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140 Driving and Operating .
The Antilock Brake System
(ABS) improves vehicle stability
during hard stops, but the
brakes should be applied sooner
than when on dry pavement.
See Antilock Brake System
(ABS) 0 154 .
.
Allow greater following distance
and watch for slippery spots. Icy
patches can occur on otherwise
clear roads in shaded areas.
The surface of a curve or an
overpass can remain icy when
the surrounding roads are clear.
Avoid sudden steering
maneuvers and braking while
on ice.
.
Turn off cruise control.
Blizzard Conditions Stop the vehicle in a safe place and
signal for help. Stay with the vehicle
unless there is help nearby.
If possible, use Roadside
Assistance. See Roadside
Assistance Program 0 270 . To get
help and keep everyone in the
vehicle safe: .
Turn on the hazard warning
flashers.
.
Tie a red cloth to an outside
mirror.
{ WarningSnow can trap engine exhaust
under the vehicle. This may
cause exhaust gases to get
inside. Engine exhaust contains
carbon monoxide (CO), which
cannot be seen or smelled. It can
cause unconsciousness and even
death.
If the vehicle is stuck in snow:
.
Clear snow from the base of
the vehicle, especially any
blocking the exhaust pipe.
.
Open a window about 5 cm
(2 in) on the vehicle side
that is away from the wind,
to bring in fresh air.
.
Fully open the air outlets on
or under the instrument
panel.
(Continued) Warning (Continued) .
Adjust the climate control
system to circulate the air
inside the vehicle and set
the fan speed to the highest
setting. See “ Climate
Control Systems. ”
For more information about CO,
see Engine Exhaust 0 150 .
To save fuel, run the engine for
short periods to warm the vehicle
and then shut the engine off and
partially close the window. Moving
about to keep warm also helps.
If it takes time for help to arrive,
when running the engine, push the
accelerator pedal slightly so the
engine runs faster than the idle
speed. This keeps the battery
charged to restart the vehicle and to
signal for help with the headlamps.
Do this as little as possible, to
save fuel.
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204 Vehicle Care Fuses Usage
8 O2 sensor/Powertrain
cooling
9 Rear window sensor
10 Vehicle battery sensor
11 Trunk release
12 Adaptive headlamps/
Automatic headlamp
leveling
13 ABS valves
14 –
15 Engine control module
16 Starter
17 Transmission control
module
18 Rear window defogger
19 Front power window
20 Rear power window
21 Rear electrical center
22 –
23 – Fuses Usage
24 Right high-beam
headlamp
25 Left high-beam
headlamp
26 Front fog lamps
27 –
28 –
29 Electric parking brake
30 ABS pump
31 –
32 Airbag
33 Adaptive forward
lighting/Automatic
headlamp leveling
34 Exhaust gas
recirculation
35 Power windows/Rain
sensor/Exterior mirror
36 Climate control
37 –
38 Vacuum pump Fuses Usage
39 Fuel system control
module
40 Front windshield washer
41 –
42 Engine cooling fan
43 Windshield wipers
44 –
45 Engine cooling fan
46 –
47 Horn
48 Engine cooling fan
49 Fuel pump
50 Headlamp leveling/
Adaptive forward
lighting
51 –
52 –
53 Transmission control
module/Engine control
module
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Vehicle Care 225Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA), which grades tires by
treadwear, traction, and
temperature performance. This
applies only to vehicles sold in
the United States. The grades
are molded on the sidewalls of
most passenger car tires. The
Uniform Tire Quality Grading
(UTQG) system does not apply
to deep tread, winter tires,
compact spare tires, tires with
nominal rim diameters of
10 to 12 inches (25 to 30 cm),
or to some limited-production
tires.
While the tires available on
General Motors passenger cars
and light trucks may vary with
respect to these grades, they
must also conform to federal
safety requirements and
additional General Motors Tire
Performance Criteria (TPC)
standards. Quality grades can be found
where applicable on the tire
sidewall between tread shoulder
and maximum section width. For
example: Treadwear 200 Traction AA
Temperature A
All Passenger Car Tires Must
Conform to Federal Safety
Requirements In Addition To
These Grades.
Treadwear
The treadwear grade is a
comparative rating based on the
wear rate of the tire when tested
under controlled conditions on a
specified government test
course. For example, a tire
graded 150 would wear one and
one-half (1½) times as well on
the government course as a tire
graded 100. The relative
performance of tires depends
upon the actual conditions of
their use, however, and may
depart significantly from the norm due to variations in driving
habits, service practices and
differences in road
characteristics and climate.
Traction
The traction grades, from
highest to lowest, are AA, A, B,
and C. Those grades represent
the tire's ability to stop on wet
pavement as measured under
controlled conditions on
specified government test
surfaces of asphalt and
concrete. A tire marked C may
have poor traction performance.
Warning: The traction grade
assigned to this tire is based on
straight-ahead braking traction
tests, and does not include
acceleration, cornering,
hydroplaning, or peak traction
characteristics.
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Index 293Automatic
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Automatic Transmission
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Shift Lock Control Function
Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
B Battery
Exterior Lighting Battery
Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Load Management . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Battery - North America . . . . 191, 235
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . . 193
Brake
Parking, Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
System Warning Light . . . . . . . . 104
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 145 Bulb Replacement
Back-up Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Front Turn Signal Lamps . . . . . 197
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
High Intensity Discharge
(HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
License Plate Lamps . . . . . . . . . 201
Side Turn Signal Lamps . . . . . . 198
Sidemarker Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
C Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
California
Fuel Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Perchlorate Materials
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
California
Proposition
65 Warning . . . . . . . . . .174, 191, 235,
Back Cover
Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . . . . . 2
Capacities and
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Carbon Monoxide
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Carbon Monoxide (cont'd)
Trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . 3
Center Console Storage . . . . . . . . . 92
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . 102
Check
Engine Light (Malfunction
Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Ignition Transmission Lock . . . 192
Child Restraints
Infants and Young Children . . . . . 72
Lower Anchors and Tethers
for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85, 87
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Cleaning
Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Climate Control Systems
Dual Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . . 273
Compact Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
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294 Index Compartments
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Connections
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Control
Traction and Electronic
Stability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Convertible Top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Roll Bars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Coolant
Engine Temperature Gauge . . 100
Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Courtesy Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Courtesy Transportation
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Text Telephone (TTY)
Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Customer Information
Service Publications
Ordering Information . . . . . . . . 275 Customer Satisfaction
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
D Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . . . 273
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . 3
Data Collection
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . 279
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . 278
Daytime Running
Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Diagnostics
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Door
Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . 265
Driver Information
Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Driving
Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Driving (cont'd)
Drunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
For Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . 20
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 139
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 141
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Dual Automatic Climate
Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
E Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . 155
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . 105
Electrical Equipment,
Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Electrical System
Engine Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 202
Instrument Panel Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Rear Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207