air conditioning CHEVROLET SILVERADO 1500 2018 Owner's Manual

Chevrolet Silverado Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
11349200) - 2018 - CRC - 2/27/18
Technical Data 457
Vehicle Data
Capacities and Specifications
The following approximate capacities are given in metric and English conversions. SeeRecommended Fluids and
Lubricants 0451.
If the vehicle has a diesel engine, see the Duramax diesel supplement.
Application Capacities
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.
Cooling System
4.3L V6 1500 Series 15.1 L 15.9 qt
5.3L V8 1500 Series 15.7 L 16.6 qt
6.0L V8 2500 Series and 3500 Series 16.1 L 17.0 qt
6.2L V8 1500 Series 15.7 L 16.6 qt
Engine Oil with Filter 4.3L V6 5.7 L 6.0 qt
5.3L V8; 6.2L V8 7.6 L 8.0 qt
6.0L V8 5.7 L 6.0 qt

Chevrolet Silverado Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
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Index 487
IndexA
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Active Fuel Management . . . . . . . 256
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . 329
Adding a Snow Plow or Similar Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
Additional Information OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481
Additional Maintenance and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448
Adjustable Throttle and Brake Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Adjustments Lumbar, Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Agreements Trademarks and License . . . . . 210
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . . . 351
Air Conditioning . . . . . .216, 218, 220
Air Filter, Passenger
Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Airbag System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
How Does an AirbagRestrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Passenger Sensing System . . . . 86 Airbag System (cont'd)
What Makes an Airbag
Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
What Will You See after an
Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
When Should an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . . 78
Airbags
Adding Equipment to theVehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Light On-Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
On-Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
On-Off Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Passenger Status Indicator . . . 146
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Servicing Airbag-Equipped Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Alarm Vehicle Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
All-Terrain Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Antenna Fixed Mast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Multi-band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . 273

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California (cont'd)Perchlorate Materials
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
California
Proposition
65 Warning . . . . . . . . . .336, 362, 421, Back Cover
Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . . . . . 2
Capacities and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457
Carbon Monoxide Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Cargo Tie-Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Cargo Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . 3
Center Console Storage . . . . . . . . 125
Center High-Mounted Stoplamp (CHMSL) and
Cargo Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Center Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Charging
Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . 147 Check
Engine Light (Malfunction
Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Ignition Transmission Lock . . . 368
Child Restraints Infants and Young Children . . . . . 94
Lower Anchors and Tethersfor Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111, 114, 115
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Cleaning Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436
Climate Control
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216, 218
Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . 216, 218
Dual Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216, 218
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Clutch, Hydraulic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . . 468
Compartments
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131 Connections
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
Control Hill Descent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Traction and ElectronicStability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Control Light
Hill Descent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Coolant Engine Temperature Gauge . . 142
Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216, 218, 220
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Courtesy Transportation Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279 Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 464 Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
Text Telephone (TTY)
Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464
Customer Information Service Publications
Ordering Information . . . . . . . . 470
Customer Satisfaction Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461