roof rack CHEVROLET TAHOE 2016 4.G Owners Manual

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62 Keys, Doors, and Windows
Roof
Sunroof
1. Open or Close
2. Vent
On vehicles with a sunroof, the
sunroof only operates when the
ignition is in ACC/ACCESSORY or
ON/RUN, or when Retained
Accessory Power (RAP) is active.
SeeRetained Accessory Power
(RAP) 0251.
Vent : From the closed position,
press the rear of switch (2) to vent
the sunroof. Open/Close :
To open the sunroof,
press and hold switch (1) until the
sunroof reaches the desired
position. Press and hold the front of
switch (1) to close it.
Express-Open/Express-Close : To
express-open the sunroof, fully
press and release the rear of
switch (1) until the sunroof reaches
the desired position. To
express-close the sunroof, fully
press and release the front of
switch (1). Press the switch again to
stop it.
When the sunroof is opened, an air
deflector will automatically raise.
The air deflector will retract when
the sunroof is closed.
The sunroof also has a sunshade
which can be pulled forward to block
sun rays. The sunshade must be
opened and closed manually.
If an object is in the path of the
sunroof while it is closing, the
anti-pinch feature will detect the
object and stop the sunroof.
Dirt and debris may collect on the
sunroof seal or in the track. This
could cause an issue with sunroof
operation or noise. It could also plug
the water drainage system.
Periodically open the sunroof and
remove any obstacles or loose
debris. Wipe the sunroof seal and
roof sealing area using a clean
cloth, mild soap, and water. Do not
remove grease from the sunroof.
If water is seen dripping into the
water drainage system, this is
normal.

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122 Storage
Storage
Storage Compartments
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . 122
Instrument Panel Storage . . . . 122
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Sunglasses Storage . . . . . . . . . . 123
Armrest Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Rear Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Center Console Storage . . . . . . 123
Additional Storage Features
Cargo Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Roof Rack System
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Storage
Compartments
{Warning
Do not store heavy or sharp
objects in storage compartments.
In a crash, these objects may
cause the cover to open and
could result in injury.
Instrument Panel Storage
If equipped with storage behind the
radio, press and hold
Pto open.
There is a USB port inside. See the
infotainment manual.
Press and hold
Pagain to close.
Keep the storage area closed when
not in use.
The storage area cannot be
operated with
Pwhen valet mode
is enabled. See “Valet Mode”in
Home Page 0196.
The storage area can be operated
manually.
Glove Box
Lift up on the glove box lever to
open it.

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Storage 125
Roof Rack System
{Warning
If something is carried on top of
the vehicle that is longer or wider
than the roof rack—like paneling,
plywood, or a mattress —the
wind can catch it while the vehicle
is being driven. The item being
carried could be violently torn off,
and this could cause a collision
and damage the vehicle. Never
carry something longer or wider
than the roof rack on top of the
vehicle unless using a GM
certified accessory carrier.
If equipped, the roof rack can be
used to load items. For roof racks
that do not have crossrails included,
GM Certified crossrails can be
purchased as an accessory. See
your dealer for additional
information.
Caution
Loading cargo on the roof rack
that weighs more than 100 kg
(220 lb) or hangs over the rear or
sides of the vehicle may damage
the vehicle. Load cargo so that it
rests evenly between the
crossrails, making sure to fasten
cargo securely.
To prevent damage or loss of cargo
when driving, check to make sure
crossrails and cargo are securely
fastened. Loading cargo on the roof
rack will make the vehicle’ s center
of gravity higher. Avoid high speeds,
sudden starts, sharp turns, sudden
braking, or abrupt maneuvers,
otherwise it may result in loss of
control. If driving for a long distance,
on rough roads, or at high speeds,
occasionally stop the vehicle to
make sure the cargo remains in its
place. Do not exceed the maximum vehicle
capacity when loading the vehicle.
For more information on vehicle
capacity and loading, see
Vehicle
Load Limits 0240.
A Center High-Mounted Stoplamp
(CHMSL) is located above the rear
window glass. Make sure items
loaded on the roof of the vehicle do
not block or damage the CHMSL.

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202 Infotainment System
if the vehicle has these features.
Keep the antenna clear of
obstructions for clear reception.
If the vehicle has a sunroof, and it is
open, reception can also be
affected.
Items on the roof of the vehicle can
interfere with the performance of the
radio system and OnStar (if
equipped). Make sure the
multi-band antenna is not
obstructed.Audio Players
CD Player
If equipped, the CD player can be
used for CD and MP3 audio.
With the vehicle on, insert a disc
into the slot, label side up. Press the
MEDIA button to select CD as a
source.
The system is capable of
playing most:
.Audio CDs
. CD-R
. CD-RW
. MP3 or unprotected WMA
formats
When playing any compatible
recordable disc, the sound quality
can be reduced due to disc quality,
the method of recording, the quality
of the music that has been
recorded, or the way the disc has
been handled.
There can be increased skipping,
difficulty in finding tracks, and/or
difficulty in loading and ejecting. If these problems occur, check the
disc for damage or try a known
good disc.
To avoid damage to the CD player:
.
Do not use scratched or
damaged discs.
. Do not apply labels to discs. The
labels could get caught in the
player.
. Insert only one disc at a time.
. Keep the loading slot free of
foreign materials, liquids, and
debris.
. Use a marking pen to label the
top of the disc.
Loading and Ejecting Discs
To load a disc:
1. Turn the vehicle on.
2. Insert a disc into the slot, label side up. The player pulls it in
the rest of the way. If the disc
is damaged or improperly
loaded, there is an error and
the disc ejects.

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Service and Maintenance 403
.Check automatic transmission
shift lock control function. See
Automatic Transmission Shift
Lock Control Function Check
0334.
. Check ignition transmission lock.
See Ignition Transmission Lock
Check 0335.
. Check parking brake and
automatic transmission park
mechanism. See Park Brake and
P (Park) Mechanism Check
0 335.
. Check accelerator pedal for
damage, high effort, or binding.
Replace if needed.
. Visually inspect gas strut for
signs of wear, cracks, or other
damage. Check the hold open
ability of the strut. See your
dealer if service is required.
. Inspect sunroof track and seal,
if equipped. See Sunroof062.
. Verify spare tire key lock
operation and lubricate as
needed. See Tire Changing
0 372.

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Index 449
Radios (cont'd)Satellite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332 Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Rear Climate Control System . . . 224
Rear Seats Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Rear Side Window Antenna . . . . 201
Rear Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Rear Window Washer/Wiper . . . . 131
Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Recommended Fluids and
Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
Records Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . 385
Reimbursement Program, GM Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35, 37
Remote Vehicle Start . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Replacement Glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Replacement Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 Replacement Parts
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .411
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . . 101
Replacing LATCH System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Replacing Safety Belt System
Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Reporting Safety Defects Canadian Government . . . . . . . . 428
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Restraints Where to Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Reverse Tilt Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Ride Control Systems Magnetic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Roads
Driving, Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Roadside Assistance Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
Roof
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364 Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . . 416
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
S
Safety Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
How to Wear Safety Belts
Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Lap Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . . . 89
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . 87
Safety Defects Reporting Canadian Government . . . . . . . . 428
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . 423
Seats Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Center Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Heated, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . . 66

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450 Index
Seats (cont'd)Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . 66
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Second Row . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Third Row Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Second Row Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Securing Child Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117, 119
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . 312
Engine Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . 413
Maintenance, General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
Parts Identification Label . . . . . 414
Publications Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 423 Services
Special Application . . . . . . . . . . . 407
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Shift Lock Control Function Check, Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Shifting
Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . 287
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Special Application Services . . . . 407
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
StabiliTrak OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Start Assist, Hills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Starting the Vehicle Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 Fluid, Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Steering (cont'd)
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Steering System Messages . . . . . 169
Steps
Power Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Stoplamps and Back-up Lamps Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Storage
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Storage Areas Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Cargo Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Instrument Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Sunglasses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . 122
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Sunglass Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
System Forward CollisionAlert (FCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192, 430

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Index 451
System (cont'd)Noise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Roof Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Systems
Driver Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
TaillampsBulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . 420
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . . . 54 Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Third-Row Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Throttle, Adjustable . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
All-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
All-Terrain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Full-Size Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Low Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Tires (cont'd)
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Pressure Monitor Operation . . 361
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . 360
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Terminology and Definitions . . 355
Uniform Tire Quality
Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 369
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Tow/Haul Mode Light . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Towing Driving Characteristics . . . . . . . . 296
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 296
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 385
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . 308
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385 Traction
Control System (TCS)/
StabiliTrak
®Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Trademarks and License
Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . . . . . . . . 308
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Transmission Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Transportation Program, Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Turn Signal Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
U
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . 368
Universal Remote System . . . . . . 179Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179