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Vehicle Care 211
Vehicle Care
General Information
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 212
California Proposition65 Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
California Perchlorate Materials Requirements . . . . . 212
Accessories and Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Vehicle Checks
Doing Your OwnService Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Engine Compartment Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 220
Automatic Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . 222
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Engine Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Engine Overheating . . . . . . . . . . 227
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Brake Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Battery - North America . . . . . . 231
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . 232
Automatic Transmission Shift
Lock Control Function
Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Ignition Transmission Lock
Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Park Brake and P (Park) Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . 233
Wiper Blade Replacement . . . . 233
Headlamp Aiming
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Bulb Replacement
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
High Intensity Discharge (HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Headlamps, Front Turn Signal and Parking Lamps . . . . . . . . . 235
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Taillamps, Turn Signal, Stoplamps, and Back-Up
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
License Plate Lamp . . . . . . . . . . 236
Replacement Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Electrical System
High Voltage Devices and Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Electrical System Overload . . . 238
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 238 Engine Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Wheels and Tires
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Winter Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Low-Profile Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Summer Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Tire Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . 245
Tire Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Tire Terminology andDefinitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Tire Pressure for High-Speed Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Tire Pressure Monitor System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Tire Pressure Monitor Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Tire Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Tire Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Different Size Tires and Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
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High Intensity Discharge
(HID) Lighting
{Warning
The High Intensity Discharge
(HID) lighting system operates at
a very high voltage. If you try to
service any of the system
components, you could be
seriously injured. Have your
dealer or a qualified technician
service them.
After an HID headlamp bulb has
been replaced, the beam might be a
slightly different shade than it was
originally. This is normal.
Headlamps, Front Turn
Signal and Parking
Lamps
Low-Beam Headlamp/Daytime
Running Lamp (Base)
1. For the driver side bulb, remove the windshield washer
bottle filler neck by firmly
pulling it straight up and out of
the bottle.
2. Remove the cap from the back of the headlamp assembly.
3. Disconnect the electrical connector.
4. Remove the bulb socket from the headlamp assembly.
5. Reverse Steps 1–4 to install.
High/Low-Beam Headlamps
(Uplevel)
The high/low-beam headlamps on
the uplevel headlamp system are
High Intensity Discharge (HID) and
should be replaced by your dealer.
Front Turn Signal and
Sidemarker Lamps (Base and
Uplevel)
1. Remove the outside cap from the uplevel headlamp
assembly.
2. Remove the bulb socket from the headlamp assembly.
3. Remove the bulb from the socket.
4. Reverse Steps 1–3 to install.
Fog Lamps
To replace the fog lamp bulb: 1. Locate the bulb assembly under the front fascia.
2. Disconnect the electrical connector from the bulb
assembly.
3. Remove the bulb by turning it counterclockwise and pulling it
straight out of the assembly.
4. Install the new bulb by turning it clockwise into the assembly.
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334 Index
Assistance Systems forDriving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Assistance Systems for Parking and Backing . . . . . . . . . . 196
Automatic Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Forward Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Automatic Transmission
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Shift Lock Control FunctionCheck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
B
BatteryPower Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Voltage and ChargingMessages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Battery - North America . . . . 231, 278
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . . 233
Brake
System Warning Light . . . . . . . . .113
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Brakes (cont'd)
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Automatic Forward . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 166
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Headlamps, Front TurnSignal, and Parking
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
High Intensity Discharge
(HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
License Plate Lamps . . . . . . . . . 236
Taillamps, Turn Signal, Stoplamps, and Back-up
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
C
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
California Fuel Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 206 California (cont'd)
Perchlorate Materials
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
California
Proposition
65 Warning . . . . . . . . . .212, 231, 278
Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . . . . . 2
Capacities and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Carbon Monoxide Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . 2
Center Console Storage . . . . . . . . . 93
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . 111
Check
Ignition Transmission Lock . . . 233
Malfunction IndicatorEngine Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Child Restraints Infants and Young Children . . . . . 74
Lower Anchors and Tethers
for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86, 89
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
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Driving (cont'd)Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 160
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 162
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Track Events and
Competitive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Dual Automatic Climate Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
E
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . 113
Electrical Equipment,Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Electrical System Engine Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 238
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Emergency OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222 Engine (cont'd)
Check and Service Engine
Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 215
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Coolant Temperature
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Coolant Temperature Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Cooling System Messages . . . 127
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Oil Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 176
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 321
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Extender, Safety Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 143
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . 143
F
Features Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Filter, Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 145
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Fluid
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 221
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Forward Automatic Braking . . . . . 200
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Frequency Statement Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Front Seats Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
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338 Index
Instrument PanelStorage Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Interior Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . 42
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
J
Jump Starting - North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
K
Key and Lock Messages . . . . . . . . 129
Keyless EntryRemote (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . 26
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . . . 245
Lamps Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . 144
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Exterior Lamps OffReminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Headlamps, Front Turn Signal, and Parking
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Malfunction Indicator . . . . . . . . . . 111
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119 Lamps (cont'd)
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . 202
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Lane Departure Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
LATCH System Replacing Parts after aCrash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
LATCH, Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Lighter, Cigarette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Lighting
Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Antilock Brake System(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . .113
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . .113 Lights (cont'd)
Engine Coolant
Temperature Warning . . . . . . . .116
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . .117
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Front Fog Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 143
Lane Departure Warning . . . . . . .115
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Safety Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . 109
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Service Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
StabiliTrak®OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak
®. . . . . . . . . . .116
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 118
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Low-Profile Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Lower Anchors and Tethersfor Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
M
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Maintenance and Care Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 294 Recommended Fluids andLubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 111
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Memory Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Messages Battery Voltage and
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Engine Cooling System . . . . . . . 127
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Fuel System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Messages (cont'd)
Key and Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Object Detection System . . . . . 130
Ride Control System . . . . . . . . . . 131
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Starting the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Mirrors Automatic DimmingRearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . 42
Monitor System, Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
N
NavigationOnStar®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Net, Convenience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . 166
O
Object Detection System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Oil Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 220
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . . . 72
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . . 312
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
OnStar
®Additional
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
OnStar
®Connections . . . . . . . . . . . 325
OnStar®Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
OnStar®Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
OnStar®Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
OnStar®Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
OnStar®Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Operation
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Ordering Service Publications . . . . . . . . . . 318