2020 GMC ACADIA courtesy light

GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/
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Lighting
Exterior Lighting
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . 155
Exterior Lamps OffReminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Headlamp High/Low-Beam Changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Automatic Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . 159
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Interior Lighting
Instrument Panel Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Courtesy Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Lighting Features
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Battery Load Management . . . 162
Battery Power Protection . . . . . 162
Exterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163Exterior Lighting
Exterior Lamp Controls
The exterior lamp control is on the
turn signal lever.
Turn the control to the following
positions:
O: Turns the exterior lamps off and
deactivates the AUTO mode. Turn
to
Oagain to reactivate the
AUTO mode.
In Canada, the headlamps will
automatically reactivate when the
vehicle is shifted out of P (Park).
AUTO : Automatically turns the
exterior lamps on and off,
depending on outside lighting.

GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/
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When the headlamps are changed
to high beam, the fog lamps turn off.
The fog lamps come back on again
when the high-beam headlamps are
turned off.
Some localities have laws that
require the headlamps to be on
along with the fog lamps.Interior Lighting
Instrument Panel
Illumination Control
The brightness of the instrument
panel lighting and steering wheel
controls can be adjusted.
D:Move the thumbwheel up or
down to brighten or dim the lights.
Courtesy Lamps
The courtesy lamps come on when
any door is opened unless the dome
lamp override is activated. To
deactivate the dome lamp override,
press
jOFF and the indicator
light on the button will turn off.
Dome Lamps
The dome lamp is in the overhead
console.
To operate, press the following
buttons:
jOFF : Press to turn off the
dome lamps when a door is open.
An indicator light on the button will
turn on when the dome lamp
override is activated. Press
j
OFF again to deactivate this feature
and the indicator light will turn off.
The dome lamps will come on when
the doors are opened.

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Index 395
Child Restraints (cont'd)Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93, 95
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Cleaning Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Climate Control Systems Dual Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . 115, 119
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . . 377
Compact Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Compartments
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Compressor Kit, Tire Sealant . . . 321
Connected Services Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
Connections Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . 391
Control
Hill Descent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211 Control (cont'd)
Traction and Electronic
Stability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Control Light Hill Descent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Coolant Engine Temperature Gauge . . 123
Engine TemperatureWarning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165, 169
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Courtesy Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Courtesy Transportation Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Cover Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Cruise Control, Adaptive . . . . . . . . 216
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Text Telephone (TTY)Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Customer Information
Publications OrderingInformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379 Customer Satisfaction
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Cybersecurity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
D
Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . . . 377
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . 3
Data Collection Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . 383
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . 382
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Diagnostics Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . 392
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Door Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . 369
Drive Systems All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . 206, 284
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . 225

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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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400 Index
Oil (cont'd)Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 271
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . . . 77
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . . 373
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
OnStar Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
OnStar Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
OnStar Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
OnStar Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Operation Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Outlets Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Overview
Instrument Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
P
ParkShifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Parking Brake and P (Park)Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . 285
Extended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 199 Parking or Backing
Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 227
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Passenger Compartment Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . 71
Pedestrian Ahead Indicator . . . . . 132
Perchlorate Materials
Requirements, California . . . . . . 261
Personalization
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Power Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Protection, Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . 196
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Pregnancy, Using Seat Belts . . . . 62
Privacy
Vehicle Data Recording . . . . . . . 381
Program Courtesy Transportation . . . . . . 376
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 Proposition
65 Warning,
California . . . . . . . . . . . .260, 283, 335,
Back Cover
Publication Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
R
Radio Frequency Statement . . . . 380
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Rear Camera Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Rear Climate Control System . . . 169
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Rear Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . . 227
Rear Window Washer/Wiper . . . . 109
Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Recommended Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Records Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . 339

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Index 403
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