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Technical Data 467
Technical Data
Vehicle Identification
Vehicle IdentificationNumber (VIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467Service Parts IdentificationLabel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
Vehicle Data
Capacities andSpecifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468Engine Drive Belt Routing . . . . 471
Vehicle Identification
Vehicle Identification
Number (VIN)
This legal identifier is in the frontcorner of the instrument panel, onthe driver side of the vehicle. It canbe seen through the windshield fromoutside. The Vehicle IdentificationNumber (VIN) also appears on theVehicle Certification and ServiceParts labels and certificates of titleand registration.
Engine Identification
The eighth character in the VIN isthe engine code. This codeidentifies the vehicle's engine,specifications, and replacementparts. See“Engine Specifications”underCapacities and Specifications0468for the vehicle's engine code.
Service Parts
Identification Label
This label, on the inside of the glovebox, has the following information:
.Vehicle IdentificationNumber (VIN).
.Model designation.
.Paint information.
.Production options and specialequipment.
Do not remove this label from thevehicle.

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468 Technical Data
Vehicle Data
Capacities and Specifications
The following approximate capacities are given in metric and English conversions. SeeRecommended Fluids andLubricants0462.
If the vehicle has a diesel engine, see the Duramax diesel supplement.
ApplicationCapacities
Metric English
Air Conditioning Refrigerant For the air conditioning system refrigerant type andcharge 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

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470 Technical Data
Engine Specifications
EngineVIN CodeSpark Plug Gap
4.3L V6 (LV3)H0.95–1.10 mm (0.037–0.043 in)
4.3L V6 (LV1)P0.95–1.10 mm (0.037–0.043 in)
5.3L V8 (L83)C0.95–1.10 mm (0.037–0.043 in)
6.0L V8 (L96)G0.95–1.10 mm (0.037–0.043 in)
6.2L V8 (L86)J0.95–1.10 mm (0.037–0.043 in)

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Technical Data 471
Engine Drive Belt Routing
V6 Engines
5.3L and 6.2L V8 Engines
6.0L V8 Engine
If the vehicle has a diesel engine,see the Duramax dieselsupplement.

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Customer Information 481
.Vehicle license plate number.
.Vehicle make, model, andmodel year.
.Vehicle IdentificationNumber (VIN).
.Insurance company and policynumber.
.General description of thedamage to the other vehicle.
Choose a reputable repair facilitythat uses quality replacement parts.See“Collision Parts”earlier in thissection.
If the airbag has inflated, seeWhatWill You See after an AirbagInflates?079.
Managing the Vehicle Damage
Repair Process
In the event that the vehicle requiresdamage repairs, GM recommendsthat you take an active role in itsrepair. If you have a pre-determinedrepair facility of choice, take thevehicle there, or have it towed there.
Specify to the facility that anyrequired replacement collision partsbe original equipment parts, eithernew Genuine GM parts or recycledoriginal GM parts. Remember,recycled parts will not be covered bythe GM vehicle warranty.
Insurance pays the bill for the repair,but you must live with the repair.Depending on your policy limits,your insurance company mayinitially value the repair usingaftermarket parts. Discuss this withthe repair professional, and insist onGenuine GM parts. Remember,if the vehicle is leased, you may beobligated to have the vehiclerepaired with Genuine GM parts,even if your insurance coveragedoes not pay the full cost.
If another party's insurancecompany is paying for the repairs,you are not obligated to accept arepair valuation based on thatinsurance company's collision policyrepair limits, as you have nocontractual limits with that company.
In such cases, you can have controlof the repair and parts choices aslong as the cost stays withinreasonable limits.
Service Publications
Ordering Information
Service Manuals
Service Manuals have the diagnosisand repair information on theengines, transmission, axle,suspension, brakes, electrical,steering, body, etc.
Service Bulletins
Service Bulletins give additionaltechnical service informationneeded to knowledgeably serviceGeneral Motors cars and trucks.Each bulletin contains instructionsto assist in the diagnosis andservice of the vehicle.

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Reporting Safety Defects
to General Motors
In addition to notifying NHTSA (orTransport Canada) in a situation likethis, notify General Motors.
Call 1-800-222-1020, or write:
Chevrolet Motor DivisionChevrolet Customer AssistanceCenterP. O . B o x 3 3 1 7 0Detroit, MI 48232-5170
In Canada, call 1-800-263-3777(English) or 1-800-263-7854(French), or write:
General Motors of CanadaCompanyCustomer Care Centre,Mail Code: CA1-163-0051908 Colonel Sam DriveOshawa, Ontario L1H 8P7
Vehicle Data
Recording and
Privacy
The vehicle has a number ofcomputers that record informationabout the vehicle’sperformanceandhow it is driven. For example, thevehicle uses computer modules tomonitor and control engine andtransmission performance, tomonitor the conditions for airbagdeployment and deploy them in acrash, and, if equipped, to provideantilock braking to help the drivercontrol the vehicle. These modulesmay store data to help the dealertechnician service the vehicle.Some modules may also store dataabout how the vehicle is operated,such as rate of fuel consumption oraverage speed. These modules mayretain personal preferences, such asradio presets, seat positions, andtemperature settings.
Event Data Recorders
This vehicle is equipped with anevent data recorder (EDR). Themain purpose of an EDR is torecord, in certain crash or nearcrash-like situations, such as an airbag deployment or hitting a roadobstacle, data that will assist inunderstanding how a vehicle’ssystems performed. The EDR isdesigned to record data related tovehicle dynamics and safetysystems for a short period of time,typically 30 seconds or less. TheEDR in this vehicle is designed torecord such data as:
.How various systems in yourvehicle were operating;
.Whether or not the driver andpassenger safety belts werebuckled/fastened;
.How far (if at all) the driver wasdepressing the accelerator and/or brake pedal; and,
.How fast the vehicle wastraveling.

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OnStar 487
.Obtain and customize the Wi-Fi®
hotspot name or SSID andpassword, if equipped.
PressQto connect to an
Advisor to:
.Verify account information orupdate contact information.
.Get driving directions.
.Receive a Diagnostic check ofthe vehicle's key operatingsystems.
.Receive Roadside Assistance.
.Manage Wi-Fi Settings,if equipped.
Press>to get a priority connection
to an OnStar Advisor available24/7 to:
.Get help for an emergency.
.Be a Good Samaritan orrespond to an AMBER Alert.
.Get assistance in severeweather or other crisis situationsand find evacuation routes.
OnStar Services
Emergency
Emergency Services require anactive, OnStar service plan(excludes Basic Plan). WithAutomatic Crash Response, built-insensors can automatically alert aspecially trained OnStar Advisorwho is immediately connected in tothe vehicle to help.
Press>for a priority connection to
an OnStar Advisor who can contactemergency service providers, directthem to your exact location, andrelay important information.
With OnStar Crisis Assist, speciallytrained Advisors are available24 hours a day, 7 days a week, toprovide a central point of contact,assistance, and information during acrisis.
With Roadside Assistance, Advisorscan locate a nearby service providerto help with a flat tire, a batteryjump, or an empty gas tank.
Security
If equipped, OnStar provides theseservices:
.With Stolen Vehicle Assistance,OnStar Advisors can use GPS topinpoint the vehicle and helpauthorities quickly recover it.
.With Remote Ignition Block™,if equipped, OnStar can blockthe engine from being restarted.
.With Stolen Vehicle Slowdown®,if equipped, OnStar can workwith law enforcement togradually slow the vehicle down.
Theft Alarm Notification
If equipped, if the doors are lockedand the vehicle alarm sounds, anotification by text, e-mail, or phonecall will be sent. If the vehicle isstolen, an OnStar Advisor can workwith authorities to recover thevehicle.

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496 Index
IndexA
Accessories and
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Active Fuel Management®......275
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . 345
Adding a Snow Plow or
Similar Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Additional Information
OnStar®...................... 491
Additional Maintenance
and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459
Adjustable Throttle and
Brake Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Adjustments
Lumbar, Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Agreements
Trademarks and License . . . . . 231
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . . . 367
Air Filter, Passenger
Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Airbag System
Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
How Does an Airbag
Restrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Passenger Sensing System . . . . 82
Airbag System (cont'd)
What Makes an Airbag
Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
What Will You See after an
Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
When Should an Airbag
Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . . 75
Airbags
Adding Equipment to the
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Light On-Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
On-Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
On-Off Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Passenger Status Indicator . . . 137
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Servicing Airbag-Equipped
Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Alarm
Vehicle Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
All-Terrain Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189, 191
Antenna
Fixed Mast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Multi-band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . 292

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C
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
California
Fuel Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Perchlorate Materials
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
California
Proposition
65 Warning . . . . . . . . . .351, 378, 432
Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . . . . . 2
Capacities and
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468
Carbon Monoxide
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Ta i l g a t e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Cargo
Tie-Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Cargo Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . 3
CD Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Center Console Storage . . . . . . . . 116
Center High-Mounted
Stoplamp (CHMSL) and
Cargo Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
Center Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
Charging
Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . 138
Check
Ignition Transmission Lock . . . 383
Malfunction Indicator
Engine Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Child Restraints
Infants and Young Children . . . . . 90
Lower Anchors and Tethers
for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102, 106
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Cleaning
Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446
Climate Control
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237, 238
Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . 237, 238
Dual Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237, 238
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Clutch, Hydraulic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . . 479
Compartments
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Connections
OnStar®...................... 488
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Traction and Electronic
Stability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Control Light
Hill Descent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Coolant
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Engine Temperature Gauge . . 133
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Engine Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Courtesy Transportation
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 475
Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474
Te x t Te l e p h o n e ( T T Y )
Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475
Customer Information
Service Publications
Ordering Information . . . . . . . . 481

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Index 499
Customer Satisfaction
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472
D
Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . . . 479
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . 3
Data Collection
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . 485
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . 484
Daytime Running
Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Diagnostics
OnStar®...................... 490
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Door
Ajar Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . 471
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . 301
Driver Information
Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145, 147
Driving
Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 304
Driving (cont'd)
Characteristics and
To w i n g T i p s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1 5
Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Drunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
For Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . 31
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 256
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 258
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Off-Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Dual Automatic Climate
Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
E
E85 or FlexFuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Electrical Equipment,
Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Electrical System
Engine Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
Instrument Panel Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393, 395
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
Emergency
OnStar®...................... 487
Engine
Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Check and Service Engine
Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 354
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Coolant Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Coolant Temperature
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Cooling System Messages . . . 152
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 471
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Oil Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Oil Pressure Gauge . . . . . . . . . . 132
Overheated Protection
Operating Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 277
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 484