2023 GMC ACADIA roof rack

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34 Keys, Doors, and Windows
Automatic Reversal System
The sunroof has an automatic reversal
system that is only active when the sunroof
is operated in express-close mode.
If an object is in the path while express
closing, the reversal system will detect an
object, stop, and open the sunroof again.
If frost or other conditions prevent closing,
override the feature by closing the sunroof
in manual mode. To stop movement, release
the switch.
Dirt and debris may collect on the sunroof
seal or in the track. This could cause an
issue with sunroof operation or noise.
It could also plug the water drainage
system. Periodically open the sunroof and
remove any obstacles or loose debris. Wipethe sunroof seal and roof sealing area using
a clean cloth, mild soap, and water. Do not
remove grease from the sunroof.
If water is seen dripping into the water
drainage system, this is normal.

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Storage
Storage Compartments
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Sunglasses Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Armrest Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Rear Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Center Console Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Additional Storage Features
Cargo Tie-Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Cargo Management System . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Roof Rack System
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Storage Compartments{
Warning
Do not store heavy or sharp objects in
storage compartments. In a crash, these
objects may cause the cover to open and
could result in injury.
Glove Box
Lift up on the glove box lever to open it.
Sunglasses Storage
If equipped, sunglasses storage is on the
overhead console. Press the fixed button on
the cover and release to access.
Armrest Storage
If equipped, the rear seat armrest may have
cupholders. Pull the armrest down to access
the cupholders.

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All Terrain
The rear trays do not need to be removed
to access the spare tire.
Roof Rack System
The vehicle may be equipped with side-rails
for a roof rack system. Cargo must be
secured with properly installed cross rails
and other accessories designed to carry
cargo. These can be purchased from your
dealer.
{Warning
Before driving and occasionally during a
trip, check that cargo is securely fastened,
rests evenly between the cross rails and
does not block the vehicle's lamps or
windows. Never load cargo directly on
the roof of the vehicle or allow cargo to
hang over the rear or sides of the vehicle.
Never load cargo without first properly
installing cross rails and other accessories
designed to carry cargo. Personal injury,
death or damage to the vehicle or other
property may occur.
If driving for a long distance, on rough
roads, or at high speeds, occasionally stop
the vehicle to make sure the cargo remains
in its place.
Cargo Weight Limits
Do not exceed the maximum cargo weight
for the roof rack system, including the
weight of the cross rails and any other
accessories used to carry the cargo such as
bike racks or roof boxes. The maximum
cargo weight that can be loaded onto the
roof rack system is 100 kg (220 lb) or the weight designated in the instructions that
came with the cross rails or other roof rack
accessories, whichever is less.
{Warning
Never load the roof rack with more
weight than specified in this section.
Loading cargo on the roof rack will make
the vehicle's center of gravity higher. To
avoid losing control of the vehicle, avoid
overloading, high speeds, sudden starts,
sharp turns, sudden braking, or abrupt
maneuvers when carrying cargo on the
roof rack.
The weight of any cargo carried on the roof
rack system must be included in calculating
the loaded weight of the vehicle. Do not
exceed the maximum vehicle capacity when
loading the vehicle, including cargo carried
on the roof rack system and passengers
and cargo carried in the vehicle. For more
information on vehicle capacity and loading,
see Vehicle Load Limits 0200.

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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,
mud, or dirt. (Continued)
Warning (Continued)
.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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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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380 Index
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