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302 Vehicle Care
FusesUsage
F54 –
F55 Front wiper speed/ Control
F56 –
F57 Left daytime running lamp
Relays Usage
K01 Starter solenoid
K02 Air conditioning control
K03 Engine control module
K04 Front wiper control
K05 Starter solenoid
K06 Fuel heater (diesel only)
K07 –
K08 –
K09 Front wiper speed
K10 –
K11 – Relays
Usage
K12 High-beam headlamps
K13 Headlamps/Daytime running lamps
K14 Run/Crank
K15 Rear window defogger
*K16 Horn
*K17 Selective catalytic reduction
(diesel only)
*K18 Fog lamps
*K19 Coolant pump
*K20 –
*K21 Rear washer pump
*K22 Front washer pump
*K23 Rear wiper control
* PCB relays are not serviceable.Instrument Panel Fuse
Block
The instrument panel fuse block is
under the instrument panel on the
driver side.
To access the fuses, press and
release the latch near the top center
square.
Apply pressure to the two retaining
tabs on the sides of the cover, until
the two retaining tabs clear the
sides of the instrument panel. Allow
the panel to move downward and
out of the way.

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360 Service and Maintenance
Maintenance
Schedule
Owner Checks and Services
At Each Fuel Stop
.Check the engine oil level. See
Engine Oil 0275.
Once a Month
. Check the tire inflation
pressures. See Tire Pressure
0 313.
. Inspect the tires for wear. See
Tire Inspection 0320.
. Check the windshield washer
fluid level. See Washer Fluid
0 287.
Engine Oil Change
When the CHANGE ENGINE OIL
SOON message displays, have the
engine oil and filter changed within
the next 1 000 km/600 mi. If driven
under the best conditions, the
engine oil life system may not
indicate the need for vehicle service
for up to a year. The engine oil and filter must be changed at least once
a year and the oil life system must
be reset. Your trained dealer
technician can perform this work.
If the engine oil life system is reset
accidentally, service the vehicle
within 5 000 km/3,000 mi since the
last service. Reset the oil life
system when the oil is changed.
See
Engine Oil Life System 0279.
On vehicles with diesel engines, it is
recommended to drain the diesel
fuel filter of water when the oil is
changed or when the WATER IN
FUEL CONTACT SERVICE
message displays.
Air Conditioning Desiccant
(Replace Every Seven Years)
The air conditioning system requires
maintenance every seven years.
This service requires replacement of
the desiccant to help the longevity
and efficient operation of the air
conditioning system. This service
can be complex. See your dealer.
Tire Rotation and Required
Services Every 12 000 km/
7,500 mi
Rotate the tires, if recommended for
the vehicle, and perform the
following services. See Tire
Rotation 0320.
. Check engine oil level and oil
life percentage. If needed,
change engine oil and filter, and
reset oil life system. See Engine
Oil 0275 and
Engine Oil Life System 0279.
. Check engine coolant level. See
Cooling System 0282.
. Check windshield washer fluid
level. See Washer Fluid 0287.
. Check tire inflation pressures.
See Tire Pressure 0313.
. Inspect tire wear. See Tire
Inspection 0320.
. Visually check for fluid leaks.
. Inspect engine air cleaner filter.
See Engine Air Cleaner/Filter
0 280.

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Service and Maintenance 369
Recommended Fluids, Lubricants, and Parts
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants
UsageFluid/Lubricant
Automatic Transmission DEXRON-VI Automatic Transmission Fluid.
Diesel Exhaust Aftertreatment System Diesel Exhaust Fluid (GM Part No. 19286291, in Canada 88865751) or diesel exhaust fluid that meets ISO 22241 or displays the API Diesel
Exhaust Fluid Certification Mark.
Engine Coolant 50/50 mixture of clean, drinkable water and use only DEX-COOL Coolant.
See Cooling System 0282.
Engine Oil (Diesel) Engine oil meeting the dexos2 specification of the proper SAE viscosity
grade. ACDelco dexos2 is recommended. See Engine Oil0275.
Engine Oil (Gasoline) Engine oil meeting the dexos1 specification of the proper SAE viscosity grade. ACDelco dexos1 full synthetic is recommended. See Engine Oil
0 275.
Hood and Door Hinges, and Key Lock Cylinders Multi-Purpose Lubricant, Superlube (GM Part No. 12346241, in
Canada 10953474).
Hood Latch Assembly, Secondary Latch, Pivots, Spring Anchor, and
Release Pawl Lubriplate Lubricant Aerosol (GM Part No. 89021668, in
Canada 89021674) or lubricant meeting requirements of NLGI #2,
Category LB or GC-LB.
Hydraulic Brake System DOT 3 Hydraulic Brake Fluid (GM Part No. 19353126, in Canada 19353127).
Transfer Case (All-Wheel Drive) Transfer Case Fluid (GM Part No. 19351882, in Canada 19351883).

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404 Index
Child Restraints (cont'd)Lower Anchors and Tethers
for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83, 85
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Cleaning Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Climate Control Systems . . . . . . . 154 Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Dual Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . 102, 106
Cold Weather Operation . . . . . . . . 245
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . . 384
Compact Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Compartments Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Compressor Kit, Tire Sealant . . . 328
Connected Services Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399 Connections
Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . 400
Control Traction and ElectronicStability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Coolant Engine Temperature Gauge . . . 111
Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154, 156
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Courtesy Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Courtesy Transportation
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Cover
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Covers Rear Compartment/StoragePanel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Cruise Control, Adaptive . . . . . . . . 214
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 380 Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379 Customer Assistance (cont'd)
Text Telephone (TTY)
Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Customer Information
Publications OrderingInformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Customer Satisfaction Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Cybersecurity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
D
Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . . . 384
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . 3
Data Collection
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . 390
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . 389
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Diagnostics Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . 401
Diesel Exhaust Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF)
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Diesel Particulate Filter . . . . . . . . . 191
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

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Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
DoorDelayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . 376
Drive Systems All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . 204, 291
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . 225
Driver Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Driver Information Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123, 129
Driving Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 230
Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . . . 164
Characteristics andTowing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Drunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 173
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 175
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Off-Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174 Driving the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Dual Automatic Climate
Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
E
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . 205
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . 117
Electrical Equipment,Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Electrical System Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 299
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Rear Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Emergency OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Engine
Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Check Light (MalfunctionIndicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 270
Coolant Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282 Engine (cont'd)
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 191
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Engines Diesel Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 389
Exhaust Fluid Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Extender, Seat Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 144
Exterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
F
Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Replacement (Fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . 249

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Filter,Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 148
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Fluid
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 280
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Frequency Statement
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Front Pedestrian Braking (FPB) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Front Seats Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Heated and Ventilated . . . . . . . . . . 43
Fuel
Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Cold Weather Operation . . . . . . 245 Fuel (cont'd)
Diesel Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Economy, Driving for Better . . . 164
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . 250, 251
Filter Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . 121
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Recommended . . . . . . . . . . 241, 242
Running out of Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Top Tier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Water in Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Fuel for Diesel Engines . . . . . . . . . 243
Fuses Engine Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 299
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Rear Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
G
Garage Door Opener . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Garage Door Opener (cont'd)
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Gas Strut(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Gauges Engine CoolantTemperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Warning Lights and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
General Information
Service and Maintenance . . . . . 358
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
GM Mobility Reimbursement
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
H
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . 148
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147