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Lighting 135
If after signaling a turn or lane
change, the arrow flashes rapidly or
does not come on, a signal bulb
may be burned out.
Have any burned out bulbs
replaced. If a bulb is not burned out,
check the fuse. SeeFuses0253.
Fog Lamps
To turn on the fog lamps,
if equipped, the ignition and the
headlamps or parking lamps must
be on.
If the fog lamps are turned on while
the exterior lamp control is in the
AUTO position, the headlamps
come on automatically.
#(Fog Lamps, If Equipped) :
Press to turn on or off. An indicator
light on the instrument cluster
comes on when the fog lamps
are on.
Some localities have laws that
require the headlamps to be on
along with the fog lamps.Interior Lighting
Instrument Panel
Illumination Control
The brightness of the instrument
panel lighting and steering wheel
controls can be adjusted.
D(Instrument Panel
Illumination) : Move and hold the
thumbwheel up or down to brighten
or dim the lights.
Courtesy Lamps
The courtesy lamps come on
automatically when any door is
opened and the dome lamp is in the
door position.
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Vehicle Care 225
Vehicle Care
General Information
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 226
California Proposition65 Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
California Perchlorate Materials Requirements . . . . . 226
Accessories and Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Vehicle Checks
Doing Your OwnService Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Engine Compartment Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 232
Automatic Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . 233
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Engine Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Engine Overheating . . . . . . . . . . 238
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Brake Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Battery - North America . . . . . . 241
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . 243 Automatic Transmission Shift
Lock Control Function
Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Ignition Transmission Lock Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Park Brake and P (Park) Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . 243
Wiper Blade Replacement . . . . 244
Headlamp Aiming
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Bulb Replacement
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
High Intensity Discharge (HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Headlamps, Front Turn Signal, Sidemarker, and Parking
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Taillamps, Turn Signal, Stoplamps, and Back-Up
Lamps (LS and LT) . . . . . . . . . . 249
Taillamps, Turn Signal, Stoplamps, and Back-Up
Lamps (LTZ) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
License Plate Lamp . . . . . . . . . . 251
Replacement Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Electrical System
High Voltage Devices and
Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Electrical System Overload . . . 253
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Engine Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Wheels and Tires
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Winter Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Summer Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Tire Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . 262
Tire Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Tire Terminology andDefinitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Tire Pressure for High-Speed Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Tire Pressure Monitor System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Tire Pressure Monitor Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Tire Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Tire Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
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248 Vehicle Care
that the filler neck clip engages
into the underhood electrical
center retainer.
HID Headlamp Assembly
The HID assembly has a high
intensity discharge (HID) high/low
beam, a DRL/parking lamp,
sidemarker lamp, and a turn signal
lamp on the headlamp assembly.
For replacement of the headlamp on
an HID assembly, contact your
dealer. SeeHigh Intensity
Discharge (HID) Lighting 0245.
Passenger Side Shown, Driver
Side Similar
1. Turn Signal Lamp
2. DRL/Parking Lamp
3. Sidemarker Lamp
Front Turn Signal, Parking, and
Sidemarker Lamps
To replace one of these lamps on a
base, uplevel, or HID assembly:
1. For the driver side bulb, remove the windshield washer
bottle filler neck by firmly
pulling it straight up and out of
the bottle.
2. Remove the bulb socket from the headlamp assembly by
turning it counterclockwise.
3. Remove the bulb from the socket.
4. Replace the bulb in the bulb socket.
5. Install the bulb socket in the headlamp assembly by turning
it clockwise. 6. For the driver side, reinstall the
windshield washer bottle filler
neck by firmly pushing it
straight into the bottle. Ensure
that the filler neck clip engages
into the underhood electrical
center retainer.
Fog Lamps
To replace the front fog lamp bulb:
1. Remove the five access panelfasteners under the front
fascia.
2. Lower the panel far enough to access the fog lamp bulb.
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350 Index
Audio PlayersCD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Automatic Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Automatic Transmission Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Shift Lock Control FunctionCheck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Auxiliary Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
B
Backglass Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
BatteryLoad Management . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Voltage and ChargingMessages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Battery - North America . . . . 241, 293
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . . 244
Bluetooth
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . 156, 157, 161
Brake System Warning Light . . . . . . . . 107
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240 Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 Brakes (cont'd)
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 187
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252 Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135, 248
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Headlamps, Front TurnSignal, Sidemarker, and
Parking Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
High Intensity Discharge (HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
License Plate Lamps . . . . . . . . . 251
Taillamps, Turn Signal, Stoplamps, and
Back-up Lamps . . . . . . . . 249, 250
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
C
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
California Fuel Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 216 California (cont'd)
Perchlorate Materials
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
California
Proposition
65 Warning . . . . . . . . . .226, 241, 293
Camera Rear Vision (RVC) . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . . . . . 2
Capacities and
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Carbon Monoxide Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Cargo Tie-Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . 2
CD Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Center Console Storage . . . . . . . . . 94
Center Stack Display . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . 105
Check
Ignition Transmission Lock . . . 243
Malfunction IndicatorEngine Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
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352 Index
Driving (cont'd)Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Drunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
For Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . 23
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 181
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 183
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Track Events and
Competitive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Dual Automatic Climate
Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
E
Electrical Equipment,Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Electrical System Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Emergency OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340 Engine
Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Check and Service Engine
Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 229
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Coolant Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Cooling System Messages . . . .117
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Oil Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 197
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 337
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Extender, Safety Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 132
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . 132
F
Features
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Filter, Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 134
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Fluid
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 233
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Fog Lamps Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . 135, 248
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Frequency Statement
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Front Seats Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215 Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Economy Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23