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Chevrolet TRAX Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
11354406) - 2018 - crc - 10/12/17
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Chevrolet TRAX Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
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Index 353
IndexA
About Driving the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . 2
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . 224
Additional Information
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Additional Maintenance and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Adjustments Lumbar, Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Agreements Trademarks and License . . . . . 169
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . . . 238
Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Air Filter, Passenger Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Air Intake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Airbag System
Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
How Does an AirbagRestrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Passenger Sensing System . . . . 78
What Makes an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Airbag System (cont'd)
What Will You See after an
Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
When Should an Airbag
Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . . 74
Airbags Adding Equipment to theVehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Passenger Status Indicator . . . .117
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Servicing Airbag-Equipped Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Alarm Vehicle Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Alert Side Blind Zone (SBZA) . . . . . . 217
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 205, 249
AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Antenna Backglass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Multi-band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . 206 Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

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Index 355
CargoCover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Management System . . . . . . . . . 104
Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . 3
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . 118
Check Engine Light (MalfunctionIndicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Ignition Transmission Lock . . . 250
Child Restraints
Infants and Young Children . . . . . 85
Lower Anchors and Tethersfor Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98, 100
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Cleaning Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Climate Control Systems . . . . . . . 171 Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Clutch, Hydraulic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . . 334 Compact Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Compartments
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Connections OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Control
Traction and ElectronicStability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Coolant Engine TemperatureWarning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Courtesy Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Courtesy Transportation
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Cover
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329 Customer Assistance (cont'd)
Text Telephone (TTY)
Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Customer Information
Service PublicationsOrdering Information . . . . . . . . 336
Customer Satisfaction Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
D
Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . . . 334
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . 3
Data CollectionOnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . 339
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Diagnostics OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Door Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

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Index 359
Lights (cont'd)Ultrasonic Parking Sensor . . . . 123
Up-Shift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Warning, Power Steering . . . . . 122
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 125
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
M
Maintenance
Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Maintenance and Care Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 312 Recommended Fluids andLubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 118 Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Manual Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Media Avoiding Untrusted Devices . . 153
Messages Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132, 133
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Mirrors Automatic Dimming
Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Manual Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . 50
Monitor System, Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Multi-band Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
N
Navigation
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Net, Convenience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . 188
O
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Oil Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 236
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . . . 84
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . . 330
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
OnStar Additional Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
OnStar Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
OnStar Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
OnStar Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
OnStar Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
OnStar Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
OnStar Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
OnStar System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Operate Pedal Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Ordering Service Publications . . . . . . . . . . 336
Outlets Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

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Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . . . 83
Replacing LATCH SystemParts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Replacing Seat Belt System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Reporting Safety Defects Canadian Government . . . . . . . . 338
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Restraints Where to Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Roads Driving, Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Roadside Assistance
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Roof Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . . 326
Running the Vehicle While Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199S
Safety Defects ReportingCanadian Government . . . . . . . . 338
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . 333
Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
How to Wear Seat BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . . . 71
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . 70
Seats
Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Folding Seatback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Heated Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . . 58
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . 58
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Seats (cont'd)
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Underseat Storage . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Securing Child Restraints . . . 98, 100
Security
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Climate Control System . . . . . . . 171
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . 228
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . 323
Maintenance, General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Parts Identification Label . . . . . 324
Publications Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 333
Vehicle Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Services Special Application . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

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Tires (cont'd)Wheel Alignment and Tire
Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 286
When It Is Time for New
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Towing General Information . . . . . . . . . . 224
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 298
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Trademarks and License
Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Transmission Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Fluid, Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Transportation Program, Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Turn and Lane-Change
Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Turn Signal Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
U
Ultrasonic Parking SensorLight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Underseat Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . 284
Up-Shift Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
USB Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Using the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
V
Vehicle Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Identification Number (VIN) . . . 324
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132, 133
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Service Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Vehicle (cont'd)
Speed Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . . . 123
Vehicle Care
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Vehicle Data Recording and Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Ventilation, Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
W
Warning Brake System Light . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Caution and Danger . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Lane Departure (LDW) . . . . . . . 219
Warning Lights, Gauges, and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Warnings
Hazard Flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Wheels Alignment and Tire Balance . . 286
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Where to Put the Restraint . . . . . . 89