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Chevrolet Traverse Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
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300 Vehicle Care
Caution
.Do not use washer fluid that
contains any type of water
repellent coating. This can
cause the wiper blades to
chatter or skip.
. Do not use engine coolant
(antifreeze) in the
windshield washer. It can
damage the windshield
washer system and paint.
. Do not mix water with
ready-to-use washer fluid.
Water can cause the
solution to freeze and
damage the washer fluid
tank and other parts of the
washer system.
. When using concentrated
washer fluid, follow the
manufacturer instructions for
adding water.
. Fill the washer fluid tank
only three-quarters full when
it is very cold. This allows
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Caution (Continued)
for fluid expansion if
freezing occurs, which could
damage the tank if it is
completely full.
Brakes
Disc brake pads have built-in wear
indicators that make a high-pitched
warning sound when the brake pads
are worn and new pads are needed.
The sound can come and go or can
be heard all the time when the
vehicle is moving, except when
applying the brake pedal firmly.
{Warning
The brake wear warning sound
means that soon the brakes will
not work well. That could lead to
a crash. When the brake wear
warning sound is heard, have the
vehicle serviced.
Caution
Continuing to drive with worn-out
brake pads could result in costly
brake repair.
Some driving conditions or climates
can cause a brake squeal when the
brakes are first applied or lightly
applied. This does not mean
something is wrong with the brakes.
Properly torqued wheel nuts are
necessary to help prevent brake
pulsation. When tires are rotated,
inspect brake pads for wear and
evenly tighten wheel nuts in the
proper sequence to torque
specifications. See Capacities and
Specifications 0377.
Brake pads should be replaced as
complete sets.
Brake Pedal Travel
See your dealer if the brake pedal
does not return to normal height,
or if there is a rapid increase in
pedal travel. This could be a sign
that brake service may be required.

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Shocks and Struts
Shocks and struts help aid in control
for a smoother ride.
.Signs of wear may include
steering wheel vibration, bounce/
sway while braking, longer
stopping distance, or uneven
tire wear.
. As part of the multi-point
inspection, trained dealer
technicians can visually inspect
the shocks and struts for signs
of leaking, blown seals,
or damage, and can advise
when service is needed.
Tires
Tires need to be properly inflated,
rotated, and balanced. Maintaining
the tires can save money and fuel,
and can reduce the risk of tire
failure.
. Signs that the tires need to be
replaced include three or more
visible treadwear indicators; cord
or fabric showing through the rubber; cracks or cuts in the
tread or sidewall; or a bulge or
split in the tire.
. Trained dealer technicians can
inspect and recommend the right
tires. Your dealer can also
provide tire/wheel balancing
services to ensure smooth
vehicle operation at all speeds.
Your dealer sells and services
name brand tires.
Vehicle Care
To help keep the vehicle looking like
new, vehicle care products are
available from your dealer. For
information on how to clean and
protect the vehicle’s interior and
exterior, see Interior Care 0358 and
Exterior Care 0353.
Wheel Alignment
Wheel alignment is critical for
ensuring that the tires deliver
optimal wear and performance.
. Signs that the alignment may
need to be adjusted include
pulling, improper vehicle
handling, or unusual tire wear. .
Your dealer has the required
equipment to ensure proper
wheel alignment.
Windshield
For safety, appearance, and the
best viewing, keep the windshield
clean and clear.
. Signs of damage include
scratches, cracks, and chips.
. Trained dealer technicians can
inspect the windshield and
recommend proper replacement
if needed.
Wiper Blades
Wiper blades need to be cleaned
and kept in good condition to
provide a clear view.
. Signs of wear include streaking,
skipping across the windshield,
and worn or split rubber.
. Trained dealer technicians can
check the wiper blades and
replace them when needed.

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408 Index
ChargingWireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . 141
Check Engine Light (MalfunctionIndicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Child Restraints
Infants and Young Children . . . . . 99
Lower Anchors and Tethersfor Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112, 114
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Cleaning Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Climate Control Systems Dual Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . . 387
Compact Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Compartments
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Connections
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
Control Traction and ElectronicStability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Coolant Engine Temperature Gauge . . 138
Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200, 203
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Courtesy Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Courtesy Transportation Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Cruise Control, Adaptive . . . . . . . . 246
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 383 Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Text Telephone (TTY)Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Customer Information Service PublicationsOrdering Information . . . . . . . . 389
Customer Satisfaction
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380D
Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . . . 387
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . 3
Data CollectionInfotainment System . . . . . . . . . . 393
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . 392
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Devices
Auxiliary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Diagnostics
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Door Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . 379
Drive Systems All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . 235, 303
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . 255
Driver Information Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

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Front Fog LampLight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Front Pedestrian Braking (FPB) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Front Seats Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Heated and Ventilated . . . . . . . . . . 70
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Economy Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Filling a Portable FuelContainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . 148
Requirements, California . . . . . 270
Fuses Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 310
Instrument Panel Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Rear Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316G
Garage Door Opener . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Gas Strut(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Gauges Engine CoolantTemperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Warning Lights and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
General Information Service and Maintenance . . . . . 363
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
GM Mobility Reimbursement
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
H
Hands-Free Phone . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . 170
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
HeadlampsAiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307 Headlamps (cont'd)
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . 307, 308
Daytime Running
Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
High Intensity Discharge (HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . 148
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 168
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . 149
Heated Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Heated and Ventilated Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Heater Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200, 203
High Voltage Devices and Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
High-Speed Operation . . . . . . . . . . 327
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 217
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . 239
Home Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285

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Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
How to Wear Seat BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
HVAC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200, 203
I
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Indicator Pedestrian Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Vehicle Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Infants and Young Children,
Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Instrument Panel Storage Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Interior Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . 54
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
J
Jump Starting - North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
K
Keyless EntryRemote (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . 32
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . . . 320
Lamps Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . 168
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Exterior Lighting BatterySaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Malfunction Indicator
(Check Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . 265
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . 267
Lane Keep Assist Light . . . . . . . . . 145
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
LATCH System Replacing Parts after aCrash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
LATCH, Lower Anchors and
Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . 104
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Lighting
Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 171
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Lights Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Antilock Brake System
(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . 143
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Check Engine (Malfunction Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . 144
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 147
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Front Fog Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 168
Lane Keep Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Seat Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . . 139
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Service Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
StabiliTrak OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

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Operation (cont'd)Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . 178
Ordering Service Publications . . . . . . . . . . 389
Outlets Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
P
Park Shifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Parking
Brake and P (Park)Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . 304
Extended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 230
Parking Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Parking or Backing
Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 256
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Passenger Compartment Air
Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . 91
Pedestrian Ahead Indicator . . . . . 145 Perchlorate Materials
Requirements, California . . . . . . 284
Personalization Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Phone Apple CarPlay andAndroid Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191, 192
Hands-Free . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Port USB . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Power Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Protection, Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . 228
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Pregnancy, Using Seat Belts . . . . 82
Privacy Vehicle Data Recording . . . . . . . 392
Program Courtesy Transportation . . . . . . 386
Proposition
65 Warning,
California . . . . . . . . . . . .283, 302, 348, Back Cover
R
Radio Frequency Statement . . . . 390
Radio Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
RadiosAM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Satellite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Rear Camera Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Rear Climate Control System . . . 203
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . . 256
Rear Window Washer/Wiper . . . . 126
Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Records
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . 351
Reimbursement Program, GM Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Remote Vehicle Start . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Replacement Parts Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96