flat tire GMC SIERRA 2014 Service Manual

Black plate (6,1)GMC Sierra Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
5853626) - 2014 - 3rd crc - 6/6/14
13-6 Customer Information
.Model, year, color, and license
plate number of the vehicle
.Odometer reading, Vehicle
Identification Number (VIN), and
delivery date of the vehicle
.Description of the problem
Coverage
Services are provided up to 5 years/
160 000 km (100,000 mi), whichever
comes first.
In the U.S., anyone driving the
vehicle is covered. In Canada, a
person driving the vehicle without
permission from the owner is not
covered.
Roadside Assistance is not a part of
the New Vehicle Limited Warranty.
GMC and General Motors of
Canada Limited reserve the right to
make any changes or discontinue
the Roadside Assistance program at
any time without notification.
GMC and General Motors of
Canada Limited reserve the right to
limit services or payment to an
owner or driver if they decide theclaims are made too often, or the
same type of claim is made many
times.
Services Provided
.Emergency Fuel Delivery:
Delivery of enough fuel for the
vehicle to get to the nearest
service station.
.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 also 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
failure, incidental expenses may
be reimbursed during the
5 years/(160 000 km) 100,000 mi
Powertrain warranty period.
Items considered are hotel,
meals, and rental car.

Black plate (1,1)GMC Sierra Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
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INDEX i-1
A
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . 9-28, 9-29
Active Fuel Management
®. . . . . 9-32
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-99
Adding a Snow Plow or Similar Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-99
Additional Information OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-5
Adjustable Throttle and Brake Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24
Adjustments Lumbar, Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . 10-17
Air Filter, Passenger
Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8
Airbag System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37
How Does an AirbagRestrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-31 Airbag System (cont'd)
What Makes an Airbag
Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-26
What Will You See after an
Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-27
When Should an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . 3-23
Airbags
Adding Equipment to theVehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-36
Light On-Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18
On-Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18
On-Off Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28
Passenger Status Indicator . . . 5-20
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18
Servicing Airbag-Equipped Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-35
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21
Alarm Vehicle Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-11
All-Terrain Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-53
AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-9
Antenna Multi-band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-12 Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-52
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
Appearance Care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-96
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-101
Assistance Program,
Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-5
Assistance Systems for Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-64
Assistance Systems for
Parking and Backing . . . . . . . . . 9-61
Audio Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-22
Audio Players . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-16 CD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-16
Audio System Fixed Mast Antenna . . . . . . . . . . 7-12
Radio Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-11
Theft-Deterrent Feature . . . . . . . . 7-2
Automatic
Dimming Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . 9-33, 9-34
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . 10-14

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INDEX i-5
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . 13-14
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8
Extender, Safety Belt . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . 6-2
F
FanEngine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-26
Fast Idle System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-28
Features Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
Filter,
Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . 10-17
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 6-4
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-76 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-78
FlexFuel E85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-70, 9-71
Floor Console Storage . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-104 Fluid
Automatic Transmission . . . . 10-14
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-29
Four-Wheel Drive
Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-39
Power Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-26
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-27
Fog Lamps Bulb Replacement . . . . . . 6-5, 10-40
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-64
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-39, 10-32, 9-39
Four-Wheel-Drive Light . . . . . . . . 5-25
Front Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-33
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-29
Front Seats Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Heated and Cooled . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-68 Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-70
Economy Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-29
Filling a Portable FuelContainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-73 Fuel (cont'd)
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . 9-71, 9-72
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-70
Gasoline Specifications . . . . . . . 9-70
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . 5-28
Management, Active . . . . . . . . . . 9-32
Requirements, California . . . . . 9-70
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-38
Full-Size Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . 10-88
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-43 Engine CompartmentFuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-43
Instrument Panel
Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . 10-47, 10-49
G
Garage Door Opener . . . . . . . . . . 5-52Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-52
Gasoline
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-70
Gauges Engine CoolantTemperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 5-15
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14

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i-12 INDEX
Storage AreasCenter Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Floor Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Instrument Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Sunglasses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-14
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22
Sunglass Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23
Switches
Airbag On-Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-28
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
System Forward Collision
Alert (FCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-64
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1, 13-15
Noise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-35
Systems Driver Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-60T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-10
Taillamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-40
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 10-40
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . 13-4
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . 2-13 Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Throttle, Adjustable . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Tires All-Terrain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-53
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . 10-70
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-75
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-78
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-56
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-72
Dual Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-69
Full-Size Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-88
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . 10-76
Inflation Monitor System . . . . 10-63
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-66
Low Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-53
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-42
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-28
Pressure Monitor System . . . 10-62 Tires (cont'd)
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-67
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . 10-54
Terminology and
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-58
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-72
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-74
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . 10-74
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-69
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-53
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-38
Tow/Haul Mode Light . . . . . . . . . . 5-26
Towing
Driving Characteristics . . . . . . . . 9-74
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-89
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 9-74
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . 10-94
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-77
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . 9-98
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-93
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak
®Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27