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SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE 389
The following list is intended to
explain the services and conditions to
look for that may indicate services are
required.
Battery
The 12-volt battery supplies power to
start the engine and operate any
additional electrical accessories.
.To avoid break-down or failure to
start the vehicle, maintain a battery
with full cranking power.
.Trained dealer technicians have the
diagnostic equipment to test the
battery and ensure that the
connections and cables are
corrosion-free.
Belts
.Belts may need replacing if they
squeak or show signs of cracking or
splitting.
.Trained dealer technicians have
access to tools and equipment to
inspect the belts and recommend
adjustment or replacement when
necessary. Brakes
Brakes stop the vehicle and are crucial
to safe driving.
.Signs of brake wear may include
chirping, grinding, or squealing
noises, or difficulty stopping.
.Trained dealer technicians have
access to tools and equipment to
inspect the brakes and recommend
quality parts engineered for the
vehicle.
Fluids
Proper fluid levels and approved fluids
protect the vehicle’s systems and
components. See Recommended Fluids
and Lubricants 0391 for GM approved
fluids.
.Engine oil and windshield washer
fluid levels should be checked at
every fuel fill.
.Instrument cluster lights may come
on to indicate that fluids may be
low and need to be filled. Hoses
Hoses transport fluids and should be
regularly inspected to ensure that
there are no cracks or leaks. With a
multi-point inspection, your dealer
can inspect the hoses and advise if
replacement is needed.
Lamps
Properly working headlamps,
taillamps, and brake lamps are
important to see and be seen on
the road.
.Signs that the headlamps need
attention include dimming, failure
to light, cracking, or damage. The
brake lamps need to be checked
periodically to ensure that they light
when braking.
.With a multi-point inspection, your
dealer can check the lamps and
note any concerns.
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Recommended Fluids, Lubricants, and Parts
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants
Fluids and lubricants identified below by name or specification, including fluids or lubricants not listed here, can be
obtained from your dealer.Usage Fluid/Lubricant
Automatic Transmission (8-Speed Transmission) DEXRON-HP Automatic Transmission Fluid.
Automatic Transmission (10-Speed Transmission) DEXRON ULV Automatic Transmission Fluid.
Chassis Lubrication Chassis lubricant meeting requirements of NLGI #2, Category LB or GC-LB. Engine Coolant 50/50 mixture of clean, drinkable water and use only DEX-COOL Coolant. See Cooling System0317.
Engine Oil Engine oil meeting the dexos1 specification of the proper SAE viscosity grade. ACDelco dexos1 full synthetic is recommended. See Engine Oil0312.
Hood Latch Assembly, Secondary Latch,
Pivots, Spring Anchor, and Release Pawl Lubriplate Lubricant Aerosol or lubricant meeting requirements of NLGI #2,
Category LB or GC-LB.
Hydraulic Brake System DOT 4 Hydraulic Brake Fluid.
Key Lock Cylinders, Hood and Door Hinges Multi-Purpose Lubricant, Superlube. See your dealer.
Rear Axle/Front Axle (All-Wheel Drive) See your dealer. Windshield Washer Automotive windshield washer fluid that meets regional freeze protection requirements.
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Appearance CareExterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Apple CarPlay and Android Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Assistance Systems for Driving . . . . 283
Assistance Systems for Parking and Backing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Audio Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Auto Stop
Stop/Start System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Automatic Dimming Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Emergency Braking (AEB) . . . . . . . . 285
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227, 229
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Vehicle Hold Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Automatic Transmission
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234, 235
Automatic Vehicle Hold (AVH) . . . . 239
Avoiding Untrusted Media Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145B
Battery
Exterior Lighting BatterySaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Load Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Battery - North America . . . . . .326, 366
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . . . . . . 327
Bluetooth Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169, 170
Bluetooth Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Brake Electric Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Parking, Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
System Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Brake Pad Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Pad Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 Automatic Emergency (AEB) . . . . . 285
Braking System
Front Pedestrian (FPB) . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Buckle To Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Bulb Replacement
Front Turn Signal Lamps . . . . . . . . 330
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
High Intensity Discharge(HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
C
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
California Perchlorate MaterialsRequirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
California Proposition 65 Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . .305, 326, 366, Back Cover
Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Capacities and Specifications . . . . . . 396
Carbon Monoxide Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Cargo Management System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Tie-Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . . . . . 2
Center Console Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
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F
Filter,Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . . . . . 129
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Fluid Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . 315
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Frequency Statement Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409
Front Pedestrian Braking (FPB) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Front Seats
Heated and Ventilated . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Front Turn Signal Lamps . . . . . . . . . . 330
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Economy, Driving for Better . . . . . 203
Filling a Portable FuelContainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294 Fuel (cont'd)
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 105
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Recommended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293, 294
Top Tier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Fuses
Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . 331
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . 334
Rear Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
G
Garage Door Opener . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Gas Strut(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Gauges Engine CoolantTemperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94, 95
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Warning Lights and Indicators . . . 87 General Information
Service and Maintenance . . . . . . . . 379
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Global Positioning System (GPS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
GM Mobility Reimbursement
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
Guidance Problems with the Route . . . . . . . . . 162
H
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . . . . 129
HD Radio Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Head-up Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Headlamps
Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Daytime RunningLamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
High Intensity Discharge (HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
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Lights (cont'd)Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Check Engine (Malfunction
Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Engine Coolant Temperature Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . . . . . 128
Lane Keep Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Seat Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Service Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
StabiliTrak OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Traction Control System
(TCS)/StabiliTrak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Limited-Slip Differential . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 Locks
Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Low-Profile Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH System) . . . . . . . . . 65
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
M
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
Maintenance and Care Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Recommended Fluids andLubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . . . . 97
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234, 235
Map Data Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Massage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Media
Avoiding Untrusted Devices . . . . . 145
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Messages Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Mirrors Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Automatic Dimming Rearview . . . . 26
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Manual Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Tilt in Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Driver Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Monitor System, Tire Pressure . . . . . 348
Multi-band Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
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V
VehicleAlarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Automatic Hold Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Identification Number (VIN) . . . . . 395
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Speed Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Vehicle Care Storing the Tire Sealant andCompressor Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Vehicle Data Recording and Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Vehicle Hold Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Vehicle Hold (AVH)
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Vehicle Positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Ventilation, Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Voice Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
W
Warning
Brake System Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Caution and Danger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Warning Lights, Gauges, and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Warnings Hazard Flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Wheels
Alignment and Tire Balance . . . . . 357
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . 353
Where to Put the Restraint . . . . . . . . . 64
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Windshield
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Wiper/Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Winter Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Wiper Blade Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 327
Wireless Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85