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Instruments and Controls
Controls
Steering Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Heated Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Windshield Wiper/Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Power Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Wireless Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Warning Lights, Gauges, and Indicators
Warning Lights, Gauges, andIndicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Instrument Cluster (Base Level) . . . . . . . . 107
Instrument Cluster (Uplevel) . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Fuel Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Engine Oil Pressure Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Engine Coolant Temperature Gauge . . . . 113
Transmission Temperature Gauge (Uplevel only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Voltmeter Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Seat Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Airbag Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator . . . . . . 116 Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (Check
Engine Light) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Brake System Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Service Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . 119
Antilock Brake System (ABS) Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Four-Wheel-Drive Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Tow/Haul Mode Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Hill Descent Control Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) Disabled Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Pedestrian Ahead Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Traction Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Traction Control System (TCS)/Electronic Stability Control Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Electronic Stability Control (ESC) Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Engine Coolant Temperature Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Driver Mode Control Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Tire Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Engine Oil Pressure Light (Uplevel Cluster) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Cruise Control Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Door Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Information Displays
Driver Information Center (DIC) (Base
Level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Driver Information Center (DIC) (Uplevel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Head-Up Display (HUD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Vehicle Messages
Vehicle Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Engine Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Vehicle Speed Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Universal Remote System
Universal Remote System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Universal Remote System Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Universal Remote System Operation . . . 136
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Lighting
Exterior Lighting
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . . . . . . . . 140
Headlamp High/Low-Beam Changer . . . 140
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . 140
Automatic Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . 140
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . 142
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Task Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Auxiliary Roof-Mounted Lamp . . . . . . . . . 143
Exterior Cargo Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Interior Lighting
Instrument Panel IlluminationControl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Lighting Features
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Battery Load Management . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Battery Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Exterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . . . . . 147
Exterior Lighting
Exterior Lamp Controls
The exterior lamp controls are on the
instrument panel to the left of the steering
wheel.
O: Turns off the automatic headlamps and
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL). Turn the
headlamp control to
Oagain to turn the
automatic headlamps or DRL back on.
For vehicles first sold in Canada, off will only
work when the vehicle is in P (Park). AUTO :
Automatically turns on the
headlamps, parking lamps, taillamps,
instrument panel lights, roof marker lamps
(if equipped), front/rear sidemarker lamps,
and license plate lamps.
;: Turns on all lamps, except the
headlamps and fog lamps, if equipped.
For some trim levels and trucks first sold in
Canada, the headlamps may turn on with
the parking lamps.
2: Turns on the headlamps, the parking
lamps, taillamps, instrument panel lights,
roof marker lamps (if equipped), front/rear
sidemarker lamps, and license plate lamps.
#: If equipped, turns on the fog lamps.
See Fog Lamps 0142.
IntelliBeam System
If equipped, this system turns the vehicle
high-beam headlamps on and off according
to surrounding traffic conditions.
The system turns the high-beam headlamps
on when it is dark enough and there is no
other traffic present.
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Some localities have laws that require the
headlamps to be on with the fog lamps.
Task Lighting
If equipped, task lighting projects light from
the outside mirrors away from the vehicle.
While the vehicle is parked, press
Kto
select one of the following options:
.Left and Right Task Lights Illuminated
.Left Task Light Illuminated
.Right Task Light Illuminated
.Left and Right Task Lights Off
If the vehicle leaves a parked position, the
lights will immediately turn off. If the vehicle is off, the lights will stay on
for approximately 10 minutes.
If any Task lights are on, if the button has
not been pressed after approximately
5 seconds, pressing it again will turn off all
Task Lights.
Auxiliary Roof-Mounted Lamp
If equipped, this button includes wiring
provisions for a dealer or a qualified service
center to install an auxiliary roof lamp.
Work Truck and Custom
Base Level
For information on roof-mounted emergency
lamp installation, see www.gmupfitter.com
or contact your dealer.
If the vehicle has this button, the vehicle
may have the snow plow prep package. See
Add-On Electrical Equipment 0300.
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Rear Reading Lamps
The rear reading lamps are over the rear
seats.
Press the lamp lens to turn the rear reading
lamps on or off.
Lighting Features
Entry Lighting
The interior lamps turn on when pressingK
on the remote key or opening any doors,
and the dome lamp control is in the door
position.
Some exterior lamps also turn on when
pressing
Kon the remote key or opening
any doors. Low-Beam lamps will only turn
on briefly at night, or in areas with limited
lighting. All lamps will gradually fade out after about
30 seconds.
Entry lighting can be disabled manually by
closing all doors, pressing
Qon the remote
key, or starting the vehicle.
This feature can be changed. On the
infotainment home page, select Settings
T
VehicleTVehicle Locator Lights.
Exit Lighting
Some exterior lamps and interior lamps turn
on when the driver door is opened after the
vehicle is turned off.
The exterior and interior lamps remain on
for a set amount of time, then automatically
turn off.
The interior lights turn on when the vehicle
is turned off.
The exterior lamps turn off immediately by
turning the exterior lamp control off.
This feature can be changed. On the
infotainment home screen, select Settings
T
VehicleTExit Lighting.
Battery Load Management
The vehicle has Electric Power Management
(EPM), which estimates the battery's
temperature and state of charge. It then
adjusts the voltage for best performance
and extended life of the battery.
When the battery's state of charge is low,
the voltage is raised slightly to quickly bring
the charge back up. When the state of
charge is high, the voltage is lowered
slightly to prevent overcharging. The
voltmeter gauge or the voltage display on
the Driver Information Center (DIC),
if equipped, may show the voltage moving
up or down. This is normal. If there is a
problem, an alert will be displayed.
The battery can be discharged at idle if the
electrical loads are very high. This is true for
all vehicles. This is because the generator
(alternator) may not be spinning fast
enough at idle to produce all the power that
is needed for very high electrical loads.
A high electrical load occurs when several of
the following are on, such as: headlamps,
high beams, fog lamps, rear window
defogger, climate control fan at high speed,
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Engine (cont'd)Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Extended Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Extender, Seat Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Exterior Cargo Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Lamps Off Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Lighting Battery Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
F
FanEngine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Filter
Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360 Floor Console
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Fluid Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Power Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Fog Lamp Light Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221, 323
Four-Wheel-Drive
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Frequency Statement
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
Front Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Heated and Ventilated Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Front Seats
Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
E85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Economy, Driving for Better . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Filling a Portable Fuel Container . . . . . . . 270
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267, 269 Fuel (cont'd)
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Recommended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Top Tier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Full-Size Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Fuses Engine Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . 332
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . 335, 337
G
Garage Door Opener . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Gas Strut(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Gauges
Engine Coolant Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Transmission Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Voltmeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Warning Lights and Indicators . . . . . . . . . 106
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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