2020 CHEVROLET SILVERADO heating

Chevrolet Silverado Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
13337620) - 2020 - CTC - 1/27/20
Vehicle Care 383
Speed Rating:An
alphanumeric code assigned to
a tire indicating the maximum
speed at which a tire can
operate.
Traction
:The friction between
the tire and the road surface.
The amount of grip provided.
Tread
:The portion of a tire that
comes into contact with
the road.
Treadwear Indicators
:Narrow
bands, sometimes called wear
bars, that show across the tread
of a tire when only 1.6 mm
(1/16 in) of tread remains. See
When It Is Time for New Tires
0 394.
UTQGS (Uniform Tire Quality
Grading Standards)
:A tire
information system that provides
consumers with ratings for a
tire's traction, temperature, and
treadwear. Ratings are
determined by tire
manufacturers using government testing procedures.
The ratings are molded into the
sidewall of the tire. See
Uniform
Tire Quality Grading 0397.
Vehicle Capacity Weight
:The
number of designated seating
positions multiplied by
68 kg (150 lb) plus the rated
cargo load. See Vehicle Load
Limits 0197.
Vehicle Maximum Load on the
Tire
:Load on an individual tire
due to curb weight, accessory
weight, occupant weight, and
cargo weight.
Vehicle Placard
:A label
permanently attached to a
vehicle showing the vehicle
capacity weight and the original
equipment tire size and
recommended inflation pressure.
See “Tire and Loading
Information Label” underVehicle
Load Limits 0197.
Tire Pressure
Tires need the correct amount of
air pressure to operate
effectively.
{Warning
Neither tire underinflation nor
overinflation is good.
Underinflated tires, or tires
that do not have enough air,
can result in:
.Tire overloading and
overheating, which could
lead to a blowout.
.Premature or
irregular wear.
.Poor handling.
.Reduced fuel economy.
Overinflated tires, or tires that
have too much air, can
result in:
.Unusual wear.
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Index 483
Capacities andSpecifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
Carbon Monoxide Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Cargo
Tie-Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . 3
Center Console Storage . . . . . . . . 111
Center High-Mounted Stoplamp (CHMSL) and
Cargo Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Center Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
Charging Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . 134
Check Engine Light (MalfunctionIndicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Ignition Transmission Lock . . . 359
Child Restraints Infants and Young Children . . . . . 84
Lower Anchors and Tethersfor Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . 102, 105, 106 Child Restraints (cont'd)
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Cleaning Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
Climate Control Systems . . . . . . . 174
Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Dual Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . . 465
Compartments Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Connected Services
Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479
Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
Connections
Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . 479
Control Hill Descent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Traction and ElectronicStability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Control Light Hill Descent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Coolant
Engine Temperature Gauge . . 131
Engine TemperatureWarning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174, 176
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Courtesy Transportation
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Cruise Control, Adaptive . . . . . . . . 242
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 461 Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460
Text Telephone (TTY)
Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461
Customer Information Publications OrderingInformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
Customer Satisfaction Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458
Cybersecurity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470
D
Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . . . 465
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . 3

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484 Index
Data CollectionInfotainment System . . . . . . . . . . 471
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . 470
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Diagnostics
Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . 480
Differential, Limited-Slip . . . . . . . . 239
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Door
Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . 457
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . 252
Driver Information Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145, 146
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Driver Mode Control Light . . . . . . 142
Driving Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 264
Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . . . 183 Driving (cont'd)
Characteristics and
Towing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Drunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 194
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 196
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Off-Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Dual Automatic Climate Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
E
E85 or FlexFuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Electric Brake Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . 229
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . 137
Electrical Equipment,Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Electrical System Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 366 Electrical System (cont'd)
Instrument Panel Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370, 372
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Electronic Stability Control (ESC) Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Emergency
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Check Light (MalfunctionIndicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 328
Coolant Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Coolant Temperature
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 457
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Oil Pressure Gauge . . . . . . . . . . 130
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Overheated Protection Operating Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

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486 Index
Gauges (cont'd)Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Voltmeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Warning Lights and
Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
General Information Service and Maintenance . . . . . 435
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Glass Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
GM Mobility Reimbursement Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462
H
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . 166
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Head-up Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Headlamps
Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Daytime RunningLamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 Headlamps (cont'd)
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Headlamps, Front Turn
Signal, Sidemarker, and
Parking Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . 143
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 164
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . 144
Heated Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Heated and Ventilated Front
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Heater Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174, 176
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
High-Speed Operation . . . . . . . . . . 385
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 194
Hill Descent Control (HDC) . . . . . 233
Hill Descent Control Light . . . . . . . 139
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . 231
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
How to Wear Seat Belts Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
HVAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174, 176
I
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . 205, 207
Ignition Transmission Lock Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Indicator
Pedestrian Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Vehicle Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Infants and Young Children, Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Information Publication Ordering . . . . . . . . . . 467
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . 471
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Instrument Panel Overview . . . . . . . 5
Interior Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . 42
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
J
Jump Starting - North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415
K
Keyless EntryRemote (RKE) System . . . . . 13, 16
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9, 12

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Index 489
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
OverviewInstrument Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
P
ParkShifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Parking Brake and P (Park)Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . 359
Extended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 215
Parking or Backing Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 253
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Passenger Compartment Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . 75
Pedestrian Ahead Indicator . . . . . 140
Perchlorate Materials Requirements, California . . . . . . 325
Personalization Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Pickup Conversion to
Chassis Cab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322 Power
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Protection, Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . 213
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Steering Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Power Assist Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Pregnancy, Using Seat Belts . . . . 67
Privacy Vehicle Data Recording . . . . . . . 470
Program Courtesy Transportation . . . . . . 464
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Proposition
65 Warning,
California . . . . . . . . . . . .325, 354, 415, Back Cover
Publication Ordering
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
R
Radio Frequency Statement . . . . 468
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357 Rear Axle (cont'd)
Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Rear Camera Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Rear Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . . 253
Rear Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Recommended Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276, 277
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448
Records
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . 420
Reimbursement Program, GM Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462
Remote Keyless Entry
(RKE) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 16
Remote Vehicle Start . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Replacement Glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Replacement Parts
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450