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Vehicle Care 409
the tread of the spare tire,
have the standard tire
repaired or replaced as soon
as convenient and return the
spare tire to the storage area.
When using a compact spare
tire, the AWD (if equipped),
ABS, and Traction Control
systems may engage until the
spare tire is recognized by the
vehicle, especially on slippery
roads. Adjust driving to reduce
possible wheel slip.
Caution
When the compact spare is
installed, do not take the
vehicle through an
automatic car wash with
guide rails. The compact
spare can get caught on the
rails which can damage the
tire, wheel, and other parts
of the vehicle.
Do not use the compact spare
on other vehicles. Do not mix the compact spare
tire or wheel with other
wheels or tires. They will not
fit. Keep the spare tire and its
wheel together.
Caution
Tire chains will not fit the
compact spare. Using them
can damage the vehicle and
the chains. Do not use tire
chains on the compact
spare.
Jump Starting
Jump Starting - North
America
For more information about
the vehicle battery, see
Battery - North America
0
360.
If the battery has run down,
try to use another vehicle and
some jumper cables to start
your vehicle. Be sure to use
the following steps to do it
safely.
{Warning
WARNING: Battery posts,
terminals and related
accessories can expose you
to chemicals including lead
and lead compounds, which
are known to the State of
California to cause cancer
and birth defects or other
reproductive harm. Wash
hands after handling. For
more information go to
www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.
See California Proposition
65 Warning 01.
{Warning
Batteries can hurt you. They
can be dangerous because:
.They contain acid that can
burn you.
.They contain gas that can
explode or ignite.
.They contain enough
electricity to burn you.
(Continued)
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INDEX 469
CameraRear Vision (RVC) . . . . . . . . . . 291
Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . 2
Capacities and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438
Carbon Monoxide Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Cargo Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Management System . . . . . 108
Tie-Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Center Console
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Check Engine Light (Malfunction Indicator) . . . . 129
Child Restraints Infants and Young
Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . 90 Child Restraints (cont'd)
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97, 99
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Child Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Cleaning Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
Climate Control Systems Dual Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . . . 122
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 449
Compact Spare Tire . . . . . . . . 408
Compartments Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Connected Services Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464
Connections Connected Services . . . . . . 465 Control
Traction and
Electronic Stability . . . . . . . 271
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . 236
Controls Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Coolant
Engine TemperatureGauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Engine Temperature Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223, 229
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Cornering Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Courtesy Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Courtesy Transportation
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448
Cover
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Coverage Explanations . . . . . 189
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .275 Adaptive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
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Running the VehicleWhile Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
S
Safety
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Safety Defects Reporting
Canadian Government . . . 453
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . 453
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . 67
Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448
Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
How to Wear SeatBelts Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Replacing after a Crash . . . 68
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . 67
Seats Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Heated and Ventilated,Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Seats (cont'd)
Heated, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Lumbar Adjustment,
Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . 50
Securing Child Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97, 99
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 Accessories and
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . . . . 339, 340
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Maintenance Records . . . . 436
Maintenance, General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Parts Identification . . . . . . . 437
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448 Services
Special Application . . . . . . . . 432
Servicing System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . 79
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Signals, Turn and
Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Spare Tire Compact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Special Application
Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
StabiliTrak OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Start Assist, Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . 19
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . 254
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237 Column Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
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Steering (cont'd)Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . 112
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Stop/Start System . . . . . . . . . . 255
Storage Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . 109
Sunglasses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Storage Areas Cargo Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Cargo Management
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Struts Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Summer Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Sunglass Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Surround Vision
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Symbols (cont'd)
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
System Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Driver Assistance . . . . . . . . . 288
Engine Air Filter Life . . . . . . 349
Forward CollisionAlert (FCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Global Positioning . . . . . . . . . . 187
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456
Night Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Rear Cross Traffic Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Roof Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Surround Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Teen Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444
Theft-Deterrent
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376 All-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . 395 Tires (cont'd)
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
Compact Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . 401
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384, 386
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Pressure Monitor
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . 378
Terminology and Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
Wheel Alignment and
Tire Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . 399
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Top Tier Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317