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Vehicle Care 305
Warning (Continued)
5. Place wheel blocks,if equipped, on both sides of
the tire at the opposite
corner of the tire being
changed.
When the vehicle has a flat tire (2),
use the following example as a
guide to assist in the placement of
the wheel blocks (1), if equipped.
1. Wheel Block (If Equipped)
2. Flat Tire
The following information explains
how to repair or change a tire.
Tire Changing
Removing the Spare Tire and
Tools
To access the spare tire and tools: 1. Open the liftgate. See Liftgate
0 22.
2. Lift the load floor.
3. Remove the cargo
management system. See
Cargo Management System
0101.
4. Turn the wing nut (3)
counterclockwise to remove the
jack (1) and wheel wrench (2).
Place the tool container near
the tire being changed.
5. Remove the spare tire and place it next to the tire being
changed.
Removing the Flat Tire and
Installing the Spare Tire
1. Do a safety check beforeproceeding. See If a Tire Goes
Flat 0303.

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Customer Information 349
GM Mobility
Reimbursement Program
This program is available to
qualified applicants for cost
reimbursement, up to certain limits,
of eligible aftermarket adaptive
equipment required for the vehicle,
such as hand controls or a
wheelchair/scooter lift for the
vehicle.
To learn about the GM Mobility
program, see www.gmmobility.com
or call the GM Mobility Assistance
Center at 1-800-323-9935. Text
Telephone (TTY) users, call
1-800-833-9935.
General Motors of Canada also has
a Mobility program. See www.gm.ca
or call 1-800-GM-DRIVE
(800-463-7483) for details. TTY
users call 1-800-263-3830.
Roadside Assistance
Program
For U.S.-purchased vehicles, call
1-800-243-8872. (Text Telephone
(TTY): 1-888-889-2438.)
For Canadian-purchased vehicles,
call 1-800-268-6800.
Service is available 24 hours a day,
365 days a year.
Calling for Assistance
When calling Roadside Assistance,
have the following information
ready:
.Your name, home address, and
home telephone number
. Telephone number of your
location
. Location of the vehicle
. Model, year, color, and license
plate number of the vehicle
. Odometer reading, Vehicle
Identification Number (VIN), and
delivery date of the vehicle
. Description of the problem
Coverage
Services are provided for the
duration of the vehicle’s powertrain
warranty.
In the U.S., anyone driving the
vehicle is covered. In Canada, a
person driving the vehicle without
permission from the owner is not
covered.
Roadside Assistance is not a part of
the New Vehicle Limited Warranty.
General Motors North America and
Chevrolet reserve the right to make
any changes or discontinue the
Roadside Assistance program at
any time without notification.
General Motors North America and
Chevrolet reserve the right to limit
services or payment to an owner or
driver if they decide the claims are
made too often, or the same type of
claim is made many times.
Services Provided
.Emergency Fuel Delivery:
Delivery of enough fuel for the
vehicle to get to the nearest
service station.

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370 Index
IndexA
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . . . 205
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . 246
Additional Information OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Additional Maintenance and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Adjustments Lumbar, Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . . . 257
Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . 157, 161
Air Filter Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Air Filter, Passenger Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Airbag System
Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
How Does an AirbagRestrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Passenger Sensing System . . . . 71
What Makes an Airbag
Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
What Will You See after an Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Airbag System (cont'd)
When Should an Airbag
Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . . 67
Airbags Adding Equipment to theVehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Passenger Status Indicator . . . 123
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Servicing Airbag-Equipped Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Alarm Vehicle Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Alert Lane Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Side Blind Zone (SBZA) . . . . . . 225
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 194, 267
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . 195
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Appearance Care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Assistance Program, Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Assistance Systems for Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

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374 Index
Front Pedestrian Braking(FPB) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Front Seats Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Heated and Ventilated . . . . . . . . . . 48
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Economy, Driving for Better . . . 166
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Low Fuel Warning
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131, 132
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Recommended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Top Tier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Fuses Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 274
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Rear Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280G
Garage Door Opener . . . . . . . . . . . 143Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Gas Strut(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Gauges Engine CoolantTemperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Warning Lights and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
General Information Service and Maintenance . . . . . 327
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
GM Mobility Reimbursement
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
H
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . 151
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
HeadlampsAiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Headlamps (cont'd)
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Daytime Running
Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
High Intensity Discharge (HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . 132
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 149
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . 133
Heated Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Heated and Ventilated Front
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Heater Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157, 161
High Voltage Devices and Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
High-Speed Operation . . . . . . . . . . 291
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 175
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . 197
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

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Traction Control/ElectronicStability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . . . . . . . . 244
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Transmission Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Transportation Program, Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Turn and Lane-Change
Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
U
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . 300
Universal Remote System . . . . . . 143Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
V
Vehicle Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Identification Number (VIN) . . . 341
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 Vehicle (cont'd)
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Speed Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . . . 129
Vehicle Care Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Vehicle Data Recording and Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Ventilation, Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Voltage Devices and Wiring . . . . 273
W
Warning Brake System Light . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Caution and Danger . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Warning Lights, Gauges, and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Warnings Hazard Flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Wheels
Alignment and Tire Balance . . 302
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302 When It Is Time for New
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Where to Put the Restraint . . . . . . 83
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Windshield Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Wiper/Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Winter Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Wiper Blade Replacement . . . . . . 268
Wipers
Rear Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Wireless Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Wiring, High Voltage Devices . . . 273