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Warning (Continued)
structure or anything that can burn.
Ventilate the vehicle by opening a
window or a door.
Contact Customer Assistance as soon as
possible to determine whether an
inspection is needed. SeeCustomer
Assistance Offices 0279.
If the vehicle is in a crash, the sensing
system may shut down the high voltage
system. When this occurs, the high voltage
battery is disconnected and the vehicle will
not start. The SERVICE VEHICLE SOON
message in the Driver Information Center
(DIC) will display. Before the vehicle can
operate again, it must be serviced at your
dealer. If a crash occurs or an airbag(s)
inflates, see “If a Crash Occurs” under
Collision Damage Repair 0283 and
What Will You See after an Airbag Inflates?
0 42 for additional information.
Keep the vehicle plugged in, even when fully
charged, to keep the high voltage battery
temperature ready for the next drive. This is
important when outside temperatures are
extremely hot or cold. Propulsion power may be reduced in
extremely cold temperatures, or if the high
voltage battery is too cold. The message
BATTERY TOO COLD, PLUG IN TO WARM will
display.
A vehicle cover, which can reduce sun
loading on the vehicle and improve high
voltage battery life, is available from your
dealer.
See
Radio Frequency Statement 0286.
Vehicle Storage
The best way to store the vehicle for any
length of time is to plug in the charge cord
and leave it plugged in. The vehicle
monitors and maintains the 12-volt battery
daily. It is okay to leave the vehicle plugged
in for extended periods of time. Once
charged to full, very little energy is required
to maintain the 12-volt battery and high
voltage battery.
If it is not possible to charge the vehicle
with the charge cord left plugged in, be sure
to fully charge the high voltage battery
before storing. The vehicle will stop
maintenance of the 12-volt battery if the
high voltage battery state of charge gets
too low. When storing the vehicle on a long-term
basis:
‐
Keep the high voltage battery state of
charge at 30%.
‐ Attach an AGM/VRLA compatible battery
tender or trickle charger to the 12-volt
battery.
‐ Keep the remote key more than 3 m
(10 ft) away from the vehicle.
12–volt Battery{Warning
Batteries have acid that can burn you and
gas that can explode. You can be badly
hurt if you are not careful. Always wear
eye protection. See Jump Starting - North
America 0256 for tips on working around
a battery without getting hurt.
A trickle charger may be attached to the
12-volt battery terminals or trickle charge
from the underhood remote positive (+) and
negative (–) terminals. See Jump Starting -
North America 0256 for location of these
terminals.

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Caution (Continued)
or brushes. Use only GM approved
cleaners. Do not drive the vehicle through
an automatic car wash that uses silicon
carbide tire/wheel cleaning brushes.
Damage could occur and the repairs
would not be covered by the vehicle
warranty.
Brake System
Visually inspect brake lines and hoses for
proper hook-up, binding, leaks, cracks,
chafing, etc. Inspect disc brake pads for wear
and rotors for surface condition. Inspect
drum brake linings/shoes for wear or cracks.
Inspect all other brake parts.
Steering, Suspension, and Chassis
Components
Visually inspect steering, suspension, and
chassis components for damaged, loose,
or missing parts or signs of wear at least
once a year.
Inspect power steering for proper
attachment, connections, binding, leaks,
cracks, chafing, etc.Visually check constant velocity joint boots
and axle seals for leaks.
Body Component Lubrication
Lubricate all key lock cylinders, hood hinges,
liftgate hinges, steel charge port door, and
power assist step hinges, unless the
components are plastic. Applying silicone
grease on weatherstrips with a clean cloth
will make them last longer, seal better, and
not stick or squeak.
Underbody Maintenance
At least twice a year, spring and fall, use
plain water to flush any corrosive materials
from the underbody. Take care to
thoroughly clean any areas where mud and
other debris can collect.
Sheet Metal Damage
If the vehicle is damaged and requires sheet
metal repair or replacement, make sure the
body repair shop applies anti-corrosion
material to parts repaired or replaced to
restore corrosion protection.
Original manufacturer replacement parts will
provide the corrosion protection while
maintaining the vehicle warranty.
Finish Damage
Quickly repair minor chips and scratches
with touch-up materials available from your
dealer to avoid corrosion. Larger areas of
finish damage can be corrected in your
dealer's body and paint shop.
Chemical Paint Spotting
Airborne pollutants can fall upon and attack
painted vehicle surfaces causing blotchy,
ring-shaped discolorations, and small,
irregular dark spots etched into the paint
surface. See
“Finish Care” previously in this
section.
Interior Care
To prevent dirt particle abrasions, regularly
clean the vehicle's interior. Before using
cleaners, read and follow all safety
instructions on the label. While cleaning the
interior, open the doors and windows to get
proper ventilation. Newspapers or dark
garments can transfer color to the vehicle’s
interior.

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Service and Maintenance 273
Recommended Fluids, Lubricants, and Parts
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants
Fluids and lubricants identified below by name or specification, including fluids or lubricants not listed here, can be obtained from your dealer.Usage Fluid/Lubricant
Electric Drive Unit See your dealer.
Hydraulic Brake System GM approved DOT 4 Hydraulic Brake Fluid.
Key Lock Cylinders, Hood and Liftgate Hinges Multi-Purpose Lubricant, Superlube. See your dealer.
Vehicle Coolant Circuits Use only ACDelco Premix (50/50 mixture of de-ionized water and DEX-COOL Coolant). See your dealer.
Windshield Washer Automotive windshield washer fluid that meets regional freeze protection requirements.

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Or
.Give OnStar Turn-by-Turn Navigation voice
commands.
.Obtain and customize the Wi-Fi hotspot
name or SSID and password, if equipped.
Press
Qto connect to an Advisor to:
.Verify account information or update
contact information.
.Get driving directions.
.Receive a Diagnostic check of the vehicle's
key operating systems.
.Receive Roadside Assistance.
.Manage Wi-Fi Settings, if equipped.
Press
>to get a priority connection to an
OnStar Advisor available 24/7 to:
.Get help for an emergency.
.Be a Good Samaritan or respond to an
AMBER Alert.
.Get assistance in severe weather or other
crisis situations and find evacuation
routes.
OnStar Services
Emergency
Emergency Services require an active safety
and security plan. With Automatic Crash
Response, built-in sensors can automatically
alert a specially trained OnStar Advisor who
is immediately connected in to the vehicle
to help.
Press
>for a priority connection to an
OnStar Advisor who can contact emergency
service providers, direct them to your exact
location, and relay important information.
With OnStar Crisis Assist, specially trained
Advisors are available 24 hours a day, 7 days
a week, to provide a central point of
contact, assistance, and information during a
crisis.
With Roadside Assistance, Advisors can
locate a nearby service provider to help with
a flat tire or a battery jump.
Security
If equipped, OnStar provides these services:
.With Stolen Vehicle Assistance, OnStar
Advisors can use GPS to pinpoint the
vehicle and help authorities quickly
recover it.
.With Remote Ignition Block, if equipped,
OnStar can block the vehicle from being
restarted.
.With Stolen Vehicle Slowdown,
if equipped, OnStar can work with law
enforcement to gradually slow the
vehicle down.
Theft Alarm Notification
If equipped, if the doors are locked and the
vehicle alarm sounds, a notification by text,
e-mail, or phone call will be sent. If the
vehicle is stolen, an OnStar Advisor can work
with authorities to recover the vehicle.
OnStar Additional
Information
In-Vehicle Audio Messages
Audio messages may play important
information at the following times:

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Remote Services
Contact an OnStar Advisor to unlock the
doors or sound the horn and flash the
lamps.
Marketplace
OnStar Advisors can provide offers from
restaurants and retailers on your route, help
locate hotels, or book a room. These services
vary by market.
Diagnostics
By monitoring and reporting on the vehicle's
key systems, OnStar Advanced Diagnostics,
if equipped, provides a way to keep up on
maintenance. Capabilities vary by model.
See www.onstar.com for details and system
limitations. Features are subject to change.
For updates on feature capabilities, see
my.chevrolet.com. Message and data rates
may apply.

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Headlamps (cont'd)Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . 105
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Heated Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
High Voltage Battery Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
High Voltage Devices and Wiring . . . . . . . . 227
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
How to Wear Seat Belts Properly . . . . . . . . . .33
HVAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
I
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Indicator Pedestrian Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Vehicle Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Indicators
Warning Lights and Gauges . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Infants and Young Children, Restraints . . . . 50
Information Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Publication Ordering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Infotainment
Using the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Inspection Multi-Point Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Instrument Panel Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Interior Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 110
J
Jump
Starting - North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
K
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Remote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Remote Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
LampsCourtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105 Lamps (cont'd)
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . . . . . . . . 104
Exterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . . . . . 109
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Keep Assist Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
LATCH System Replacing Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . 64
LATCH, Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Lighting Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Lights Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

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Reimbursement Program, GMMobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Remote Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Key Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Replacement Parts
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
LATCH System Parts After a Crash . . . . . . 64
Seat Belt System Parts after a Crash . . . . 38
Reporting Safety Defects Canadian Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Requirements Electrical Battery Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Restraints Where to Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . 163
Roads Driving, Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Roadside Assistance Program . . . . . . . . . . . . .281
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244S
Safety
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Pedestrian Signal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Safety Defects Reporting
Canadian Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Sealant Kit, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
How to Wear Seat Belts Properly . . . . . . . 33
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Seats Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Heated Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Securing Child Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64, 66
Security
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Self-Sealing Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Accessories and Modifications . . . . . . . . . 213
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Maintenance, General Information . . . . . 270
Parts Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Vehicle Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
Sport Mode Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86