CHEVROLET MALIBU 2019 Owner's Manual
Manufacturer: CHEVROLET, Model Year: 2019, Model line: MALIBU, Model: CHEVROLET MALIBU 2019Pages: 382, PDF Size: 37.7 MB
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Connected Services 371
Make a Call
1. Press
=. System responds:
“OnStar ready.”
2. Say“Call.”System responds:
“Call. Please say the name or
number to call.”
3. Say the entire number without
pausing, including a“1”and the
area code. System responds:
“OK, calling.”
Calling 911 Emergency
1. Press=. System responds:
“OnStar ready.”
2. Say“Call.”System responds:
“Call. Please say the name or
number to call.”
3. Say“911”without pausing.
System responds:“911.”
4. Say“Call.”System responds:
“OK, dialing 911.”
Retrieve My Number
1. Press=. System responds:
“OnStar ready.”
2. Say“My number.”System
responds:“Your OnStar
Hands-Free Calling number is,”
then says the number.
End a Call
Press=. System responds:“Call
ended.”
Verify Minutes and Expiration
Press=and say“Minutes”then
“Verify”to check how many minutes
remain and their expiration date.
If equipped, press
=and touch
Account Services to view the
number of remaining minutes,
available Wi-Fi data, and other
account information.
Diagnostics
By monitoring and reporting on the
vehicle's key systems, OnStar
Advanced Diagnostics, if equipped,
provides a way to keep up on
maintenance. Capabilities vary by
model. See www.onstar.com for
details and system limitations.
Features are subject to change. For
updates on feature capabilities, see
my.chevrolet.com. Message and
data rates may apply.
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372 Index
IndexA
Accessories and
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Active Fuel Management . . . . . . . 183
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . . . 196
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . 231
Additional Information
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Additional Maintenance
and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Adjustments
Lumbar, Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . . . 247
Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . 156, 159
Air Filter
Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Air Filter, Passenger
Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Airbag System
Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
How Does an Airbag
Restrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Passenger Sensing System . . . . 80
What Makes an Airbag
Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78Airbag System (cont'd)
What Will You See after an
Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
When Should an Airbag
Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . . 76
Airbags
Adding Equipment to the
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Passenger Status Indicator . . . 123
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Servicing Airbag-Equipped
Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Alarm
Vehicle Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Alert
Lane Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Side Blind Zone (SBZA) . . . . . . 215
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . 188
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Appearance Care
Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Armrest
Rear Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
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Assistance Program,
Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Assistance Systems for
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Assistance Systems for
Parking and Backing . . . . . . . . . . 205
Auto Stop
Stop/Start System . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Automatic
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Forward Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Automatic Transmission
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Shift Lock Control Function
Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
B
Battery
Exterior Lighting Battery
Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Load Management . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Battery - North America . . . . 257, 312
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . . 261Brake
Parking, Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
System Warning Light . . . . . . . . 126
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Regenerative Braking . . . . . . . . . 191
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Automatic Forward . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Braking System
Front Pedestrian (FPB) . . . . . . . 213
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 176
Bulb Replacement
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Headlamps, Front Turn
Signal, Sidemarker, and
Parking Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
License Plate Lamps . . . . . . . . . 266
Taillamps, Turn Signal,
Stoplamps, and
Back-up Lamps . . . . . . . . 264, 266
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
C
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
California
Perchlorate Materials
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
California
Proposition
65 Warning . . . . . . . . . .234, 257, 312,
Back Cover
Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . . . . . 2
Capacities and
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Carbon Monoxide
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Cargo
Tie-Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . 3
Center Console Storage . . . . . . . . 105
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Charging
Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . 124
Check
Engine Light (Malfunction
Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
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Child Restraints
Infants and Young Children . . . . . 88
Lower Anchors and Tethers
for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99, 101
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Cleaning
Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Climate Control Systems . . . . . . . 156
Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Dual Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . 115, 116
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . . 353
Compact Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Compartments
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Compressor Kit, Tire Sealant . . . 299
Connected Services
Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368Connections
Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . 369
Control
Traction and Electronic
Stability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Coolant
Engine Temperature Gauge . . 121
Engine Temperature
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156, 159
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . 248, 253
Courtesy Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Courtesy Transportation
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Cruise Control, Adaptive . . . . . . . . 196
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Text Telephone (TTY)
Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Customer Information
Publications Ordering
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355Customer Satisfaction
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
D
Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . . . 353
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . 3
Data Collection
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . 359
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . 358
Daytime Running
Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Diagnostics
Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . 371
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Door
Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . 345
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . 203
Driver Information
Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134, 137
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Driving
Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 209
Characteristics and
Towing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Drunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
For Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . 28
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 170
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 172
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Dual Automatic Climate
Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
E
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . 189
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . 127
Electrical Equipment,
Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Electrical System
Engine Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 268
Instrument Panel Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273Electrical System (cont'd)
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Emergency
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Energy Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Engine
Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Check Light (Malfunction
Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 237
Coolant Temperature
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Coolant Temperature
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . 248, 253
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 184
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Engine Air Filter Life System . . . . 246
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 358Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Extender, Seat Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 147
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . 149
Exterior Lighting Battery
Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
F
Features
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Filter,
Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 150
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Fluid
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 246
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Forward Automatic Braking . . . . . 211
Forward Collision Alert
(FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Frequency Statement
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
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Front Pedestrian Braking
(FPB) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Front Seats
Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Heated and Ventilated . . . . . . . . . . 62
Fuel
Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Economy Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . 131
Management, Active . . . . . . . . . . 183
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Recommended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Top Tier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Fuses
Engine Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 268
Instrument Panel Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
G
Gas Strut(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262Gauges
Engine Coolant
Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Power Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Warning Lights and
Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
General Information
Service and Maintenance . . . . . 327
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
GM Mobility Reimbursement
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
H
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . 150
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Headlamps
Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 263Headlamps (cont'd)
Daytime Running
Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Headlamps, Front Turn
Signal, Sidemarker, and
Parking Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . 132
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 149
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . 132
Heated
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Heated and Ventilated Front
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Heater
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156, 159
High Voltage Devices and
Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
High-Speed Operation . . . . . . . . . . 285
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 170
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . 191
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
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How to Wear Seat Belts
Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
HVAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156, 159
I
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Indicator
Pedestrian Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Vehicle Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Infants and Young Children,
Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Information
Energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Publication Ordering . . . . . . . . . . 355
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . 115, 116
Instrument Panel Overview . . . . . . . 6
Interior Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . 49
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
J
Jump Starting - North
America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
K
Keyless Entry
Remote (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . 30
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . . . 278
Lamps
Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . 149
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Exterior Lamps Off
Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Exterior Lighting Battery
Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Malfunction Indicator
(Check Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . 215
Lane Departure
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . 217
Lane Keep Assist Light . . . . . . . . . 128
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70LATCH System
Replacing Parts after a
Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
LATCH, Lower Anchors and
Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Lighting
Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 151
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Lights
Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Antilock Brake System
(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . 126
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Check Engine (Malfunction
Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . 127
Engine Coolant
Temperature Warning . . . . . . . 130
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 131
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 149
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Lights (cont'd)
Lane Keep Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Seat Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . . 122
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Service Electric Parking
Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
StabiliTrak OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Traction Control System
(TCS)/StabiliTrak . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Vehicle Ready . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Locks
Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 131
Low-Profile Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Lower Anchors and Tethers
for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57M
Maintenance
Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Maintenance and Care
Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 329
Recommended Fluids and
Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 124
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Memory Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Messages
Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Mirrors
Automatic Dimming
Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Manual Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Tilt in Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . 49
Monitor System, Tire
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
N
Navigation
Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . 368
Net, Convenience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . 176
O
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Off-Road
Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Oil
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 245
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . . . 86
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . . 349
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
OnStar Additional
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
OnStar Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
OnStar Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
OnStar Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Outlets
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
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P
Park
Shifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Parking
Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Brake and P (Park)
Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . 260
Extended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 183
Parking or Backing
Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 205
Passenger Airbag Status
Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Passenger Compartment Air
Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . 80
Pedestrian Ahead Indicator . . . . . 128
Pedestrian Safety Signal . . . . . . . 108
Perchlorate Materials
Requirements, California . . . . . . 234
Personalization
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Power
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Flows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Indicator Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121Power (cont'd)
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Protection, Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . 181
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Pregnancy, Using Seat Belts . . . . 72
Privacy
Vehicle Data Recording . . . . . . . 358
Program
Courtesy Transportation . . . . . . 352
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Proposition
65 Warning,
California . . . . . . . . . . . .234, 257, 312,
Back Cover
Publication Ordering
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
R
Radio Frequency Statement . . . . 356
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Ready Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Rear Seat Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . . 205Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Recommended
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Recommended Fluids and
Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Records
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . 316
Regenerative Braking . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Reimbursement Program,
GM Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Remote Vehicle Start . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Replacement Parts
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . . . 86
Replacing LATCH System
Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Replacing Seat Belt System
Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Reporting Safety Defects
Canadian Government . . . . . . . . 357
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
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Restraints
Where to Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Reverse Tilt Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Roads
Driving, Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Roadside Assistance
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Roof
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . . 345
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
S
Safety Defects Reporting
Canadian Government . . . . . . . . 357
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Safety Signal
Pedestrian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . 352
Sealant Kit, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66Seat Belts (cont'd)
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
How to Wear Seat Belts
Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . . . 73
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . 72
Seats
Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Heated and Ventilated Front . . . . 62
Heated, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . . 57
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . 57
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Securing Child Restraints . . . 99, 101
Security
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Accessories and
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234Service (cont'd)
Climate Control System . . . . . . . 156
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . 235
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . 341
Maintenance, General
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Parts Identification Label . . . . . 342
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 352
Service Electric Parking
Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Services
Special Application . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Shift Lock Control Function
Check, Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Shifting
Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . 215
Signals, Turn and
Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Spare Tire
Compact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
Special Application Services . . . . 334
Specifications and
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119