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CUSTOMER INFORMATION 409
limiting compensation for damage
repairs by using aftermarket collision
parts. Some insurance companies will
not specify aftermarket collision parts.
When purchasing insurance, we
recommend that you ensure that the
vehicle will be repaired with GM
original equipment collision parts.
If such insurance coverage is not
available from your current insurance
carrier, consider switching to another
insurance carrier.
If the vehicle is leased, the leasing
company may require you to have
insurance that ensures repairs with
Genuine GM Original Equipment
Manufacturer (OEM) parts or Genuine
Manufacturer replacement parts. Read
the lease carefully, as you may be
charged at the end of the lease for
poor quality repairs.
If a Crash Occurs
If there has been an injury, call
emergency services for help. Do not
leave the scene of a crash until all
matters have been taken care of. Move
the vehicle only if its position puts
you in danger, or you are instructed to
move it by a police officer.Give only the necessary information
to police and other parties involved in
the crash.
For emergency towing see
Roadside
Service 0405.
Gather the following information:
.Driver name, address, and telephone
number
.Driver license number
.Owner name, address, and
telephone number
.Vehicle license plate number
.Vehicle make, model, and
model year
.Vehicle Identification Number (VIN)
.Insurance company and policy
number
.General description of the damage
to the other vehicle
Choose a reputable repair facility that
uses quality replacement parts. See
“Collision Parts ”earlier in this section.
If the airbag has inflated, see What
Will You See after an Airbag Inf lates?
0 59.
Managing the Vehicle Damage
Repair Process
In the event that the vehicle requires
damage repairs, GM recommends that
you take an active role in its repair.
If you have a pre-determined repair
facility of choice, take the vehicle
there, or have it towed there. Specify
to the facility that any required
replacement collision parts be original
equipment parts, either new Genuine
GM parts or recycled original GM
parts. Remember, recycled parts will
not be covered by the GM vehicle
warranty.
Insurance pays the bill for the repair,
but you must live with the repair.
Depending on your policy limits, your
insurance company may initially value
the repair using aftermarket parts.
Discuss this with the repair
professional, and insist on Genuine
GM parts. Remember, if the vehicle is
leased, you may be obligated to have
the vehicle repaired with Genuine GM
parts, even if your insurance coverage
does not pay the full cost.
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INDEX 425
DoorAjar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . . . . 400
Drive Systems All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237, 331
Driver Teen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . 275
Driver Information
Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113, 116
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Driver Mode Control Light . . . . . . . . . 109
Driving Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Characteristics andTowing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Competitive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 217
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Impaired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Driving (cont'd)
Track Events and
Competitive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Dual Automatic Climate
Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
E
Electric Brake Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . 106
Electrical Equipment, Add-On . . . . . 307
Electrical SystemEngine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . 334
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . 337
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Rear Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Emergency OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Check Light (Malfunction
Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Engine (cont'd)
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . . . . 313
Coolant Temperature
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100, 101
Coolant Temperature Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Engine Air Filter Life System . . . . . . 319
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Extender, Seat Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . . . . 134
Exterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . 139
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F
Filter,Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . . . . . 135
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Fluid Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . 319
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Frequency Statement Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Front Pedestrian Braking (FPB) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Front Seats
Heated and Ventilated . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Economy, Driving for Better . . . . . 209
Filling a Portable FuelContainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Fuel (cont'd)
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 111
Management, Active . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Recommended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Top Tier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Fuses
Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . 334
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . 337
Rear Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
G
Garage Door Opener . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Gas Strut(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Gauges Engine CoolantTemperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100, 101
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Warning Lights and Indicators . . . 93 General Information
Service and Maintenance . . . . . . . . 381
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Global Positioning System (GPS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
GM Mobility Reimbursement
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404
Guidance Problems with the Route . . . . . . . . . 168
H
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . . . . 135
HD Radio Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Head-up Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Headlamps
Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Daytime RunningLamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . . . . . 134
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Heated Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
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Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Rear Camera Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Rear Pedestrian Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . . . . . . 277
Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Recognition Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Recommended
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Recorder Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Records Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . . . . 372
Reimbursement Program, GM Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Remote Vehicle Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Replacement Parts Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Replacing LATCH System Parts
after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Replacing Seat Belt System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Reporting Safety Defects Canadian Government . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
Restraints Where to Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Reverse Tilt Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Ride Control Systems Enhanced TractionSystem (ETS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Roads Driving, Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Roadside Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
Roof Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . . . . . 400
Run-Flat Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Running the Vehicle While Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231S
Safety Defects ReportingCanadian Government . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . . . . 406
Sealant Kit, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Buckle To Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
How to Wear Seat BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Seats Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Heated and Ventilated Front . . . . . . 42
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . 38
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . 37
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
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Tires (cont'd)If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Low Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349, 350
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Pressure Monitor Operation . . . . . . 352
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . . . . 351
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Run-Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Sealant and Compressor Kit . . . . . 362
Sealant and Compressor Kit,
Storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Self-Sealing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Terminology and Definitions . . . . 347
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . . 359
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Top Tier Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Towing Driving Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 Towing (cont'd)
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Track Events and Competitive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Traction
Control System(TCS)/StabiliTrak Light . . . . . . . . . 109
Limited-Slip Differential . . . . . . . . . . 249
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Trademarks and License Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Trailer
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Transmission Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Transportation Program,
Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . 135U
Umbrella Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . . . . 359
Universal Remote System . . . . . . . . . . 128 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Updates Map Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
USB Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Using the Navigation System . . . . . . 156
Using the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
V
Vehicle
Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Automatic Hold Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Identification Number (VIN) . . . . . 396
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Speed Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
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Vehicle (cont'd)Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Vehicle Care Storing the Tire Sealant andCompressor Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Vehicle Data Recording and Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412
Vehicle Hold Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Vehicle Hold (AVH)
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Vehicle Positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Vehicle Security Steering Column Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Ventilation, Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Video Recorder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Voice Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
W
Warning Brake System Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Caution and Danger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Warning Lights, Gauges, and
Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Warnings
Hazard Flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Wheels Alignment and Tire Balance . . . . . 360
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . 356
Where to Put the Restraint . . . . . . . . . 71
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Windshield Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Wiper/Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Winter Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Wiper Blade Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 331
Wireless Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91