2020 CHEVROLET LOW CAB FORWARD instrument cluster

Chevrolet Low Cab Forward 5.2L Diesel Engine 4500 HD/XD/5500 HD/XD
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10 Introduction
Instrument Panel Overview (Driver Side)
1. Instrument Panel Light LevelControl. See Instrument Panel
Illumination Control 083.
2. Power Take Off (PTO) Main Switch. See Power Take-Off
(PTO) 0227.
3. Power Take Off (PTO) Engine Speed Control Switch. See
Power Take-Off (PTO) 0227. 4. Rear Body Interior Light
Switch. See Cargo Lamp 084.
5. Instruments, Warning Lights and Indicator Lights. See
Instrument Cluster 057.
6. Horn Button. See Horn053. 7. Rear Power Window Lock
Switch. See Power Windows
0 23.
8. Outside Rearview Mirror Heater Switch. See Heated
Mirrors 022.
9. Cruise Control Main Switch. See Cruise Control 0214.
10. Hazard Warning Flasher Switch. See Hazard Warning
Flashers 082.
11. Rear Power Window Switch. SeePower Windows 023.
12. Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) Switch. See Diesel Particulate
Filter 0171.
13. Odometer Check Switch. See Odometer 058.
Engine Oil Level Check Switch.
See Engine Oil 0235.
14. Door Lock Switch. See Power
Door Locks 021.

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52 Instruments and Controls
Instruments and
Controls
Controls
Steering Wheel Adjustment . . . . 53
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Windshield Wiper/Washer . . . . . . 54
Power Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Warning Lights, Gauges, and
Indicators
Warning Lights, Gauges, andIndicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Fuel Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Engine Coolant Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Seat Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Battery Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . 61
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (Check Engine Light) . . . . . . . . . 61
Service Vehicle Soon Light . . . . 62 Brake System Warning Light
(Parking Brake Light) . . . . . . . . . 62
Antilock Brake System (ABS) Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Exhaust Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Service Transmission Warning
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Automatic Transmission Fluid Temperature Warning Light . . . 66
Overdrive Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Wait-to-Start Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Engine Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . 67
Engine Oil Level Indicator Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Engine Shutdown Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Idle Shutdown Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Reduced Engine Power Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) Indicator Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Cruise Control Light . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Information Displays
Driver Information Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Vehicle Messages
Vehicle Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Warning Buzzers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

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Instrument Cluster

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60 Instruments and Controls
Engine Coolant
Temperature Gauge
With the engine control switch in the
ON position, this gauge indicates
the temperature of the engine
coolant.“C”means cold while “H”
means hot. During operation, the
needle should stay in the safety
zone. See Engine Overheating
0 249.
{Warning
If the engine coolant temperature
gauge shows an overheat
condition or you have any other
reason to suspect the engine may
be overheating, continued
operation of the engine, even for
a short time, may result in a fire
and the risk of personal injury and
severe vehicle damage. Take
immediate action as outlined in
Engine Overheating. See Engine
Overheating 0249.
Caution
If the needle goes up above the
upper limit and enters the H zone,
the engine is likely to overheat.
Immediately pull safely off the
road out of the way of traffic and
take the necessary actions to
deal with engine overheating.
If the needle nears the H zone but
(Continued)
Caution (Continued)
does not cross into it, this is not a
problem, but check the engine
coolant level in the reservoir. Add
engine coolant as necessary.
See “Engine Overheat Warning
Light” under Driver Information
Center (DIC) 070 and
Engine Coolant 0243.
Diesel Exhaust Fluid
(DEF) Gauge
The DEF gauge is part of the Driver
Information Center (DIC). See
Driver Information Center (DIC)
070.
Seat Belt Reminders
Seat Belt Warning Light
There is a driver seat belt reminder
light on the instrument cluster.

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Cruise Control Light
This light should come on briefly
when the engine control switch is
turned to the ON position, and then
should go out after the engine is
started.
For vehicles with cruise control, this
light comes on when cruise control
is turned on.
This light should come on briefly
when the engine control switch is
turned to the ON position, and then
should go out after the engine is
started.
This light comes on when the
vehicle enters the cruise control
mode after the cruise control set
switch is operated to set the vehicle
speed.
SeeCruise Control 0214.
Information Displays
Driver Information
Center (DIC)
The DIC display is in the center of
the instrument cluster. The displays
show the status of many vehicle
systems. There are three parts to
the DIC display:
1. DIC menu items and warning lights and messages (includes
operation related information,
diesel particulate filter (DPF)
status, maintenance data, and
errors)

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366 Index
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Exhaust Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 156
Bulb Replacement Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Headlamps and Front TurnSignal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Interior Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
License Plate Lamps . . . . . . . . . 276
Roofmarker Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Sidemarker Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Taillamps, Turn Signal, Stoplamps, and Back-up
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Buzzers, Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
C
Cab Tilting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
California Perchlorate MaterialsRequirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 California
Proposition
65 Warning . . . . . . . . . .230, 259, 301,
Back Cover
Capacities and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Carbon Monoxide
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Cargo Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . 3
CD Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Check Engine Light (MalfunctionIndicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Child Restraints
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Cleaning Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Climate Control Systems . . . . . . . 121
Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Cold Weather Operation . . . . . . . . 221
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . . 359 Compartments
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Coolant Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Engine Temperature Gauge . . . . 60
Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Cornering Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Cover
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Covers
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 357 Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Text Telephone (TTY)Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Customer Information Publications Ordering
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Customer Satisfaction Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Cybersecurity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364

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368 Index
Fluid (cont'd)Power Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Frequency Statement
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Front Seat Position Seats Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Fuel Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Cold Weather Operation . . . . . . 221
Diesel Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Economy, Driving for Better . . . 129
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Running out of Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Water in Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Fuel for Diesel Engines . . . . . . . . . 218
G
Gauges
Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) . . . . . 60
Engine Coolant Temperature . . . 60
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Gauges (cont'd)
Warning Lights and
Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
General Information
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Getting In and Out of the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
GM Mobility Reimbursement Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
H
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . . 82
HeadlampsAiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . 267, 270
Daytime Running Lamps(DRL) Indicator Light . . . . . . . . . . 69
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . . . 81
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Heater Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
High Idle System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 141 Hooks
Shopping Bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
HVAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
I
Idle Shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Idle Shutdown Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Information Publication Ordering . . . . . . . . . . 362
Information on Loading the
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Instrument Panel Storage Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Instrument Panel
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 10, 11
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
J
Jump Starting - North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
K
Keyless EntryRemote (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . 14
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13