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GMC Canyon/Canyon Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/
Mexico-16510661) - 2023 - CRC - 11/29/22
322 Vehicle Care
Wheels and Wheel Trim
Use a soft, clean cloth with mild soap and
water to clean the wheels. After rinsing
thoroughly with clean water, dry with a
soft, clean towel. A wax may then be
applied.
Caution
Chrome wheels and chrome wheel trim
may be damaged if the vehicle is not
washed after driving on roads that have
been sprayed with magnesium chloride or
calcium chloride. These are used on roads
for conditions such as dust and ice.
Always wash the chrome with soap and
water after exposure.
Caution
To avoid surface damage on wheels and
wheel trim, do not use strong soaps,
chemicals, abrasive polishes, cleaners,
or brushes. Use only GM approved
cleaners. Do not drive the vehicle through
an automatic car wash that uses silicon
carbide tire/wheel cleaning brushes.
(Continued)
Caution (Continued)
Damage could occur and the repairs
would not be covered by the vehicle
warranty.
Brake System
Visually inspect brake lines and hoses for
proper hook-up, binding, leaks, cracks,
chafing, etc. Inspect disc brake pads for wear
and rotors for surface condition. Inspect
drum brake linings/shoes for wear or cracks.
Inspect all other brake parts.
Steering, Suspension, and Chassis
Components
Visually inspect steering, suspension, and
chassis components for damaged, loose,
or missing parts or signs of wear at least
once a year.
Inspect power steering for proper
attachment, connections, binding, leaks,
cracks, chafing, etc.
Visually check constant velocity joint boots
and axle seals for leaks.
Body Component Lubrication
Lubricate all key lock cylinders, hood hinges,
liftgate hinges, steel fuel door hinge, and
power assist step hinges, unless the
components are plastic. Applying silicone
grease on weatherstrips with a clean cloth
will make them last longer, seal better, and
not stick or squeak
Underbody Maintenance
At least twice a year, spring and fall, use
plain water to flush any corrosive materials
from the underbody. Take care to
thoroughly clean any areas where mud and
other debris can collect.
Do not directly power wash the transfer
case and/or front/rear axle output seals.
High pressure water can overcome the seals
and contaminate the fluid. Contaminated
fluid will decrease the life of the transfer
case and/or axles and should be replaced.
Sheet Metal Damage
If the vehicle is damaged and requires sheet
metal repair or replacement, make sure the
body repair shop applies anti-corrosion
material to parts repaired or replaced to
restore corrosion protection.

GMC Canyon/Canyon Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/
Mexico-16510661) - 2023 - CRC - 11/29/22
Service and Maintenance 331
Systems, Fluids, and Visible Leak
Inspection
.Engine oil
.Transmission
.Drive axle
.Transfer case
.Engine cooling system
.Power steering, if equipped
.Fuel system
.Windshield washer fluid
Tire Inspection
.Tire pressure, tread depth, and wear
.Rotation, if applicable
.Alignment check, optional
.Reset tire pressure monitor
.Check tire sealant expiration date,
if equipped
.Check spare tire, if equipped
Brakes
.Check brake system
Visible and Functional Inspections
.Seat belt components
.Exhaust system
.Accelerator pedal
.Passenger compartment air filter,
if equipped
.Engine air filter
.Hoses
.Belts
.Shocks and struts
.Steering components
.Axle boots or driveshaft and u-joints
.Compartment lift struts, if equipped
.Floor mats secured, no interference with
pedals
.Horn
.Ignition lock, if equipped
.Starter switch
.Evaporative control system
Lubricate
.Chassis components
Special Application Services
.Severe Commercial Use Vehicles Only:
Lubricate chassis components every oil
change.
.Have underbody flushing service
performed. See "Underbody Maintenance"
in Exterior Care 0319.

GMC Canyon/Canyon Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Cana-
da/Mexico-16510661) - 2023 - CRC - 11/29/22
Index 359
AppsOff-Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Assistance Program, Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . .341
Assistance Systems Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Parking and Backing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Audio
Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Auto Stop Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Automatic
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Emergency Braking (AEB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Emergency Braking (AEB) DisabledLight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Automatic Transmission Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Avoiding Untrusted Media Devices . . . . . . . . 123
Axle
Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Locking Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271B
BatteryExterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . . . . . . 115
Load Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Battery - North America . . . . . . . . . . . . .269, 312
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Blind Zone Steering Assist (BZSA) . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Bluetooth
Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129, 130
Brake Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Pad Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
System Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Brake Pad Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Automatic Emergency (AEB) . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Braking System
Front Pedestrian (FPB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Buckle To Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Center High-Mounted Stoplamp
(CHMSL) and Cargo Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Taillamps, Turn Signal, Stoplamps, and Back-up Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
C
Calibration Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
California Perchlorate Materials Requirements . . . 253
California Proposition 65 Warning . . . . . 1, 312
Camera Rear Vision (RVC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Capacities and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Carbon Monoxide Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Center High-Mounted Stoplamp (CHMSL)
and Cargo Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275

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Index 367
Seats (cont'd)Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Underseat Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Securing Child Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65, 67
Security
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Accessories and Modifications . . . . . . . . . 253
Climate Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Maintenance, General Information . . . . . 327
Parts Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Services Special Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Special Application Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Start Assist, Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Status
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152 Assist, Blind Zone (BZSA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Stop/Start System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Stoplamps and Back-up Lamps Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Storage Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Underseat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Struts Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272 Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Surround Vision System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
System
Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Brake Pad Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Driver Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Engine Air Filter Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Global Positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Rear Cross Traffic Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Surround Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Taillamps Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Teen Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75