2021 CHEVROLET TRAX lane assist

Chevrolet TRAX Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada-14609828) -
2021 - CRC - 8/21/20
Introduction 3
[:Forward Collision Alert
R:Fuse Block Cover Lock Location
+:Fuses
j:ISOFIX/LATCH System Child Restraints
Q:Keep Fuse Block Covers Properly
Installed
|: Lane Change Alert
@:Lane Departure Warning
A:Lane Keep Assist
*: Malfunction Indicator Lamp
::Oil Pressure
X:Park Assist
~:Pedestrian Ahead Indicator
O:Power
7:Rear Cross Traffic Alert
I:Registered Technician
/:Remote Vehicle Start
h:Risk of Electrical Fire
>:Seat Belt Reminders
I:Side Blind Zone Alert
h:Stop/Start
7:Tire Pressure Monitor
d:Traction Control/StabiliTrak/Electronic
Stability Control (ESC)
a: Under Pressure
V: Vehicle Ahead Indicator

Chevrolet TRAX Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada-14609828) -
2021 - CRC - 8/21/20
130 Driving and Operating
Braking
Braking action involves perception time and
reaction time. Deciding to push the brake
pedal is perception time. Actually doing it is
reaction time.
Average driver reaction time is about
three-quarters of a second. In that time, a
vehicle moving at 100 km/h (60 mph) travels
20 m (66 ft), which could be a lot of
distance in an emergency.
Helpful braking tips to keep in mind include:
.Keep enough distance between you and
the vehicle in front of you.
.Avoid needless heavy braking.
.Keep pace with traffic.
If the engine ever stops while the vehicle is
being driven, brake normally but do not
pump the brakes. Doing so could make the
pedal harder to push down. If the engine
stops, there will be some power brake assist
but it will be used when the brake is
applied. Once the power assist is used up, it
can take longer to stop and the brake pedal
will be harder to push.
Steering
Caution
To avoid damage to the steering system,
do not drive over curbs, parking barriers,
or similar objects at speeds greater than
3 km/h (1 mph). Use care when driving
over other objects such as lane dividers
and speed bumps. Damage caused by
misuse of the vehicle is not covered by
the vehicle warranty.
Electric Power Steering
The vehicle has electric power steering.
It does not have power steering fluid.
Regular maintenance is not required. If power steering assist is lost due to a
system malfunction, the vehicle can be
steered, but may require increased effort.
If the steering assist is used for an extended
period of time while the vehicle is not
moving, power assist may be reduced.
If the steering wheel is turned until it
reaches the end of its travel and is held
against that position for an extended period
of time, power steering assist may be
reduced.
Normal use of the power steering assist
should return when the system cools down.
See your dealer if there is a problem.
Curve Tips
.Take curves at a reasonable speed.
.Reduce speed before entering a curve.
.Maintain a reasonable steady speed
through the curve.
.Wait until the vehicle is out of the curve
before accelerating gently into the
straightaway.
Steering in Emergencies
.There are some situations when steering
around a problem may be more effective
than braking.

Chevrolet TRAX Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada-14609828) -
2021 - CRC - 8/21/20
132 Driving and Operating
{Warning
Wet brakes can cause crashes. They
might not work as well in a quick stop
and could cause pulling to one side. You
could lose control of the vehicle.
After driving through a large puddle of
water or a car/vehicle wash, lightly apply
the brake pedal until the brakes work
normally.
Flowing or rushing water creates strong
forces. Driving through flowing water
could cause the vehicle to be carried
away. If this happens, you and other
vehicle occupants could drown. Do not
ignore police warnings and be very
cautious about trying to drive through
flowing water.
Hydroplaning
Hydroplaning is dangerous. Water can build
up under the vehicle's tires so they actually
ride on the water. This can happen if the
road is wet enough and you are going fast
enough. When the vehicle is hydroplaning, it
has little or no contact with the road.There is no hard and fast rule about
hydroplaning. The best advice is to slow
down when the road is wet.
Other Rainy Weather Tips
Besides slowing down, other wet weather
driving tips include:
.Allow extra following distance.
.Pass with caution.
.Keep windshield wiping equipment in
good shape.
.Keep the windshield washer fluid reservoir
filled.
.Have good tires with proper tread depth.
See
Tires 0199.
.Turn off cruise control.
Hill and Mountain Roads
Driving on steep hills or through mountains
is different than driving on flat or rolling
terrain. Tips include:
.Keep the vehicle serviced and in good
shape.
.Check all fluid levels and brakes, tires,
cooling system, and transmission.
.Shift to a lower gear when going down
steep or long hills.
{Warning
Using the brakes to slow the vehicle on a
long downhill slope can cause brake
overheating, can reduce brake
performance, and could result in a loss of
braking. Shift the transmission to a lower
gear to let the engine assist the brakes
on a steep downhill slope.
{Warning
Coasting downhill in N (Neutral) or with
the ignition off is dangerous. This can
cause overheating of the brakes and loss
of steering assist. Always have the engine
running and the vehicle in gear.
.Drive at speeds that keep the vehicle in
its own lane. Do not swing wide or cross
the center line.
.Be alert on top of hills; something could
be in your lane (e.g., stalled car, crash).
.Pay attention to special road signs (e.g.,
falling rocks area, winding roads, long
grades, passing or no-passing zones) and
take appropriate action.

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Driving and Operating 159
.An object was hanging out of the liftgate
during the last drive cycle. Once the
object is removed, RPA will return to
normal operation.
.The bumper is damaged. Take the vehicle
to your dealer to repair the system.
.Other conditions, such as vibrations from
a jackhammer or the compression of air
brakes on a very large truck, are affecting
system performance.
If the above conditions do not exist, take
the vehicle to your dealer to repair the
system.
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA)
If equipped, the SBZA system is a
lane-changing aid that assists drivers with
avoiding crashes that occur with moving
vehicles in the side blind zone (or spot)
areas. The SBZA warning display will light
up in the corresponding outside side mirror
and will flash if the turn signal is on.
{Warning
SBZA does not alert the driver to vehicles
rapidly approaching outside of the side
blind zones, pedestrians, bicyclists, (Continued)
Warning (Continued)
or animals. It may not provide alerts
when changing lanes under all driving
conditions. Failure to use proper care
when changing lanes may result in injury,
death, or vehicle damage. Before making
a lane change, always check mirrors,
glance over your shoulder, and use the
turn signals.
SBZA Detection Zones
The SBZA sensor covers a zone of
approximately one lane over from both
sides of the vehicle, or 3.5 m (11 ft). The
height of the zone is approximately between 0.5 m (1.5 ft) and 2 m (6 ft) off the ground.
This zone starts at approximately the middle
of the vehicle and goes back 5 m (16 ft).
How the System Works
The SBZA symbol lights up in the side
mirrors when the system detects a moving
vehicle in the next lane over that is in the
side blind zone. This indicates it may be
unsafe to change lanes. Before making a
lane change, check the SBZA display, check
mirrors, glance over your shoulder, and use
the turn signals.
Left Side Mirror
DisplayRight Side Mirror Display
When the vehicle is started, both outside
mirror SBZA displays will briefly come on to
indicate the system is operating. When the
vehicle is in a forward gear, the left- or
right-side mirror display will light up if a
moving vehicle is detected in that blind
zone. If the turn signal is activated in the

Chevrolet TRAX Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada-14609828) -
2021 - CRC - 8/21/20
276 Index
Reduced Engine Power Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Reimbursement Program, GMMobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System . . . . 9, 12
Remote Vehicle Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Replacement Parts Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Replacing LATCH System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Replacing Seat Belt System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Reporting Safety Defects Canadian Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Restraints Where to Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . .145
Roads Driving, Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Roadside Assistance Program . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Running the Vehicle While Parked . . . . . . . 148S
Safety Defects Reporting Canadian Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
How to Wear Seat Belts Properly . . . . . . . 39
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Seats Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Folding Seatback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Heated Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Underseat Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Securing Child Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68, 70 Security
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Accessories and Modifications . . . . . . . . . 167
Climate Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Maintenance, General Information . . . . . 234
Parts Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Vehicle Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Services Special Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Shift Lock Control Function Check,
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Sidemarker Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Spare Tire Compact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220

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Index 277
Special Application Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
StabiliTrakOFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Start Assist, Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Power, Warning Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Steering Column Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Steering Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Stoplamps and Back-Up Lamps Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Storage Areas Cargo Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Cargo Management System . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Instrument Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Underseat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Struts
Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
System
Roof Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Systems Driver Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
TaillampsBulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 All-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Compact Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Pressure Monitor Operation . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Tires (cont'd)
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Terminology and Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . . . . . . . . 213
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance . . . . 214
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . 210
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Top Tier Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Towing General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Traction
Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrakLight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Trademarks and License Agreements . . . . . . 121
Transmission Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Transportation Program, Courtesy . . . . . . . 254
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . 98