Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD/3500 HD Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.
S./Canada/Mexico-16908339) - 2024 - CRC - 12/12/22
216 Driving and Operating
If you have to leave the vehicle with the
engine running, be sure the vehicle is in
P (Park) and the parking brake is firmly set
before you leave it. After moving the shift
lever into P (Park), hold the regular brake
pedal down. Then, see if you can move the
shift lever away from P (Park) without first
pulling it toward you. If you can, it means
that the shift lever was not fully locked into
P (Park).
Torque Lock
If you are parking on a hill and you do not
shift the transmission into P (Park) properly,
the weight of the vehicle may put too much
force on the parking pawl in the
transmission. You may find it difficult to pull
the shift lever out of P (Park). This is called
torque lock. To prevent torque lock, set the
parking brake and then shift into P (Park)
properly before you leave the driver seat.
When you are ready to drive, move the
shift lever out of P (Park) before you release
the parking brake.
If torque lock does occur, you may need to
have another vehicle push yours a little
uphill to take some of the pressure from theparking pawl in the transmission. You will
then be able to pull the shift lever out of
P (Park).
Shifting out of Park
This vehicle is equipped with an electronic
shift lock release system. The system is
designed to prevent movement of the shift
lever out of P (Park), unless the brake pedal
is applied and the ignition is on or in
Service Mode.
The shift lock release is always functional
except in the case of an uncharged or low
voltage
–less than 9 volt –battery.
If the vehicle has an uncharged or low
voltage battery, try charging or jump
starting the battery. See Jump Starting -
North America 0370.
To shift out of P (Park): 1. Apply the brake pedal.
2. Release the parking brake if it is applied. See Electric Parking Brake 0228.
3. Pull the shift lever toward you, then move it to the desired position, and
release. If the vehicle still cannot be shifted out of
P (Park):
1. Ease the pressure on, or release the shift lever.
2. While holding the brake pedal, push the shift lever all the way into P (Park).
3. Pull the shift lever toward you, then move it to the desired position, and
release.
If equipped, the Buckle to Drive feature may
prevent shifting from P (Park). See Buckle To
Drive 054.
If there is still a problem shifting, have the
vehicle serviced soon.
Parking over Things That Burn
{Warning
Things that can burn could touch hot
exhaust parts under the vehicle and
ignite. Do not park over papers, leaves,
dry grass, or other things that can burn.
Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD/3500 HD Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.
S./Canada/Mexico-16908339) - 2024 - CRC - 12/5/22
420 Index
Camera (cont'd)Truck Bed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Capacities and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
Carbon Monoxide Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Cargo Tie-Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Center High-Mounted Stoplamp (CHMSL)and Cargo Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Center Console
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Check Engine Light (Malfunction Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Child Restraints Infants and Young Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Lower Anchors and Tethers forChildren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Child Restraints (cont'd)
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87, 91, 93
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Child Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Cleaning Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Climate Control Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185 Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Dual Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107, 108
Collision Alert Forward (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
Compartments Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Connected Services Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415
Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415
Connections Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415
Control Hill Descent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 Control (cont'd)
Traction and Electronic Stability . . . . . . . 230
Control Light Hill Descent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Controls Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Coolant Engine Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Engine Temperature Warning Light . . . . 123
Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185, 187
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Courtesy Transportation Program . . . . . . . . 404
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Adaptive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Customer Assistance Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
Customer Information Publications Ordering Information . . . . . 406
Customer Satisfaction Procedure . . . . . . . . . 399
Cybersecurity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD/3500 HD Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.
S./Canada/Mexico-16908339) - 2024 - CRC - 12/5/22
424 Index
Lamps (cont'd)Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . . . . . . . . 140
Exterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . . . . . 147
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Fog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Malfunction Indicator (Check
Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Lane
Departure Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
LATCH System Replacing Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . 87
LATCH, Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Lighting Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Lights
Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Lights (cont'd)
Antilock Brake System (ABS)
Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) Disabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Check Engine (Malfunction Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Cruise Control Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Electronic Stability Control (ESC), Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Engine Coolant Temperature
Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Four-Wheel-Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Front Fog Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Gauges and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Hill Descent Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Lane Departure Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Seat Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Service Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . 119 Lights (cont'd)
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Traction Control System
(TCS)/Electronic Stability Control
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Lock Steering Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Locking Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
M
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD/3500 HD Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.
S./Canada/Mexico-16908339) - 2024 - CRC - 12/5/22
430 Index
Wheels (cont'd)Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Where to Put the Restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Windshield Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Wiper/Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Wiper Blade Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Wireless Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104