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354 Customer Information
and notify General Motors of Canada
Company. Call Transport Canada at
1-800-333-0510; go to:
www.tc.gc.ca/recalls (English)
www.tc.gc.ca/rappels (French)
or write to:
Transport Canada
Motor Vehicle Safety Directorate
Defect Investigations and Recalls
Division
80 Noel Street
Gatineau
,QC J8Z 0A1
Reporting Safety Defects to
General Motors
In addition to notifying NHTSA (or Transport
Canada) in a situation like this, notify
General Motors.
In the U.S., call 1-800-521-7300, or write:
Buick Customer Assistance Center
P.O. Box 33136
Detroit, MI 48232–5136In Canada, call 1-800-263-3777 (English) or
1-800-263-7854 (French), or write:
General Motors of Canada Company
Customer Care Centre, Mail Code:
CA1-163-005
1908 Colonel Sam Drive
Oshawa, Ontario L1H 8P7
In Mexico, call 800-200-28425 or
800-466-0818.
In other Central America and Caribbean
Countries, call 52-555-901-2369.
Vehicle Data Recording and
Privacy
The vehicle has a number of computers that
record information about the vehicle’s
performance and how it is driven or used.
For example, the vehicle uses computer
modules to monitor and control engine and
transmission performance, to monitor the
conditions for airbag deployment and
deploy them in a crash, and, if equipped, to
provide antilock braking to help the driver
control the vehicle. These modules may
store data to help the dealer technician
service the vehicle or to help GM improve
safety or features. Some modules may also
store data about how the vehicle isoperated, such as rate of fuel consumption
or average speed. These modules may retain
personal preferences, such as radio presets,
seat positions, and temperature settings.
Cybersecurity
GM collects information about the use of
your vehicle including operational and safety
related information. We collect this
information to provide, evaluate, improve,
and troubleshoot our products and services
and to develop new products and services.
The protection of vehicle electronics systems
and customer data from unauthorized
outside electronic access or control is
important to GM. GM maintains appropriate
security standards, practices, guidelines and
controls aimed at defending the vehicle and
the vehicle service ecosystem against
unauthorized electronic access, detecting
possible malicious activity in related
networks, and responding to suspected
cybersecurity incidents in a timely,
coordinated and effective manner. Security
incidents could impact your safety or
compromise your private data. To minimize
security risks, please do not connect your
vehicle electronic systems to unauthorized
devices or connect your vehicle to any
unknown or untrusted networks (such as

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IndexA
About Driving the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Accessories and Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Additional InformationOnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Additional Maintenance and Care . . . . . . . . 334
Adjustments Lumbar, Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Agreements Trademarks and License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182, 184
Air Filter
Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Air Filter, Passenger Compartment . . . . . . . 188
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187
Airbag System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
How Does an Airbag Restrain? . . . . . . . . . . 56
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
What Makes an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . 56
What Will You See after an AirbagInflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
When Should an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . 55
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Airbags
Adding Equipment to the Vehicle . . . . . . . 61
Passenger Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Servicing Airbag-Equipped Vehicles . . . . . . 60
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Alarm
Vehicle Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Alert Lane Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Rear Cross Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Side Blind Zone (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
All-Wheel Drive System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Antenna
Multi-band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Appearance Care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Apple CarPlay and Android Auto . . . . . . . . . 163
Armrest
Rear Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Assistance Program, Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . 348

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IndicatorPedestrian Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Vehicle Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Infants and Young Children, Restraints . . . . 63
Information Publication Ordering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Instrument Panel Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Interior Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 130
J
Jack
Auxiliary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Jump Starting - North America . . . . . . . . . . . .314
K
Keyless Entry Remote (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Lamps Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Lamps (cont'd)
Exterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . . . . . 129
Headlamps and Sidemarker . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Malfunction Indicator (Check
Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .241
Lane Keep Assist Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
LATCH System Replacing Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . 74
LATCH, Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Lighting
Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Lights Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Antilock Brake System (ABS)Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Lights (cont'd)
Check Engine (Malfunction
Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Front Fog Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Lane Keep Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Seat Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Service Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . 102
StabiliTrak OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

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Parking AssistAutomatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Parking or Backing Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . 99
Passenger Compartment Air Filter . . . . . . . 188
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Pedestrian Ahead Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Perchlorate Materials Requirements, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Personalization
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Phone Apple CarPlay and Android Auto . . . . . . . 163
Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159, 160
Port
USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Positioning Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Power Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Protection, Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Pregnancy, Using Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Privacy
Vehicle Data Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Problems with Route Guidance . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Program Courtesy Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Proposition 65 Warning, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .274, 314, Back Cover
Publication Ordering Information . . . . . . . . 352
R
Radio HD Radio Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Radio Data System (RDS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Radio Frequency Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Radio Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Radios AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Satellite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Rear Camera Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Rear Compartment/Storage Panel
Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Rear Cross Traffic Alert System . . . . . . . . . . 233
Rear Seat Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 Rear Window Washer/Wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Recognition Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Recommended
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants . . . . . 337
Records Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Reimbursement Program, GM Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System . . . . . . . .7
Remote Vehicle Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Replacement Parts Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Replacing LATCH System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Replacing Seat Belt System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Reporting Safety Defects
Canadian Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353

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RestraintsWhere to Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . 206
Reverse Tilt Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Roads Driving, Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Roadside Assistance Program . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Roof
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Running the Vehicle While Parked . . . . . . . 208
S
Safety Defects Reporting Canadian Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
How to Wear Seat Belts Properly . . . . . . . 46
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Seat Belts (cont'd)
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Seats Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Folding Seatback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Heated Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Securing Child Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74, 75
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Accessories and Modifications . . . . . . . . . 256
Climate Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Maintenance, General Information . . . . . 328
Parts Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349 Service Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . 102
Services
Special Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Servicing System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Shift Lock Control Function Check, Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Sidemarker Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282, 284
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Spare Tire Compact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Special Application Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
StabiliTrak OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Start Assist, Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85