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Publication Ordering Information
Service Manuals
Service manuals have the diagnosis and
repair information on the engine/propulsion,
transmission, axle, suspension, brakes,
electrical system, steering system, body, etc.
Customer Literature
Owner’s manuals are written specifically for
owners and are intended to provide basic
operational information about the vehicle.
The owner’s manual includes the
Maintenance Schedule for all models.
Customer literature publications available for
purchase include owner’s manuals, warranty
manuals, and portfolios. Portfolios include an
owner’s manual, warranty manual,
if applicable, and zip lock bag or pouch.
Current and Past Models
Service manuals and customer literature are
available for many current and past model
year GM vehicles.
To order, call 1-800-551-4123 Monday–Friday,
8:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. Eastern TimeFor credit card orders only (VISA,
MasterCard, or Discover), see Helm, Inc. at:
www.helminc.com.
To order by mail, write to:
Helm, Incorporated
Attention: Customer Service
47911 Halyard Drive
Plymouth, MI 48170
Make checks payable in U.S. funds.
Radio Frequency Statement
This vehicle uses license-exempt
transmitters / receivers / systems that
operate on a radio frequency that complies
with Part 15/Part 18 of the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) rules and
with Innovation, Science and Economic
Development (ISED) Canada's license-exempt
RSS(s) / RSP-100 / ICES-GEN.
Operation is subject to the following two
conditions:
1. The device may not cause harmful interference.
2. The device must accept any interference received, including interference that may
cause undesired operation of the device. Changes or modifications to any of these
systems by other than an authorized service
facility could void authorization to use this
equipment.
Reporting Safety Defects
Reporting Safety Defects to the
United States Government
If you believe that your vehicle has a
defect which could cause a crash or
could cause injury or death, you should
immediately inform the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) in addition to notifying General
Motors.
If NHTSA receives similar complaints, it
may open an investigation, and if it
finds that a safety defect exists in a
group of vehicles, it may order a recall
and remedy campaign. However, NHTSA
cannot become involved in individual
problems between you, your dealer,
or General Motors.
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To contact NHTSA, you may call the
Vehicle Safety Hotline toll-free at
1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-9153); go
to
https://www.safercar.gov;or write to:
Administrator, NHTSA
1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E.
Washington, D.C. 20590
You can also obtain other information
about motor vehicle safety from
https://www.safercar.gov.
Reporting Safety Defects to the
Canadian Government
If you live in Canada, and you believe
that the vehicle has a safety defect,
notify Transport Canada immediately,
and notify General Motors of Canada
Company. Call Transport Canada at
1-800-333-0510; go to:
www.tc.gc.ca/recalls (English)
www.tc.gc.ca/rappels (French) or write to:
Transport Canada
Motor Vehicle Safety Directorate
Defect Investigations and Recalls
Division
80 Noel Street
Gatineau
,QC J8Z 0A1
Reporting Safety Defects to
General Motors
In addition to notifying NHTSA (or Transport
Canada) in a situation like this, notify
General Motors.
In the U.S., call 1-800-222-1020, or write:
Chevrolet Motor Division
Chevrolet Customer Assistance Center
P.O. Box 33170
Detroit, MI 48232-5170
In Canada, call 1-800-263-3777 (English) or
1-800-263-7854 (French), or write:
Customer Care Centre
General Motors of Canada Company
500 Wentworth Street W
Oshawa, ON L1J 0C5In Mexico, call 800-466-0811 or
800-508-0000.
In other Central America and Caribbean
Countries, call 52-555-901-2369.
Vehicle Data Recording and
Privacy
The vehicle has a number of computers that
record information about the vehicle’s
performance and how it is driven or used.
For example, the vehicle uses computer
modules to monitor and control engine and
transmission performance, to monitor the
conditions for airbag deployment and
deploy them in a crash, and, if equipped, to
provide antilock braking to help the driver
control the vehicle. These modules may
store data to help the dealer technician
service the vehicle or to help GM improve
safety or features. Some modules may also
store data about how the vehicle is
operated, such as rate of fuel consumption
or average speed. These modules may retain
personal preferences, such as radio presets,
seat positions, and temperature settings.
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Cybersecurity
GM collects information about the use of
your vehicle including operational and safety
related information. We collect this
information to provide, evaluate, improve,
and troubleshoot our products and services
and to develop new products and services.
The protection of vehicle electronics systems
and customer data from unauthorized
outside electronic access or control is
important to GM. GM maintains appropriate
security standards, practices, guidelines and
controls aimed at defending the vehicle and
the vehicle service ecosystem against
unauthorized electronic access, detecting
possible malicious activity in related
networks, and responding to suspected
cybersecurity incidents in a timely,
coordinated and effective manner. Security
incidents could impact your safety or
compromise your private data. To minimize
security risks, please do not connect your
vehicle electronic systems to unauthorized
devices or connect your vehicle to any
unknown or untrusted networks (such as
Bluetooth, WIFI or similar technology). In
the event you suspect any security incident
impacting your data or the safe operation of
your vehicle, please stop operating your
vehicle and contact your dealer.
Event Data Recorders
This vehicle is equipped with an Event Data
Recorder (EDR). The main purpose of an EDR
is to record, in certain crash or near
crash-like situations, such as an air bag
deployment or hitting a road obstacle, data
that will assist in understanding how a
vehicle’s systems performed. The EDR is
designed to record data related to vehicle
dynamics and safety systems for a short
period of time, typically 30 seconds or less.
The EDR in this vehicle is designed to record
such data as:
.How various systems in your vehicle were
operating;
.Whether or not the driver and passenger
safety belts were buckled/fastened;
.How far (if at all) the driver was
depressing the accelerator and/or brake
pedal; and,
.How fast the vehicle was traveling.
These data can help provide a better
understanding of the circumstances in which
crashes and injuries occur.
Note
EDR data are recorded by your vehicle only
if a non-trivial crash situation occurs; no
data are recorded by the EDR under normal driving conditions and no personal data
(e.g., name, gender, age, and crash location)
are recorded. However, other parties, such
as law enforcement, could combine the EDR
data with the type of personally identifying
data routinely acquired during a crash
investigation.
To read data recorded by an EDR, special
equipment is required, and access to the
vehicle or the EDR is needed. In addition to
the vehicle manufacturer, other parties, such
as law enforcement, that have the special
equipment, can read the information if they
have access to the vehicle or the EDR.
GM will not access these data or share it
with others except: with the consent of the
vehicle owner or, if the vehicle is leased,
with the consent of the lessee; in response
to an official request by police or similar
government office; as part of GM's defense
of litigation through the discovery process;
or, as permitted by law. Data that GM
collects or receives may also be used for GM
research needs or may be made available to
others for research purposes, where a need
is shown and the data is not tied to a
specific vehicle or vehicle owner.
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IndexA
About Driving the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Accessories and Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
AdaptiveCruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Additional OnStar Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Adjustments
Lumbar, Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Agreements Trademarks and License . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Air
Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Filter Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Filter, Passenger Compartment . . . . . . . . . 172
Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
How Does an Airbag Restrain? . . . . . . . . . . 56
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
What Makes an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . 56
What Will You See after an AirbagInflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
When Should an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . 55 Airbag System (cont'd)
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Airbags Adding Equipment to the Vehicle . . . . . . . 61
Passenger Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Replacing System Parts after aCrash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Servicing Airbag-Equipped Vehicles . . . . . . 61
Alarm Vehicle Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Alert
Lane Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Rear Cross Traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Side Blind Zone (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197, 258
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
Antenna Multi-band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Appearance Care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
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Center ConsoleStorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Check Engine Light (Malfunction
Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Child Restraints Infants and Young Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Lower Anchors and Tethers forChildren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75, 76
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Child Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Cleaning
Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Climate Control Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333 Compact Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Compartments
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Connected Services Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Connections Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Control
Traction and Electronic Stability . . . . . . . 200
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Controls Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Coolant
Engine Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167, 169
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Courtesy Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Courtesy Transportation Program . . . . . . . . 332
Coverage Explanations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142
Covers Rear Compartment/Storage Panel . . . . . . . 82
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Adaptive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
Customer Assistance Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Customer Information Publications Ordering Information . . . . . 335
Customer Satisfaction Procedure . . . . . . . . . 327
Cybersecurity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
D
Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Dashboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Data Collection Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Database Coverage Explanations . . . . . . . . . .142
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Diagnostics Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346