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386 Service and Maintenance
.Lubricate body components. SeeExterior
Care 0374.
.Check parking brake and automatic
transmission park mechanism. See Park
Brake and P (Park) Mechanism Check
0 328.
.Check accelerator pedal for damage, high
effort, or binding. Replace if needed.
.Visually inspect gas strut for signs of
wear, cracks, or other damage. Check the
hold open ability of the strut. If the hold
open is low, service the gas strut. See Gas
Strut(s) 0330.
.Inspect sunroof track and seal,
if equipped. See Sunroof035.
.Verify spare tire key lock operation and
lubricate as needed. See Tire Changing
0 356.
.Visually inspect the spare tire to ensure
that it is tightly stowed under the vehicle.
Push, pull, and try to turn the tire. If the
spare tire moves, tighten as necessary.
See Tire Changing 0356.
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Customer Information 403
Services Provided
.Emergency Fuel Delivery:Delivery of
enough fuel for the vehicle to get to the
nearest service station.
.Lock-Out Service: Service to unlock the
vehicle if you are locked out. A remote
unlock may be available if you have
OnStar. For security reasons, the driver
must present identification before this
service is given.
.Emergency Tow from a Public Road or
Highway: Tow to the nearest GMC dealer
for warranty service, or if the vehicle was
in a crash and cannot be driven.
Assistance is not given when the vehicle
is stuck in the sand, mud, or snow.
.Flat Tire Change: Service to change a flat
tire with the spare tire. The spare tire,
if equipped, must be in good condition
and properly inflated. It is the owner's
responsibility for the repair or
replacement of the tire if it is not covered
by the warranty.
.Battery Jump Start: Service to jump start
a dead battery.
.Trip Interruption Benefits and Assistance:
If your trip is interrupted due to a
warranty event, incidental expenses may
be reimbursed within the Powertrain warranty period. Items considered are
reasonable and customary hotel, meals,
rental car, or a vehicle being delivered
back to the customer, up to 500 miles.
Services Not Included in Roadside
Assistance
.Impound towing caused by violation of
any laws
.Legal fines
.Mounting, dismounting, or changing of
snow tires, chains, or other traction
devices
Service is not provided if a vehicle is in an
area that is not accessible to the service
vehicle or is not a regularly traveled or
maintained public road, which includes ice
and winter roads. Off-road use is not
covered.
Services Specific to Canadian-Purchased
Vehicles
.Fuel Delivery: Reimbursement is up to 7 L.
Diesel fuel delivery may be restricted.
Propane and other fuels are not provided
through this service.
.Lock-Out Service: Vehicle registration is
required.
.Trip Interruption Benefits and Assistance:
Must be over 150 km from where your
trip was started to qualify.
Pre-authorization, original detailed
receipts, and a copy of the repair orders
are required. Once authorization has been
received, the Roadside Assistance advisor
will help to make arrangements and
explain how to receive payment.
.Alternative Service: If assistance cannot
be provided right away, the Roadside
Assistance advisor may give permission to
get local emergency road service. You will
receive payment, up to $100, after
sending the original receipt to Roadside
Assistance. Mechanical failures may be
covered, however any cost for parts and
labor for repairs not covered by the
warranty are the owner’s responsibility.
Scheduling Service Appointments
When the vehicle requires warranty service,
contact your dealer and request an
appointment. By scheduling a service
appointment and advising the service
consultant of your transportation needs,
your dealer can help minimize your
inconvenience.
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422 Index
Front Fog LampLight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Front Pedestrian Braking (FPB) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Front Seats Heated and Ventilated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Fuel
Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Dynamic Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Economy, Driving for Better . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Filling a Portable Fuel Container . . . . . . . 279
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Recommended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Top Tier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Full-Size Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Fuses Engine Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . 332
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Rear Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . 337
G
Garage Door Opener . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Garage Door Opener (cont'd)
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Gas Strut(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Gauges Engine Coolant Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Voltmeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Warning Lights and Indicators . . . . . . . . . 103
General Information Service and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Glass Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Global Positioning System (GPS) . . . . . . . . . .174
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
GM Mobility Reimbursement Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
Guidance Problems with the Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
H
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
HD Radio Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Head-up Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
HeadlampsAiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . 136
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Heated
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Heated and Ventilated Front Seats . . . . . . . 44
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204, 207
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
High-Speed Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Hill Descent Control (HDC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Hill Descent Control Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
How to Wear Seat Belts Properly . . . . . . . . . 54
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Service (cont'd)Maintenance, General Information . . . . . 383
Parts Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
Service Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . 113
Services Special Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
Servicing System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Special Application Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Start Assist, Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Steering Column Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Steering Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Steps
Power Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Stop/Start System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Storage Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Storage Areas Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Floor Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Instrument Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Struts Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
System Brake Pad Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Engine Air Filter Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Four Corner Air Suspension . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Global Positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409 System (cont'd)
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Rear Seat Infotainment (RSI) . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Roof Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Systems Driver Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Teen Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Third-Row Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339 All-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
All-Terrain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Full-Size Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Low Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344, 345