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Pressoorpto select VEHICLE menu, then
use
worxto scroll through the menu
items to select TCS/StabiliTrak/ESC.
Press
Vto enter TCS/StabiliTrak/ESC, and
then use
worxto select TCS or
StabiliTrak/ESC.
To turn TCS off, select TCS, then press
V.i
will illuminate in the instrument cluster.
To turn TCS back on, select TCS, then press
V.igoes out in the instrument cluster.
TCS cannot be on when StabiliTrak/ESC
is off. To turn StabiliTrak off, select StabiliTrak/ESC,
then press
V. If TCS was on when
StabiliTrak/ESC was turned off, both will
turn off and
iandgilluminate in the
instrument cluster.
To turn StabiliTrak/ESC back on, select
StabiliTrak/ESC then press
V.ggoes out in
the instrument cluster.
To turn both StabiliTrak/ESC and TCS back
on, select Traction, then press
V.gandi
go out in the instrument cluster.
Adding accessories can affect the vehicle
performance. See Accessories and
Modifications 0261.
Hill Descent Control (HDC)
HDC can be used when driving downhill.
It sets and maintains vehicle speed while
descending a very steep incline in a forward
or reverse gear.
The HDC switch is on the center console.
Press
5to enable or disable HDC. Vehicle
speed must be below 50 km/h (31 mph).
The HDC light displays on the instrument
cluster when enabled.
HDC can maintain vehicle speeds between
3 and 22 km/h (2 and 14 mph) on an incline
greater than or equal to a 10% grade.
A blinking HDC light indicates the system is
actively applying the brakes to maintain
vehicle speed.
When HDC is activated, the initial HDC
speed is set to the current driving speed.
It can be increased or decreased by pressing
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+RES or–SET on the steering wheel or by
applying the accelerator or brake pedal. This
adjusted speed becomes the new set speed.
HDC will remain enabled between 22 and
60 km/h (14 and 37 mph); however vehicle
speed cannot be set or maintained in this
range. It will automatically disable if the
vehicle speed is above 80 km/h (50 mph) or
above 60 km/h (37 mph) for at least
30 seconds. Press
5again to re-enable HDC.
Driver Mode Control
Depending on the option package and
available features, the Driver Mode Control
can have the following modes: Tour
(Front-Wheel Drive (FWD)), All-Wheel Drive
(AWD), Snow/Ice, Off-Road, and Tow/Haul.
Rotate the Driver Mode Control knob on the
center console to make a mode selection.
Continue turning the knob through the
available modes. Upon selection of a mode,
the selected mode’s icon will light up on the
knob and a message will be displayed in the
Driver Information Center (DIC).Driver Mode Control Knob for Front-Wheel
Drive (FWD)
Driver Mode Control Knob for All-WheelDrive (AWD)
q(Vehicles without AWD) or5(AWD
equipped vehicles) Tour Mode : Use Tour
Mode during normal driving conditions. Tour
Mode either puts the vehicle in Front-Wheel
Drive (FWD) for AWD vehicles, or is the
normal drive mode for FWD vehicles. Tour
Mode is the most fuel efficient drive mode.
See Driving for Better Fuel Economy 0187.
When selecting Tour Mode, if equipped, the
AWD light will flash briefly while the
system disables, and then stays off.
If the vehicle is in Tour (FWD) or AWD, it
will stay in that mode through future
ignition cycles. If the vehicle is in any other
mode, it will revert back to Tour (FWD)
when the vehicle is restarted.
4AWD Mode : AWD Mode provides drive
torque to all four wheels. Select AWD to
improve traction and control on slippery
road surfaces, such as gravel, sand, wet
pavement, snow, and ice. When selecting
AWD Mode, the AWD light will flash briefly
while the system is engaging and then stay
on to indicate AWD is active. AWD is active
in Tow/Haul and Off-Road Modes. AWD
Mode is only available on vehicles equipped
with AWD.
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{Warning
LKA will not alert the driver if a towed
trailer crosses into an adjacent lane of
travel. Serious injury or property damage
may occur if the trailer moves into
another lane. Always monitor the trailer
position while towing to make sure it is
within the same lane as the tow vehicle.
How the System Works
LKA uses a camera sensor installed on the
windshield ahead of the rearview mirror to
detect lane markings. It may provide brief
steering assist if it detects an unintended
lane departure. It may further provide an
audible alert or the driver seat may pulse
indicating that a lane marking has been
crossed. The system does not provide a Lane
Departure Warning (LDW) when
intentionally steering across a lane marker.
To turn LKA on and off, press
Aon the
center console. If equipped, the indicator
light on the button comes on when LKA is
on and turns off when LKA is disabled. On
some vehicles, a long press of over
three seconds is required to turn LKA off. When on,
Ais white, if equipped,
indicating that the system is not ready to
assist.
Ais green if LKA is ready to
assist. LKA may assist by gently turning the
steering wheel if the vehicle approaches a
detected lane marking.
Ais amber when
assisting. It may also provide a Lane
Departure Warning (LDW) alert by flashing
Aamber if the vehicle crosses a
detected lane marking. Additionally, there
may be three beeps, or the driver seat may
pulse three times, on the right or left,
depending on the lane departure direction.
Take Steering
The LKA system does not continuously steer
the vehicle. If LKA does not detect active
driver steering, an alert and chime may be
provided. Steer the vehicle to dismiss. LKA
may become temporarily unavailable after
repeated take steering alerts.
When the System Does Not Seem to
Work Properly
The system performance may be
affected by:
.Close vehicles ahead.
.Sudden lighting changes, such as when
driving through tunnels.
.Banked roads.
.Roads with poor lane markings, such as
two-lane roads.
If the LKA system is not functioning
properly when lane markings are clearly
visible, cleaning the windshield may help.
A camera blocked message may display if
the camera is blocked. Some driver
assistance systems may have reduced
performance or not work at all. An LKA or
LDW unavailable message may display if the
systems are temporarily unavailable. This
message could be due to a blocked camera.
The LKA system does not need service. Clean
the outside of the windshield behind the
rearview mirror.
LKA assistance and/or LDW alerts may occur
due to tar marks, shadows, cracks in the
road, temporary or construction lane
markings, or other road imperfections. This
is normal system operation; the vehicle does
not need service. Turn LKA off if these
conditions continue.
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Index 359
Assistance SystemsDriving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Parking and Backing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Audio Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Automatic Dimming Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Emergency Braking (AEB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Parking Assist (APA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Automatic Transmission Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Auxiliary
Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Avoiding Untrusted Media Devices . . . . . . . 140
B
Battery Exterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . . . . . 129
Load Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Battery - North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276, 313
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Bluetooth Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Bluetooth (cont'd)
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159, 160
Brake Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
System Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Electric Brake Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Automatic Emergency (AEB) . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Braking System Front Pedestrian (FPB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 Front Turn Signal Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
High Intensity Discharge (HID)Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
License Plate Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
C
Calibration Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 California
Perchlorate Materials Requirements . . . 261
California Proposition 65 Warning . . . . . 1, 313
Camera Rear Vision (RVC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Capacities and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Carbon Monoxide Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Cargo Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Tie-Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Center Console Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Check Engine Light (Malfunction Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Child Restraints Infants and Young Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Lower Anchors and Tethers for
Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
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Servicing System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
ShiftingInto Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Spare Tire Compact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Special Application Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
StabiliTrak OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Start Assist, Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Stop/Start System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Storage Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Storage (cont'd)
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Sunglasses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Storage Areas Cargo Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Struts Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Sunglass Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Surround Vision System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
System Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Driver Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Engine Air Filter Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Global Positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Rear Cross Traffic Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Roof Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Surround Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Teen Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .341
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290 All-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Compact Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Pressure Monitor Operation . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Terminology and Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . . . . . . . . 303
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance . . . . 305
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . 301