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330 Service and Maintenance
* Footnote: Under extreme driving
conditions listed above, it may be
necessary to replace your spark plugs at
more frequent intervals. For further
assistance in determining the most
suitable service maintenance intervals for
your vehicle, please contact your
authorized GM Dealer.
Extreme service is for vehicles mainly
driven off-road in four-wheel drive or used
in farming, mining, forestry, or snow
plowing.
Additional Required Services—Severe
Service
Every 72 000 km (45,000 mi)
.Change automatic transmission fluid and
filter.
Every 80 500 km (50,000 mi)
.Change transfer case fluid, if equipped
with 4WD. Do not directly power wash
the transfer case and/or front/rear axle
output seals. High pressure water can
overcome the seals and contaminate the
transfer case fluid. Contaminated fluid
will decrease the life of the transfer case
and/or axles and should be replaced.
Owner Checks and Services
Every Five Years
.Replace brake fluid.
Every Seven Years
.Replace Air Conditioning Desiccant every
seven years. The air conditioning system
requires maintenance every seven years.
This service requires replacement of the
desiccant to help the longevity and
efficient operation of the air conditioning
system. This service can be complex. See
your dealer.
Multi-Point Vehicle
Inspection (MPVI)
A Multi Point Vehicle Inspection (MPVI)
completed by a GM dealer technician is a
maintenance assessment of your vehicle.
The benefit of the MPVI is to identify and
inform the customer of service items that
require immediate attention and those that
may require attention in the future. The technician will perform the following
checks on your vehicle. For a complete list
of checks, inspections, and services, see your
dealer.
Some items may not apply to your vehicle
and/or region.
Diagnostics
.OnStar active, if equipped
.Service history/recall check
Engine Oil and Filter
.Engine oil
.Oil life monitor
‐
Reset oil life monitor
Exterior Lights
.Visual inspection
Windshield and Wipers
.Visual inspection
Battery
.Battery visual inspection
.Battery test results
.Battery cables and connections
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Recommended Fluids, Lubricants, and Parts
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants
Fluids and lubricants identified below by name or specification, including fluids or lubricants not listed here, can be obtained from your dealer.Usage Fluid/Lubricant
Automatic Transmission DEXRON-HP Automatic Transmission Fluid. Chassis Lubrication Lubricant meeting requirements of NLGI #2, Category LB or GC-LB.Engine Coolant 50/50 mixture of clean, drinkable water and use only DEX-COOL coolant. See Cooling System
0 262.
Engine Oil Engine oil meeting the dexos1 specification of the proper SAE viscosity grade. ACDelco dexos1 full synthetic is recommended. See Engine Oil0257.
Floor Shift Linkage Lubricant meeting requirements of NLGI #2, Category LB or GC-LB.
Front (If Equipped With Four-Wheel Drive) and Rear Axle See your dealer.
Hydraulic Brake DOT 4 Hydraulic Brake Fluid.
Key Lock Cylinders, Hood Hinges, Body Door Hinge Pins, Tailgate Hinge and Linkage,
Tailgate Handle Pivot Points, Hinges, Latch Bolt Linkage, and Fuel Door Hinge Multi-Purpose Lubricant, Superlube. See your dealer.
Transfer Case (If Equipped With Four-Wheel Drive) DEXRON-VI Automatic Transmission Fluid.
Windshield Washer Automotive windshield washer fluid that meets regional freeze protection requirements.
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AppsOff-Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Assistance Program, Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . .341
Assistance Systems Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Parking and Backing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Audio
Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Auto Stop Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Automatic
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Emergency Braking (AEB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Emergency Braking (AEB) DisabledLight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Automatic Transmission Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Avoiding Untrusted Media Devices . . . . . . . . 123
Axle
Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Locking Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271B
BatteryExterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . . . . . . 115
Load Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Battery - North America . . . . . . . . . . . . .269, 312
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Blind Zone Steering Assist (BZSA) . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Bluetooth
Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129, 130
Brake Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Pad Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
System Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Brake Pad Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Automatic Emergency (AEB) . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Braking System
Front Pedestrian (FPB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Buckle To Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Center High-Mounted Stoplamp
(CHMSL) and Cargo Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Taillamps, Turn Signal, Stoplamps, and Back-up Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
C
Calibration Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
California Perchlorate Materials Requirements . . . 253
California Proposition 65 Warning . . . . . 1, 312
Camera Rear Vision (RVC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Capacities and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Carbon Monoxide Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Center High-Mounted Stoplamp (CHMSL)
and Cargo Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
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F
FanEngine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Filter Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Fluid
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Fog Lamp Light Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179, 270
Four-Wheel-Drive Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Frequency Statement
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Front Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Heated and Ventilated Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Front (cont'd)
Locking Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Pedestrian Braking (FPB) System . . . . . . . 218
Front Seats Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Economy, Driving for Better . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Filling a Portable Fuel Container . . . . . . . 227
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Management, Active . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Recommended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Top Tier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Full-Size Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Fuses Engine Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . 277
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . 281
G
Gas Strut(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
GaugesEngine Coolant Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Gauges (cont'd)
Engine Oil Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Transmission Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Warning Lights and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . 79
General Information Service and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Global Positioning System (GPS) . . . . . . . . . 126
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
GM Mobility Reimbursement Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .341
Guidance Problems with the Route . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
H
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Head-Up Display (HUD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
HeadlampsAiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
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Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284All-Terrain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Full-Size Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Pressure Monitor Operation . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Terminology and Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . . . . . . . . 300
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance . . . . 301
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . 297
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Top Tier Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178
Towing App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Driving Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 Towing (cont'd)
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Traction Control System (TCS)/Electronic
Stability Control Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . 185
Limited-Slip Differential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Trademarks and License Agreements . . . . . 140
Trailer
Sway Control (TSC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Towing App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Transfer Case Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Transmission Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Transportation Program, Courtesy . . . . . . . 343
Transporting a Disabled Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Items That Can Catch Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Truck-Camper Loading Information . . . . . . . 167 TTY Users
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Turn Signal Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
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Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
UpdatesSoftware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
USB Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Using Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Navigation System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
V
VehicleAhead Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Data Recording and Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Identification Number (VIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18