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442 VEHICLE CARE
To dinghy tow:1. Position the vehicle being towed behind the tow vehicle, facing
forward and on a level surface.
2. Securely attach the vehicle being towed to the tow vehicle.
3. Apply the parking brake and start the engine.
4. Shift the transfer case to N (Neutral). See “Shifting into
N (Neutral)” underFour-Wheel Drive
0 257 for the proper procedure.
Check that the vehicle is in
N (Neutral) by shifting the
transmission to R (Reverse) and
then to D (Drive). There should be
no movement of the vehicle while
shifting.
5. Shift the transmission to P (Park).
Caution
Failure to tow the vehicle with the
transmission in P (Park) can cause
damage to the transmission.
6. Turn off the engine. 7. Place the vehicle in ACC/
ACCESSORY mode by pressing the
start button without stepping on
the brake pedal.
8. Release the parking brake only when you are confident it is
secured to tow vehicle and will
not roll.
Before going on to the next step, be
sure to take the mechanical key
with you. It will be needed to
re-enter the vehicle after the power
is disconnected. See “Drive Door
Key Lock Cylinder Access” under
Door Locks 014.
9. Disconnect the negative battery cable at the battery and secure the
nut and bolt. Cover the negative
battery post with a non-conductive
material to prevent any contact
with the negative battery terminal.Caution
Failure to disconnect the negative
battery cable or to have it contact
the terminals can cause damage to
the vehicle. 10. Move the steering wheel to make
sure the steering column is
unlocked.
Caution
If the steering column is locked,
vehicle damage may occur.
11. Rock the vehicle to make sure the parking brake is not set and
transfer case is in N (Neutral).
Caution
Towing the vehicle with the parking
brake set can damage it. Always
release the parking brake prior to
towing the vehicle.
Disconnecting the Towed Vehicle
Before disconnecting the towed
vehicle: 1. Park on a level surface.
2. Connect the battery.
3. Apply the brake pedal.
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{Warning
The vehicle can roll when the brake
pedal is released. Always apply and
hold the brake pedal when setting
the parking brake. Make sure the
parking brake is fully engaged
before releasing the brake pedal.
4. Start the engine and shift the transfer case out of N (Neutral) to
2
m. See “Shifting out of
N (Neutral)” underFour-Wheel Drive
0 257. See your dealer if the
transfer case cannot be shifted out
of N (Neutral).
5. Check that the vehicle is in 2
mby
shifting the transmission to
R (Reverse) and then to D (Drive).
There should be movement of the
vehicle while shifting.
6. Shift the transmission to P (Park) and turn off the vehicle.
7. Set the parking brake. 8. Release the parking brake.
9. Disconnect the vehicle from the
tow vehicle.
10. Reset any lost presets. The outside temperature display
will default to 0 °C (32 °F) but will
reset with normal usage.
Dolly Towing
Caution
Do not tow this vehicle with two
wheels on the ground, or vehicle
damage could occur. This damage
would not be covered by the vehicle
warranty.
Dolly towing this vehicle is not
allowed with either the front or the
rear tires on the ground for two-wheel
drive or four-wheel drive, regardless of
transfer case.
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498 INDEX
F
FanEngine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Filter, Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . . . . . 155
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452
Fluid
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . 376
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Four Corner Air Suspension Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Four Corner Air Suspension System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Drive System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Frequency Statement Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481
Front Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387 Front Pedestrian Braking (FPB)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Front Seats Heated and Ventilated . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Dynamic Management . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Economy, Driving for Better . . . . . 231
Filling a Portable FuelContainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 131
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Recommended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Top Tier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Full-Size Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435
Fuses Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . 392
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . 397
Rear Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
G
Garage Door Opener . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Gas Strut(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
Gauges Engine Coolant Temperature . . . . 118
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Transmission Temperature . . . . . . 119
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Voltmeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Warning Lights andIndicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
General Information Service and Maintenance . . . . . . . . 454
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Glass Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
Global Positioning System (GPS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
GM Mobility Reimbursement
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475
Guidance Problems with the Route . . . . . . . . . 191
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Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Steering Column Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Steering Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Steps Power Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Stop/Start System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Storage Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Storage Areas Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Struts Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Super Cruise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Surround Vision System . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 System
Brake Pad Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Engine Air Filter Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) . . . . 319
Four Corner Air Suspension . . . . . 270
Global Positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484
Night Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Rear Cross Traffic Alert . . . . . . . . . . 319
Rear Seat Infotainment (RSI) . . . . 175
Roof Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Surround Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Systems Driver Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Teen Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . . . . 474
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 30Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Third-Row Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402 All-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424 Tires (cont'd)
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420
Full-Size Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
Low Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409, 410
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Pressure Monitor Operation . . . . . . 412
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . . . . 411
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404
Terminology and Definitions . . . . 406
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . . 420
Wheel Alignment and Tire
Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
Top Tier Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Towing Driving Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
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Towing (cont'd)Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . . . . . 354
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
Traction Control System(TCS)/StabiliTrak Light . . . . . . . . . 128
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Trademarks and License Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Trailer
Sway Control (TSC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Trailer Towing App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Trailering App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Transfer Case Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Transmission Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Transportation Program, Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . 155U
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . . . . 420
Universal Remote System . . . . . . . . . . 147
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Updates Map Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
USB Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Using the Navigation System . . . . . . 181
Using the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
V
Vehicle Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Automatic Hold Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Identification Number (VIN) . . . . . 467
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Speed Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439 Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Vehicle Care
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409
Vehicle Data Recording and Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482
Vehicle Hold Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Vehicle Hold (AVH) Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Vehicle Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Vehicle Positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Vehicle Security Steering Column Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Ventilation, Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Voice Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Voltmeter Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
W
Warning Brake System Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Caution and Danger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Warning Lights, Gauges, and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Warnings Hazard Flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383