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450 Vehicle Care
1. Remove the compressorfrom its storage location.
See Storing the Tire
Sealant and Compressor
Kit 0451.
2. Remove the air only hose (10) and the power plug (9)
from the bottom of the
compressor.
3. Place the compressor on the ground near the
flat tire.
Make sure the tire valve
stem is positioned close to
the ground so the hose will
reach it.
4. Remove the valve stem cap from the flat tire by
turning it
counterclockwise.
5. Attach the air only hose (10) to the tire valve stem
by turning it clockwise until
tight.
6. Plug the power plug (9) into the accessory power
outlet in the vehicle. Unplug all items from other
accessory power outlets.
See Power Outlets
0108.
If the vehicle has an
accessory power outlet, do
not use the cigarette
lighter.
If the vehicle only has a
cigarette lighter, use the
cigarette lighter.
Do not pinch the power
plug cord in the door or
window.
7. Start the vehicle. The vehicle must be running
while using the air
compressor.
8. Press the on/off button (5) to turn the tire sealant and
compressor kit on.
The compressor will inflate
the tire with air only.
9. Inflate the tire to the recommended inflation
pressure using the
pressure gauge (8). The
recommended inflation
pressure can be found on the Tire and Loading
Information label. See Tire
Pressure
0427.
The pressure gauge (8)
may read higher than the
actual tire pressure while
the compressor is on. Turn
the compressor off to get
an accurate pressure
reading. The compressor
may be turned on/off until
the correct pressure is
reached.
Caution
If the recommended
pressure cannot be reached
after approximately
25 minutes, the vehicle
should not be driven farther.
The tire is too severely
damaged and the tire
sealant and compressor kit
cannot inflate the tire.
Remove the power plug
from the accessory power
outlet and unscrew the (Continued)
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Caution (Continued)
inflating hose from the tire
valve. See Roadside
Assistance Program0489.
10. Press the on/off button (5) to turn the tire sealant and
compressor kit off.
Be careful while handling
the compressor as it could
be warm after usage.
11. Unplug the power plug (9) from the accessory power
outlet in the vehicle.
12. Turn the air only hose (10) counterclockwise to
remove it from the tire
valve stem.
13. Replace the tire valve stem cap.
14. Return the air only hose (10) and power plug (9)
back to their original
storage location. 15. Return the equipment to
its original storage location
in the vehicle.
The tire sealant and
compressor kit has accessory
adapters located in a
compartment on the bottom
of its housing that can be used
to inflate air mattresses,
balls, etc.
Storing the Tire
Sealant and
Compressor Kit
The tire sealant and
compressor kit is in a bag in
the trunk. 1. Open the trunk. See Trunk 023.
2. Lift the load floor.
3. Remove the tire sealant and compressor kit bag.
4. Remove the tire sealant and compressor kit from
the bag.
To store the tire sealant and
compressor kit, reverse the
steps.
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have right or left-hand
threads. Use caution when
installing or removing the
tow eye.
The vehicle must be in
N (Neutral) and the electric
parking brake must be
released when loading the
vehicle onto a flatbed tow
truck.
.If the vehicle is equipped
with car wash mode and has
12-volt battery power, refer
to“Car Wash Mode” under
Automatic Transmission
0 277 to place the vehicle in
N (Neutral).
.If the 12-volt battery is dead
and/or the engine will not
start, the vehicle will not
move. Try to jump start the
vehicle. Refer to Jump
Starting - North America
0 452 and if the jump start is
successful, retry the “Car
Wash Mode” procedure.
.If jump starting is
unsuccessful, the vehicle will
not move. Tire skates or
dollies must be used under
the non-rolling tires to
prevent vehicle damage.
V-Series Blackwing Only
Due to low ramp angles on the
V-Series Blackwing, use care
when loading the vehicle onto
a flatbed carrier. Front spring
spacers were provided for
lifting the front suspension if
more clearance is necessary
when towing.
Front Tow Eye
The vehicle is equipped with a
tow eye. Only use the tow eye
to pull the vehicle onto a
flatbed car carrier from a flat
road surface. Do not use the
tow eye to pull the vehicle
from snow, mud, or sand. The
tow eye is located under the
carpet in the trunk.
Carefully open the cover in the
fascia by using the small notch
that conceals the tow eye
socket.
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INDEX 515
E
ElectricBrake Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . 128
Electrical Equipment, Add-On . . . . . . . . 372
System Overload . . . . . . . . . . 409
Electrical System Engine Compartment
Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
Instrument Panel Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414
Rear Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
Emergency OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . 389
Air Filter Life System . . . . . 389
Check Light(Malfunction
Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378 Engine (cont'd)
Coolant
Temperature
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121, 122
Coolant Temperature Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . 484
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . 134
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Running While Parked . . . . 276
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . 371
Event Data Recorders . . . . . 499
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . .275
Extender, Seat Belt . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Lamps Off Reminder . . . . . . 154
Lighting BatterySaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
F
FilterEngine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . 389
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
Fluid Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Forward
Collision Alert (FCA)System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Frequency Statement Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496
Front Heated and VentilatedSeats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Pedestrian Braking (FPB) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Economy, Driving forBetter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
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INDEX 521
Replacing (cont'd)Seat Belt System Parts
after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Reporting Safety Defects Canadian Government . . . 498
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . 498
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . 497
Restraints Where to Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .273
Reverse Automatic
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Reverse Tilt Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . 35
Ride Control Systems Enhanced Traction
System (ETS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Roads Driving, Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Roadside Assistance Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489
Roof Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484 Run-Flat Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420
Running the Vehicle
While Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .276
S
SafetyLocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Safety Defects Reporting Canadian Government . . . 498
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . 498
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . 497
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . 64
Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Scheduling
Appointments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492
Sealant Kit, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444
Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Buckle To Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
How to Wear SeatBelts Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Replacing after a Crash . . . 65
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . 63
Seats Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Seats (cont'd)
Heated and Ventilated,
Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Massage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . 45
Securing Child
Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94, 96
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Self-Sealing Tires . . . . . . . . . . . 420
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 Accessories and
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Doing Your Own Work . . . 375
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Maintenance Records . . . . 479
Maintenance, General
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
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Tires (cont'd)Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . 443
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435
Low-Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
Noise Reducing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427, 429
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Pressure Monitor
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435
Run-Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420
Sealant and Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . . . 444
Sealant and Compressor Kit,
Storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451
Self-Sealing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . 422
Terminology and Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
Wheel Alignment and
Tire Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . 441 Tires (cont'd)
When It Is Time for
New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
Top Tier Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Towing Driving
Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
General Information . . . . . . 364
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . 457
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Track Events and Competitive Driving . . . . . . . 246
Traction Control System
(TCS)/StabiliTrak
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Limited-Slip
Differential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Trademarks and License Agreements . . . . . . 223
Trailer
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369 Transmission
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
Fluid, Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Transportation Program, Courtesy . . . . . . . . 492
Transporting a Disabled Vehicle . . . . . . . . . 455
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
TTY Users Customer Assistance . . . . 488
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
U
Umbrella Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Uniform Tire QualityGrading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
Universal Remote
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Updates Map Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
USB Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174