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identify whether updates or changes are
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to these software updates or changes and
agreement that either OnStar or GM may
remotely deliver them to the vehicle.
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Qto speak with
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IndexA
Accessories and Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Active Fuel Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Adding a Snow Plow or SimilarEquipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Additional Information OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
Additional Maintenance and Care . . . . . . . . .431
Adjustments Lumbar, Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Agreements
Trademarks and License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196, 198
Air Filter Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Air Filter, Passenger Compartment . . . . . . . 202
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Airbag System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
How Does an Airbag Restrain? . . . . . . . . . . 65
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
What Makes an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . 65
What Will You See after an AirbagInflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Airbag System (cont'd)
When Should an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . 64
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Airbags Adding Equipment to the Vehicle . . . . . . . 70
Passenger Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Servicing Airbag-Equipped Vehicles . . . . . . 70
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Alarm Vehicle Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Alert
Lane Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Rear Cross Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Rear Pedestrian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Side Blind Zone (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
All-Terrain Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161, 163
Antenna Multi-band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Appearance Care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
Apple CarPlay and Android Auto . . . . . 182, 183
Assistance Program, Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . 445
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FluidAutomatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . 293
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Drive Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Drive System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Frequency Statement Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
Front Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363 Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Front Fog Lamp
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Front Pedestrian Braking (FPB) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Front Seats Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Heated and Ventilated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Economy, Driving for Better . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Filling a Portable Fuel Container . . . . . . . 308
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306, 307
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305 Fuel (cont'd)
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Management, Active . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Recommended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304, 305
Top Tier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Full-Size Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406
Fuses Engine Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . 370
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . 373, 375
G
Garage Door Opener . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Gas Strut(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Gauges
Engine Coolant Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Transmission Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Voltmeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Warning Lights and Indicators . . . . . . . . . 108 General Information
Service and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Glass Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Global Positioning System (GPS) . . . . . . . . . . 171
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
GM Mobility Reimbursement Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445
Guidance Problems with the Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
H
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Head-up Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Headlamps
Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . 147
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Heated Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
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Publication Ordering Information . . . . . . . . 449
R
Radio Data System (RDS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Radio Frequency Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
Radio Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
RadiosAM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161, 163
Satellite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363 Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Rear Camera Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Rear Cross Traffic Alert System . . . . . . . . . . 293
Rear Pedestrian Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53 Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Rear Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Rear Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Recognition Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Recommended
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304, 305
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants . . . . . 434 Records
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
Reimbursement Program, GM Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System . . . . . . .14
Remote Vehicle Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Replacement Glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Replacement Parts Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Replacing LATCH System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Replacing Seat Belt System Parts after
a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Reporting Safety Defects Canadian Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
Restraints Where to Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . 227
Reverse Tilt Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Ride Control Systems Enhanced Traction System (ETS) . . . . . . . 252 Roads
Driving, Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Roadside Assistance Program . . . . . . . . . . . . 445
Roof Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
Running the Vehicle While Parked . . . . . . . . 231
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Safety Defects Reporting Canadian Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 447
Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Buckle To Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
How to Wear Seat Belts Properly . . . . . . . 56
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60