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vehicle, including brake system
performance, ride and handling,
traction control, and tire
pressure monitoring
performance. GM's TPC Spec
number is molded onto the tire's
sidewall near the tire size. If the
tires have an all-season tread
design, the TPC Spec number
will be followed by MS for mud
and snow. SeeTire Sidewall
Labeling 0250 for additional
information.
GM recommends replacing worn
tires in complete sets of four (six
for dual rear wheels). Uniform
tread depth on all tires will help
to maintain the performance of
the vehicle. Braking and
handling performance may be
adversely affected if all the tires
are not replaced at the same
time. If proper rotation and
maintenance have been done,
all four tires (six for dual rear
wheels) should wear out at
about the same time. See TireRotation
0262 for information
on proper tire rotation. However,
if it is necessary to replace only
one axle set of worn tires, place
the new tires on the rear axle
(two for single rear wheels, four
for dual rear wheels).
{Warning
Tires could explode during
improper service. Attempting
to mount or dismount a tire
could cause injury or death.
Only your dealer or authorized
tire service center should
mount or dismount the tires.
{Warning
Mixing tires of different sizes,
brands, or types may cause
loss of control of the vehicle,
resulting in a crash or other
(Continued)
Warning (Continued)
vehicle damage. Use the
correct size, brand, and type
of tires on all wheels.
This vehicle may have a
different size spare than the
road tires originally installed
on the vehicle. When new, the
vehicle included a spare tire
and wheel assembly with a
similar overall diameter as the
road tires and wheels, so it is
all right to drive on it. The
spare tire was developed for
use on this vehicle and will not
affect vehicle handling.
{Warning
Using bias-ply tires on the
vehicle may cause the wheel
rim flanges to develop cracks
after many miles of driving.
A tire and/or wheel could fail
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Warning (Continued)
suddenly and cause a crash.
Use only radial-ply tires with
the wheels on the vehicle.
Winter tires with the same speed
rating as the original equipment
tires may not be available for H,
V, W, Y and ZR speed rated
tires. Never exceed the winter
tires’ maximum speed capability
when using winter tires with a
lower speed rating.
If the vehicle tires must be
replaced with a tire that does not
have a TPC Spec number, make
sure they are the same size,
load range, speed rating, and
construction (radial) as the
original tires.
Vehicles that have a tire
pressure monitoring system
could give an inaccurate
low-pressure warning if non-TPC Spec rated tires are installed.
See
Tire Pressure Monitor
System 0258.
The Tire and Loading
Information label indicates the
original equipment tires on the
vehicle. See Vehicle Load Limits
0 170 for the label location and
more information about the Tire
and Loading Information label.
Different Size Tires and
Wheels
If wheels or tires are installed that
are a different size than the original
equipment wheels and tires, vehicle
performance, including its braking,
ride and handling characteristics,
stability, and resistance to rollover
may be affected. If the vehicle has
electronic systems such as antilock
brakes, rollover airbags, roll bars,
traction control, electronic stability
control, or All-Wheel Drive, the
performance of these systems can
also be affected.
{Warning
If different sized wheels are used,
there may not be an acceptable
level of performance and safety if
tires not recommended for those
wheels are selected. This
increases the chance of a crash
and serious injury. Only use GM
specific wheel and tire systems
developed for the vehicle, and
have them properly installed by a
GM certified technician.
See Buying New Tires 0264
and Accessories and
Modifications 0214.
Uniform Tire Quality
Grading
The following information relates
to the system developed by the
United States National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration
(NHTSA), which grades tires by
treadwear, traction, and
temperature performance. This

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applies only to vehicles sold in
the United States. The grades
are molded on the sidewalls of
most passenger car tires. The
Uniform Tire Quality Grading
(UTQG) system does not apply
to deep tread, winter tires,
compact spare tires, tires with
nominal rim diameters of
10 to 12 inches (25 to 30 cm),
or to some limited-production
tires.
While the tires available on
General Motors passenger cars
and light trucks may vary with
respect to these grades, they
must also conform to federal
safety requirements and
additional General Motors Tire
Performance Criteria (TPC)
standards.
Quality grades can be found
where applicable on the tire
sidewall between tread shoulder
and maximum section width. For
example:Treadwear 200 Traction AA
Temperature A
All Passenger Car Tires Must
Conform to Federal Safety
Requirements In Addition To
These Grades.
Treadwear
The treadwear grade is a
comparative rating based on the
wear rate of the tire when tested
under controlled conditions on a
specified government test
course. For example, a tire
graded 150 would wear one and
one-half (1½) times as well on
the government course as a tire
graded 100. The relative
performance of tires depends
upon the actual conditions of
their use, however, and may
depart significantly from the
norm due to variations in driving
habits, service practices and
differences in road
characteristics and climate.Traction
The traction grades, from
highest to lowest, are AA, A, B,
and C. Those grades represent
the tire's ability to stop on wet
pavement as measured under
controlled conditions on
specified government test
surfaces of asphalt and
concrete. A tire marked C may
have poor traction performance.
Warning: The traction grade
assigned to this tire is based on
straight-ahead braking traction
tests, and does not include
acceleration, cornering,
hydroplaning, or peak traction
characteristics.
Temperature
The temperature grades are A
(the highest), B, and C,
representing the tire's resistance
to the generation of heat and its
ability to dissipate heat when
tested under controlled
conditions on a specified indoor

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Climate Control Systems (cont'd)Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Rear Heating System . . . . . . . . . 159
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . . 316
Compartments Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Connections OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Control Traction and ElectronicStability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Coolant
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Engine Temperature Gauge . . . . 97
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Engine Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Courtesy Transportation Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
Text Telephone (TTY)
Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Customer Information Service PublicationsOrdering Information . . . . . . . . 318
Customer Satisfaction Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
D
Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . . . 316
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . 3
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . 321
Daytime RunningLamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Devices
Auxiliary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Diagnostics
OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Door Ajar Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Cargo Door Relocking . . . . . . . . . . 29
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Door (cont'd)
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Rear Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Sliding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . 308
Driver Information Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Driving
Characteristics andTowing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Drunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
For Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . 21
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 168
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 169
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Dual Tire Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
E
E85 or FlexFuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Electrical Equipment,Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

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LATCH, Lower Anchors andTethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Lighter, Cigarette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Lighting Entry/Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Lights
Airbag On-Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Antilock Brake System(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . 102
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 104
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 124
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Safety Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . . 98
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
StabiliTrak
®OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak
®. . . . . . . . . . 104
Locking Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Locks
Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Cargo Door Relocking . . . . . . . . . . 29
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 105
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
M
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Maintenance and Care Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 294 Recommended Fluids and
Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 100
Manual Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Manual Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Messages Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115 Messages (cont'd)
Battery Voltage and
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Engine Cooling System . . . . . . . .112
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Fuel System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Key and Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Object Detection System . . . . . .114
Ride Control System . . . . . . . . . . .114
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Service Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Vehicle Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Mirrors Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Manual Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Trailer Tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . 36

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Tow/Haul Mode Light . . . . . . . . . . . 103
TowingDriving Characteristics . . . . . . . . 201
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 201
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 283
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak
®Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Trailer Tow Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Transmission Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Transportation Program,
Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
U
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . 266
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
V
Vehicle
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Identification Number (VIN) . . . 305
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Reminder Messages . . . . . . . . . . .118
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Vehicle Care Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Vehicle Data Recording and Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
Ventilation, Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Voltmeter Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
W
Warning Brake System Light . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Warning (cont'd)
Caution and Danger . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Warning Lights, Gauges, and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Warnings Hazard Flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Wheels Alignment and Tire Balance . . 268
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Where to Put the Restraint . . . . . . 71
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Enhanced Technology Glass . . . 38
Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Swing-out Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Windshield Wiper/Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Winter Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Wiper Blade Replacement . . . . . . 237