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476 Service and Maintenance
Recommended Fluids, Lubricants, and Parts
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants
Fluids and lubricants identified below by name or specification, including fluids or lubricants not
listed here, can be obtained from your dealer.Usage Fluid/Lubricant
Automatic Transmission DEXRON ULV Automatic Transmission Fluid.
Engine Coolant 50/50 mixture of clean, drinkable water and use only DEX-COOL Coolant. See
Cooling System 0392.
Engine Oil –2.0L L4 Turbo (LSY) and
3.0L V6 Twin Turbo (LGY) Engines Engine oil meeting the dexos1 specification of the proper SAE viscosity grade.
ACDelco dexos1 full synthetic is recommended. See Engine Oil
0383.
Engine Oil –6.2L V8 (LT4) Engine Engine oil meeting the dexosR specification of the proper SAE viscosity grade.
Mobil 1 dexosR full synthetic is recommended. See Engine Oil 0383.
Hood Latch Assembly, Secondary Latch, Pivots, Spring Anchor, and Release Pawl Lubricant meeting requirements of NLGI #2, Category LB or GC-LB.
Hydraulic Brake System DOT 4 Hydraulic Brake Fluid.
Key Lock Cylinders, Hood and Door Hinges Multi-Purpose Lubricant, Superlube. See your dealer.
Manual Transmission DEXRON III Automatic Transmission Fluid.
Rear Axle/Front Axle (All-Wheel Drive) See your dealer. Transfer Case (All-Wheel Drive) See your dealer.
Windshield Washer Automotive windshield washer fluid that meets regional freeze protection
requirements.
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482 Technical Data
Vehicle Data
Capacities and Specifications
The following approximate capacities are given in metric and English conversions. See
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants0476 for more information.
Application Capacities
Metric English
Air Conditioning Refrigerant For the air conditioning system refrigerant type and
charge amount, see the refrigerant label under the hood. See your dealer for more information.
Brake Fluid 0.4 L0.4 qt
Engine Cooling System*
I2.0L L4 Engine 10.4 L
11.0 qt
I3.0L V6 Engine with Rear Wheel Drive 12.1 L
12.8 qt
I3.0L V6 Engine with All-Wheel Drive 12.3 L
13.0 qt
I3.0L V6 Engine Intercoolers (RWD) 3.1 L
3.3 qt
I3.0L V6 Engine Intercoolers (AWD) 3.0 L
3.2 qt
I6.2L V8 Engine 13.1 L
13.8 qt
Engine Oil with Filter I2.0L L4 Engine 5.0 L
5.3 qt
I3.0L V6 Engine (RWD) 5.7 L
6.0 qt
I3.0L V6 Engine (AWD) 6.2 L
6.5 qt
I6.2L V8 Engine 8.5 L
9.0 qt
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512 INDEX
Alert (cont'd)Rear Cross Traffic . . . . . . . . 346
Rear Pedestrian . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Side Blind
Zone (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . 287, 406
AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Antenna Multi-band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .287
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Appearance Care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
Apple CarPlay and Android Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Assistance Program, Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489
Assistance Systems
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Parking and Backing . . . . . . 336
Audio Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Automatic
Dimming Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Automatic (cont'd)
Emergency
Braking (AEB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Emergency Braking (AEB) Disabled Light . . . . . 130
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . 155
Parking Assist (APA) . . . . . . 341
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . 388
Vehicle Hold Light . . . . . . . . . . 129
Automatic Transmission Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Automatic Vehicle Hold (AVH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Avoiding Untrusted Media Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
B
Battery
Exterior LightingBattery Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Load Management . . . . . . . . . 159
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . 160
Battery - North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405, 452
Blade Replacement,
Wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407 Bluetooth
Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206, 207
Brake Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404
Pad Life System . . . . . . . . . . . 403
System Warning Light . . . . 127
Brake Pad Life System . . . . 403
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400 Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Electric Brake Boost . . . . . . 287
Electric Parking Brake . . . 288
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 AutomaticEmergency (AEB) . . . . . . . . 349
Reverse Automatic . . . . . . . 343
Braking System FrontPedestrian (FPB) . . . . . . . . . . 351
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . 265
Buckle To Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Bulb Replacement
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . 409
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
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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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518 INDEX
Lights (cont'd)Antilock Brake System
(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB)
Disabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Automatic
Vehicle Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Brake System Warning . . . 127
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Check Engine (Malfunction
Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Cruise Control Light . . . . . . . 135
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . 132
Electric Parking Brake . . . . 128
Engine Coolant Temperature
Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . 134
Gauges and Indicators . . . . . 112
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Lane Keep Assist . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . 134
Performance Shifting . . . . . 129
Seat Belt Reminders . . . . . . 122
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Lights (cont'd)
Service Electric
Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
StabiliTrak OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Traction Control System
(TCS)/StabiliTrak . . . . . . . . . . 131
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Limited-Slip Differential . . . 302
Lock Steering Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . 22
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . 134
Low-Profile Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children
(LATCH System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . 46
Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46M
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . 471 Recommended Fluids
and Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . 476
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . 388
Map Data Updates . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Massage Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Matching Active Rev . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Media
Avoiding UntrustedDevices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Messages Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
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524 INDEX
UsingInfotainment System . . . . . . 165
Navigation System . . . . . . . . . 178
This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
V
Vehicle
Ahead Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Automatic Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Automatic Hold Light . . . . . 129
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Data Recording andPrivacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498
Identification Number (VIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Speed Messages . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Vehicle Care Storing the Tire
Sealant and
Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . 451 Vehicle Care (cont'd)
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Vehicle Security Steering Column Lock . . . . . . 31
Ventilation, Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Voice Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
W
Warning Brake System Light . . . . . . . . 127
Caution and Danger . . . . . . . . . . 3
Hazard Flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Lights, Gauges, andIndicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Wheels Alignment and TireBalance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
When It Is Time for
New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
Where to Put the Restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Windshield
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Wiper/Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
Wiper
Blade Replacement . . . . . . . 407
Wireless Charging . . . . . . . . . . . 109