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In Brief 5
In Brief
Instrument Panel
Instrument Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Initial Drive Information
Initial Drive Information . . . . . . . . . . 8
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE)System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Remote Vehicle Start . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Trunk Release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Memory Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Heated and Ventilated Seats . . . 12
Safety Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Passenger Sensing System . . . 13
Mirror Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Steering Wheel Adjustment . . . . 14
Interior Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Exterior Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Windshield Wiper/Washer . . . . . . 15
Climate Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Vehicle Features
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Steering Wheel Controls . . . . . . . 18
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Driver Information Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Curb View Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . 19
Power Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Universal Remote System . . . . . 20
Roof Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Convertible . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Performance and Maintenance
Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Tire Pressure Monitor . . . . . . . . . . 21
Performance Vehicle Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . . 22
Car Wash Guidelines . . . . . . . . . . 22
Driving for Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Roadside Assistance Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

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1.Air Vents 0156.
2. Turn Signal Lever. See Turn
and Lane-Change
Signals 0143.
Exterior Lamp Controls 0140.
3. Manual Shift Paddles (If Equipped). See Manual
Mode 0184.
Active Rev Match Paddles (If
Equipped). See Active Rev
Match 0188.
4. Instrument Cluster 096.
5. Windshield Wiper/Washer 092.
6. Instrument Panel Storage Button. See Instrument Panel
Storage 087.
7. Passenger Airbag Status Indicator. See Passenger
Sensing System 071.
8. Light Sensor. See Automatic
Headlamp System 0142.
9. Hazard Warning
Flashers 0143.
10. Infotainment 0146. 11. Passenger Temperature
Control. See Dual Automatic
Climate Control System 0152.
Passenger Heated and
Ventilated Seat Controls (If
Equipped). See Heated and
Ventilated Front Seats 059.
12. Driver and Redundant Passenger Heated and
Ventilated Seat Controls (If
Equipped). See Heated and
Ventilated Front Seats 059.
13. Dual Automatic Climate Control
System 0152.
14. Electric Parking Brake 0190.
15. MODE SELECT Knob. See Competitive Driving
Mode 0198.
16. Shift Lever (Manual Shown). SeeAutomatic Transmission
0 182 orManual
Transmission 0187.
17. Keyless Ignition. See Ignition
Positions 0175.
18. Bluetooth Controls. See “Steering Wheel Controls” in
the infotainment manual. Voice Recognition Controls.
See
“Steering Wheel Controls”
in the infotainment manual.
Driver Information Center (DIC)
Controls. See Driver
Information Center (DIC) 0113.
19. Steering Wheel Controls 092.
20. Horn 092.
21. Steering Wheel Adjustment
092 (Out of View).
22. Cruise Control 0202.
23. Hood Release (Out of View). SeeHood 0217.
24. Data Link Connector (DLC) (Out of View). See Malfunction
Indicator Lamp (Check Engine
Light) 0106.
25. Hatch/Trunk Release Button. SeeHatch (Trunk) 037.
Intrusion and Inclination
Sensors Disable Switch. See
Vehicle Alarm System 039.
26. Head-Up Display Controls (If Equipped). See Head-Up
Display (HUD) 0115.
27. Power Mirrors 042.

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Seat Adjustment
Power Seats
To adjust the seat:
.Move the seat forward or
rearward by sliding the control
forward or rearward.
. Raise or lower the front part of
the seat cushion by moving the
front of the control up or down.
. Raise or lower the seat by
moving the rear of the control up
or down.
See Power Seat Adjustment 056.
Lumbar and Bolster
Adjustment
To adjust the lumbar or bolster
support, if equipped:
.
Press and hold the control
forward to increase or rearward
to decrease lumbar support.
. Press and hold the control
upward to increase or downward
to decrease the side bolster
support.
See Lumbar Adjustment 056.
Reclining Seatbacks
To adjust the seatback:
.
Tilt the top of the control
rearward to recline.
. Tilt the top of the control forward
to raise.
See Reclining Seatbacks 057.

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Mirror Adjustment
Exterior Mirrors
To adjust the mirrors:1. Press L (Left) or R (Right) to select the mirror.
2. Press the control pad to adjust the mirror.
3. Return the switch to the center to deselect the mirror.
See Power Mirrors 042.
If the vehicle has the memory
feature, a preferred mirror position
can be stored. See Memory
Seats 057. To fold, pull the mirror toward the
vehicle. Push the mirror outward to
return it to the original position.
Interior Mirror
Adjustment
Adjust the rearview mirror to clearly
view the area behind the vehicle.
Manual Rearview Mirror
To avoid glare of the headlamps
from behind, push the tab forward
for daytime and pull it rearward for
nighttime use.
Automatic Dimming Rearview
Mirror
If equipped, the mirror automatically
reduces the glare of the headlamps
from behind. The dimming feature
comes on when the vehicle is
started.
See
Automatic Dimming Rearview
Mirror 043.
Steering Wheel
Adjustment
Press the control to move the tilt
and telescoping steering wheel up
and down or forward and rearward.
Both the tilt and telescoping steering
column positions can be stored with
your memory settings. See Memory
Seats 057.
Do not adjust the steering wheel
while driving.

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Seats and
Restraints
Head Restraints
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Front Seats
Power Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . 56
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Seatback Latches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Heated and Ventilated FrontSeats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Safety Belts
Safety Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
How to Wear Safety BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Safety Belt Extender . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . 65
Safety Belt Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Replacing Safety Belt System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Airbag System
Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . 68
When Should an AirbagInflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
What Makes an Airbag
Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
How Does an Airbag Restrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
What Will You See after an Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Passenger Sensing System . . . 71
Servicing the Airbag-Equipped Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Adding Equipment to the Airbag-Equipped Vehicle . . . . . 76
Airbag System Check . . . . . . . . . . 77
Replacing Airbag System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Child Restraints
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Infants and Young Children . . . . 79
Child Restraint Systems . . . . . . . 81
Lower Anchors and Tethers forChildren (LATCH System) . . . . 83
Securing Child Restraints . . . . . . 84
Head Restraints
The vehicle's front seats have head
restraints in the outboard seating
positions that cannot be adjusted.
The front seat outboard head
restraints are not removable.

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Front Seats
Power Seat Adjustment
{Warning
You can lose control of the
vehicle if you try to adjust a driver
seat while the vehicle is moving.
Adjust the driver seat only when
the vehicle is not moving.
To adjust the seat:
.Move the seat forward or
rearward by sliding the control
forward or rearward.
. Raise or lower the front part of
the seat cushion by moving the
front of the control up or down.
. Raise or lower the seat by
moving the rear of the control up
or down.
To adjust the seatback, see
Reclining Seatbacks 057.
To adjust the lumbar support, see
Lumbar Adjustment 056.
Seat Travel Limit
If a seat is moved all the way to the
rear and/or the seatback is reclined
so that it makes contact with the
carpet, all rearward seat movement
will stop. Normal operation of the
seat will resume when the seatback
is no longer in contact with the
carpet. This is normal. If a seat is folded forward, all
rearward or downward seat
movement will stop. Normal
operation will resume when the seat
is returned to an upright position.
Lumbar Adjustment
To adjust the lumbar and bolster
support (if equipped):
.
Press and hold the control
forward to increase or rearward
to decrease lumbar support.
. If equipped, press and hold the
control upward to increase or
downward to decrease the side
bolster support.

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.If recalling the exit position,
press and hold the appropriate
manual control for the exit
feature not recalling for
two seconds. Then try recalling
the exit position again.
If the memory position is still not
recalling, see your dealer for
service.
Seatback Latches
If equipped, lift the latch to fold a
seatback forward.
{Warning
If either seatback is not locked, it
could move forward in a sudden
stop or crash. That could cause
injury to the person sitting there.
Always push and pull on the
seatbacks to be sure they are
locked.
To return a seatback to the sitting
position, push the seatback
rearward. Push and pull on the
seatback to make sure it is locked in
place.
In some vehicles, when the
seatback is folded forward, some
power seat adjustments may not be
available. See Power Seat
Adjustment 056 and Reclining
Seatbacks 057.
Heated and Ventilated
Front Seats
{Warning
If you cannot feel temperature
change or pain to the skin, the
seat heater may cause burns. To
reduce the risk of burns, people
with such a condition should use
care when using the seat heater,
especially for long periods of
time. Do not place anything on
the seat that insulates against
heat, such as a blanket, cushion,
cover, or similar item. This may
cause the seat heater to
overheat. An overheated seat
heater may cause a burn or may
damage the seat.

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92 Instruments and Controls
Vehicle ReminderMessages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Vehicle Speed Messages . . . . . 130
Washer Fluid Messages . . . . . . 130
Window Messages . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Vehicle Personalization
Vehicle Personalization . . . . . . . 130
Universal Remote System
Universal Remote System . . . . 137
Universal Remote System Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Universal Remote System Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Controls
Steering Wheel
Adjustment
Press the control to move the tilt
and telescoping steering wheel up
and down or forward and rearward.
Both the tilt and telescoping steering
column positions can be stored with
your memory settings. See Memory
Seats 057.
Do not adjust the steering wheel
while driving.
Steering Wheel Controls
The infotainment system can be
operated by using the steering
wheel controls. See "Steering
Wheel Controls" in the infotainment
manual.
Horn
Press near or on the horn symbols
on the steering wheel pad to sound
the horn.
Windshield Wiper/Washer
The windshield wiper/washer lever
is on the right side of the steering
column.
With the ignition in ACC/
ACCESSORY or ON/RUN/START,
move the windshield wiper lever to
select the wiper speed.

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340 Index
IndexA
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Active Fuel Management
®. . . . . . 181
Active Rev Match . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . 211
Additional Information OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Additional Maintenance
and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Adjustments Lumbar, Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . . . 230
Air Dam, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Air Filter, Passenger
Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Airbag System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
How Does an AirbagRestrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Passenger Sensing System . . . . 71
What Makes an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
What Will You See after an Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 Airbag System (cont'd)
When Should an Airbag
Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . . 68
Airbags Adding Equipment to theVehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Passenger Status Indicator . . . 105
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Servicing Airbag-Equipped Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Alarm Vehicle Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . 189 Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Appearance Care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Assistance Program, Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Assistance Systems for Parking and Backing . . . . . . . . . . 205
Automatic Dimming Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

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LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Lifting the Vehicle, Tires . . . . . . . . 214
LightElectronic Stability Control(ESC), Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Gear Shifting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Lighting
Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 144
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Lights Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Antilock Brake System(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . 108
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . 108
Engine Coolant
Temperature Warning . . . . . . . . 111
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 141
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Safety Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . 104 Lights (cont'd)
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Service Electric Parking
Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Limited-Slip Differential . . . . 201, 202
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 112
Low-Profile Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
M
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Maintenance and Care Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 298 Maintenance Schedule (cont'd)
Recommended Fluids and
Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 106
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Manual Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Matching Active Rev . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Memory Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Messages Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Battery Voltage andCharging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Convertible Top . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Engine Cooling System . . . . . . . 123
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Fuel System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Key and Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Ride Control System . . . . . . . . . . 125
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Service Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127