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336 Vehicle Care
Caution
Ignoring these steps could result
in costly damage to the vehicle
that would not be covered by the
vehicle warranty. Trying to start
the vehicle by pushing or pulling it
will not work, and it could damage
the vehicle.
1. Discharged BatteryPositive (+) Terminal
2. Discharged Battery Remote Negative (-) Terminal 3. Good Battery Negative (-)
Terminal
4. Good Battery Positive (+) Terminal
The jump start positive (+)
Terminal (1) and the negative
remote negative terminal (2) for the
discharged battery are on the driver
side of the vehicle.
The jump start positive (+)
terminal (4) and negative (-)
terminal (3) are on the battery of the
vehicle providing the jump start.
1. Check the other vehicle. It must have a 12-volt battery
with a negative ground system.
Caution
If the other vehicle does not have
a 12-volt system with a negative
ground, both vehicles can be
damaged. Only use a vehicle that
has a 12-volt system with a
negative ground for jump starting.
2. Position the two vehicles so that they are not touching. 3. Set the parking brake and shift
the vehicle into P (Park) with
an automatic transmission,
or Neutral with a manual
transmission. See Shifting Into
Park 0197.
Caution
If any accessories are left on or
plugged in during the jump
starting procedure, they could be
damaged. The repairs would not
be covered by the vehicle
warranty. Whenever possible, turn
off or unplug all accessories on
either vehicle when jump starting.
4. Turn the ignition off. Turn off all lights and accessories in both
vehicles, except the hazard
warning flashers if needed.
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Index 397
Fluid (cont'd)Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Frequency Statement
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Front Pedestrian Braking (FPB) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Front Seats Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Heated and Ventilated . . . . . . . . . . 49
Fuel
Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Economy, Driving for Better . . . 174
Filling a Portable FuelContainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . 135
Management, Active . . . . . . . . . . 199
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Recommended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Top Tier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 Fuses
Engine Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 289
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Rear Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
G
Garage Door Opener . . . . . . . . . . . 151Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Gas Strut(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Gauges Engine CoolantTemperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Engine Oil Temperature . . . . . . . 123
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Voltmeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Warning Lights and
Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Gear Shifting Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
General Information
Service and Maintenance . . . . . 351 General Information (cont'd)
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
GM Mobility Reimbursement Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
H
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . 159
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Head-up Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
HeadlampsAiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Daytime RunningLamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . 135
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 157
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . 136
Heated Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Heated and Ventilated Front
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
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HeaterEngine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165, 169
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
High-Speed Operation . . . . . . . . . . 306
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 183
Hill Descent Control (HDC) . . . . . 211
Hill Descent Control Light . . . . . . . 131
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . 209
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
How to Wear Seat Belts Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
HVAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165, 169
I
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Indicator Pedestrian Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Vehicle Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Infants and Young Children, Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Information Publication Ordering . . . . . . . . . . 379
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . 115, 119 Instrument Panel Overview . . . . . . . 5
Interior Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . 33
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
J
Jump Starting - North
America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
K
Keyless Entry
Remote (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . . 8
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . . . 300
Lamps Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . 157
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Exterior Lamps OffReminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Exterior Lighting Battery
Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Malfunction Indicator (Check Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . 238
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . 240
Lane Keep Assist Light . . . . . . . . . 131
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
LATCH System
Replacing Parts after aCrash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
LATCH, Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Lighting Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 160
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Lights Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Antilock Brake System(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . 129
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Check Engine (Malfunction
Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . 130
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Lights (cont'd)Engine Coolant
Temperature Warning . . . . . . . 133
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 134
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Front Fog Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Gear Shifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 157
Hill Descent Control . . . . . . . . . . 131
Lane Keep Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Seat Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . . 125
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Service Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
StabiliTrak OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Locks (cont'd)
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 135
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
M
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Maintenance and Care Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 353 Recommended Fluids and
Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 127
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Messages Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Mirror
Rear Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Mirrors
Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Automatic Dimming
Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Manual Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Tilt in Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . 33
Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Driver Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Monitor System, Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
N
NavigationConnected Services . . . . . . . . . . 390
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . 190
O
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Off-Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Oil Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
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Tires (cont'd)Uniform Tire Quality
Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 318
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Top Tier Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Tow/Haul Mode Light . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Towing Driving Characteristics . . . . . . . . 246
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 246
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 339
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . 256
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Traction
Control System(TCS)/StabiliTrak Light . . . . . . 133
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . . . . . . . . 256 Trailer (cont'd)
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Transmission Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Transportation Program, Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
U
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . 316
Universal Remote System . . . . . . 151Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
V
Vehicle
Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Identification Number (VIN) . . . 365
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Vehicle (cont'd)
Speed Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . . . 132
Vehicle Care Storing the Tire Sealantand Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . 327
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Vehicle Data Recording and Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Ventilation, Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Voltmeter Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
W
Warning Brake System Light . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Caution and Danger . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Warning Lights, Gauges, and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Warnings Hazard Flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Wheels Alignment and Tire Balance . . 317
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318