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Chevrolet VOLT Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S/Canada/Mexico-
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340 Customer Information
In a crash, the sensing system may
shut down the high voltage system.
SeeBattery - North America 0245
for important safety information.
If an airbag has inflated, see What
Will You See after an Airbag
Inflates? 067.
If the vehicle is damaged from a
crash, flood, fire, or other event it
may be necessary to have the
vehicle inspected. SeeBattery -
North America 0245 andHigh
Voltage Safety Information 019 for
important safety information.
Managing the Vehicle Damage
Repair Process
In the event that the vehicle requires
damage repairs, GM recommends
that you take an active role in its
repair. If you have a pre-determined
repair facility of choice, take the
vehicle there, or have it towed there.
Specify to the facility that any
required replacement collision parts
be original equipment parts, either
new Genuine GM parts or recycled
original GM parts. Remember,
recycled parts will not be covered by
the 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 may
initially value the repair using
aftermarket parts. Discuss this with
the repair professional, and insist on
Genuine GM parts. Remember,
if the vehicle is leased, you may be
obligated to have the vehicle
repaired with Genuine GM parts,
even if your insurance coverage
does not pay the full cost.
If another party's insurance
company is paying for the repairs,
you are not obligated to accept a
repair valuation based on that
insurance company's collision policy
repair limits, as you have no
contractual limits with that company.
In such cases, you can have control
of the repair and parts choices as
long as the cost stays within
reasonable limits.
Service Publications
Ordering Information
Service Manuals
Service Manuals have the diagnosis
and repair information on the
engine, electric drive unit, axle,
suspension, brakes, electrical,
steering, body, etc.
Service Bulletins
Service Bulletins give additional
technical service information
needed to knowledgeably service
General Motors cars and trucks.
Each bulletin contains instructions
to assist in the diagnosis and
service of the vehicle.
Owner Information
Owner publications are written
specifically for owners and intended
to provide basic operational
information about the vehicle. The
Owner Manual includes the
Maintenance Schedule for all
models.

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Customer Information 343
Vehicle Data
Recording and
Privacy
The vehicle has a number of
computers that record information
about the vehicle’s performance and
how it is driven. For example, the
vehicle uses computer modules to
monitor and control engine and
electric drive unit performance, to
monitor the conditions for airbag
deployment and to deploy them in a
crash, and, if equipped, to provide
antilock braking to help the driver
control the vehicle. These modules
may store data to help the dealer
technician service the vehicle.
Some modules may also store data
about how the vehicle is operated,
such as rate of fuel consumption or
average speed. These modules may
retain personal preferences, such as
radio presets, seat positions, and
temperature settings.
Event Data Recorders
This vehicle is equipped with an
event data recorder (EDR). The
main purpose of an EDR is to
record, in certain crash or near
crash-like situations, such as an air
bag deployment or hitting a road
obstacle, data that will assist in
understanding how a vehicle’s
systems performed. The EDR is
designed to record data related to
vehicle dynamics and safety
systems for a short period of time,
typically 30 seconds or less. The
EDR in this vehicle is designed to
record such data as:
.How various systems in your
vehicle were operating;
. Whether or not the driver and
passenger safety belts were
buckled/fastened;
. How far (if at all) the driver was
depressing the accelerator and/
or brake pedal; and,
. How fast the vehicle was
traveling. These data can help provide a
better understanding of the
circumstances in which crashes and
injuries occur.
Note
EDR data are recorded by your
vehicle only if a non-trivial crash
situation occurs; no data are
recorded by the EDR under normal
driving conditions and no personal
data (e.g., name, gender, age, and
crash location) are recorded.
However, other parties, such as law
enforcement, could combine the
EDR data with the type of
personally identifying data routinely
acquired during a crash
investigation.
To read data recorded by an EDR,
special equipment is required, and
access to the vehicle or the EDR is
needed. In addition to the vehicle
manufacturer, other parties, such as
law enforcement, that have the
special equipment, can read the
information if they have access to
the vehicle or the EDR.

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Index 355
IndexA
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . 224
Additional Information OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Additional Maintenance and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . . . 235
Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Air Filter, Passenger
Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Airbag System
Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
How Does an AirbagRestrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Passenger Sensing System . . . . 68
What Makes an Airbag
Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
What Will You See after an Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
When Should an Airbag
Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . . 63 Airbags
Adding Equipment to the
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Passenger Status Indicator . . . 108
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Servicing Airbag-Equipped Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Alarm Vehicle Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Alert
Lane Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Side Blind Zone (SBZA) . . . . . . 201
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . 184 Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Appearance Care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Assistance Program, Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Assistance Systems for Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Assistance Systems for Parking and Backing . . . . . . . . . . 193
Automatic Climate Control System . . . . . . . 154
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

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360 Index
Lamps (cont'd)License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Malfunction Indicator . . . . . . . . . 109
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Taillamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . 201
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . 203
Lane Keep Assist Light . . . . . . . . . 112
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
LATCH System Replacing Parts after aCrash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
LATCH, Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Lifting the Vehicle, Tires . . . . . . . . 227
Light Hold Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Ready Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Vehicle Ready . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Lighting Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Lighting (cont'd)
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Antilock Brake System
(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . .110
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . 111
Engine Coolant Temperature Warning . . . . . . . .114
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . .114
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 147
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Mountain Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Safety Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . 106
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Service Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Sport Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
StabiliTrak
®OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak
®. . . . . . . . . . .113 Lights (cont'd)
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 115
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
M
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Maintenance and Care
Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Maintenance Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 315 Recommended Fluids andLubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 109
Messages Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

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Parking or BackingAssistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 193
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Passenger Compartment Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . 68
Perchlorate Materials
Requirements, California . . . . . . 226
Personalization Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Plug-In Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Power Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Flows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Indicator Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Protection, Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . 174
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Pregnancy, Using Safety Belts . . . 60
Privacy Vehicle Data Recording . . . . . . . 343
Program Courtesy Transportation . . . . . . 337
Programmable Charging . . . . . . . . 118 Proposition
65 Warning,
California . . . . . . . . . . . .226, 245, 295
Propulsion Power Messages . . . 135
R
Radio Frequency Statement . . . . 341
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Ready Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Rear Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Records Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . 302
Regenerative Braking . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Reimbursement Program, GM Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Replacement Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Replacement Parts
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 Replacement Parts (cont'd)
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . . . 74
Replacing LATCH System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Replacing Safety Belt System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Reporting Safety Defects Canadian Government . . . . . . . . 342
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Requirements Electrical Battery Charging . . . 218
Restraints
Where to Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Ride Control Systems
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Roads Driving, Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Roadside Assistance Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . . 330
Running the Vehicle While Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

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S
Safety Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
How to Wear Safety BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . . . 61
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . 60
Safety Defects Reporting Canadian Government . . . . . . . . 342
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . 337
Sealant Kit, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Seats Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Heated Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Heated, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Securing Child Restraints . . . . 87, 89
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115 Security (cont'd)
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
OnStar®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Service Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . 229
Engine Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . 326
Maintenance, General
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Parts Identification Label . . . . . 327
Publications Ordering
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 337
Vehicle Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Service Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Services Special Application . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Shifting
Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . 201 Signals, Turn and
Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Spare Tire Compact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Special Application Services . . . . 321
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Sport Mode Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
StabiliTrak OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Start Remote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Start Assist, Hills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Starting and Stopping the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Starting the Vehicle Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Status Screens Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Storage
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Storage Areas Cargo Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93