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Service and Maintenance 451
Recommended Fluids, Lubricants, and Parts
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants
This maintenance section applies to vehicles with a gasoline engine. If the vehicle has a diesel engine and/or an
Allison Transmission, see“Recommended Fluids and Lubricants” in the Duramax diesel supplement.
Fluids and lubricants identified below by name, part number, or specification can be obtained from your dealer.
Usage Fluid/Lubricant
Automatic Transmission (6-Speed Transmission) DEXRON-VI Automatic Transmission Fluid.
Automatic Transmission (8-Speed Transmission) DEXRON-HP Automatic Transmission Fluid (GM Part No. 19331925, in
Canada 19300537).
Chassis Lubrication Chassis Lubricant (GM Part No. 12377985, in Canada 88901242) or lubricant meeting requirements of NLGI #2, Category LB or GC-LB.
Engine Coolant 50/50 mixture of clean, drinkable water and use only DEX-COOL coolant. SeeCooling System 0352.
Engine Oil Engine oil meeting the dexos1 specification of the proper SAE viscosity grade. ACDelco dexos1 is recommended. See Engine Oil0343.
Floor Shift Linkage Lubriplate Lubricant Aerosol (GM Part No. 89021668, in Canada 89021674) or lubricant meeting requirements of NLGI #2 Category LB or GC-LB.
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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
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D
Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . . . 468
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . 3
Data CollectionInfotainment System . . . . . . . . . . 474
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . 473
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Diagnostics
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . 460
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . 281
Driver Information Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155, 156
Driving Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 285
Characteristics andTowing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Drunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
For Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . 32 Driving (cont'd)
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 236
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 238
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Off-Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Dual Automatic Climate Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
E
E85 or FlexFuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Electrical Equipment,Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Electrical System Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 376
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380, 381
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Emergency
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351 Engine (cont'd)
Check Light (Malfunction
Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 338
Coolant Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Coolant Temperature
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 460
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Oil Pressure Gauge . . . . . . . . . . 141
Overheated Protection Operating Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 257
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 473
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Extender, Seat Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 171
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . 173
Exterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
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F
FanEngine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Fast Idle System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Features Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Filter, Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Fixed Mast Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 175
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
FlexFuel
E85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Floor Console Storage . . . . . . . . . . 126
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
Fluid Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . 347, 350
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Four-Wheel Drive Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Power Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Forward Automatic Braking . . . . . 287
Forward Collision Alert
(FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . 265, 363
Four-Wheel-Drive Light . . . . . . . . . 150
Frequency Statement Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471
Front Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Front Seats
Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Heated and Ventilated . . . . . . . . . . 65
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292 Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Economy Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Filling a Portable FuelContainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . 153
Management, Active . . . . . . . . . . 256
Requirements, California . . . . . 293
Full-Size Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 420
Fuses
Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376 Fuses (cont'd)
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 376
Instrument Panel Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380, 381
G
Garage Door Opener . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Gas Strut(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Gauges Engine CoolantTemperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 141
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Voltmeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Warning Lights and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
General Information Service and Maintenance . . . . . 441
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
GM Mobility Reimbursement Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
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H
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . 175
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
HeadlampsAiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Daytime RunningLamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Headlamps, Front Turn Signal, Sidemarker, and
Parking Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
High Intensity Discharge (HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . 154
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 173
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . 154
Heated Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Heated and Ventilated Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Heater
Engine Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216, 218, 220 High Voltage Devices and
Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
High-Speed Operation . . . . . . . . . . 394
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 236
Hill Descent Control (HDC) . . . . . 277
Hill Descent Control Light . . . . . . . 151
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . 275
Home Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
How to Wear Seat Belts Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
HVAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216, 218, 220
Hydraulic Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
I
Idle System Fast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Ignition Transmission Lock Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Indicator Vehicle Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Infants and Young Children,
Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . 474
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Instrument Panel
Storage Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Interior Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . 51
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
J
Jack Auxiliary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Jump Starting - North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
K
Keyless Entry
Remote (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . 37
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . . . 386
Lamps
Auxiliary RoofMounted Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . 174
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173