horn CHEVROLET SILVERADO 2016 3.G Owners Manual

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8 In Brief
17.Instrument Panel Storage
0119 (If Equipped).
18. Climate Control Systems (with
Heater Only) 0250 orClimate
Control Systems (with Air
Conditioning) 0252 (If
Equipped).
Dual Automatic Climate Control
System 0253 (If Equipped).
19. Parking Brake Release (Manual Transmission Only, If
Equipped). See Parking
Brake 0306
20. Steering Wheel Controls 0125
(If Equipped).
Driver Information Center (DIC)
Controls (If Equipped). See
Driver Information Center (DIC)
(Base Level) 0150 orDriver
Information Center (DIC)
(Uplevel) 0152.
21. Hood Release. See Hood 0363.
22. Horn 0126.
23. Steering Wheel Adjustment
0124 (Out of View). 24.
Cruise Control 0311.
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System 0317 (If Equipped).
25. Data Link Connector (DLC) (Out of View). See Malfunction
Indicator Lamp (Check Engine
Light) 0143.
26. Parking Brake 0306.
27. Electronic Transfer Case Control (If Equipped). See
Four-Wheel Drive 0297.
Card Holder (If Equipped). See
Instrument Panel
Storage 0119.Initial Drive
Information
This section provides a brief
overview about some of the
important features that may or may
not be on your specific vehicle.
For more detailed information, refer
to each of the features which can be
found later in this owner manual.
Remote Keyless Entry
(RKE) System
The RKE transmitter functions may
work from up to 60 m (197 ft) away
from the vehicle.

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The key has a bar-coded key tag
that the dealer or qualified locksmith
can use to make new keys. Store
this information in a safe place, not
in the vehicle.
See your dealer if a replacement
key or additional key is needed.
If it becomes difficult to turn a key,
inspect the key blade for debris.
Periodically clean with a brush
or pick.
With an active OnStar subscription,
an OnStar Advisor may remotely
unlock the vehicle. SeeOnStar
Overview 0501 orOnStar
Overview 0501.
Remote Keyless Entry
(RKE) System
See Radio Frequency Statement
0 496 orRadio Frequency
Statement 0496.
If there is a decrease in the RKE
operating range:
. Check the distance. The
transmitter may be too far from
the vehicle. .
Check the location. Other
vehicles or objects may be
blocking the signal.
. Check the transmitter's battery.
See “Battery Replacement” later
in this section.
. If the transmitter is still not
working correctly, see your
dealer or a qualified technician
for service.
Remote Keyless Entry
(RKE) System Operation
The RKE transmitter functions may
work up to 60 m (197 ft) away from
the vehicle.
Other conditions can affect the
performance of the transmitter. See
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE)
System 036.
With Remote Start (without
Remote Start Similar)
/(Remote Vehicle Start) :
If equipped,
/is used to start the
engine from outside the vehicle
using the RKE transmitter. See
Remote Vehicle Start 038.
Q(Lock) : Press to lock all doors
and the tailgate.
If enabled in Vehicle
Personalization, the turn signal
lamps flash once to indicate locking
has occurred. If enabled through the
DIC, the horn chirps when
Qis
pressed again within three seconds.
See Vehicle Personalization 0165.

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PressingQarms the alarm system.
See Vehicle Alarm System 044.
If equipped with auto mirror folding,
pressing and holding
Qfor
one second will fold the mirrors. The
auto mirror folding feature will not
operate unless it is enabled. See
Folding Mirrors 049 and Vehicle
Personalization 0165.
K(Unlock) : Press once to unlock
only the driver door. If
Kis pressed
again within three seconds, all
remaining doors and the tailgate
unlock. The interior lamps may
come on and stay on for 20 seconds
or until the ignition is turned on.
If enabled in Vehicle
Personalization, the turn signal
lamps flash twice to indicate
unlocking has occurred. See Vehicle
Personalization 0165. If enabled
through the DIC, the exterior lamps
may turn on. See Vehicle
Personalization 0165.
Pressing
Kon the RKE transmitter
disarms the alarm system. See
Vehicle Personalization 0165. If equipped with auto mirror folding,
pressing and holding
Kfor
one second will unfold the mirrors.
The auto mirror folding feature will
not operate unless it is enabled.
See Folding Mirrors 049 and
Vehicle Personalization 0165.
On some models, press, release
and then press and hold
Kto open
all of the windows. Pressing the
button again will stop the windows.
See Vehicle Alarm System 044.
7(Vehicle Locator/Panic
Alarm) : Press and release one
time to initiate vehicle locator. The
turn signal lamps flash and the horn
sounds three times.
Press and hold
7for at least
three seconds to sound the panic
alarm. The turn signal lamps flash
and the horn sounds repeatedly for
30 seconds. The alarm turns off
when the ignition is moved to ON/
RUN or
7is pressed again. The
ignition must be in LOCK/OFF for
the panic alarm to work.
Programming Transmitters to
the Vehicle
Only RKE transmitters programmed
to this vehicle will work. If a
transmitter is lost or stolen, a
replacement can be purchased and
programmed through your dealer.
Each vehicle can have up to
eight transmitters programmed to it.
See your dealer for transmitter
programming.
Battery Replacement
Replace the battery in the
transmitter soon if the REPLACE
BATTERY IN REMOTE KEY
message displays in the DIC.
Caution
When replacing the battery, do
not touch any of the circuitry on
the transmitter. Static from your
body could damage the
transmitter.

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Fast Flash :Vehicle is unsecured.
A door, the liftgate or the hood
is open.
Slow Flash : Alarm system is
armed.
Arming the Alarm System
1. Turn off the vehicle.
2. Lock the vehicle in one of three ways:
.Use the RKE transmitter.
. Use the Keyless Access
system.
. With a door open, press
Q
on the interior of the door.
3. After 30 seconds, the alarm system will arm and the
indicator light will begin to
slowly flash. Pressing
Qon the
RKE transmitter a second time
will bypass the 30-second
delay and immediately arm the
alarm system.
The vehicle alarm system will not
arm if the doors are locked with
the key. If the driver door is opened without
first unlocking with the RKE
transmitter, the horn will chirp and
the lights will flash to indicate
pre-alarm. If the vehicle is not
started, or the door is not unlocked
by pressing
Kon the RKE
transmitter during the 10-second
pre-alarm, the alarm will be
activated.
The alarm will also be activated if a
passenger door, the liftgate, or the
hood is opened without first
disarming the system. When the
alarm is activated, the turn signals
flash and the horn sounds for about
30 seconds. The alarm system will
then re-arm to monitor for the next
unauthorized event.
Disarming the Alarm System
To disarm the alarm system or turn
off the alarm if it has been activated:
. Press
Kon the RKE transmitter.
. Unlock the vehicle using the
Keyless Access system.
. Start the vehicle. To avoid setting off the alarm by
accident:
.
Lock the vehicle after all
occupants have exited.
. Always unlock a door with the
RKE transmitter, or use the
Keyless Access system.
Unlocking the driver door with
the key will not disarm the
system or turn off the alarm.
How to Detect a Tamper
Condition
IfKis pressed on the RKE
transmitter and the horn chirps three
times, an alarm occurred previously
while the alarm system was armed.
If the alarm has been activated, a
message will appear on the DIC.
See Security Messages 0161.
Inclination Sensor and
Intrusion Sensor
In addition to the standard
theft-deterrent system features, this
system may also have an,
inclination sensor and intrusion
sensor.

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Instruments and
Controls
Controls
Steering Wheel Adjustment . . . 124
Steering Wheel Controls . . . . . . 125
Heated Steering Wheel . . . . . . . 126
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Windshield Wiper/Washer . . . . 126
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Power Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Wireless Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Warning Lights, Gauges, and
Indicators
Warning Lights, Gauges, andIndicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Fuel Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Engine Oil Pressure Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Engine Coolant Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Voltmeter Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Safety Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . 139
Airbag Readiness Light . . . . . . . 139
Airbag On-Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Passenger Airbag Status
Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Charging System Light . . . . . . . 142
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (Check Engine Light) . . . . . . . . 143
Brake System Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Antilock Brake System (ABS) Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Four-Wheel-Drive Light . . . . . . . 145
Tow/Haul Mode Light . . . . . . . . . 146
Hill Descent Control Light . . . . 146
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) Light (2500/3500
Series) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) Light (1500 Series) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . 147
Traction Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
StabiliTrak
®OFF Light . . . . . . . . 147
Traction Control System (TCS)/ StabiliTrak
®Light . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Tire Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . 148
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . 149
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . 149
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . 149 Cruise Control Light . . . . . . . . . . 150
Information Displays
Driver Information Center (DIC)
(Base Level) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Driver Information Center (DIC) (Uplevel) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Vehicle Messages
Vehicle Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Battery Voltage and ChargingMessages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Brake System Messages . . . . . 156
Compass Messages . . . . . . . . . . 156
Door Ajar Messages . . . . . . . . . . 156
Engine Cooling System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Engine Oil Messages . . . . . . . . . 157
Engine Power Messages . . . . . 157
Fuel System Messages . . . . . . . 158
Key and Lock Messages . . . . . 158
Lamp Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Object Detection System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Ride Control System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Airbag System Messages . . . . 160
Safety Belt Messages . . . . . . . . 160
Security Messages . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Steering System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

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Heated Steering Wheel
((Heated Steering Wheel, If
Equipped) : Press to turn it on or
off. A light next to the button
displays when the feature is
turned on.
The steering wheel takes about
three minutes to start heating.
Horn
To sound the horn, pressaon the
steering wheel.
Windshield Wiper/Washer
The windshield wiper control is on
the turn signal lever.
The windshield wipers are controlled
by turning the band with
zon it.
1(High Speed) : Fast wipes.
w(Low Speed) :Slow wipes.
3INT (Adjustable Interval
Wipes) : Turn the band up for more
frequent wipes or down for less
frequent wipes.
OFF : Turns the windshield
wipers off.
8(Mist) : For a single wipe,
turn to
8, then release. For several
wipes, hold the band on
8longer.
Clear ice and snow from the wiper
blades before using them. If frozen
to the windshield, carefully loosen or thaw them. Damaged wiper blades
should be replaced. See
Wiper
Blade Replacement 0394.
Heavy snow or ice can overload the
wiper motor. An internal circuit
breaker to the motor will stop the
motor until it cools down.
Wiper Parking
If the ignition is put in OFF while the
wipers are on
w,1, or3INT,
they will immediately stop.
If the windshield wiper lever is then
moved to OFF before the driver
door is opened or within 10 minutes,
the wipers will restart and move to
the base of the windshield.
If the ignition is put in OFF while the
wipers are performing wipes due to
windshield washing, the wipers
continue to run until they reach the
base of the windshield.

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with an automatic transmission or
when the vehicle is turned off with a
manual transmission.
Select Off, All Doors, or Driver Door.
Delayed Door Lock
When on, this feature will delay the
locking of the doors. To override the
delay, press the power door lock
switch on the door.
Select Off or On.
Remote Lock, Unlock, Start
Select and the following may
display:
.Remote Unlock Light Feedback
. Remote Lock Feedback
. Remote Door Unlock
. Remote Start Auto Cool Seats
. Remote Start Auto Heat Seats
. Remote Window Operation
. Passive Door Unlock
. Passive Door Lock
. Remote Left in Vehicle Alert Remote Unlock Light Feedback
When on, the exterior lamps will
flash when unlocking the vehicle
with the RKE transmitter.
Select Off or Flash Lights.
Remote Lock Feedback
This allows selection of what type of
feedback is given when locking the
vehicle with the RKE transmitter.
Select Off, Lights and Horn, Lights
Only, or Horn Only.
Remote Door Unlock
This allows selection of which doors
will unlock when pressing
Kon the
RKE transmitter.
Select All Doors or Driver Door.
Remote Start Auto Cool Seats
If equipped and turned on, this
feature will turn the ventilated seats
on when using remote start on
warm days.
Select Off or On. Remote Start Auto Heat Seats
If equipped and turned on, this
feature will turn the heated seats on
when using remote start on
cold days.
Select Off or On.
Remote Window Operation
This feature enables the window to
open by using the RKE transmitter.
See
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE)
System Operation 036.
Select Off or On.
Passive Door Unlock
This allows the selection of what
doors will unlock when using the
button on the driver door to unlock
the vehicle. See Remote Keyless
Entry (RKE) System Operation 036.
Select All Doors or Driver
Door Only.
Passive Door Lock
This feature can be turned on or off,
or can be used to select feedback
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door to lock the vehicle. See
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE)
System Operation036.
Select Off, On with Horn
Chirp, or On.
Remote Left in Vehicle Alert
This feature sounds an alert when
the RKE transmitter is left in the
vehicle.
Select Off or On.
Bluetooth
Select and the following may
display:
. Pair New Device
. Discoverable
. Device Management
. Ringtones
. Voice Mail Numbers
. Text Message Alerts Pair New Device
Select to pair a new device. See
“Pairing”
in“Infotainment Controls”
under Bluetooth (Voice Recognition
- Base Radio) 0227 orBluetooth
(Infotainment Controls - Base
Radio) 0223 orBluetooth
(Overview) 0222 orBluetooth
(Infotainment Controls - Base Radio
with Touchscreen) 0232 or“Pairing”
in “Infotainment Controls” under
“Bluetooth” in the infotainment
manual.
Discoverable
This allows the system to find a
device.
Select Off or On.
Device Management
Select to connect to a different
phone source, disconnect a phone,
or delete a phone.
Ringtones
Select to change the ring tone for
the specific phone. The phone does
not need to be connected to change
the ring tones. Voice Mail Numbers
This feature displays the voice mail
number for all connected phones.
To change the voice mail number,
select EDIT. Type a new number,
then select SAVE.
Text Message Alerts
This allows the feature to be turned
on or off.
Select Off or On.
Apple CarPlay™
Select and the following may
display:
.
Apple CarPlay
. Manage Apple CarPlay Devices
Apple CarPlay
This feature allows Apple devices to
be connected to the infotainment
system through a USB port.
Select Off or On.
Manage Apple CarPlay Devices
Select to manage Apple devices.
Apple CarPlay must be on for this
feature to be accessed.

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FusesUsage
18 Fuel pump
19 Integrated chassis control module
20 Electronic suspension control
module
21 Fuel pump power module
22 Upfitter 1
23 Upfitter 2
24 Front wiper
25 ABS Valves
26 Upfitter 2
27 Upfitter 3
28 Right parking lamps
29 Left parking lamps
30 Upfitter 3
31 Upfitter 4
32 Upfitter 4
33 Reverse lamps Fuses
Usage
34 Engine control module/Ignition
35 A/C clutch
36 Heated mirrors
37 Upfitter 1
38 Center high-mount stoplamp
39 Miscellaneous/ Ignition
40 Transmission/ Ignition
41 Fuel pump 2
42 Cooling fan clutch
43 Engine
44 Fuel injectors A-odd
45 Fuel injectors B-even
46 O2 Sensor B
47 Throttle control
48 Horn
49 Fog lamps Fuses
Usage
50 O2 Sensor A
51 Engine control module
52 Interior heater
53 Accessory power module/TPM pump
54 Front washer
55 A/C/Battery regulated voltage
control
56 A/C module/ Battery pack
57 Transmission control module/
Engine control
module
58 Headlamps
59 Fuel pump
Relays Usage
60 Upfitter 2
61 Upfitter 3
62 Upfitter 4

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The TPMS sensor matching
process is:1. Set the parking brake.
2. Turn the ignition to ON/RUN with the engine off.
3. Uplevel DIC Only: Make sure the Tire Pressure info page
option is turned on. The info
pages on the DIC can be
turned on and off through the
Settings menu. See Driver
Information Center (DIC) (Base
Level) 0150 orDriver
Information Center (DIC)
(Uplevel) 0152.
4. If the vehicle has an uplevel DIC, use the DIC controls on
the right side of the steering
wheel to scroll to the Tire
Pressure screen under the DIC
info page.
If the vehicle has a base level
DIC, use the trip odometer
reset stem to scroll to the Tire
Pressure screen. 5. If the vehicle has an uplevel
DIC, press and hold the
V
(Set/Reset) button located in
the center of the DIC controls.
If the vehicle has a base level
DIC, press and hold the trip
odometer reset stem for about
five seconds. A message
asking if the process should
begin should appear. Select
yes and press the trip
odometer reset stem to confirm
the selection.
The horn sounds twice to
signal the receiver is in relearn
mode and the TIRE
LEARNING ACTIVE message
displays on the DIC screen.
6. Start with the driver side front tire.
7. Place the relearn tool against the tire sidewall, near the valve
stem. Then press the button to
activate the TPMS sensor.
A horn chirp confirms that the
sensor identification code has
been matched to this tire and
wheel position. 8. Proceed to the passenger side
front tire, and repeat the
procedure in Step 7.
9. Proceed to the passenger side rear tire, and repeat the
procedure in Step 7.
10. Proceed to the driver side rear tire, and repeat the procedure
in Step 7. The horn sounds two
times to indicate the sensor
identification code has been
matched to the driver side rear
tire, and the TPMS sensor
matching process is no longer
active. The TIRE LEARNING
ACTIVE message on the DIC
display screen goes off.
11. Turn the ignition switch to LOCK/OFF.
12. Set all four tires to the recommended air pressure
level as indicated on the Tire
and Loading Information label.