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346 Index
IndexA
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . . . 197
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . 218
Additional Information OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Additional Maintenance and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Adjustments Lumbar, Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . . . 231
Air Filter, Passenger Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Air Intake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Airbag System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
How Does an Airbag
Restrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Passenger Sensing System . . . . 69
What Makes an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
What Will You See after an Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
When Should an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 Airbag System (cont'd)
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . . 65
Airbags Adding Equipment to the
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Passenger Status Indicator . . . .114
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Servicing Airbag-Equipped Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Alarm Vehicle Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Alert Lane Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Side Blind Zone (SBZA) . . . . . . 210
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 188, 242
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . 189 Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Appearance Care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Ashtrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Assistance Program,
Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Assistance Systems for Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

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Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . 104, 108
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . . 329
Compact Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
CompartmentsStorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Compressor Kit, Tire Sealant . . . 275
Connections OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Control Traction and ElectronicStability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Coolant Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Engine Temperature Gauge . . .112
Engine TemperatureWarning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Engine Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Courtesy Transportation
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194 Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Cruise Control (cont'd)
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Cruise Control, Adaptive . . . . . . . . 197
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Text Telephone (TTY)Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Customer Information
Service PublicationsOrdering Information . . . . . . . . 331
Customer Satisfaction Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
D
Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . . . 329
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . 3
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . 334
Daytime RunningLamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Diagnostics OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Door Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Ajar Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133 Door (cont'd)
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . 321
Drive Systems All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . 188, 242
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . 204
Driver Information Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125, 127
Driving Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 207
Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Drunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
For Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . 24
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 169
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 170
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Track Events andCompetitive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Dual Automatic Climate Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

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E
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . 118
Electrical Equipment,Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Electrical System
Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 249
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Emergency OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Energy Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Engine
Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Check and Service EngineSoon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 223
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Coolant Temperature
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Coolant Temperature Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Cooling System Messages . . . 133
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Engine (cont'd)
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Oil Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 185
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 334
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Extender, Safety Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 150
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . 150
F
Features Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Filter, Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 152
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Fluid Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 231
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 Fluid (cont'd)
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Fog Lamps Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . 153, 246
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Frequency Statement Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Front Automatic Braking (FAB) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Front Seats
Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Economy Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . 122
Requirements, California . . . . . 215
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

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Storage AreasCenter Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Instrument Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . . 95
Storing the Tire Sealant and Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Summer Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
System Forward CollisionAlert (FCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156, 335
Systems Driver Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
TaillampsBulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . 324
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . . . 42 Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Tires (cont'd)
All-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Compact Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Pressure Monitor Operation . . 264
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . 262
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Sealant and
Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Sealant and Compressor Kit, Storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Terminology and Definitions . . 258
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 272 Tires (cont'd)
When It Is Time for New
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Towing General Information . . . . . . . . . . 218
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 293
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Track Events and
Competitive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak
®Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Selective Ride Control . . . . . . . . 193
Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Transmission
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Transportation Program, Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

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Turn SignalBulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
U
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . 270
Universal Remote System . . . . . . 146Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
V
Vehicle Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Identification Number (VIN) . . . 318
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . . . 119
Vehicle Care Storing the Tire Sealantand Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . 281
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Vehicle Data Recording and Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333 Ventilation, Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Voltage Devices and Wiring . . . . 248
W
Warning
Brake System Light . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Caution and Danger . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Lane Departure (LDW) . . . . . . . 212
Warning Lights, Gauges, and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Warnings
Hazard Flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Wheels Alignment and Tire Balance . . 272
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Where to Put the Restraint . . . . . . 81
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Windshield
Wiper/Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Winter Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Wiper Blade Replacement . . . . . . 244
Wiring, High Voltage Devices . . . 248