automatic transmission CHEVROLET IMPALA 2020 Owner's Guide

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284 Service and Maintenance
Recommended Fluids, Lubricants, and Parts
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants
UsageFluid/Lubricant
Automatic Transmission DEXRON-VI Automatic Transmission Fluid. Engine Coolant 50/50 mixture of clean, drinkable water and use only DEX-COOL Coolant.
See Cooling System 0209.
Engine Oil Engine oil meeting the dexos1 specification of the proper SAE viscosity
grade. ACDelco dexos1 full synthetic is recommended. See Engine Oil
0 204.
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).
Key Lock Cylinders, Hood and Door Hinges Multi-Purpose Lubricant, Superlube (GM Part No. 12346241, in
Canada 10953474).
Weatherstrip Conditioning Weatherstrip lubricant (GM Part No. 3634770, in Canada 10953518) or equivalent.
Windshield Washer Automotive windshield washer fluid that meets regional freeze protection requirements.

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288 Technical Data
Vehicle Data
Capacities and Specifications
ApplicationCapacities
Metric English
Air Conditioning Refrigerant For the air conditioning system refrigerant type and charge amount, see the refrigerant label under thehood. See your dealer for more information.
Engine Cooling System* 9.4 L 9.9 qt
Engine Oil with Filter 5.7 L 6.0 qt
Fuel Tank 70.0 L 18.5 gal
Wheel Nut Torque 150 Y110 lb ft
All capacities are approximate. When adding, be sure to fill to the approximate level, as recommended in this
manual. Recheck fluid level after filling.
*Engine cooling system capacity values are based on the entire cooling system and its components.
Engine Specifications
Engine VIN CodeTransmission Spark Plug Gap
3.6L V6 Engine (LFX) 3Automatic 0.95–1.10 mm (0.037–
0.043 in)

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310 OnStar
security, or the operation of the
vehicle or the vehicle systems.
Software updates or changes may
affect or erase data or settings that
are stored in the vehicle, such as
saved navigation destinations or
pre-set radio stations. Neither
OnStar nor GM is responsible for
any affected or erased data or
settings. These updates or changes
may also collect personal
information. Such collection is
described in the OnStar privacy
statement or separately disclosed at
the time of installation. These
updates or changes may also cause
a system to automatically
communicate with GM servers to
collect information about vehicle
system status, identify whether
updates or changes are available,
or deliver updates or changes. An
active OnStar agreement constitutes
consent to these software updates
or changes and agreement that
either OnStar or GM may remotely
deliver them to the vehicle.Privacy
The complete OnStar Privacy
Statement may be found at
www.onstar.com (U.S.),
or www.onstar.ca (Canada). We
recommend that you review it. If you
have any questions, call
1-888-4ONSTAR (1-888-466-7827)
or press
Qto speak with an
Advisor. Users of wireless
communications are cautioned that
the privacy of any information sent
via wireless cellular communications
cannot be assured. Third parties
may unlawfully intercept or access
transmissions and private
communications without consent.
OnStar - Software
Acknowledgements
Certain OnStar components include
libcurl and unzip software and other
third party software. Below are the
notices and licenses associated with
libcurl and unzip and for other third
party software please see http://
opensource.lge.com/index
www.onstar.com/us/en/ libcurl:
COPYRIGHT AND PERMISSION
NOTICE
Copyright (c) 1996 - 2010, Daniel
Stenberg, .
All rights reserved.
Permission to use, copy, modify,
and distribute this software for any
purpose with or without fee is
hereby granted, provided that the
above copyright notice and this
permission notice appear in all
copies.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED
“AS IS,”
WITHOUT WARRANTY OF
ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES
OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
AND NONINFRINGEMENT OF
THIRD PARTY RIGHTS. IN NO
EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR
COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE
LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM,
DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY,
WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF
CONTRACT, TORT OR

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AutomaticDimming Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Emergency Braking (AEB) . . . . 180
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Automatic Transmission Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Shift Lock Control FunctionCheck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
B
Battery
Exterior Lighting BatterySaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Load Management . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Battery - North America . . . . 216, 259
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . . 218
Brake Parking, Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
System Warning Light . . . . . . . . 104
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Braking (cont'd)
Automatic
Emergency (AEB) . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 151
Bulb Replacement
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Headlamps, Front TurnSignal, Sidemarker, and
Parking Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
High Intensity Discharge (HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
License Plate Lamps . . . . . . . . . 224
Taillamps, Turn Signal,
Stoplamps, and Back-up
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
C
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 California
Perchlorate Materials
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
California Proposition
65 Warning . . . . . . . . . .199, 216, 259, Back Cover
Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . . . . . 2
Capacities and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Carbon Monoxide
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Cargo Management System . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . 2
Center Console Storage . . . . . . . . . 85
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Charging Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . 102
Check Engine Light (MalfunctionIndicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Child Restraints Infants and Young Children . . . . . 65

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Driving (cont'd)Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 145
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 147
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Dual Automatic Climate
Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
E
E85 or FlexFuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . 161
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . 105
Electrical Equipment,Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Electrical System Engine Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 226
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Emergency OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Engine (cont'd)
Check Light (Malfunction
Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 203
Coolant Temperature
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Overheated Protection Operating Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 157
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 302
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Extender, Seat Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 125
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . 126
Exterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
F
Filter,
Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 127
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
FlexFuel E85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Fluid
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 207
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Frequency Statement Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Front Seats Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Heated and Ventilated . . . . . . . . . . 40
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Economy, Driving for Better . . . 140
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

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Running the Vehicle WhileParked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
S
Safety Defects Reporting
Canadian Government . . . . . . . . 301
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . 296
Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
How to Wear Seat BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . . . 51
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . 49
Seats
Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Heated and Ventilated Front . . . . 40
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . . 36
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . 35
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Seats (cont'd)
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Securing Child Restraints . . . . 78, 80
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . 200
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . 286
Maintenance, General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Parts Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 296
Service Electric Parking
Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Services Special Application . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Shift Lock Control Function Check, Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . 181
Signals, Turn and
Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Spare Tire Compact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Special Application Services . . . . 281
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
StabiliTrak OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Start Assist, Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Stoplamps and Back-up Lamps Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Storage Areas Cargo Management System . . . . 86
Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Instrument Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Umbrella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

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Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . . 84
StrutsGas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Summer Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
System Forward CollisionAlert (FCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132, 304
Systems Driver Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
TaillampsBulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . 293
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . . . 22 Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 All-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Tires (cont'd)
Compact Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Low Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239, 240
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Pressure Monitor Operation . . 242
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . 241
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Terminology and Definitions . . 237
Uniform Tire Quality
Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 251
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Top Tier Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Towing
Driving Characteristics . . . . . . . . 189
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 189
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 262 Towing (cont'd)
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Traction
Control System(TCS)/StabiliTrak Light . . . . . . 107
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Trailer Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Transmission Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Transportation Program, Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Turn Signal Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
U
Umbrella Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . 249
Universal Remote System . . . . . . 121Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123