tires CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2011 2.G Repair Manual

Black plate (8,1)Chevrolet Silverado Owner Manual - 2011
13-8 Customer Information
owner or driver if they decide the
claims are made too often, or the
same type of claim is made many
times.
Services Provided
.Emergency Fuel Delivery:
Delivery of enough fuel for the
vehicle to get to the nearest
service station.
.Lock‐Out Service:Service to
unlock the vehicle if you are
locked out. A remote unlock may
be available if you have OnStar.
For security reasons, the driver
must present identification
before this service is given.
.Emergency Tow From a Public
Road or Highway: Tow to the
nearest Chevrolet dealer for
warranty service, or if the vehicle
was in a crash and cannot be
driven. Assistance is also given
when the vehicle is stuck in the
sand, mud, or snow.
.Flat Tire Change: Service to
change a flat tire with the spare
tire. The spare tire, if equipped,
must be in good condition and
properly inflated. It is the owner's
responsibility for the repair or
replacement of the tire if it is
not covered by the warranty.
.Battery Jump Start: Service to
jump start a dead battery.
Services Not Included in
Roadside Assistance
.Impound towing caused by
violation of any laws.
.Legal fines.
.Mounting, dismounting,
or changing of snow tires,
chains, or other traction devices.
.Towing or services for vehicles
driven on a non-public road or
highway.
Services Specific to Canadian
Purchased Vehicles
.Fuel Delivery: Reimbursement
is approximately $5 Canadian.
Diesel fuel delivery may be
restricted. Propane and other
fuels are not provided through
this service.
.Lock-Out Service: Vehicle
registration is required.
.Trip Routing Service: Detailed
maps of North America are
provided when requested either
with the most direct route or the
most scenic route. There is a
limit of six requests per year.
Additional travel information
is also available. Allow three
weeks for delivery.

Black plate (2,1)Chevrolet Silverado Owner Manual - 2011
i-2 INDEX
Audio SystemFixed Mast Antenna . . . . . . . . . . 7-14
Radio Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-13
Rear Seat (RSA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-47
Theft-Deterrent Feature . . . . . . . . 7-2
Automatic Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-4
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . 9-43 Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-11, 10-14
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-47
Automatic Transmission Shift Lock Control
Function Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-38
Auxiliary Roof Mounted Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Auxiliary Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-33
Axle, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-34
Axle, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-35B
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-32 Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-96
Load Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10
Voltage and ChargingMessages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-43
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-39
Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-49
Brake Pedal and AdjustableThrottle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-32
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-29 Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-67
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-69
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-30
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-68
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-44 Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . 9-32
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-46
Center High-MountedStoplamp (CHMSL) and
Cargo Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-45
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-43
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . 10-40
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-43
License Plate Lamps . . . . . . . 10-46
Pickup-Box Identification
and Fender Marker
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-44
Taillamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-44
Taillamps, Turn Signal, Stoplamps, and
Back-Up Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . 10-45
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-75

Black plate (11,1)Chevrolet Silverado Owner Manual - 2011
INDEX i-11
Reporting Safety DefectsCanadian Government . . . . . . 13-16
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-16
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . 13-15
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-35
Ride Control Systems
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-49
Roadside Assistance Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-7, 13-9
Roof
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22, 2-23
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-71
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . 12-6
Running the Vehicle While Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-42
S
Safety Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-30
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-29
How to Wear Safety BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17
Lap Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-23 Safety Belts (cont.)
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21
Replacing After a Crash . . . . . . 3-30
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . 3-28
Safety Defects Reporting Canadian Government . . . . . . 13-16
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-16
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . 13-15
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . 3-29
Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10
Scheduled Maintenance . . . . . . . 11-2
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . 13-9
Seatback Latches . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Seats
Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Center Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Heated Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-11
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . 3-7
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . 3-5
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12, 3-13
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9 Securing Child
Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-68, 3-71
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Service Accessories and
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . 10-4
Engine Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27
Maintenance Records . . . . . . .11-12
Maintenance, General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1
Parts Identification Label . . . . . 12-1
Publications Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-14
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 13-9
Servicing the Airbag-Equipped Vehicle . . . . . 3-48
Shift Lock Control Function Check, Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-38

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i-12 INDEX
ShiftingInto Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-38
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-40
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Snow Plow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-123
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
StabiliTrak
®Indicator Light . . . . 5-31
StabiliTrak®System . . . . . . . . . . . 9-70
Start Assist, Hills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-70
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . 10-37
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-35
Starting the Vehicle Messsages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-50
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4 Fluid, Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-27
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Stoplamps and Back-Up Lamps Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 10-45 Storage Areas
Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Instrument Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22, 2-23
Switches Airbag On-Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-39
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
System
Noise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-36
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
Taillamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-44Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 10-45
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-6
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . 2-14 Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14 Throttle, Adjustable . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-32
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Tires
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . 10-75
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-81
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-83
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-59
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-77
Dual Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-73
Full-Size Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-95
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . 10-81
Inflation Monitor System . . . . 10-67
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-71
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-51
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-65
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-32
Pressure MonitorSystem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-65
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-71
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . 10-56
Terminology and Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-60
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-78

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INDEX i-13
Tires (cont.)Wheel Alignment and
Tire Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-79
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . 10-80
When It Is Time for
New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-74
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-49
Tow/Haul Mode Light . . . . . . . . . . 5-31
Towing Driving Characteristics . . . . . . . . 9-90
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-111
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 9-90
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . 10-101
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-94
Trailer SwayControl (TSC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-123
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-101
Trailer
Sway Control (TSC) . . . . . . . . 9-123
Tow Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
Trailer Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-94
Transfer Case Vent Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-53 Transmission
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-43
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . 10-11, 10-14
Fluid, Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-17
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-52
Transportation Program, Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-10
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Truck-Camper Loading Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-30
Turn and Lane-Change
Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Turn Signal Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 10-45
U
Ultrasonic Parking Assist . . . . . . 9-76
Uniform Tire QualityGrading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-78
Universal Remote System . . . . . 5-61 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-66
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-61
Using this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
V
Vehicle
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-23
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-43
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-53
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-101
Vehicle Care
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-63
Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1
Service Parts IdentificationLabel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1
Vehicle Reminder Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-52
Vent Filter Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-53
Ventilation, Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-11
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22
Voltmeter Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20

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i-14 INDEX
W
Warning Lights, Gauges,and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv Cautions and Danger . . . . . . . . . . . .iv
Hazard Flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-28
Washer Fluid Messages . . . . . . . 5-53
Wheels
Alignment and TireBalance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-79
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-77
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-80
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-74
Where to Put the
Child Restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-57 Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20
Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21
Windshield Wiper/Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-20
Wiper Blade Replacement . . . . 10-39