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Service and Maintenance 339
.To avoid break-down or failure to
start the vehicle, maintain a
battery with full cranking power.
. Trained dealer technicians have
the diagnostic equipment to test
the battery and ensure that the
connections and cables are
corrosion-free.
Belts
. Belts may need replacing if they
squeak or show signs of
cracking or splitting.
. Trained dealer technicians have
access to tools and equipment
to inspect the belts and
recommend adjustment or
replacement when necessary.
Brakes
Brakes stop the vehicle and are
crucial to safe driving.
. Signs of brake wear may include
chirping, grinding, or squealing
noises, or difficulty stopping. .
Trained dealer technicians have
access to tools and equipment
to inspect the brakes and
recommend quality parts
engineered for the vehicle.
Fluids
Proper fluid levels and approved
fluids protect the vehicle’s systems
and components. See
Recommended Fluids and
Lubricants 0341 for GM approved
fluids.
. Engine oil and windshield
washer fluid levels should be
checked at every fuel fill.
. Instrument cluster lights may
come on to indicate that fluids
may be low and need to be
filled.
Hoses
Hoses transport fluids and should
be regularly inspected to ensure
that there are no cracks or leaks.
With a multi-point inspection, your
dealer can inspect the hoses and
advise if replacement is needed. Lamps
Properly working headlamps,
taillamps, and brake lamps are
important to see and be seen on
the road.
.
Signs that the headlamps need
attention include dimming, failure
to light, cracking, or damage.
The brake lamps need to be
checked periodically to ensure
that they light when braking.
. With a multi-point inspection,
your dealer can check the lamps
and note any concerns.
Shocks and Struts
Shocks and struts help aid in control
for a smoother ride.
. Signs of wear may include
steering wheel vibration, bounce/
sway while braking, longer
stopping distance, or uneven
tire wear.
. As part of the multi-point
inspection, trained dealer
technicians can visually inspect
the shocks and struts for signs

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372 Index
Child Restraints (cont'd)Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83, 85
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Cleaning
Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Climate Control Systems Dual Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . . 354
Compact Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Compartments Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Configure Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Connections OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Control Traction and ElectronicStability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Controls
Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Convertible Top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Roll Bars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Coolant
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Engine Temperature Gauge . . 100
Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Courtesy Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Courtesy Transportation Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Coverage Explanations . . . . . . . . . 192
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 349 Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Text Telephone (TTY)Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Customer Information
Service PublicationsOrdering Information . . . . . . . . 356
Customer Satisfaction Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
D
Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . . . 354
Data CollectionInfotainment System . . . . . . . . . . 359
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . 358
Database Coverage Explanations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 Daytime Running
Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Destination Download OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Devices Auxiliary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Diagnostics
OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Door Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . 346
Driver Information Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Driving Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Drunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
For Better Fuel Economy . . . 20, 19
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 222
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 223

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J
Jump Starting - NorthAmerica . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
K
Keyless EntryRemote (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . 23
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . . . 290
Lamps Adaptive Forward Lighting . . . . 275
Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . 120
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Exterior Lighting BatterySaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Front Turn Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Malfunction Indicator . . . . . . . . . 102
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Side Turn Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278 Lamps (cont'd)
Sidemarker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Lane Departure Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
LATCH System Replacing Parts after a
Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
LATCH, Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Latches, Seatback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Leveling Control Headlamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Light Adaptive Forward Lighting
(AFL) Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Lighting Adaptive Forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 123
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Lights (cont'd)
Antilock Brake System
(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . 104
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . 105
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 107
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Front Fog Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 120
Lane Departure Warning . . . . . . 106
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Operate Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Safety Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . 100
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Service Electric Parking
Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
StabiliTrak
®OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak
®. . . . . . . . . . 107
Warning, Power Steering . . . . . 106
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

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OutletsPower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
P
Pandora Internet Radio . . . . . . . . . 147
Park Shifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Parking Brake and P (Park)
Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . 273
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 232
Parking Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Parking or Backing Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 244
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Passenger Compartment Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . 63
Perchlorate Materials Requirements, California . . . . . . 255
Personalization Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Positioning Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Power
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Protection, Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . 231
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Power Steering Warning Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Pregnancy, Using Safety Belts . . . 56
Privacy
Vehicle Data Recording . . . . . . . 358
Problems with Route Guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Program
Courtesy Transportation . . . . . . 353
Proposition 65 Warning,
California . . . . . . . . . . . .255, 271, 315
Q
Quick Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
R
Radio Data System (RDS) . . . . . . 141
Radio Frequency Statement . . . . 357
Radio Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Radios
AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Satellite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Rear Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . . 244
Rearview Mirrors Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Recognition Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Records Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . 320
Reimbursement Program, GM Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Remote Vehicle Start . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Replacement Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Replacement Parts Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . . . 69

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Index 379
Spare TireCompact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Special Application Services . . . . 338
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
StabiliTrak OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Start Assist, Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Power, Warning Lights . . . . . . . . 106
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Steering Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . 132
Stitcher Internet Radio . . . . . . . . . . 152
Storage Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Storage Areas Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Instrument Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . . 89
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Symbols
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
System Forward CollisionAlert (FCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Global Positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Text Messaging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . 349
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . . . 32 Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288 All-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Compact Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Low Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Pressure Monitor Operation . . 297 Tires (cont'd)
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . 296
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Terminology and Definitions . . 293
Uniform Tire Quality
Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 306
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Towing
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 253
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 320
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Traction
Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak
®Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Trademarks and License
Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Transmission Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263