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Keys, Doors, and Windows 31
Kick Switch
1. Place the vehicle in P (Park) and unlockthe doors.
2. Kick the switch to extend the power assist step to the tire. A Driver
Information Center (DIC) message
displays.
3. Kick the switch again to return to normal operation.
Enable/Disable
To enable or disable the power assist steps
see Vehicle Personalization 0137. Cleaning
To extend or retract both power assist steps
for cleaning, see
Vehicle Personalization
0 137.
Vehicle Security
This vehicle has theft-deterrent features;
however, they do not make the vehicle
impossible to steal.
Vehicle Alarm System
The indicator light, on the instrument panel
near the windshield, indicates the status of
the system.
Off : Alarm system is disarmed. On Solid :
Vehicle is secured during the
delay to arm the system.
Fast Flash : Vehicle is unsecured. A door or
the hood is open.
Slow Flash : Alarm system is armed.
Arming the Alarm System
1. Turn off the vehicle.
2. Lock the vehicle in one of two ways:
.Use the RKE transmitter.
.With a door open, pressQon the
interior of the door.
3. After 30 seconds, the alarm system will arm and the indicator light will begin to
slowly flash. Pressing
Qon the RKE
transmitter a second time will bypass
the 30-second delay and immediately
arm the alarm system.
The vehicle alarm system will not arm if the
doors are locked with the key.
If the driver door is opened without first
unlocking with the RKE transmitter, the horn
will chirp and the lights will flash to indicate
pre-alarm. If the vehicle is not started,
or the door is not unlocked by pressing
K
on the RKE transmitter during the 10-second
pre-alarm, the alarm will be activated.

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Lighting
Exterior Lighting
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . . . . . . . . 147
Headlamp High/Low-Beam Changer . . . . 147
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . 147
Automatic Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . 147
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . 149
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Task Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Auxiliary Roof-Mounted Lamp . . . . . . . . . 150
Exterior Cargo Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Interior Lighting
Instrument Panel IlluminationControl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Lighting Features
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Battery Load Management . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Battery Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Exterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . . . . . 154
Exterior Lighting
Exterior Lamp Controls
The exterior lamp control is on the
instrument panel to the left of the steering
wheel.
O: Turns off the automatic headlamps and
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL). Turn the
headlamp control to
Oagain to turn the
automatic headlamps or DRL back on.
For vehicles first sold in Canada, off will only
work when the vehicle is in P (Park). AUTO :
Automatically turns on the
headlamps, parking lamps, taillamps,
instrument panel lights, roof marker lamps
(if equipped), front/rear sidemarker lamps,
and license plate lamps.
;: Turns on the parking lamps including
all lamps, except the headlamps and fog
lamps, if equipped.
For some trim levels and series of trucks
first sold in Canada, the headlamps may
turn on with the parking lamps.
2: Turns on the headlamps together with
the parking lamps, taillamps, instrument
panel lights, roof marker lamps (if
equipped), front/rear sidemarker lamps,
and license plate lamps.
When the headlamps are turned on while
the vehicle is on, the headlamps turn off
automatically 10 minutes after the ignition
is turned off. When the headlamps are
turned on while the vehicle is off, the
headlamps will stay on for 10 minutes
before turning off to prevent the battery
from being drained. Turn the headlamp
control off and then back to the headlamp
on position to make the headlamps stay on

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Next Press:
‐CHMSL/Cargo Bed Lights –Off
‐ Cargo Mirror Lights –Off
‐ Cargo Switch Indicator (if equipped) –Off
Become familiar with and follow all state
and local laws that apply to cargo lamp
operation.
Interior Lighting
Instrument Panel Illumination
Control
Work Truck
Base Level Shown, Uplevel Similar
This feature adjusts the brightness of all
illuminated controls. The instrument panel
illumination control is next to the exterior
lamp control.
D: PressD+ to brighten orD− to
dim the lights.
This feature is functional at night, or when
the headlamps or parking lamps are on.
Dome Lamps
The dome lamp controls are in the overhead
console.
To operate, press the following buttons:
jOFF : Press to turn off the dome
lamps when a door is open. An indicator
light on the button will turn on when the
dome lamp override is activated. Press
j
OFF again to deactivate this feature and the
indicator light will turn off. The dome lamps
will come on when doors are opened.
+ON/OFF : Press to turn the dome lamps
on manually. Press again to turn the dome
lamps off.

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Reading Lamps
There are reading lamps on the overhead
console and over the rear seats. These lamps
come on when any door is opened,
Kon
the Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) Transmitter
is pressed, or when the vehicle is turned off.
To operate, the vehicle must be on, or in
Accessory mode, or using Retained Accessory
Power (RAP).
Front Reading Lamps
The front reading lamps are in the overhead
console.
Press the lamp lenses to turn the front
reading lamps on or off.
Rear Reading Lamps
The rear reading lamps are over the rear
seats.
Press the lamp lens to turn the rear reading
lamps on or off.
Lighting Features
Entry Lighting
The interior lamps turn on when pressingK
on the remote key or opening any doors,
and the dome lamp control is in the DOOR
position.
Some exterior lamps also turn on when
pressing
Kon the remote key or opening
any doors. Low-Beam lamps will only turn
on briefly at night, or in areas with limited
lighting. All lamps will gradually fade out after about
30 seconds.
Entry lighting can be disabled manually by
closing all doors, pressing
Qon the remote
key, or starting the vehicle.
This feature can be changed. See “Vehicle
Locator Lights” underVehicle Personalization
0 137.
Exit Lighting
Some exterior lamps come on at night, or in
areas with limited lighting, when the driver
door is opened after the ignition is turned
off. The dome lamp comes on when any
door is opened or after the ignition is
turned off. The exterior lamps and dome
lamp remain on after the door is closed for
a set amount of time, then automatically
turn off.
The exterior lamps turn off immediately by
turning the exterior lamp control off.
The exit lighting for exterior lights can be
changed. See Vehicle Personalization 0137.

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466 Index
Heated (cont'd)Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Heated and Ventilated Front Seats . . . . . . . .52
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Heater Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196, 198
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Hill Descent Control (HDC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Hill Descent Control Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
How to Wear Seat Belts Properly . . . . . . . . . 56
HVAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196, 198
I
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Indicator Pedestrian Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Vehicle Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Infants and Young Children, Restraints . . . . .73
Information Publication Ordering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109, 110 Instrument Panel Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Interior Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 155
J
Jump Starting - North America . . . . . . . . . . . 407
K
Keyless Entry
Remote (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Lamps Auxiliary Roof Mounted Lamp . . . . . . . . . 150
Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Exterior Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . . . . . . . . 147
Exterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . . . . . 154
License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Malfunction Indicator (CheckEngine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . 301 Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Lane Keep Assist Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
LATCH System
Replacing Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . 89
LATCH, Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Lighting Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Lights Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Antilock Brake System (ABS)
Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Check Engine (Malfunction Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Engine Coolant Temperature Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

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Lights (cont'd)Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Four-Wheel-Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Front Fog Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Hill Descent Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Lane Keep Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Seat Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Service Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . 121
StabiliTrak OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Traction Control System
(TCS)/StabiliTrak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Limited-Slip Differential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Lock Steering Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Locking Front Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Locking Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Locks (cont'd)
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
M
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
Maintenance and Care Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425
Recommended Fluids andLubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Manual Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237, 239
Manual Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Massage Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Media Avoiding Untrusted Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Messages
Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Mirror Rear Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Mirrors Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Automatic Dimming Rearview . . . . . . . . . . 37
Blind Spot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Manual Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Tilt in Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Trailer Tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Driver Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Monitor System, Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Multi-band Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
N
Navigation Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458