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384 Vehicle Care
Tread:The portion of a
tire that comes into
contact with the road.
Treadwear Indicators
:
Narrow bands, sometimes
called wear bars, that show
across the tread of a tire
when only 1.6 mm (1/16 in)
of tread remains. See
When It Is Time for New
Tires 0394.
UTQGS (Uniform Tire
Quality Grading
Standards)
:A tire
information system that
provides consumers with
ratings for a tire's traction,
temperature, and
treadwear. Ratings are
determined by tire
manufacturers using
government testing
procedures. The ratings
are molded into the sidewall of the tire. See
Uniform Tire Quality
Grading
0397.
Vehicle Capacity Weight
:
The number of designated
seating positions multiplied
by 68 kg (150 lbs) plus the
rated cargo load. See
Vehicle Load Limits 0247.
Vehicle Maximum Load on
the Tire
:Load on an
individual tire due to curb
weight, accessory weight,
occupant weight, and cargo
weight.
Vehicle Placard
:A label
permanently attached to a
vehicle showing the
vehicle's capacity weight
and the original equipment
tire size and recommended
inflation pressure. See “Tire
and Loading Information
Label” under Vehicle Load
Limits 0247.
Tire Pressure
Tires need the correct
amount of air pressure to
operate effectively.
{Warning
Neither tire underinflation
nor overinflation is good.
Underinflated tires,
or tires that do not have
enough air, can result in:
.Tire overloading and
overheating, which
could lead to a blowout
.Premature or
irregular wear
.Poor handling
.Reduced fuel economy
for internal combustion
engine vehicles
.Reduced range for
electric vehicles
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INDEX 471
Electrical System (cont'd)Fuses and Circuit
Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Rear Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Emergency OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . 350
Air Filter Life System . . . . . 349
Check Light(Malfunction
Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Compartment
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Coolant Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Coolant Temperature Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . 440
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . 137
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356 Engine (cont'd)
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Running While Parked . . . . 261
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . 331
Event Data Recorders . . . . . 455
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Extender, Seat Belt . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Lamps Off Reminder . . . . . . 153
Lighting Battery Saver . . . 158
F
Filter
Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . 350
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425
Fluid Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359 Fluid (cont'd)
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Frequency Statement
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 452
Front Heated and VentilatedSeats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Pedestrian Braking
(FPB) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Front Seats Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Fuel
Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Economy, Driving forBetter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Filling a Portable Fuel Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . 319
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Management, Active . . . . . . 259
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
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Fuel (cont'd)Recommended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Top Tier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Fuses Engine CompartmentFuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Fuses and Circuit
Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Rear Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
G
Garage Door Opener . . . . . . . . 147
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Gas Strut(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Gauges
Engine CoolantTemperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Warning Lights and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 General Information
Service and
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Global Positioning System (GPS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
GM Mobility Reimbursement
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445
Guidance Problems with theRoute . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
H
Hazard WarningFlashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Head-Up Display (HUD) . . . . . 142
Headlamps Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . 365
Daytime RunningLamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . 138 Headlamps (cont'd)
High/Low Beam
Changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . 138
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Ventilated Front Seats . . . . 54
Heater Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223, 229
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . 138
High-Speed Operation . . . . . 386
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . 271
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
How to Wear Seat Belts Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
HVAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223, 229
I
If the System Needs Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
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Navigation (cont'd)Using the System . . . . . . . . . . 175
Net, Convenience . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . 251
Night Vision System . . . . . . . . . 310
O
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Off-Road Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Oil Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Engine Oil LifeSystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Online Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456 Additional Information . . . 459
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457
OnStar Emergency . . . . . . . . . 458
OnStar Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459
Outlets Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . 356 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Instrument Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
P
Park
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290, 294
Shifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Parking Brake and P (Park)Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . 361
Extended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Parking Assist Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Parking or Backing
Assistance Systems . . . . . . 290
Passenger Airbag StatusIndicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Compartment Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Sensing System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Pedestrian Ahead Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Perchlorate Materials
Requirements,
California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Performance Shifting Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Phone Apple CarPlay and
Android Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197, 198
Port USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Positioning Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Power Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Protection, Battery . . . . . . . . 158
RetainedAccessory (RAP) . . . . . . . . . 258
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Pregnancy, Using Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Privacy Vehicle Data
Recording . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
Problems with Route Guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188