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Chevrolet Colorado Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
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274 Vehicle Care
Bias Ply Tire:A pneumatic tire in which
the plies are laid at alternate angles
less than 90 degrees to the centerline
of the tread.
Cold Tire Pressure
:The amount of air
pressure in a tire, measured in kPa
(kilopascal) or psi (pounds per square
inch) before a tire has built up heat
from driving. See Tire Pressure0275.
Curb Weight
:The weight of a motor
vehicle with standard and optional
equipment including the maximum
capacity of fuel, oil, and coolant, but
without passengers and cargo.
DOT Markings
:A code molded into the
sidewall of a tire signifying that the tire
is in compliance with the U.S.
Department of Transportation (DOT)
Motor Vehicle Safety Standards. The
DOT code includes the Tire Identification
Number (TIN), an alphanumeric
designator which can also identify the
tire manufacturer, production plant,
brand, and date of production.
GVWR
:Gross Vehicle Weight Rating.
See Vehicle Load Limits 0178. GAWR FRT
:Gross Axle Weight Rating
for the front axle. See Vehicle Load
Limits 0178.
GAWR RR
:Gross Axle Weight Rating
for the rear axle. See Vehicle Load
Limits 0178.
Intended Outboard Sidewall
:The side
of an asymmetrical tire that must
always face outward when mounted on
a vehicle.
Kilopascal (kPa)
:The metric unit for air
pressure.
Light Truck (LT-Metric) Tire
:A tire used
on light duty trucks and some
multipurpose passenger vehicles.
Load Index
:An assigned number
ranging from 1 to 279 that corresponds
to the load carrying capacity of a tire.
Maximum Inflation Pressure
:The
maximum air pressure to which a cold
tire can be inflated. The maximum air
pressure is molded onto the sidewall.
Maximum Load Rating
:The load rating
for a tire at the maximum permissible
inflation pressure for that tire. Maximum Loaded Vehicle Weight
:The
sum of curb weight, accessory weight,
vehicle capacity weight, and production
options weight.
Normal Occupant Weight
:The number
of occupants a vehicle is designed to
seat multiplied by 68 kg (150 lb). See
Vehicle Load Limits 0178.
Occupant Distribution
:Designated
seating positions.
Outward Facing Sidewall
:The side of
an asymmetrical tire that has a
particular side that faces outward when
mounted on a vehicle. The side of the
tire that contains a whitewall, bears
white lettering, or bears manufacturer,
brand, and/or model name molding
that is higher or deeper than the same
moldings on the other sidewall of
the tire.
Passenger (P-Metric) Tire
:A tire used
on passenger cars and some light duty
trucks and multipurpose vehicles.

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Customer Information 339
Customer literature publications available for
purchase include owner’s manuals, warranty
manuals, and portfolios. Portfolios include an
owner’s manual, warranty manual,
if applicable, and zip lock bag or pouch.
Current and Past Models
Service manuals and customer literature are
available for many current and past model
year GM vehicles.
To order, call 1-800-551-4123 Monday–Friday,
8:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. eastern time
For credit card orders only (VISA,
MasterCard, or Discover), see Helm, Inc. at:
www.helminc.com.
To order by mail, write to:
Helm, Incorporated
Attention: Customer Service
47911 Halyard Drive
Plymouth, MI 48170
Make checks payable in U.S. funds.
Radio Frequency Statement
This vehicle uses license-exempt transmitters
/ receivers / systems that operate on a
radio frequency that complies with Part 15/
Part 18 of the Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) rules and with Innovation,Science and Economic Development (ISED)
Canada's license-exempt RSS(s) / RSP-100 /
ICES-GEN.
Operation is subject to the following two
conditions:
1. The device may not cause harmful interference.
2. The device must accept any interference received, including interference that may
cause undesired operation of the device.
Changes or modifications to any of these
systems by other than an authorized service
facility could void authorization to use this
equipment.
Reporting Safety Defects
Reporting Safety Defects to the
United States Government
If you believe that your vehicle has a
defect which could cause a crash or
could cause injury or death, you should
immediately inform the National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA) in addition to notifying General
Motors. If NHTSA receives similar complaints, it
may open an investigation, and if it
finds that a safety defect exists in a
group of vehicles, it may order a recall
and remedy campaign. However, NHTSA
cannot become involved in individual
problems between you, your dealer,
or General Motors.
To contact NHTSA, you may call the
Vehicle Safety Hotline toll-free at
1-888-327-4236 (TTY: 1-800-424-9153); go
to
https://www.safercar.gov;or write to:
Administrator, NHTSA
1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E.
Washington, D.C. 20590
You can also obtain other information
about motor vehicle safety from
https://www.safercar.gov.
Reporting Safety Defects to the
Canadian Government
If you live in Canada, and you believe
that the vehicle has a safety defect,
notify Transport Canada immediately,

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352 Index
Climate Control Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Compact Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Compartments Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Connected Services
Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Connections
Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Control Hill Descent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Traction and Electronic Stability . . . . . . . 202
Control Light
Hill Descent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Controls Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Coolant Engine Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162, 164
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Courtesy Transportation Program . . . . . . . . 336
Coverage Explanations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Customer Information
Publications Ordering Information . . . . . 338
Customer Satisfaction Procedure . . . . . . . . . . 331
Cybersecurity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
D
Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Data Collection Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .341
Database Coverage Explanations . . . . . . . . . .134
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Diagnostics
Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Differential, Limited-Slip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Door Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Driver
Teen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Driver Information Center (DIC) . . . . . . . 93, 96
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Driving Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Characteristics and Towing Tips . . . . . . . . 219
Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Impaired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Off-Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

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Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 All-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
All-Terrain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Compact Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Full-Size Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Pressure Monitor Operation . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Terminology and Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . . . . . . . . 283
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance . . . . 284
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . 281
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270 Top Tier Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Tow/Haul Mode Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Towing
Driving Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrakLight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Limited-Slip Differential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Trademarks and License Agreements . . . . . .154
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Transfer Case Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Transmission
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Transportation Program, Courtesy . . . . . . . 336 Transporting Items That Can
Catch Fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Truck-Camper Loading Information . . . . . . . .183
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Turn Signal Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
U
Underseat Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Updates
Map Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
USB Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Using the Navigation System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Using the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
V
Vehicle Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Identification Number (VIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11