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272 Vehicle Care
Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA), which grades tires by
treadwear, traction, and
temperature performance. This
applies only to vehicles sold in
the United States. The grades
are molded on the sidewalls of
most passenger car tires. The
Uniform Tire Quality Grading
(UTQG) system does not apply
to deep tread, winter tires,
compact spare tires, tires with
nominal rim diameters of
10 to 12 inches (25 to 30 cm),
or to some limited-production
tires.
While the tires available on
General Motors passenger cars
and light trucks may vary with
respect to these grades, they
must also conform to federal
safety requirements and
additional General Motors Tire
Performance Criteria (TPC)
standards.Quality grades can be found
where applicable on the tire
sidewall between tread shoulder
and maximum section width. For
example:
Treadwear 200 Traction AA
Temperature A
All Passenger Car Tires Must
Conform to Federal Safety
Requirements In Addition To
These Grades.
Treadwear
The treadwear grade is a
comparative rating based on the
wear rate of the tire when tested
under controlled conditions on a
specified government test
course. For example, a tire
graded 150 would wear one and
one-half (1½) times as well on
the government course as a tire
graded 100. The relative
performance of tires depends
upon the actual conditions of
their use, however, and may
depart significantly from thenorm due to variations in driving
habits, service practices and
differences in road
characteristics and climate.
Traction
The traction grades, from
highest to lowest, are AA, A, B,
and C. Those grades represent
the tire's ability to stop on wet
pavement as measured under
controlled conditions on
specified government test
surfaces of asphalt and
concrete. A tire marked C may
have poor traction performance.
Warning: The traction grade
assigned to this tire is based on
straight-ahead braking traction
tests, and does not include
acceleration, cornering,
hydroplaning, or peak traction
characteristics.
Temperature
The temperature grades are A
(the highest), B, and C,
representing the tire's resistance

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Index 341
Automatic (cont'd)Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Automatic Transmission Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Shift Lock Control Function
Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Axle, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
B
Battery Exterior Lighting BatterySaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Voltage and Charging Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Battery - North America . . . . 241, 284
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . . 244
Boost Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Brake Parking, Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
System Warning Light . . . . . . . . 108
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 174
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 Bulb Replacement (cont'd)
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
High Intensity Discharge
(HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
License Plate Lamps . . . . . . . . . 246
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
C
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
California Fuel Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Perchlorate MaterialsRequirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
California Proposition
65 Warning . . . . . . . . . .213, 241, 284
Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . . . . . 2
Capacities and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Carbon Fiber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Carbon Monoxide Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Hatch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Cargo Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . 3
Center Console Storage . . . . . . . . . 89 Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . 106
Check
Malfunction IndicatorEngine Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Child Restraints Infants and Young Children . . . . . 79
Lower Anchors and Tethers
for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Cleaning Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Climate Control Systems
Dual Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Clutch, Hydraulic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . . 322
Compartments Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Competition Oriented Tires . . . . . 257
Competitive Driving Mode . . . . . . 198
Compressor Kit, Tire Sealant . . . 276

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342 Index
ConnectionsOnStar®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Control Traction and ElectronicStability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Convertible Top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Coolant Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Engine Temperature Gauge . . 103
Engine TemperatureWarning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . 232, 234
Engine Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Courtesy Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Courtesy Transportation Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Cover
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 318 Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317 Customer Assistance (cont'd)
Text Telephone (TTY)
Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Customer Information
Service PublicationsOrdering Information . . . . . . . . 324
Customer Satisfaction Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
D
Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . . . 322
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . 3
Data RecorderPerformance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . 327
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Diagnostics OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Differential, Limited-Slip . . . 201, 202
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Door Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Ajar Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . 314
Driver Information
Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Driving Competitive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Drunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
For Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . 22
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 168
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 170
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Track Events andCompetitive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Dual Automatic Climate Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
E
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . 190
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . 108
Electrical Equipment,Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Electrical System Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247