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Customer Information 381
GM Mobility
Reimbursement Program
This program is available to
qualified applicants for cost
reimbursement, up to certain limits,
of eligible aftermarket adaptive
equipment required for the vehicle,
such as hand controls or a
wheelchair/scooter lift for the
vehicle.
To learn about the GM Mobility
program, see www.gmmobility.com
or call the GM Mobility Assistance
Center at 1-800-323-9935. Text
Telephone (TTY) users, call
1-800-833-9935.
General Motors of Canada also has
a Mobility program. See www.gm.ca
or call 1-800-GM-DRIVE
(800-463-7483) for details. TTY
users call 1-800-263-3830.
Roadside Assistance
Program
For U.S.-purchased vehicles, call
1-800-243-8872. (Text Telephone
(TTY): 1-888-889-2438.)
For Canadian-purchased vehicles,
call 1-800-268-6800.
Service is available 24 hours a day,
365 days a year.
Calling for Assistance
When calling Roadside Assistance,
have the following information
ready:
.Your name, home address, and
home telephone number
. Telephone number of your
location
. Location of the vehicle
. Model, year, color, and license
plate number of the vehicle
. Odometer reading, Vehicle
Identification Number (VIN), and
delivery date of the vehicle
. Description of the problem
Coverage
Services are provided for the
duration of the vehicle’s powertrain
warranty.
In the U.S., anyone driving the
vehicle is covered. In Canada, a
person driving the vehicle without
permission from the owner is not
covered.
Roadside Assistance is not a part of
the New Vehicle Limited Warranty.
General Motors North America and
Chevrolet reserve the right to make
any changes or discontinue the
Roadside Assistance program at
any time without notification.
General Motors North America and
Chevrolet reserve the right to limit
services or payment to an owner or
driver if they decide the claims are
made too often, or the same type of
claim is made many times.
Services Provided
.Emergency Fuel Delivery:
Delivery of enough fuel for the
vehicle to get to the nearest
service station.
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IndexA
About Driving the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . 2
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . . . 214
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . 263
Additional Information
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Additional Maintenance
and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Adjustments Lumbar, Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . . . 280
Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . 154, 156
Air Filter, Passenger
Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Airbag System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
How Does an AirbagRestrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Passenger Sensing System . . . . 62
What Makes an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
What Will You See after an Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Airbag System (cont'd)
When Should an Airbag
Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . . 58
Airbags Adding Equipment to theVehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Passenger Status Indicator . . . .113
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Servicing Airbag-Equipped Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Alarm Vehicle Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Alert Lane Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Side Blind Zone (SBZA) . . . . . . 236
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 204, 291
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . 205
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Appearance Care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Assistance Program, Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Assistance Systems for Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
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Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
DoorDelayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . 376
Drive Systems All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . 204, 291
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . 225
Driver Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Driver Information Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123, 129
Driving Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 230
Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . . . 164
Characteristics andTowing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Drunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 173
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 175
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Off-Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Driving the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Dual Automatic Climate
Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
E
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . 205
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . 117
Electrical Equipment,Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Electrical System Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 299
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Rear Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Emergency OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Engine
Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Check Light (MalfunctionIndicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 270
Coolant Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 Engine (cont'd)
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 191
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Engines Diesel Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 389
Exhaust Fluid Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Extender, Seat Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 144
Exterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
F
Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Replacement (Fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . 249
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Headlamps (cont'd)Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Daytime Running
Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Front Turn Signal and Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
High Intensity Discharge (HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . 122
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 146
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . 123
Heated Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Heated and Ventilated Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Heater
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154, 156
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 173
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . 207
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
How to Wear Seat Belts Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 HVAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154, 156
I
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Indicator
Pedestrian Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Vehicle Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Infants and Young Children, Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Information Publication Ordering . . . . . . . . . . 386
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . 102, 106
Instrument Panel Overview . . . . . . . 5
Interior Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . 30
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
J
Jump Starting - North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
K
Keyless Entry
Remote (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . . 8
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . . . 308 Lamps
Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . 146
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Exterior Lighting BatterySaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Malfunction Indicator (Check Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Taillamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . 236
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . 238
Lane Keep Assist Light . . . . . . . . . 118
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
LATCH System Replacing Parts after aCrash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
LATCH, Lower Anchors and
Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Lighting Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 149
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Service (cont'd)Climate Control System . . . . . . . 154
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . 267
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . 372
Maintenance, General
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Parts Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 383
Service Electric Parking
Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Services Special Application . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Shift Lock Control Function Check, Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . 236
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Spare Tire
Compact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Special Application Services . . . . 366
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 StabiliTrak
OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Start Assist, Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Stop/Start System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Storage Areas
Cargo Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Rear Compartment/StoragePanel Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Sunglasses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . . 88
Storing the Tire Sealant and
Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Struts Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Sunglass Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
System
Forward CollisionAlert (FCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153, 390
Roof Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Systems Driver Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Taillamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . 380
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . . . 27Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
All-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Compact Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
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Tires (cont'd)Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Pressure Monitor Operation . . 316
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . 315
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Sealant and
Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Sealant and Compressor Kit, Storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Terminology and Definitions . . .311
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Wheel Alignment and Tire
Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 326
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Top Tier Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Tow/Haul Mode Light . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Towing Driving Characteristics . . . . . . . . 254
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 254
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 346
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258 Towing (cont'd)
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Traction Control System
(TCS)/StabiliTrak Light . . . . . . 120
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Trailer
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Transmission Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Transportation Program,
Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
U
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . 324
Universal Remote System . . . . . . 140
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
V
Vehicle Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Vehicle (cont'd)
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Identification Number (VIN) . . . 373
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Speed Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . . . 118
Vehicle Care Storing the Tire Sealantand Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . 335
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Vehicle Data Recording and
Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
Ventilation, Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
W
Wait to Start Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Warning Brake System Light . . . . . . . . . . . .116
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Warning (cont'd)Caution and Danger . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Warning Lights, Gauges, and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Warnings Hazard Flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Water in Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Wheels Alignment and Tire Balance . . 325
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Where to Put the Restraint . . . . . . 74
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Windshield
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Wiper/Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Winter Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Winter Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Wiper Blade Replacement . . . . . . 292
Wipers
Rear Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Wireless Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98