX-COOL Coolant.
See Cooling System 0259.
Engine Oil Engine oil meeting the dexos1 specification of the proper SAE viscosity
grade. ACDelco dexos1 full synthetic is recommended. See Engine Oil
0 253.
Hood Latch Assembly, Secondary Latch, Pivots, Spring Anchor, and Release Pawl Lubriplate Lubricant Aerosol (GM Part No. 89021668, in
Canada 89021674) or lubricant meeting requirements of NLGI #2,
Category LB or GC-LB.
Hydraulic Brake System DOT 3 Hydraulic Brake Fluid (GM Part No. 19353126, in Canada 19353127).
Key Lock Cylinders, Hood and Door Hinges Multi-Purpose Lubricant, Superlube (GM Part No. 12346241, in
Canada 10953474).
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.

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Technical Data 353
ApplicationCapacities
Metric English
Transfer Case Fluid 1.0 L 1.0 qt
Wheel Nut Torque 190 Y140 lb ft
All capacities are approximate. When adding, be sure to fill to the approximate level, as recommended in this
manual. Recheck fluid level after filling.
*Engine cooling system capacity values are based on the entire cooling system and its components.
Engine Specifications
Engine VIN CodeTransmission Spark Plug Gap
2.0L L4 Engine (LSY) 4Automatic 0.65–0.75 mm (0.026–
0.030 in)
2.5L L4 Engine (LCV) AAutomatic 0.95–1.10 mm (0.037–
0.043 in)
3.6L V6 Engine (LGX) SAutomatic 0.80–0.90 mm (0.031–
0.035 in)
Spark plug gaps are preset by the manufacturer. Re-gapping the spark plug is not recommended and can damage
the spark plug.

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374 OnStar
saved navigation destinations or
pre-set radio stations. Neither
OnStar nor GM is responsible for
any affected or erased data or
settings. These updates or changes
may also collect personal
information. Such collection is
described in the OnStar privacy
statement or separately disclosed at
the time of installation. These
updates or changes may also cause
a system to automatically
communicate with GM servers to
collect information about vehicle
system status, identify whether
updates or changes are available,
or deliver updates or changes. An
active OnStar agreement constitutes
consent to these software updates
or changes and agreement that
either OnStar or GM may remotely
deliver them to the vehicle.
Privacy
The complete OnStar Privacy
Statement may be found at
www.onstar.com (U.S.),
or www.onstar.ca (Canada). We
recommend that you review it. If you
have any questions, call1-888-4ONSTAR (1-888-466-7827)
or press
Qto speak with an
Advisor. Users of wireless
communications are cautioned that
the privacy of any information sent
via wireless cellular communications
cannot be assured. Third parties
may unlawfully intercept or access
transmissions and private
communications without consent.
OnStar - Software
Acknowledgements
To obtain the source code under
GPL, LGPL, MPL, and other open
source licenses, that is contained in
this product, please visit http://
opensource.lge.com. In addition to
the source code, all referred license
terms, warranty disclaimers, and
copyright notices are available for
download. This offer is valid for a
period of three years after our last
shipment of this product. This offer
is valid to anyone in receipt of this
information. *Provided through LG Electronics
Inc., who is solely responsible for
provisions of related OSS
compliance.

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Index 379
Assistance Program,Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Assistance Systems for Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Assistance Systems for Parking and Backing . . . . . . . . . . 210
Auto Stop
Stop/Start System . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Automatic Dimming Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Emergency Braking (AEB) . . . . 217
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Automatic Transmission
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Shift Lock Control FunctionCheck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
B
BatteryExterior Lighting BatterySaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Load Management . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Battery - North America . . . . 268, 321
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . . 270 Brake
Electric Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Parking, Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
System Warning Light . . . . . . . . 122
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 AutomaticEmergency (AEB) . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Braking System Front Pedestrian (FPB) . . . . . . . 219
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 178
Bulb Replacement Back-up Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
High Intensity Discharge
(HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
C
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
California Perchlorate Materials
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 California
Proposition
65 Warning . . . . . . . . . .244, 268, 321,
Back Cover
Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . . . . . 2
Capacities and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Carbon Monoxide Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Cargo Management System . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Tie-Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . 3
Center Console Storage . . . . . . . . . 92
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Charging Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . 120
Check Engine Light (MalfunctionIndicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Child Restraints Infants and Young Children . . . . . 73
Lower Anchors and Tethers
for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

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Index 381
Driving (cont'd)Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Drunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 171
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 173
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Off-Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Dual Automatic Climate
Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
E
Electric Brake Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . 192
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . 123
Electrical Equipment,Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Electrical System Engine Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 275
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 Electrical System (cont'd)
Rear Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Emergency OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Check Light (Malfunction
Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 248
Coolant Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Coolant Temperature Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 187
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Engine Air Filter Life System . . . . 257
Engine Oil Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . .116
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 367
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Extender, Seat Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 145
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . 147
Exterior Lighting Battery
Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
F
Filter,Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 149
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Fluid Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 256
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Frequency Statement
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365

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386 Index
Reporting Safety Defects (cont'd)U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Restraints Where to Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Reverse Tilt Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Roads
Driving, Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Roadside Assistance Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Roof
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . . 354
Running the Vehicle While Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
S
Safety Defects ReportingCanadian Government . . . . . . . . 366
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . 361
Sealant Kit, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307 Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
How to Wear Seat Belts
Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . . . 59
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . 58
Seats Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Heated and Ventilated Front . . . . 47
Heated, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . . 43
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . 42
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Securing Child Restraints . . . . 85, 87
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160 Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Service (cont'd)
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . 245
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . 350
Maintenance, General
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Parts Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 361
Service Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Services Special Application . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Shift Lock Control Function
Check, Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Shifting
Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Shopping Bag Hooks . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . 221
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Spare Tire Compact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Special Application Services . . . . 344
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

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388 Index
Towing (cont'd)Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . 241
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Traction Control System(TCS)/StabiliTrak Light . . . . . . 126
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . . . . . . . . 241
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Transmission Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Transportation Program, Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
U
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . 302
Universal Remote System . . . . . . 141Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
V
Vehicle Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Identification Number (VIN) . . . 351
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Speed Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . . . 124
Vehicle Care
Storing the Tire Sealantand Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . 314
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Vehicle Data Recording and
Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Ventilation, Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Voltage Devices and Wiring . . . . 274
Voltmeter Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
W
Warning Brake System Light . . . . . . . . . . . 122 Warning (cont'd)
Caution and Danger . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Warning Lights, Gauges, and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Warnings Hazard Flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Wheels
Alignment and Tire Balance . . 304
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
When It Is Time for New
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Where to Put the Restraint . . . . . . 77
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Windshield Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Wiper/Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Winter Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Wiper Blade Replacement . . . . . . 270
Wipers Rear Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Wireless Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Wiring, High Voltage Devices . . . 274