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284 Vehicle Care 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.
Temperature
The temperature grades are A
(the highest), B, and C,
representing the tire's resistance
to the generation of heat and its
ability to dissipate heat when
tested under controlled
conditions on a specified indoor
laboratory test wheel. Sustained
high temperature can cause the
material of the tire to degenerate
and reduce tire life, and
excessive temperature can lead
to sudden tire failure. The grade
C corresponds to a level of performance which all
passenger car tires must meet
under the Federal Motor Safety
Standard No. 109. Grades B and
A represent higher levels of
performance on the laboratory
test wheel than the minimum
required by law. Warning: The
temperature grade for this tire is
established for a tire that is
properly inflated and not
overloaded. Excessive speed,
underinflation, or excessive
loading, either separately or in
combination, can cause heat
buildup and possible tire failure.
Wheel Alignment and Tire
Balance The tires and wheels were aligned
and balanced at the factory to
provide the longest tire life and best
overall performance. Adjustments to
wheel alignment and tire balancing
are not necessary on a regular
basis. Consider an alignment check
if there is unusual tire wear or the vehicle is significantly pulling to one
side or the other. Some slight pull to
the left or right, depending on the
crown of the road and/or other road
surface variations such as troughs
or ruts, is normal. If the vehicle is
vibrating when driving on a smooth
road, the tires and wheels may need
to be rebalanced. See your dealer
for proper diagnosis.
Wheel Replacement Replace any wheel that is bent,
cracked, or badly rusted or
corroded. If wheel nuts keep coming
loose, the wheel, wheel bolts, and
wheel nuts should be replaced.
If the wheel leaks air, replace it.
Some aluminum wheels can be
repaired. See your dealer if any of
these conditions exist.
Your dealer will know the kind of
wheel that is needed.
Each new wheel should have the
same load-carrying capacity,
diameter, width, offset, and be
mounted the same way as the one it
replaces.

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Vehicle Care 285Replace wheels, wheel bolts, wheel
nuts, or Tire Pressure Monitor
System (TPMS) sensors with new
GM original equipment parts.
{ WarningUsing the wrong replacement
wheels, wheel bolts, or wheel
nuts can be dangerous. It could
affect the braking and handling of
the vehicle. Tires can lose air,
and cause loss of control, causing
a crash. Always use the correct
wheel, wheel bolts, and wheel
nuts for replacement.
Caution
The wrong wheel can also cause
problems with bearing life, brake
cooling, speedometer or
odometer calibration, headlamp
aim, bumper height, vehicle
ground clearance, and tire or tire
chain clearance to the body and
chassis. Used Replacement Wheels
{ WarningReplacing a wheel with a used
one is dangerous. How it has
been used or how far it has been
driven may be unknown. It could
fail suddenly and cause a crash.
When replacing wheels, use a
new GM original equipment
wheel.
Tire Chains
{ WarningDo not use tire chains. There is
not enough clearance. Tire chains
used on a vehicle without the
proper amount of clearance can
cause damage to the brakes,
suspension, or other vehicle
parts. The area damaged by the
tire chains could cause loss of
control and a crash.
(Continued) Warning (Continued) Use another type of traction
device only if its manufacturer
recommends it for the vehicle's
tire size combination and road
conditions. Follow that
manufacturer's instructions. To
avoid vehicle damage, drive slow
and readjust or remove the
traction device if it contacts the
vehicle. Do not spin the wheels.
If traction devices are used, install
them on the front tires.
If a Tire Goes Flat It is unusual for a tire to blow out
while driving, especially if the tires
are maintained properly. See Tires
0 265 . If air goes out of a tire, it is
much more likely to leak out slowly.
But if there ever is a blowout, here
are a few tips about what to expect
and what to do:
If a front tire fails, the flat tire
creates a drag that pulls the vehicle
toward that side. Take your foot off

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292 Vehicle Care
Compact Spare Tire
{ WarningDriving with more than one
compact spare tire at a time could
result in loss of braking and
handling. This could lead to a
crash and you or others could be
injured. Use only one compact
spare tire at a time.
If this vehicle has a compact spare
tire, it was fully inflated when new;
however, it can lose air over time.
Check the inflation pressure
regularly. It should be 420 kPa
(60 psi).
Stop as soon as possible and check
that the spare tire is correctly
inflated after being installed on the
vehicle. The compact spare tire is
designed for temporary use only.
The vehicle will perform differently
with the spare tire installed and it is
recommended that the vehicle
speed be limited to 80 km/h
(50 mph). To conserve the tread of the spare tire, have the standard tire
repaired or replaced as soon as
convenient and return the spare tire
to the storage area.
When using a compact spare tire,
the AWD (if equipped), ABS, and
Traction Control systems may
engage until the spare tire is
recognized by the vehicle,
especially on slippery roads. Adjust
driving to reduce possible
wheel slip.
CautionWhen the compact spare is
installed, do not take the vehicle
through an automatic car wash
with guide rails. The compact
spare can get caught on the rails
which can damage the tire, wheel,
and other parts of the vehicle.
Do not use the compact spare on
other vehicles. Do not mix the compact spare tire or
wheel with other wheels or tires.
They will not fit. Keep the spare tire
and its wheel together.
CautionTire chains will not fit the compact
spare. Using them can damage
the vehicle and the chains. Do not
use tire chains on the compact
spare.

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Index 353Cleaning
Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Climate Control Systems
Dual Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . . 333
Compact Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Compartments
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Connected Services
Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Connections
Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . 349
Control
Traction and Electronic
Stability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Coolant
Engine Temperature Gauge . . . 111 Coolant (cont'd)
Engine Temperature
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153, 156
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Courtesy Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Courtesy Transportation
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Cover
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Cruise Control, Adaptive . . . . . . . . 192
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Text Telephone (TTY)
Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Customer Information
Publications Ordering
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Customer Satisfaction
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Cybersecurity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
D
Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . . . 333
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . 3 Data Collection
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . 339
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . 338
Daytime Running
Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Diagnostics
Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . 350
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Door
Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . 325
Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . 185, 252
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . 200
Driver Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Driver Information
Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123, 126
Driving
Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 207
Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . . . 162

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Index 357Lights (cont'd)
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Traction Control System
(TCS)/StabiliTrak . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Locks
Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 122
Lower Anchors and Tethers
for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
M Maintenance
Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Maintenance and Care
Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 311 Maintenance Schedule (cont'd)
Recommended Fluids and
Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 115
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Messages
Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Mirrors
Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Automatic Dimming
Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Tilt in Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . 28
Monitor System, Tire
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
N Navigation
Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . 348
Net, Convenience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . 173 O Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Off-Road
Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Oil
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 239
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . . . 67
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . . 329
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
OnStar Additional
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
OnStar Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
OnStar Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
OnStar Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Operation
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Outlets
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Overview
Instrument Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
P
Park
Shifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

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360 Index Storage Areas
Cargo Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Cargo Management System . . . . 91
Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Sunglasses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . . 87
Struts
Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Summer Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Sunglass Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
System
Forward Collision
Alert (FCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152, 339
Roof Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Systems
Driver Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 T Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . 329
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . . . 26
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Thigh Support Adjustment . . . . . . . 37
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
All-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Compact Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Pressure Monitor Operation . . 275
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . 274
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Terminology and Definitions . . 270
Uniform Tire Quality
Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Wheel Alignment and Tire
Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284 Tires (cont'd)
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 284
When It Is Time for New
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Top Tier Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Towing
Driving Characteristics . . . . . . . . 219
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 219
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 297
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Traction
Control System
(TCS)/StabiliTrak Light . . . . . . 120
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Trailer
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Transmission
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Transportation Program,
Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108