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Driving and Operating 195
To gain more ground clearance if needed, it
may be necessary to remove the front fascia
lower air dam. However, driving without the
air dam reduces fuel economy.
Caution
Operating the vehicle for extended
periods without the front fascia lower air
dam installed can cause improper airflow
to the engine. Reattach the front fascia
air dam after off-road driving.
Loading the Vehicle for Off-Road Driving
{Warning
.Unsecured cargo on the load floor can
be tossed about when driving over
rough terrain. You or your passengers
can be struck by flying objects. Secure
the cargo properly.
.Keep cargo in the cargo area as far
forward and as low as possible. The
heaviest things should be on the floor,
forward of the rear axle.
.Heavy loads on the roof raise the
vehicle's center of gravity, making it
more likely to roll over. You can be(Continued)
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seriously or fatally injured if the
vehicle rolls over. Put heavy loads
inside the cargo area, not on the roof.
For more information about loading the
vehicle, see Vehicle Load Limits 0200.
Environmental Concerns
.Always use established trails, roads, and
areas that have been set aside for public
off-road recreational driving and obey all
posted regulations.
.Do not damage shrubs, flowers, trees,
or grasses or disturb wildlife.
.Do not park over things that burn. See
Parking over Things That Burn 0210.
Driving on Hills
Driving safely on hills requires good
judgment and an understanding of what the
vehicle can and cannot do.
{Warning
Many hills are simply too steep for any
vehicle. Driving up hills can cause the
vehicle to stall. Driving down hills can
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cause loss of control. Driving across hills
can cause a rollover. You could be injured
or killed. Do not drive on steep hills.
Before driving on a hill, assess the
steepness, traction, and obstructions. If the
terrain ahead cannot be seen, get out of the
vehicle and walk the hill before driving
further.
When driving on hills:
.Use a low gear and keep a firm grip on
the steering wheel.
.Maintain a slow speed.
.When possible, drive straight up or down
the hill.
.Slow down when approaching the top of
the hill.
{Warning
Driving to the top of a hill at high speed
can cause a crash. There could be a
drop-off, embankment, cliff, or even
another vehicle. You could be seriously
injured or killed. As you near the top of a
hill, slow down and stay alert.

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208 Driving and Operating
3. Remove the engine heater connectorcover by gently prying with a flat
blade tool.
4. Plug the heater cord into the connectorin the front fascia.
5. Plug the cord into a grounded 110-volt AC outlet that is protected by a ground
fault detection function.
{Warning
Improper use of the heater cord or an
extension cord can damage the cord and
may result in overheating and fire.
.Plug the cord into a three-prong
electrical utility receptacle that is
protected by a ground fault detection
function. An ungrounded outlet could
cause an electric shock.
.Use a weatherproof, heavy-duty,
15 amp-rated extension cord if needed.
Failure to use the recommended
extension cord in good operating
condition, or using a damaged heater
or extension cord, could make it
overheat and cause a fire, property
damage, electric shock, and injury.
.Do not operate the vehicle with the
heater cord permanently attached to
the vehicle. Possible heater cord and
thermostat damage could occur.
.While in use, do not let the heater
cord touch vehicle parts or sharp
edges.
.Before starting the vehicle, unplug the
cord. Keep the cord away from any
moving parts. 6. Before starting the engine, be sure to
unplug and store the cord.
7. Install the engine heater connector cover.
The length of time the heater should remain
plugged in depends on several factors. Ask a
dealer in the area where you will be parking
the vehicle for the best advice on this.
Retained Accessory Power (RAP)
When the vehicle is turned from on to off,
the following features (if equipped) will
continue to function for up to 10 minutes,
or until the driver door is opened. These
features will also work when the vehicle is
on or in accessory mode:
.Infotainment System
.Power Windows (during RAP this
functionality will be lost when any door
is opened)
.Sunroof (during RAP this functionality will
be lost when any door is opened)
.Auxiliary Power Outlet
.Audio System
.OnStar System

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Driving and Operating 231
Do not install objects on top of the vehicle
that overhang and obstruct the front
camera, such as a canoe, kayak, or other
items that can be transported on a roof rack
system. SeeRoof Rack System 087.
Do not modify the hood, headlamps, or fog
lamps, as this may limit the camera’s ability
to detect an object.
Cleaning the Sensing System
The camera sensor on the windshield behind
the rearview mirror and the radar sensors
on the front of the vehicle can become
blocked by snow, ice, dirt, or mud. These
areas need to be cleaned for ACC to operate
properly.
For cleaning instructions, see “Washing the
Vehicle” underExterior Care 0329.
System operation may also be limited under
snow, heavy rain, or road spray conditions.
Driver Assistance Systems
This vehicle may have features that work
together to help avoid crashes or reduce
crash damage while driving, backing, and
parking. Read this entire section before
using these systems.
{Warning
Do not rely on the Driver Assistance
Systems. These systems do not replace
the need for paying attention and driving
safely. You may not hear or feel alerts or
warnings provided by these systems.
Failure to use proper care when driving
may result in injury, death, or vehicle
damage. See Defensive Driving 0192.
Under many conditions, these systems
will not:
.Detect children, pedestrians, bicyclists,
or animals.
.Detect vehicles or objects outside the
area monitored by the system.
.Work at all driving speeds.
.Warn you or provide you with enough
time to avoid a crash.
.Work under poor visibility or bad
weather conditions.
.Work if the detection sensor is not
cleaned or is covered by ice, snow,
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.Work if the detection sensor is
covered up, such as with a sticker,
magnet, or metal plate.
.Work if the area surrounding the
detection sensor is damaged or not
properly repaired.
Complete attention is always required
while driving, and you should be ready to
take action and apply the brakes and/or
steer the vehicle to avoid crashes.
Audible or Safety Alert Seat
Some driver assistance features alert the
driver of obstacles by beeping. To view
available settings for this feature, touch the
Settings icon on the infotainment home
page. Select “Vehicle”to display the list of
available options and select “Comfort and
Convenience”.
If equipped with the Safety Alert Seat, the
driver seat cushion may provide a vibrating
pulse alert instead of beeping. To view
available settings for this feature, touch the
Settings icon on the infotainment home

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Vehicle Care 289
See the fuse block cover for specific fuse
information.
Open the fuse panel door, or remove the
panel from the passenger side by pulling
it out.
See your dealer for additional assistance.
To reinstall the door, push the door back
into its original location.
The vehicle may not be equipped with all of
the fuses, relays, and features shown.Fuses Usage
F1 Body Control Module 6 Fuses Usage
F2 Diagnostic Link/Central Gateway Module
F3 Electric Steering Column Lock
F4 –
F5 Logistics
F6 Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning/
Humidity Sensor
F7 Body Control Module 3
F8 Park Aid/Electronic Range Select Hybrid
F9 Front Passenger Heated Seat
F10 Airbag/Seat Belt F11 –
F12 Amplifier 2
F13 Body Control Module 7
F14 Driver Heated Seat F15 Instrument Panel Switch Bank
F16 Sunroof

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Index 379
RecordsMaintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Reimbursement Program, GM Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Remote Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Key Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Vehicle Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Replacement Parts Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
LATCH System Parts After a Crash . . . . . . 78
Seat Belt System Parts after a Crash . . . . 53
Reporting Safety Defects Canadian Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Restraints
Where to Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . 208
Reverse Tilt Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Roads Driving, Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Roadside Assistance Program . . . . . . . . . . . . 354 Roof
Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Running the Vehicle While Parked . . . . . . . . 211
S
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Safety Defects Reporting Canadian Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Sealant Kit, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
How to Wear Seat Belts Properly . . . . . . . 48
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Seats Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Seats (cont'd)
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Heated and Ventilated, Front . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Heated, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Third Row Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Securing Child Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78, 80
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Accessories and Modifications . . . . . . . . . 262
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . . . . . 262, 263
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Maintenance, General Information . . . . . 338
Parts Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Services Special Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Servicing System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

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Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
ShiftingInto Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Spare Tire Compact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Special Application Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
StabiliTrak OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Start Assist, Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Stop/Start System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Storage Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Storage (cont'd)
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Sunglasses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Storage Areas Cargo Management System . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Storing the Tire Sealant and Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318
Struts Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Summer Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Sunglass Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Surround Vision System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
System Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Driver Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Engine Air Filter Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Global Positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Rear Cross Traffic Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Roof Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Surround Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Teen Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Third Row Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293 All-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
All-Terrain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Compact Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299, 300
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Pressure Monitor Operation . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Sealant and Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Sealant and Compressor Kit,
Storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294