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Service and Maintenance 325
Recommended Fluids, Lubricants, and Parts
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants
This maintenance section applies to vehicles with a gasoline engine. If the vehicle has a diesel engine, see the
recommended fluids and lubricants section in the Duramax diesel supplement.
Fluids and lubricants identified below by name, part number, or specification can be obtained from your dealer.Usage Fluid/Lubricant
Automatic Transmission (6 Speed) DEXRON-VI Automatic Transmission Fluid.
Automatic Transmission (8 Speed) DEXRON-HP Automatic Transmission Fluid. Chassis Lubrication Chassis Lubricant (GM Part No. 12377985, in Canada 88901242) or lubricant meeting requirements of NLGI #2, Category LB or GC-LB.
Engine Coolant 50/50 mixture of clean, drinkable water and use only DEX-COOL coolant. SeeCooling System 0236.
Engine Oil Engine oil meeting the dexos1 specification of the proper SAE viscosity grade. ACDelco dexos1 full synthetic is recommended. See Engine Oil
0 230.
Floor Shift Linkage Lubriplate Lubricant Aerosol (GM Part No. 89021668, in Canada 89021674) or lubricant meeting requirements of NLGI #2 Category LB or GC-LB.
Front (If Equipped With Four-Wheel Drive) and Rear Axle SAE 75W-90 Axle Lubricant (GM Part No. 19352759, in
Canada 88863090).
Hydraulic Brake DOT 3 Hydraulic Brake Fluid (GM Part No. 19353126, in Canada 19353127).
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358 Index
Climate Control Systems . . . . . . . 133Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . . . 97, 99
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . . 340
Compact Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Compartments Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Connected Services
Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Connections
Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . 354
Control Hill Descent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Traction and ElectronicStability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Control Light Hill Descent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Coolant Engine Temperature Gauge . . 103
Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133, 135 Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Courtesy Transportation
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 336 Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Text Telephone (TTY)Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Customer Information
Publications OrderingInformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Customer Satisfaction Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Cybersecurity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
D
Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . . . 340
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . 2
Data Collection
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . 346
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . 345
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Diagnostics
Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . 355
Differential, Limited-Slip . . . . . . . . 186
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Door Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . 332
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . 191
Driver Information
Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114, 116
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Driving Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . . . 141
Characteristics andTowing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Drunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 150
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 152
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Off-Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
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Driving (cont'd)Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
E
Electrical Equipment,
Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Electrical System Engine Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 253
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Emergency OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Check Light (Malfunction
Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 227
Coolant Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 Engine (cont'd)
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 167
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 345
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Extender, Seat Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Exterior Cargo Lamps . . . . . . . . . . 128
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 124
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . 125
Exterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
F
Fan
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Filter, Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 127
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311 Fluid
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 234
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Four-Wheel Drive
Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Forward Collision Alert
(FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . 173, 244
Frequency Statement
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Front Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Front Fog Lamp
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Front Seats Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Fuel
Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Economy, Driving for Better . . . 141
Filling a Portable FuelContainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
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Fuel (cont'd)Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . .112
Management, Active . . . . . . . . . . 166
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Recommended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Top Tier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Full-Size Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Fuses
Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 253
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
G
Gas Strut(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
GaugesEngine CoolantTemperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Warning Lights and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
General Information Service and Maintenance . . . . . 313 General Information (cont'd)
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
GM Mobility Reimbursement Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
H
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . 127
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
HeadlampsAiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Daytime RunningLamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Headlamps, Front Turn Signal, Sidemarker, and
Parking Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . .112
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 125
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . .113
Heated Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Heated Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Heater
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133, 135
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 150
Hill Descent Control (HDC) . . . . . 185
Hill Descent Control Light . . . . . . . 109
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . 181
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
How to Wear Seat Belts Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
HVAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133, 135
I
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Ignition Transmission Lock Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Indicator Vehicle Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Infants and Young Children, Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Information Publication Ordering . . . . . . . . . . 342
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . 97, 99