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Driving and Operating 265
Detecting the Vehicle Ahead
FCA warnings will not occur unless
the FCA system detects a vehicle
ahead. When a vehicle is detected,
the vehicle ahead indicator will
display green. Vehicles may not be
detected on curves, highway exit
ramps, or hills, due to poor visibility;
or if a vehicle ahead is partially
blocked by pedestrians or other
objects. FCA will not detect another
vehicle ahead until it is completely
in the driving lane.
{Warning
FCA does not provide a warning
to help avoid a crash, unless it
detects a vehicle. FCA may not
detect a vehicle ahead if the FCA
sensor is blocked by dirt, snow,(Continued)
Warning (Continued)
or ice, or if the windshield is
damaged. It may also not detect a
vehicle on winding or hilly roads,
or in conditions that can limit
visibility such as fog, rain,
or snow, or if the headlamps or
windshield are not cleaned or in
proper condition. Keep the
windshield, headlamps, and FCA
sensors clean and in good repair.
Collision Alert
With Head-Up Display
Without Head-Up Display
When your vehicle approaches
another detected vehicle too rapidly,
the red FCA display will flash on the
windshield. Also, eight rapid
high-pitched beeps will sound from
the front, or both sides of the Safety
Alert Seat will pulse five times.
When this Collision Alert occurs, the
brake system may prepare for driver
braking to occur more rapidly which
can cause a brief, mild deceleration.
Continue to apply the brake pedal
as needed. Cruise control may be
disengaged when the Collision Alert
occurs.

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Tailgating Alert
The vehicle ahead indicator will
display amber when you are
following a vehicle ahead much too
closely.
Selecting the Alert Timing
The Collision Alert control is on the
steering wheel. Press
[to set the
FCA timing to Far, Medium, or Near.
The first button press shows the
current setting on the DIC.
Additional button presses will
change this setting. The chosen
setting will remain until it is changed
and will affect the timing of both the
Collision Alert and the Tailgating
Alert features. The timing of both
alerts will vary based on vehicle
speed. The faster the vehicle speed,
the farther away the alert will occur.
Consider traffic and weather
conditions when selecting the alert timing. The range of selectable alert
timings may not be appropriate for
all drivers and driving conditions.
If your vehicle is equipped with
Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC),
changing the FCA timing setting
automatically changes the following
gap setting (Far, Medium, or Near).
Following Distance Indicator
The following distance to a moving
vehicle ahead in your path is
indicated in following time in
seconds on the Driver Information
Center (DIC). The minimum
following time is 0.5 seconds away.
If there is no vehicle detected
ahead, or the vehicle ahead is out of
sensor range, dashes will be
displayed.
Unnecessary Alerts
FCA may provide unnecessary
alerts for turning vehicles, vehicles
in other lanes, objects that are not
vehicles, or shadows. These alerts
are normal operation and the
vehicle does not need service.
Cleaning the System
If the FCA system does not seem to
operate properly, this may correct
the issue:
.
Clean the outside of the
windshield in front of the
rearview mirror.
. Clean the entire front of the
vehicle.
. Clean the headlamps.
Automatic Emergency
Braking (AEB)
If the vehicle has Forward Collision
Alert (FCA), it also has AEB (1500
series only), which includes
Intelligent Brake Assist (IBA). When
the system detects a vehicle ahead
in your path that is traveling in the
same direction that you may be
about to crash into, it can provide a
boost to braking or automatically
brake the vehicle. This can help
avoid or lessen the severity of
crashes when driving in a forward
gear. Depending on the situation,
the vehicle may automatically brake

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Warning (Continued)
.If the headlamps or
windshield are not cleaned
or in proper condition.
Be ready to take action and apply
the brakes. For more information,
see Defensive Driving 0184.
Keep the windshield, headlamps,
and FPB sensor clean and in
good repair.
FPB can be set to Off, Alert, or Alert
and Brake through vehicle
personalization. See “Collision/
Detection Systems” underVehicle
Personalization 0153.
Detecting the Pedestrian
Ahead
FPB alerts and automatic braking
will not occur unless the FPB
system detects a pedestrian. When
a nearby pedestrian is detected in
front of the vehicle, the pedestrian
ahead indicator will display amber.
Front Pedestrian Alert
With Head-Up Display
Without Head-Up Display
When the vehicle approaches a
pedestrian ahead too rapidly, the
red FPB alert display will flash on
the windshield. Eight rapid
high-pitched beeps will sound from
the front, or both sides of the Safety
Alert Seat will pulse five times. When this Pedestrian Alert occurs,
the brake system may prepare for
driver braking to occur more rapidly
which can cause a brief, mild
deceleration. Continue to apply the
brake pedal as needed. Cruise
control may be disengaged when
the Front Pedestrian Alert occurs.
Automatic Braking
If FPB detects it is about to crash
into a pedestrian directly ahead, and
the brakes have not been applied,
FPB may automatically brake
moderately or brake hard. This can
help to avoid some very low speed
pedestrian crashes or reduce
pedestrian injury. FPB can
automatically brake to detected
pedestrians between 8 km/h (5 mph)
and 80 km/h (50 mph). Automatic
braking levels may be reduced
under certain conditions, such as
higher speeds.
If this happens, Automatic Braking
may engage the Electric Parking
Brake (EPB) to hold the vehicle at a
stop. Release the EPB. A firm press

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.Vehicles can tow in D (Drive).
Tow/Haul Mode is recommended
for heavier trailers. See Tow/
Haul Mode 0223. If the
transmission downshifts too
often, a lower gear may be
selected using Manual Mode.
See Manual Mode 0220.
If equipped, the following driver
assistance features should be
turned off when towing a trailer:
. Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC)
. Super Cruise Control
. Lane Keep Assist (LKA)
. Park Assist
. Automatic Parking Assist (APA)
. Reverse Automatic
Braking (RAB)
If equipped, the following driver
assistance features should be
turned to alert or off when towing a
trailer:
. Automatic Emergency
Braking (AEB)
. Intelligent Brake Assist (IBA)
. Front Pedestrian Braking (FPB) If equipped with Lane Change Alert
(LCA), the LCA detection zones that
extend back from the side of the
vehicle do not move further back
when a trailer is towed. Use caution
while changing lanes when towing a
trailer.
If equipped with Rear Cross Traffic
Alert (RCTA), use caution while
backing up when towing a trailer, as
the RCTA detection zones that
extend out from the back of the
vehicle do not move further back
when a trailer is towed.
{Warning
To prevent serious injury or death
from carbon monoxide (CO),
when towing a trailer:
. Do not drive with the
liftgate, trunk/hatch,
or rear-most window open.
. Fully open the air outlets on
or under the instrument
panel.
(Continued)
Warning (Continued)
.Adjust the climate control
system to a setting that
brings in only outside air.
See “Climate Control
Systems” in the Index.
For more information about
carbon monoxide, see Engine
Exhaust 0216.
Towing a trailer requires experience.
The combination of the vehicle and
trailer is longer and not as
responsive as the vehicle itself. Get
used to the handling and braking of
the combination by driving on a
level road surface before driving on
public roads.
The trailer structure, the tires, and
the brakes must all be rated to carry
the intended cargo. Inadequate
trailer equipment can cause the
combination to operate in an
unexpected or unsafe manner.
Before driving, inspect all trailer
hitch parts and attachments, safety
chains, electrical connectors, lamps,

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Index 481
IndexA
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Active Fuel Management . . . . . . . 215
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . . . 242
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . 318
Adding a Snow Plow or Similar Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Additional Information
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474
Additional Maintenance and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445
Adjustments
Lumbar, Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . . . 340
Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . 174, 176
Air Filter Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Air Filter, Passenger Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Airbag System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
How Does an Airbag
Restrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Passenger Sensing System . . . . 75 Airbag System (cont'd)
What Makes an Airbag
Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
What Will You See after an Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
When Should an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . . 71
Airbags Adding Equipment to theVehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Passenger Status Indicator . . . 133
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Servicing Airbag-Equipped
Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Alarm Vehicle Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Alert Lane Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Side Blind Zone (SBZA) . . . . . . 270
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
All-Terrain Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . 228 Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

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Capacities andSpecifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
Carbon Monoxide Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Cargo
Tie-Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . 3
Center Console Storage . . . . . . . . 111
Center High-Mounted Stoplamp (CHMSL) and
Cargo Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Center Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
Charging Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . 134
Check Engine Light (MalfunctionIndicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Ignition Transmission Lock . . . 359
Child Restraints Infants and Young Children . . . . . 84
Lower Anchors and Tethersfor Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . 102, 105, 106 Child Restraints (cont'd)
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Cleaning Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
Climate Control Systems . . . . . . . 174
Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Dual Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . . 465
Compartments Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Connected Services
Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479
Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
Connections
Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . 479
Control Hill Descent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Traction and ElectronicStability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Control Light Hill Descent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Coolant
Engine Temperature Gauge . . 131
Engine TemperatureWarning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174, 176
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Courtesy Transportation
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 464
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Cruise Control, Adaptive . . . . . . . . 242
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 461 Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460
Text Telephone (TTY)
Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461
Customer Information Publications OrderingInformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
Customer Satisfaction Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458
Cybersecurity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470
D
Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . . . 465
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . 3

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Index 487
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . . . 377
LampsAuxiliary RoofMounted Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . 165
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Exterior Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Exterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Malfunction Indicator
(Check Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . 270
Lane Departure
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Lane Departure Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . 274
Lane Keep Assist Light . . . . . . . . . 139
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 LATCH System
Replacing Parts after a
Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
LATCH, Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Lighting Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 170
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Lights Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Antilock Brake System(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . 137
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Check Engine (Malfunction Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . 142
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . 137
Electronic Stability Control
(ESC), Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Engine Coolant Temperature Warning . . . . . . . 141 Lights (cont'd)
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 143
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Four-Wheel-Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Front Fog Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 164
Hill Descent Control . . . . . . . . . . 139
Lane Departure Warning . . . . . . 139
Lane Keep Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Seat Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . . 132
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Service Electric Parking
Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Limited-Slip Differential . . . . . . . . . 239
Lock Steering Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Locking Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27