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Recommended Fluids, Lubricants, and Parts
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants
UsageFluid/Lubricant
Engine Oil Engine oil meeting the dexos1 specification of the proper SAE viscosity
grade. ACDelco dexos1 full synthetic is recommended. See Engine Oil
0 221.
Engine Coolant 50/50 mixture of clean, drinkable water and use only DEX-COOL Coolant.
See Cooling System 0227.
Hydraulic Brake/Clutch System
(Vehicles with DOT 3 brake fluid) DOT 3 Hydraulic Brake Fluid (GM Part No. 19353126, in
Canada 19353127). See
Brake Fluid0234.
Hydraulic Brake/Clutch System
(Vehicles with DOT 4 brake fluid) DOT 4 Hydraulic Brake Fluid (GM Part No. 19299570, in
Canada 19299571). See
Brake Fluid0234.
Windshield Washer Automotive windshield washer fluid that meets regional freeze protection requirements.
Hydraulic Power Steering System (If equipped) DEXRON-VI Automatic Transmission Fluid.
Automatic Transmission DEXRON-VI Automatic Transmission Fluid. Manual Transmission Manual Transmission Fluid (GM Part No. 19259104, in Canada 19259105).
Transfer Case (All-Wheel Drive) Transfer Case Fluid (GM Part No. 19256084, in Canada 19256085).

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If the airbag has inflated, seeWhat
Will You See after an Airbag
Inflates? 059.
Managing the Vehicle Damage
Repair Process
In the event that the vehicle requires
damage repairs, GM recommends
that you take an active role in its
repair. If you have a pre-determined
repair facility of choice, take the
vehicle there, or have it towed there.
Specify to the facility that any
required replacement collision parts
be original equipment parts, either
new Genuine GM parts or recycled
original GM parts. Remember,
recycled parts will not be covered by
the GM vehicle warranty.
Insurance pays the bill for the repair,
but you must live with the repair.
Depending on your policy limits,
your insurance company may
initially value the repair using
aftermarket parts. Discuss this with
the repair professional, and insist on
Genuine GM parts. Remember,
if the vehicle is leased, you may be
obligated to have the vehicle repaired with Genuine GM parts,
even if your insurance coverage
does not pay the full cost.
If another party's insurance
company is paying for the repairs,
you are not obligated to accept a
repair valuation based on that
insurance company's collision policy
repair limits, as you have no
contractual limits with that company.
In such cases, you can have control
of the repair and parts choices as
long as the cost stays within
reasonable limits.
Publication Ordering
Information
Service Manuals
Service manuals have the diagnosis
and repair information on the
engine, transmission, axle,
suspension, brakes, electrical
system, steering system, body, etc.
Customer Literature
Owner
’s manuals are written
specifically for owners and are
intended to provide basic operational information about the
vehicle. The owner
’s manual
includes the Maintenance Schedule
for all models.
Customer literature publications
available for purchase include
owner ’s manuals, warranty
manuals, infotainment manuals, and
portfolios. Portfolios include an
owner ’s manual, warranty manual,
infotainment manual, if applicable,
and zip lock bag or pouch.
Current and Past Models
Service manuals and customer
literature are available for many
current and past model year GM
vehicles.
To order, call 1-800-551-4123
Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
eastern time
For credit card orders only (VISA,
MasterCard, or Discover), see
Helm, Inc. at: www.helminc.com.
To order by mail, write to:

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Drive SystemsAll-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . 191, 236
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . 198
Driver Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Driver Information Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Driving
Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . . . 162
Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Drunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 167
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 169
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Driving the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
E
Electrical Equipment, Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Electrical System Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 248 Electrical System (cont'd)
Instrument Panel Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Rear Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Emergency
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Check Light (MalfunctionIndicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 218
Coolant Temperature Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Reduced Power Light . . . . . . . . . .110
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 185
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 329
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Extender, Seat Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 122
Exterior Lighting Battery
Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
F
Filter,Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 124
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Fluid
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 224
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Power Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Fog Lamps Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Folding Seatback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

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Lights (cont'd)High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 123
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Lane Departure Warning . . . . . . 106
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Operate Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Reduced Engine Power . . . . . . .110
Seat Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . . 100
Service Vehicle Soon . . . . . . . . . 104
StabiliTrak OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Traction Control System
(TCS)/StabiliTrak . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Ultrasonic Parking Sensor . . . . 107
Up-Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Warning, Power Steering . . . . . 106
Lock Steering Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 109 Lower Anchors and Tethers
for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
M
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Maintenance and Care Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 300
Recommended Fluids andLubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 102
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Manual Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Media Avoiding Untrusted Devices . . 137
Messages
Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Mirrors Automatic Dimming
Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Mirrors (cont'd)
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Manual Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . 30
Monitor System, Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Multi-band Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
N
Navigation Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . 339
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . 173
O
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Oil Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 223
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . . . 67
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . . 320
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
OnStar Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333

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OnStar Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
OnStar Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
OnStar Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
OnStar System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Operate Pedal Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
OutletsPower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Instrument Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Owner Manual Indicator . . . . . . . . 104
P
Park
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Brake and P (Park)Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . 238
Extended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 184
Ultrasonic Sensor Light . . . . . . . 107
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Passenger Compartment Air
Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . 61 Perchlorate Materials
Requirements, California . . . . . . 215
Personalization Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Phone Apple CarPlay andAndroid Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143, 144
Port USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Power
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Protection, Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Reduced Engine Light . . . . . . . . .110
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . 181
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Steering Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Power Steering Warning
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Pregnancy, Using Seat Belts . . . . 52
Privacy Vehicle Data Recording . . . . . . . 329
Program Courtesy Transportation . . . . . . 323
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Proposition
65 Warning,
California . . . . . . . . . . . .214, 236, 282,
Back Cover
Publication Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
R
RadioAM-FM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Satellite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Radio Frequency Statement . . . . 327
Radio Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Rear Seat Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . . 199
Rear Window Washer/Wiper . . . . . 94
Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Recommended
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Records
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . 286

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Shift Lock Control FunctionCheck, Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . 204
Sidemarker
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Spare Tire Compact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Special Application Services . . . . 305
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
StabiliTrak OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Start Assist, Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Fluid, Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Power, Warning Lights . . . . . . . . 106
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 Steering Column Lock . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Stoplamps and Back-Up Lamps
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Storage Areas Cargo Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Cargo Management System . . . . 88
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Instrument Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Underseat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . . 87
Struts
Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
System Forward CollisionAlert (FCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Roof Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Systems Driver Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Taillamps
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . 320
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . 27, 28 Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 All-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Compact Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Pressure Monitor Operation . . 264
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . 263
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Terminology and Definitions . . 260
Uniform Tire QualityGrading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 273

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Tires (cont'd)When It Is Time for New
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Top Tier Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Towing General Information . . . . . . . . . . .211
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 286
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Traction Control System(TCS)/StabiliTrak Light . . . . . . 108
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Trademarks and License
Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Transmission Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Fluid, Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Transportation Program, Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Turn Signal Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 245U
Ultrasonic Parking SensorLight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Underseat Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . 271
Up-Shift Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
USB Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Using the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
V
Vehicle Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Identification Number (VIN) . . . 313
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Service Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Speed Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . . . 106 Vehicle Care
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Vehicle Data Recording and Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Vehicle Security Steering Column Lock . . . . . . . . . . 27
Ventilation, Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
W
Warning Brake System Light . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Caution and Danger . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Lane Departure (LDW) . . . . . . . 206
Warning Lights, Gauges, and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Warnings
Hazard Flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Wheels Alignment and Tire Balance . . 273
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Where to Put the Restraint . . . . . . 72
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31