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GMC Acadia Limited Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S.-10283134) -
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Service and Maintenance 289
frequent checks and services. The
Additional Required Services -
Normal are for vehicles that:
.Carry passengers and cargo
within recommended limits on
the Tire and Loading Information
label. See Vehicle Load
Limits 0167.
. Are driven on reasonable road
surfaces within legal driving
limits.
. Use the recommended fuel. See
Fuel 0197.
Refer to the information in the
Maintenance Schedule Additional
Required Services - Normal chart.
The Additional Required Services -
Severe are for vehicles that are:
. Mainly driven in heavy city traffic
in hot weather.
. Mainly driven in hilly or
mountainous terrain.
. Frequently towing a trailer.
. Used for high speed or
competitive driving. .
Used for taxi, police, or delivery
service.
Refer to the information in the
Maintenance Schedule Additional
Required Services - Severe chart.
{Warning
Performing maintenance work can
be dangerous and can cause
serious injury. Perform
maintenance work only if the
required information, proper tools,
and equipment are available.
If they are not, see your dealer to
have a trained technician do the
work. See Doing Your Own
Service Work 0210.
Maintenance
Schedule
Owner Checks and Services
At Each Fuel Stop
.
Check the engine oil level. See
Engine Oil 0213.
Once a Month
. Check the tire inflation
pressures. See Tire
Pressure 0249.
. Inspect the tires for wear. See
Tire Inspection 0254.
. Check the windshield washer
fluid level. See Washer
Fluid 0224.
Engine Oil Change
When the CHANGE ENGINE OIL
SOON message displays, have the
engine oil and filter changed within
the next 1 000 km/600 mi. If driven
under the best conditions, the
engine oil life system may not
indicate the need for vehicle service
for up to a year.

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The engine oil and filter must be
changed at least once a year and
the oil life system must be reset.
Your trained dealer technician can
perform this work. If the engine oil
life system is reset accidentally,
service the vehicle within 5 000 km/
3,000 mi since the last service.
Reset the oil life system when the
oil is changed. SeeEngine Oil Life
System 0216.
Tire Rotation and Required
Services Every 12 000 km/
7,500 mi
Rotate the tires, if recommended for
the vehicle, and perform the
following services. See Tire
Rotation 0255.
. Check engine oil level and oil
life percentage. If needed,
change engine oil and filter, and
reset oil life system. See Engine
Oil 0213 andEngine Oil Life
System 0216. .
Check engine coolant level. See
Engine Coolant 0219.
. Check windshield washer fluid
level. See Washer Fluid 0224.
. Visually inspect windshield wiper
blades for wear, cracking,
or contamination. See Exterior
Care 0278. Replace worn or
damaged wiper blades. See
Wiper Blade
Replacement 0229.
. Check tire inflation pressures.
See Tire Pressure 0249.
. Inspect tire wear. See Tire
Inspection 0254.
. Visually check for fluid leaks.
. Inspect engine air cleaner filter.
See Engine Air Cleaner/
Filter 0217. .
Inspect brake system. See
Exterior Care 0278.
. Visually inspect steering,
suspension, and chassis
components for damaged, loose,
or missing parts or signs of
wear. See Exterior Care 0278.
. Check restraint system
components. See Safety System
Check 060.
. Visually inspect fuel system for
damage or leaks.
. Visually inspect exhaust system
and nearby heat shields for
loose or damaged parts.
. Lubricate body components. See
Exterior Care 0278.
. Check starter switch. See Starter
Switch Check 0228.

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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 0283 and
Exterior Care 0278.
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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Customer Information 309
.Lock-Out Service: Service to
unlock the vehicle if you are
locked out. A remote unlock may
be available if you have
OnStar
®. For security reasons,
the driver must present
identification before this service
is given.
. Emergency Tow from a Public
Road or Highway: Tow to the
nearest GMC dealer for warranty
service, or if the vehicle was in a
crash and cannot be driven.
Assistance is not given when the
vehicle is stuck in the sand,
mud, or snow.
. Flat Tire Change: Service to
change a flat tire with the spare
tire. The spare tire, if equipped,
must be in good condition and
properly inflated. It is the owner's
responsibility for the repair or
replacement of the tire if it is not
covered by the warranty.
. Battery Jump Start: Service to
jump start a dead battery.
. Trip Interruption Benefits and
Assistance: If your trip is
interrupted due to a warranty event, incidental expenses may
be reimbursed within the
Powertrain warranty period.
Items considered are reasonable
and customary hotel, meals,
rental car, or a vehicle being
delivered back to the customer,
up to 805 km (500 mi).
Services Not Included in
Roadside Assistance
.
Impound towing caused by
violation of any laws.
. Legal fines.
. Mounting, dismounting,
or changing of snow tires,
chains, or other traction devices.
Service is not provided if a vehicle
is in an area that is not accessible
to the service vehicle or is not a
regularly traveled or maintained
public road, which includes ice and
winter roads. Off-road use is not
covered.
Services Specific to
Canadian-Purchased Vehicles
. Fuel Delivery: Reimbursement
is up to 7 liters. Diesel fuel
delivery may be restricted.
Propane and other fuels are not
provided through this service.
. Lock-Out Service: Vehicle
registration is required.
. Trip Interruption Benefits and
Assistance: Must be over
150 kilometers from where your
trip was started to qualify.
Pre-authorization, original
detailed receipts, and a copy of
the repair orders are required.
Once authorization has been
received, the Roadside
Assistance advisor will help to
make arrangements and explain
how to receive payment.
. Alternative Service: If
assistance cannot be provided
right away, the Roadside
Assistance advisor may give
permission to get local
emergency road service. You will
receive payment, up to $100,
after sending the original receipt

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OnStar 319
.Obtain and customize the Wi-Fi®
hotspot name or SSID and
password, if equipped.
Press
Qto connect to an
Advisor to:
. Verify account information or
update contact information.
. Get driving directions.
. Receive a Diagnostic check of
the vehicle's key operating
systems.
. Receive Roadside Assistance.
. Manage Wi-Fi Settings,
if equipped.
Press
>to get a priority connection
to an OnStar Advisor available 24/
7 to:
. Get help for an emergency.
. Be a Good Samaritan or
respond to an AMBER Alert.
. Get assistance in severe
weather or other crisis situations
and find evacuation routes.
OnStar Services
Emergency
Emergency Services require an
active, OnStar service plan
(excludes Basic Plan). With
Automatic Crash Response, built-in
sensors can automatically alert a
specially trained OnStar Advisor
who is immediately connected in to
the vehicle to help.
Press
>for a priority connection to
an OnStar Advisor who can contact
emergency service providers, direct
them to your exact location, and
relay important information.
With OnStar Crisis Assist, specially
trained Advisors are available
24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to
provide a central point of contact,
assistance, and information during a
crisis.
With Roadside Assistance, Advisors
can locate a nearby service provider
to help with a flat tire, a battery
jump, or an empty gas tank.
Security
If equipped, OnStar provides these
services:
. With Stolen Vehicle Assistance,
OnStar Advisors can use GPS to
pinpoint the vehicle and help
authorities quickly recover it.
. With Remote Ignition Block™,
if equipped, OnStar can block
the engine from being restarted.
. With Stolen Vehicle Slowdown
®,
if equipped, OnStar can work
with law enforcement to
gradually slow the vehicle down.
Theft Alarm Notification
If equipped, if the doors are locked
and the vehicle alarm sounds, a
notification by text, e-mail, or phone
call will be sent. If the vehicle is
stolen, an OnStar Advisor can work
with authorities to recover the
vehicle.

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328 Index
IndexA
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . 207
Additional Information OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Additional Maintenance and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Adjustments
Lumbar, Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . . . 217
Air Filter, Passenger Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
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? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
When Should an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . . 63 Airbags
Adding Equipment to the
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Passenger Status Indicator . . . 108
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Servicing Airbag-Equipped Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Alarm Vehicle Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Alert
Side Blind Zone (SBZA) . . . . . . 193
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 182, 228
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . 182 Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Appearance Care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Armrest Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Assistance Program, Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Automatic Dimming Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . 216

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Electrical System (cont'd)Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 233
Instrument Panel Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Emergency OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Check and Service Engine
Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 212
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Coolant Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Coolant Temperature Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Cooling System Messages . . . 125
Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Oil Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Overheated Protection Operating Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223 Engine (cont'd)
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 178
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 316
Extender, Safety Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 143
F
Features Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Filter, Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 144
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Fluid Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 216
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Power Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Forward Collision Alert
(FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Frequency Statement Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Front Seats
Heated and Cooled . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Economy Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Filling a Portable FuelContainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Requirements, California . . . . . 197
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Fuses Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 233
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

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T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . 307
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . . . 35Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Third-Row Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242 All-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Compact Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Pressure Monitor Operation . . 251
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . 250
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Terminology and Definitions . . 247
Uniform Tire QualityGrading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 Tires (cont'd)
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 260
When It Is Time for New
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Tow/Haul Mode Light . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Towing Driving Characteristics . . . . . . . . 200
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 200
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 275
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Trailer Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Transmission Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Transportation Program,
Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
U
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . 258
Universal Remote System . . . . . . 139Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
V
Vehicle Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Identification Number (VIN) . . . 301
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Reminder Messages . . . . . . . . . . 132
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Speed Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . . . 113
Vehicle Care Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Vehicle Data Recording and Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316
Ventilation, Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40