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Driving and Operating 191
OPSymbol Fault/Condition/Event
OSolid Green(Off (No Light)@No Faults: The charge cord is receiving power from the electrical outlet
and is ready to supply it to the vehicle.
nFlashing GreenOSolid RedR pb
Electrical Outlet/Plug Fault: The charge cord has detected that the
electrical outlet/plug overheated. Electrical outlets may wear out with
normal usage or may be damaged over time, making them unsuitable for
electric vehicle charging. Do not use an electrical outlet that is worn,
damaged, or one that will not hold the plug firmly in place. Use another
electrical outlet or have the electrical outlet serviced by a qualified
electrician. Reset the charge cord by unplugging the charge cord from the
electrical outlet and re-plugging it.
(Off (No Light)OSolid RedR o
Electrical System Fault: The charge cord has detected a missing or
improper ground within the building's electrical system. Do not use an
electrical outlet that is not properly grounded. Use another electrical outlet
or have a qualified electrician inspect and verify the building's electrical
system.
(Off (No Light)nFlashing RedRb
Vehicle Fault: The charge cord ground-fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) has
tripped. Ensure that there is no physical damage to the charge cord, and
that the vehicle plug is seated completely and making a good connection.
Reset the charge cord by unplugging it from the electrical outlet and
re-plugging it. If the fault remains, see an authorized dealer for service.

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192 Driving and Operating
OPSymbol Fault/Condition/Event
OSolid GreennFlashing RedR m
Charge Cord Fault: The charge cord has detected a potential problem with
the charge cord. Reset the charge cord by unplugging it from the electrical
outlet and re-plugging it. If the fault remains, see an authorized dealer for
service.
If no status indicators are lit, ensure the
electrical outlet is powered.
Charge Level Selection
Charge level selection can be made using
the Charge Mode tab on the Charging
screen on the infotainment display. See
“Portable Cord Limit Selection” under
Programmable Charging 090.
{Warning
Using a charge level that exceeds the
electrical circuit or electrical outlet
capacity may start a fire or damage the
electrical circuit. Use the lowest charge
level until a qualified electrician inspects
(Continued)
Warning (Continued)
the electrical circuit capacity. Use the
lowest charge level if the electrical circuit
or electrical outlet capacity is not known.
Grounding Instructions
The charge circuit must be grounded. If this
charge circuit should malfunction or break
down, grounding provides a path of least
resistance for electric current to reduce the
risk of electric shock. This product is
equipped with a cord that has an equipment
grounding conductor and a grounding plug.
The plug must be plugged into an
appropriate outlet that is properly installed
and grounded in accordance with all local
codes and ordinances.
{Warning
Improper connection of the charge cord
ground may cause electrical shock. Check
with a qualified electrician if there is
doubt as to whether the charge circuit is
properly grounded. Do not modify the
plug provided with the product. If it will
not fit the electrical outlet, have a proper
electrical outlet installed by a qualified
electrician.

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194 Driving and Operating
Lock Feature
A lock can be added to the vehicle plug for
additional security.
FCC Information
SeeRadio Frequency Statement 0271.
Utility Interruption of Charging
This vehicle will respond to requests through
the utility company to limit or completely
block electrical power grid usage. This
feature is inactive during DC charging.
A utility interruption of charging will
lengthen the vehicle charge time.
When electrical grid power is completely
blocked, the vehicle will delay charging until
the utility interruption has expired. The
vehicle should be left plugged in so that the
vehicle can automatically begin charging. Changing the charge mode to Immediate or
performing a delayed charging override will
not disable a utility interruption. Unplugging
and plugging the car back in will also not
disable a utility interruption.
A pop-up will appear in the infotainment
display while starting the vehicle following
any utility interruption. See
“Charging
Interrupted or Overridden Pop-Up” under
Programmable Charging 090.
A message will display on the instrument
cluster indicating that a utility interruption
has occurred.
Electrical Requirements for
Battery Charging
This vehicle is capable of being charged with
most standard vehicle charging equipment
complying with one or more of the
following:
.SAE J1772
.SAE J2847-2
.IEC 61851-1
.IEC 61851-22
.IEC 61851-23
.IEC 61851-24
.IEC 62196-1
.IEC 62196-2
.IEC 62196-3
The portable charge cord requires a
minimum circuit capacity of 120 volts and
15 amps.
Charging equipment with a rating of at least
220 volts/40 amps will provide the fastest
charging time and best charging efficiency
to recharge the high voltage battery. Always
follow the charging equipment instructions.
Contact your dealer for more information.
Caution
Do not use portable or stationary backup
generating equipment to charge the
vehicle. This may cause damage to the
vehicle's charging system. Only charge
the vehicle from utility supplied power.
Trailer Towing
General Towing Information
{Warning
Never tow a trailer with your vehicle.
It was not designed or intended to tow a
trailer.

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Vehicle Care 201
1. Windshield Washer Fluid Reservoir. SeeWasher Fluid 0202.
2. Cabin Heating Coolant Reservoir. See Cooling System 0201.
3. High Voltage Battery Coolant Reservoir. See Cooling System 0201.
4. HPDM (High Power Distribution Module).
5. APM (Accessory Power Module), OBCM (On-Board Charging Module).
6. Brake Fluid Reservoir. See Brake Fluid
0 203.
7. SPIM, APM, and Charger Module Coolant Reservoir. See Cooling System 0201.
8. Battery. See Battery - North America
0 204.
9. Underhood Compartment Fuse Block. Underhood Compartment Fuse Block
0211.
Cooling System
It is not necessary to regularly check coolant
unless a leak is suspected or an unusual
noise is heard. A coolant loss could indicate
a problem. Have it inspected and repaired
by your dealer.
The following explains the cooling systems
and how to check coolant levels.
.High Voltage Battery
.Single Power Inverter Module (SPIM),
Accessory Power Module (APM), and
Charger Module
.Cabin Heating
High Voltage Battery
During vehicle operation and also during
charging, the high voltage battery cells in
the vehicle are kept within a normal
operating temperature range. If the
temperature rises above this temperature,
the battery cooling system turns on the air
conditioning compressor and cools the
coolant until the correct temperature is
reached. If the temperature falls below this
temperature, a high voltage heater, located
outside the battery on a cradle, heats the
coolant until the correct temperature is
reached.
Single Power Inverter Module (SPIM),
Accessory Power Module (APM), and
Charger Module
The SPIM, APM, and charger module are
cooled using a separate coolant loop. These
modules are kept below a maximum
temperature. If the temperature rises above
this temperature, the electric cooling fan will
turn on to cool the coolant.
Cabin Heating
Cabin heating is maintained by coolant
heated by the Coolant Heater Control
Module (CHCM), separate from the power
electronics and battery coolant loops. This
module heats the coolant based on
temperature inputs from the cabin climate
control systems.
Hybrid Cooling System Pressure Caps
The hybrid cooling system reservoirs have
tamper resistant pressure caps. The coolant
should only be serviced by a qualified
technician.
Checking Coolant
The coolant needs to be replaced at the
appropriate interval. See Maintenance
Schedule 0253.
The coolant reservoirs are in the underhood
compartment. See Underhood Compartment
Overview 0200.

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214 Vehicle Care
FusesUsage
51 Electric brake boost
52 –
54 A/C control module
55 Rechargeable energy
storage system
coolant pump
56 –
57 Power electronics
coolant pump
58 Engine control module
59 –
60 HVAC electric heater 61 On-board charging module
62 Transmission range control
module 1
63 Electric cooling fan
64 Engine control module 65 Auxiliary heater pump
66 Powertrain 67 Drive unit controller
70 A/C control module Fuses
Usage
71 –
72 Transmission range control
module
73 Single power inverter
module
74 –
Relays Usage
6 Pedestrian friendly alert
function
21 HID lamp
25 Powertrain
53 Run/Crank
68 Rear window defogger
69 Second run/CrankInstrument Panel Fuse Block

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Vehicle Care 215
The instrument panel fuse block is on the
left side of the instrument panel. To access
the fuses, open the fuse panel door by
pulling out.
To reinstall the door, insert the top tab first,
then push the door back into its original
location.Fuses Usage
F01 Video processing module
F02 Indicator light solar sensor
F03 Side blind zone alert
F04 Passive entry, passive start F05 CGM
F06 Body control module 4 F07 Body control module 3
F08 Body control module 2
F09 Body control module 1 F10 Trailer interface module 1 F11 Amplifier
F12 Body control module 8
F13 Data link connector 1
F14 Automatic parking assist F15 - Fuses
Usage
F16 Single power inverter
module 1
F17 Body control module 6
F18 Body control module 5
F19 –
F20 –
F21 –
F22 –
F23 USB
F24 Wireless charging module F25 Reflected LED alert display
F26 Heated steering wheel F27 CGM 2
F28 Instrument cluster 2
F29 Trailer interface module 2
F30 - F31 OnStar
F32 Virtual keypass sensor
F33 Heating, ventilation, and
air conditioning module Fuses
Usage
F34 Virtual keypass module F35 Instrument cluster 1
F36 Radio F37 –
F38 –
F39 –
F40 –
F41 –
F42 –
F43 Body control module 7
F44 Sensing and diagnostic
module
F45 Front camera module
F46 Vehicle integration control
module
F47 Single power inverter
module 2
F48 -
F49 Auxiliary jack F50 Steering wheel controls

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Index 283
Automatic (cont'd)Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Emergency Braking (AEB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Auxiliary Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
B
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82Exterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . . . . . . 112
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Battery - North America . . . . . . . . . . . . 204, 238
Battery Gauge
High Voltage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Bluetooth Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Bluetooth Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Brake Parking, Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
System Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Regenerative Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Automatic Emergency (AEB) . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Braking System
Front Pedestrian (FPB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Bulb Replacement Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
High Intensity Discharge (HID)Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
License Plate Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Taillamps, Turn Signal, Stoplamps, and Back-up Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
C
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
California Perchlorate Materials Requirements . . . 197
California Proposition 65 Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197, 204, 238, Back Cover
Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Capacities and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Carbon Monoxide Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Cargo Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Cargo (cont'd)
Management System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Center Console Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Charge Cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Charging Delay Override . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Electrical Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Plug-In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Programmable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Utility Interruption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Charging Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Charging Status Screens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Child Restraints Infants and Young Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Lower Anchors and Tethers forChildren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64, 66
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Cleaning Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

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284 Index
Climate Control SystemsAutomatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Compartment Underhood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Compartments Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Compressor Kit, Tire Sealant . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Connected Services Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Connections
Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Control Traction and Electronic Stability . . . . . . . 166
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Courtesy Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Courtesy Transportation Program . . . . . . . . 267
Cover Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Cruise Control (cont'd)
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Customer Information
Publications Ordering Information . . . . . 270
Customer Satisfaction Procedure . . . . . . . . . 263
Cybersecurity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
D
Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Data Collection OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Delayed Charging Override . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Devices
Auxiliary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Diagnostics Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Door
Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Drive Unit Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Driver Teen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Driver Efficiency Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Driver Information Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Driver Selected Operating Modes . . . . . . . . 159
Driving Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Impaired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
One-Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Driving for Better Energy Efficiency . . . . . . .147