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Chevrolet Silverado Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
13337620) - 2020 - CRC - 4/11/19
Driving and Operating 311
.The hazard warning lights are
activated.
Trailering App
If equipped, the Trailering App is on
the Home Page of the infotainment
display.
If equipped this feature allows
profiles for connected trailers to be
created to view status, to store and
track trailer usage information, and
to set up towing assistance
features.
The Trailering App Preview will
appear when the Trailering App is
opened for the first time from the
Home Page. Touch GET STARTED
in the Trailering App to go into
the app.
When a trailer is electrically
connected, there will be an option to
create a profile, use a guest profile,
or cancel. After Cancel is selected a
third time, Don’t Remind Me will
display and touching that will turn off
the trailer detection pop-up. To turn
the Trailer Detection Alert on, select
ON in the Settings tab. When a trailer is electrically
connected and after a Trailer Profile
has been created, the trailer
detection pop-up will appear with a
list of all of the custom Trailer
Profiles made on the vehicle. To
load an existing Trailer Profile,
select one of the Trailer Profiles
listed, or load the Guest Trailer
Profile by selecting GUEST
TRAILER. Touching Cancel,
Accessory/No trailer, or shifting the
vehicle from P (Park), will select
Accessory/No trailer as the active
Trailer Profile and will dismiss the
pop- up.
Create a Trailer Profile
1. Touch Create Profile on the pop-up or touch + Add Trailer
in the Trailering App.
2. Create a name for the trailer.
3. Select the hitch type. A checklist profile will be
created based on the type
selected.
4. Select the trailer type. A pop-up will indicate the setup is
complete. Touch DONE to complete
the process or touch TRAILER
FEATURE SETUP to set up the
Tow/Haul Mode reminder, Trailer
Tire Pressure Monitoring System,
if equipped, maintenance reminders,
or towing assistance, if equipped.
Import a Trailer Profile
A trailer profile saved to an OnStar
account can be imported to the
vehicle.
1. Touch Import Profile on the pop-up.
2. Select a trailer profile from the list.
3. Touch IMPORT.
A pop-up will indicate the import
was successful. Touch OK to return
to the trailer list and select the trailer
profile. The Tow/Haul Mode
reminder, Brake Gain Setting and
Trailer Tire Pressure sensor
learning, if equipped, do not import.

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Light, Reverse Lights, and Electric
Brakes, if equipped), the view will
display OK.
Connection Problem
If any of the trailer connections are
not detected, a message about the
connection issue will appear on the
Driver Information Center (DIC). The
infotainment display will also show
the connection issue in the
Connection Status view.
Diagnose View
Touch Diagnose to see more
information about the connection
problem.
This view will display the names of
the trailer connector pins, a graphic
of the trailer connector, and a
graphic of the back of the trailer.
Any connector pin that failed will be
amber color, and the location of the
corresponding connection will be
highlighted on the graphic of the
back of the trailer.The Running Lights connection may
not detect partial outages. Activate
the light test to check all trailer
lamps. See
“Light Test”following.
If the trailer is not equipped with
reverse lights or electric brakes and
you are receiving failure messages
in the DIC or on this view, turn off
the Reverse Lights Alert or the
Electric Brakes Alert setting in the
trailer ’s profile page.
Light Test
Touch Start Light Test to cycle the
trailer lights on and off to determine
if they are working. The test follows
this sequence: 1. The running lights turn on first and remain on throughout the
sequence.
2. The brake lights turn on for about two seconds.
3. The left turn signal light flashes three times.
4. The right turn signal light flashes three times. 5. The reverse lights turn on for
about two seconds.
6. Steps 2–5 repeat for approximately one minute and
45 seconds, or until the test
deactivates.
Touch Stop to stop the test. The test
will automatically end after
one minute and 45 seconds.
The sequence also deactivates
when any of the following occur:
. The ignition is turned off.
. The transmission is shifted out
of P (Park).
. The brake pedal is pressed.
. The turn signal is activated.
. The hazard warning lights are
activated.

Chevrolet Silverado Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
13337620) - 2020 - CRC - 4/2/19
490 Index
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Extender, Seat Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Exterior Cargo Lamps . . . . . . . . . . 172
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 165
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . 167
Exterior Lighting BatterySaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
F
Fan
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Filter,
Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 169
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
FlexFuel E85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Floor Console Storage . . . . . . . . . . 115
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
Fluid Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 343
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Four-Wheel DriveTransfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Power Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354 Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Forward Collision Alert
(FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . 227, 360
Four-Wheel-Drive Light . . . . . . . . . 141
Frequency Statement Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471
Front Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Front Pedestrian Braking (FPB) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Front Seats Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Heated and Ventilated . . . . . . . . . . 61
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Economy, Driving for Better . . . 186
Filling a Portable FuelContainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . 283, 285
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . 146
Management, Active . . . . . . . . . . 219
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Recommended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281 Fuel (cont'd)
Top Tier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Full-Size Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 418
Fuses Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 370
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374, 376
G
Garage Door Opener . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Gas Strut(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Gauges
Engine CoolantTemperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 133
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Voltmeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Warning Lights and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
General Information Service and Maintenance . . . . . 439

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492 Index
Lamps (cont'd)Exterior Lamps Off
Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Exterior Lighting Battery
Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Malfunction Indicator (Check Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . 275
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Lane Departure Warning
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . 278
Lane Keep Assist Light . . . . . . . . . 142
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
LATCH System Replacing Parts after aCrash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
LATCH, Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Lighting Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Lighting (cont'd)
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Lights
Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Antilock Brake System(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . 140
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Check Engine (Malfunction Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . 145
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . 140
Electronic Stability Control (ESC), Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Engine Coolant
Temperature Warning . . . . . . . 144
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 146
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Four-Wheel-Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Front Fog Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 167
Hill Descent Control . . . . . . . . . . 142
Lane Departure Warning . . . . . . 142
Lane Keep Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 Lights (cont'd)
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Seat Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . . 135
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Service Electric Parking
Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Limited-Slip Differential . . . . . . . . . 243
Lock Steering Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Locking Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 146
Low-Profile Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

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Index 497
Towing (cont'd)General Information . . . . . . . . . . 287
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 424
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . 308
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424
Traction Limited-Slip Differential . . . . . . . 243
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . . . . . . . . 308
Tow Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Trailer Towing App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Trailering App . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Transmission
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Transportation Program,
Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Truck-Camper Loading Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 Turn and Lane-Change
Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Turn Signal Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
U
Underseat Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . 401
Universal Remote System . . . . . . 161Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
V
Vehicle
Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Identification Number (VIN) . . . 456
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Speed Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . . . 143 Vehicle Care
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Vehicle Data Recording and Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473
Vehicle Security Steering Column Lock . . . . . . . . . . 38
Ventilation, Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Voltmeter Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
W
Warning
Brake System Light . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Caution and Danger . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Lane Departure (LDW) . . . . . . . 277
Warning Lights, Gauges, and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Warnings Hazard Flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Wheels Alignment and Tire Balance . . 403
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
Where to Put the Restraint . . . . . . 91
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48