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driver if they decide the claims are
made too often, or the same type of
claim is made many times.
Services Provided
.Emergency Fuel Delivery:
Delivery of enough fuel for the
vehicle to get to the nearest
service station.
. Lock-Out Service: Service to
unlock the vehicle if you are
locked out. A remote unlock may
be available if you have OnStar.
For security reasons, the driver
must present identification
before this service is given.
. Emergency Tow from a Public
Road or Highway: Tow to the
nearest Chevrolet dealer for
warranty service, or if the vehicle
was in a crash and cannot be
driven. Assistance is not given
when the vehicle is stuck in the
sand, mud, or snow.
. Flat Tire Change: Service to
change a flat tire with the spare
tire. The spare tire, if equipped,
must be in good condition and
properly inflated. It is the owner's responsibility for the repair or
replacement of the tire if it is not
covered by the warranty.
. Battery Jump Start: Service to
jump start a dead battery.
. Trip Interruption Benefits and
Assistance: If your trip is
interrupted due to a warranty
event, incidental expenses may
be reimbursed within the
Powertrain warranty period.
Items considered are reasonable
and customary hotel, meals,
rental car, or a vehicle being
delivered back to the customer,
up to 500 miles.
Services Not Included in
Roadside Assistance
. Impound towing caused by
violation of any laws
. Legal fines
. Mounting, dismounting,
or changing of snow tires,
chains, or other traction devices
Service is not provided if a vehicle
is in an area that is not accessible
to the service vehicle or is not a regularly traveled or maintained
public road, which includes ice and
winter roads. Off-road use is not
covered.
Services Specific to
Canadian-Purchased Vehicles
.
Fuel Delivery: Reimbursement
is up to 7 liters. If available,
diesel fuel delivery may be
restricted. Propane and other
fuels are not provided through
this service.
. Lock-Out Service: Vehicle
registration is required.
. Trip Interruption Benefits and
Assistance: Must be over
150 km from where your trip was
started to qualify.
Pre-authorization, original
detailed receipts, and a copy of
the repair orders are required.
Once authorization has been
received, the Roadside
Assistance advisor will help to
make arrangements and explain
how to receive payment.

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IndexA
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . 212
Additional Information OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Additional Maintenance and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . . . 227
Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . 156, 158
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Airbag System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
How Does an Airbag
Restrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
What Makes an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
What Will You See after an
Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
When Should an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . . 58
Airbags
Adding Equipment to theVehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Light On-Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
On-Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Airbags (cont'd)
On-Off Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Servicing Airbag-Equipped
Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Alert Side Blind Zone (SBZA) . . . . . . 195
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
All-Terrain Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Antenna
Multi-band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . 186
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Appearance Care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Ashtrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Assistance Program, Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Audio Theft-Deterrent Feature . . . . . . . 130
Audio Players CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Automatic Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

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Automatic (cont'd)Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . 223, 226
Automatic Transmission
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Shift Lock Control FunctionCheck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Auxiliary Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Avoiding Untrusted Media Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Axle, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
B
Battery Exterior Lighting BatterySaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Load Management . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Battery - North America . . . . 238, 286
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . . 242
Bluetooth Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Brake
System Warning Light . . . . . . . . 107
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Brakes (cont'd)
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 173
Bulb Replacement
Center High-MountedStoplamp (CHMSL) . . . . . . . . . 246
Front Turn Signal,
Sidemarker, and Parking
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
License Plate Lamps . . . . . . . . . 247
Taillamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
C
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
California Fuel Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Perchlorate MaterialsRequirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
California Proposition
65 Warning . . . . . . . . . .214, 238, 286, Back CoverCamera
Rear Vision (RVC) . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . . . . . 2
Capacities and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Carbon Monoxide Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Cargo Tie-Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Cargo Door Relocking . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . 2
CD Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Center High-Mounted
Stoplamp (CHMSL) . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . 104
Check
Engine Light (MalfunctionIndicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Ignition Transmission Lock . . . 242
Child Restraints Infants and Young Children . . . . . 70
Lower Anchors and Tethersfor Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82, 84
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

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Proposition65 Warning,
California . . . . . . . . . . . .214, 238, 286,
Back Cover
R
Radio Frequency Statement . . . . 328
Radio Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
RadiosAM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Satellite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Rear Climate Control System . . . 158
Rear Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Rear Heating System . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . . 193
Rear Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Records Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . 290 Reimbursement Program,
GM Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Remote Vehicle Start . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Replacement Parts Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . . . 67
Replacing LATCH System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Replacing Seat Belt System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Reporting Safety Defects Canadian Government . . . . . . . . 329
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Restraints Where to Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Roads Driving, Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Roadside Assistance Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268 Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . . 317
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
S
Safety Defects ReportingCanadian Government . . . . . . . . 329
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . 324
Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
How to Wear Seat BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . . . 55
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . 54
Seats Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . 42
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

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Seats (cont'd)Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Securing Child Restraints . . . . 82, 84
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Accessories and
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Climate Control System . . . . . . . 156
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . 215
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . 313
Maintenance, General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Parts Identification Label . . . . . 314
Publications Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 324
Services Special Application . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Shift Lock Control Function Check, Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . 195
Side Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Sidemarker
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Sliding Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Special Application Services . . . . 307
Specifications and
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
StabiliTrak
OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Start Assist, Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164 Fluid, Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Storage Areas Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . . 88
Struts Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Swing-out Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Switches
Airbag On-Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
System Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129, 331
Noise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
T
Taillamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . 321
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . . . 34Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 All-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
All-Terrain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Dual Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Full-Size Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

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Tires (cont'd)Pressure Monitor Operation . . 265
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . 264
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Terminology and Definitions . . 260
Uniform Tire Quality
Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Wheel Alignment and Tire
Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 275
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Tow/Haul Mode Light . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Towing Driving Characteristics . . . . . . . . 202
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 202
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 290
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . .211
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . . . . . . . . .211
Tow Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Transmission
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . 223, 226
Transportation Program, Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
U
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . 273
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
V
VehicleCanadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Identification Number (VIN) . . . 314
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Vehicle (cont'd)
Speed Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Vehicle Care
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Vehicle Data Recording and Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Ventilation, Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Voltmeter Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
W
Warning Brake System Light . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Caution and Danger . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Warning Lights, Gauges, and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Warnings Hazard Flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Wheels Alignment and Tire Balance . . 275
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Where to Put the Restraint . . . . . . 74
Wi-Fi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335

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Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38Enhanced Technology Glass . . . 40
Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Swing-out Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Windshield
Wiper/Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Winter Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Wiper Blade Replacement . . . . . . 242