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INDEX i-1
A
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-23
Active Emergency Braking System . . . . . . . . 1-17, 9-53
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . . 9-39
Adaptive Forward
Lighting (AFL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Adaptive Forward Lighting (AFL) Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-68
Additional Information OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-6
Additional Maintenance
and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-8
Adjustments Lumbar, Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . 10-15
Air Filter, Passenger
Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Air Intake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6 Airbag System
Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-32
How Does an Airbag
Restrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26
What Makes an Airbag
Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24
What Will You See after an Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
When Should an Airbag
Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-23
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . 3-22
Airbags Adding Equipment to theVehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31
Passenger Status Indicator . . . 5-15
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
Servicing Airbag-Equipped Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
Alarm Vehicle Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
Alert Lane Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-55
Side Blind Zone (SBZA) . . . . . . 9-54 All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-43
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . 9-30, 10-28
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-30
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
Appearance Care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-85
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-89
Armrest Rear Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Assistance Program,
Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-5
Assistance Systems for Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-50
Assistance Systems for Parking and Backing . . . . . . . . . 9-48
Automatic Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . 10-15
Automatic Transmission Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-29
Shift Lock ControlFunction Check . . . . . . . . . . . 10-29
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B
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-27Jump Starting . . . . . . . . 10-78, 10-79
Load Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
Voltage and ChargingMessages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-35
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . 10-30
Brake System Warning Light . . . . . . . . 5-19
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-25
Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-30
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-33
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-26
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-31
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-36
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Braking System Active Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-17
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . 9-14
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-34
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-31
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . 10-31
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-31 Bulb Replacement (cont'd)
Headlamps, Front Turn
Signal, and Parking
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-32
High Intensity Discharge (HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-31
License Plate Lamps . . . . . . . 10-33
Taillamps, Turn Signal, Stoplamps, and
Back-up Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . 10-33
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-58
C
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
California Fuel Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 9-59
Perchlorate Materials
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3
Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3
Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . . . . . iii
Capacities and
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2
Carbon Monoxide Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-26
Trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8 Cautions, Danger, and
Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
Center Console Storage . . . . . . . . 4-3
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-63
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . 5-16
Check Engine Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Ignition
Transmission Lock . . . . . . . . 10-29
Child Restraints Infants and Young
Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-35
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . 3-41
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-33
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-49, 3-51
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-38
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-35
Cleaning Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-85
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-89
Climate Control Systems Dual Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . 13-8
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R
Radio FrequencyIdentification (RFID) . . . . . . . . . 13-12
Radio Frequency Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-12
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Rear Seat Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Rear Window Sunshade . . . . . . . 2-22
Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20 Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-12
Records Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-14
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-83
Reimbursement Program, GM Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-5
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2, 2-3
Remote Vehicle Start . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Replacement Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . 10-34 Replacement Parts
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-32
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-13
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . 3-32
Replacing LATCH System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . 3-48
Replacing Safety Belt
System Parts after a Crash . . . 3-20
Reporting Safety Defects Canadian Government . . . . . . 13-13
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-13
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . 13-12
Restraints Where to Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-39
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-23
Reverse Tilt Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-19
Ride Control Systems Enhanced TractionSystem (ETS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-36
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-42
Selective . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-36
Roads Driving, Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
Roadside Assistance
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-5 Roof
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-56
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . 12-4
Running the Vehicle While Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-26
S
Safety Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
How to Wear Safety BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . 3-20
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . 3-18
Safety Defects Reporting
Canadian Government . . . . . . 13-13
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-13
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . 13-12
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . 3-19
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . 13-7
Sealant Kit, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-65
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Storage AreasCenter Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Sunglasses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Storing the Tire Sealant
and Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . 10-72
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9
Summer Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-43
Sun Visor Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22
Sunglass Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23
Sunshade Rear Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
System Active Emergency Braking . . . . 9-53
Forward CollisionAlert (FCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-50
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1, 13-15
Systems Driver Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-47T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Taillamps
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 10-33
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . 13-4
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16, 2-17
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-42 All-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-43
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . 10-58
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-63
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-72
Compact Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-77
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-46
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-60
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . 10-63
Inflation Monitor System . . . . 10-52
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-56
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-43
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-51
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23
Pressure Monitor System . . . 10-51
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-56 Tires (cont'd)
Sealant and
Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . . . 10-65
Sealant and Compressor
Kit, Storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-72
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . 10-44
Terminology and Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-47
Uniform Tire Quality
Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-60
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-62
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . 10-62
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-57
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-43
Towing Driving Characteristics . . . . . . . . 9-63
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-67
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 9-63
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . 10-83
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-66, 9-67
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-82
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WheelsAlignment and Tire
Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-62
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-60
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-62
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-57
Where to Put the Restraint . . . . 3-39
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20 Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-44
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20
Windshield Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-30
Wiper/Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8
Winter Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-43
Wiper Blade Replacement . . . . 10-30
Wiring, High Voltage Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-34