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230 Driving and Operating
.in stop-and-go traffic.
.in busy parking lots.
Operating the vehicle in Tow/Haul Mode
when lightly loaded or not towing will not
cause damage; however, it is not
recommended and may result in unpleasant
engine and transmission driving
characteristics and reduced fuel economy.
Integrated Trailer Brake Control System
The vehicle may have an Integrated Trailer
Brake Control (ITBC) system for use with
electric trailer brakes or most electric over
hydraulic trailer brake systems. These
instructions apply to both types of electric
trailer brakes.
This symbol is on the Trailer Brake Control
Panel on vehicles with an ITBC system. The
power output to the trailer brakes is
proportional to the amount of vehicle
braking. This available power output to the
trailer brakes can be adjusted to a wide
range of trailering situations. The ITBC system is integrated with the
vehicle’s brake, antilock brake, and
StabiliTrak/Electronic Stability Control (ESC)
systems. In trailering conditions that cause
the vehicle’s antilock brake or StabiliTrak/
ESC systems to activate, power sent to the
trailer's brakes will be automatically
adjusted to minimize trailer wheel lock-up.
This does not imply that the trailer has
StabiliTrak/ESC.
If the vehicle’s brake, anti-lock brake,
or StabiliTrak/ESC systems are not
functioning properly, the ITBC system may
not function fully or at all. Make sure all of
these systems are fully operational to allow
the ITBC system to function properly.
The ITBC system is powered through the
vehicle's electrical system. Turning the
ignition off will also turn off the ITBC
system. The ITBC system is fully functional
only when the ignition is in ON/RUN.{Warning
Connecting a trailer that has an air brake
system may result in reduced or
complete loss of trailer braking, including
increased stopping distance or trailer
instability which could result in serious
(Continued)
Warning (Continued)
injury, death, or property damage. Only
use the ITBC system with electric or
electric over hydraulic trailer brake
systems.
Trailer Brake Control Panel
1. Manual Trailer Brake Apply Lever
2. Integrated Trailer Brake Control (ITBC)
3. Trailer Gain Adjustment Buttons
The ITBC control panel is on the instrument
panel to the left of the steering column. The
control panel allows adjustment to the
amount of output, referred to as Trailer
Gain, available to the trailer brakes and

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236 Vehicle Care
Vehicle Care
General Information
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
California Perchlorate MaterialsRequirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Accessories and Modifications . . . . . . . . . 237
Vehicle Checks
Doing Your Own Service Work . . . . . . . . . 237
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Engine Compartment Overview . . . . . . . . 239
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Automatic Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . 245
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Engine Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Engine Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Brake Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Battery - North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Front Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Automatic Transmission Shift Lock Control Function Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Ignition Transmission Lock Check . . . . . . 255 Park Brake and P (Park) Mechanism
Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Wiper Blade Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Windshield Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Gas Strut(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Headlamp Aiming
Front Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Bulb Replacement
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Headlamps, Front Turn Signal, Sidemarker, and Parking Lamps . . . . . . 258
Taillamps, Turn Signal, Stoplamps, and Back-Up Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Center High-Mounted Stoplamp (CHMSL) and Cargo Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Electrical System
Electrical System Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Engine Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . 262
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . 267
Wheels and Tires
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Winter Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
All-Terrain Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Tire Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Tire Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273 Tire Terminology and Definitions . . . . . . 273
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Tire Pressure Monitor System . . . . . . . . . 276
Tire Pressure Monitor Operation . . . . . . . 277
Tire Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Tire Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . 281
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Different Size Tires and Wheels . . . . . . . 283
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . . . . . . . 283
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance . . . . 284
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Tire Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Tire Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Compact Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Full-Size Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Jump Starting
Jump Starting - North America . . . . . . . . 297
Towing the Vehicle
Towing the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Appearance Care
Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311

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Index 351
Automatic (cont'd)Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Automatic Transmission Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Shift Lock Control Function Check . . . . . . 255
Auxiliary Jack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Avoiding Untrusted Media Devices . . . . . . . . 119
Axle Locking Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Axle, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Axle, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
B
Battery Exterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . . . . . 108
Load Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Battery - North America . . . . . . . . . . . . .253, 297
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Blind Spot Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Bluetooth Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139, 140
Bluetooth Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Brake System Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Brakes (cont'd)
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Automatic Emergency (AEB) . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183
Buckle To Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Bulb Replacement Center High-Mounted Stoplamp(CHMSL) and Cargo Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Headlamps, Front Turn Signal, Sidemarker, and Parking Lamps . . . . . . 258
Taillamps, Turn Signal, Stoplamps,
and Back-up Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
C
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
California Perchlorate Materials Requirements . . . 237
California Proposition 65 Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .253, 297, Back Cover
Camera Rear Vision (RVC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Capacities and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Carbon Monoxide
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Center Console Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Center High-Mounted Stoplamp
(CHMSL) and Cargo Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Charging
Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Check Engine Light (Malfunction Indicator) . . . . 87
Ignition Transmission Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Child Restraints Infants and Young Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Lower Anchors and Tethers forChildren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64, 69
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Cleaning
Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308

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358 Index
Seat Belts (cont'd)Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Seats Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Heated Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Underseat Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Securing Child Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64, 69
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Accessories and Modifications . . . . . . . . . 237
Climate Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Maintenance, General Information . . . . . 313
Parts Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336 Services
Special Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Servicing System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Shift Lock Control Function Check, Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Spare Tire
Compact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Special Application Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
StabiliTrak OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Start Assist, Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Steering Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Stoplamps and Back-up Lamps
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Storage Areas Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Sunglasses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Underseat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Struts Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Sunglass Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
System
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Global Positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Systems Driver Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Taillamps
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Teen Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151