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424 Vehicle Care
Warning (Continued)
2. Put an automatictransmission in P (Park) or a
manual transmission in
1 (First) or R (Reverse).
3. For four-wheel-drive vehicles, be sure the
transfer case is in a drive
gear– not in N (Neutral).
4. Turn off the engine and do not restart while the vehicle
is raised.
5. Do not allow passengers to remain in the vehicle.
6. Place wheel blocks, if equipped, on both sides of
the tire at the opposite
corner of the tire being
changed.
When the vehicle has a flat tire (2),
use the following example as a
guide to assist in the placement of
the wheel blocks (1), if equipped.
1. Wheel Block (If Equipped)
2. Flat Tire
The following information explains
how to use the jack and change
a tire.
Tire Changing
Removing the Spare Tire and
Tools
Crew Cab
1. Wheel Blocks
2. Wing Nut Retaining Wheel Blocks
3. Tool Kit
4. Wing Nut Retaining Tool Kit
5. Jack
6. Jack Knob

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460 Service and Maintenance
(3)Or every four years, whichever
comes first. If driving in dusty
conditions, inspect the filter at each
oil change or more often as needed.
(4) 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 transfer case fluid.
Contaminated fluid will decrease the
life of the transfer case and/or axles
and should be replaced.
(5) Or every five years, whichever
comes first. See Cooling
System 0371.
(6) Or every 10 years, whichever
comes first. Inspect for fraying,
excessive cracking, or damage;
replace, if needed.
(7) Replace brake fluid every five
years. See Brake Fluid 0380.Special Application
Services
.
Vehicles with Dual Wheels:
Check dual wheel nut torque at
160, 1 600 and 10 000 km (100,
1,000 and 6,000 mi) of driving.
Repeat this service whenever a
tire/wheel is serviced or
removed.
. Severe Commercial Use
Vehicles Only: Lubricate chassis
components every 5 000 km/
3,000 mi.
. Have underbody flushing service
performed. See “Underbody
Maintenance” inExterior
Care 0444.
Additional
Maintenance and Care
Your vehicle is an important
investment and caring for it properly
may help to avoid future costly
repairs. To maintain vehicle
performance, additional
maintenance services may be
required.
It is recommended that your dealer
perform these services —their
trained dealer technicians know
your vehicle best. Your dealer can
also perform a thorough
assessment with a multi-point
inspection to recommend when your
vehicle may need attention.
The following list is intended to
explain the services and conditions
to look for that may indicate
services are required.
Battery
The 12-volt battery supplies power
to start the engine and operate any
additional electrical accessories.

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476 Customer Information
GM Mobility
Reimbursement Program
This program is available to
qualified applicants for cost
reimbursement of eligible
aftermarket adaptive equipment
required for the vehicle, such as
hand controls or a wheelchair/
scooter lift for the vehicle.
For more information on the limited
offer, visit www.gmmobility.com or
call the GM Mobility Assistance
Center at 1-800-323-9935. Text
Telephone (TTY) users, call
1-800-833-9935.
General Motors of Canada also has
a Mobility Program. Visit www.gm.ca
or call 1-800-GM-DRIVE (463-7483)
for details. TTY users call
1-800-263-3830.
Roadside Assistance
Program
For U.S.-purchased vehicles, call
1-888-881-3302; (Text Telephone
(TTY): 1-888-889-2438).
For Canadian-purchased vehicles,
call 1-800-268-6800.
Service is available 24 hours a day,
365 days a year.
Calling for Assistance
When calling Roadside Assistance,
have the following information
ready:
.Your name, home address, and
home telephone number.
. Telephone number of your
location.
. Location of the vehicle
. 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 for the
duration of the vehicle's powertrain
warranty.
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.
General Motors North America and
GMC reserve the right to make any
changes or discontinue the
Roadside Assistance program at
any time without notification.
General Motors North America and
GMC reserve the right to limit
services or payment to an owner or
driver if they decide the claims 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.

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H
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . 178
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
HeadlampsAiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
Daytime RunningLamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
High Intensity Discharge (HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . 147
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 176
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . 147
Heated Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Heated and Ventilated Front
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Heater Engine Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Heating and Air
Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246, 248
High Voltage Devices and Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 High-Speed Operation . . . . . . . . . . 409
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 266
Hill Descent Control (HDC) . . . . . 305
Hill Descent Control Light . . . . . . . 144
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . 302
Home Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190, 192
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
How to Wear Safety Belts
Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
I
Idle SystemFast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Ignition Transmission Lock Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Indicator Vehicle Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Infants and Young Children,
Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . 485
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Instrument Panel Storage Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Interior Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . 49 Internet Radio
Pandora . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
J
Jack Auxiliary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Jump Starting - North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
K
Key and Lock Messages . . . . . . . . 156
Keyless EntryRemote (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . 35
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . . . 401
Lamps Auxiliary RoofMounted Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . 177
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Malfunction Indicator . . . . . . . . . 141
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

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Lamps (cont'd)Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Lane Departure Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . 315
Lane Keep Assist Light . . . . . . . . . 144
Lap Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
LATCH System Replacing Parts after aCrash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
LATCH, Lower Anchors and
Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
Light Hill Decent Control . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Lighting Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 180
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Airbag On-Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Antilock Brake System(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 Lights (cont'd)
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . 142
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Four-Wheel-Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Front Fog Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 176
Lane Departure Warning . . . . . . 144
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Safety Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . 137
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
StabiliTrak
®OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak
®. . . . . . . . . . 146
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Locking Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 146
Low-Profile Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
Lower Anchors and Tethers
for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
M
Maintenance
Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466
Maintenance and Care
Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 454 Recommended Fluids andLubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 141
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Memory Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Messages Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Battery Voltage andCharging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Engine Cooling System . . . . . . . 154

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Signals, Turn andLane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Snow Plow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Special Application Services . . . . 460
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
StabiliTrak OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Start Assist, Hills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 Fluid, Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Steering System Messages . . . . . 159
Steps Power Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Stoplamps and Back-up Lamps Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
Storage Areas
Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Floor Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117 Storage Areas (cont'd)
Instrument Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Sunglasses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . 117
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Sunglass Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Switches
Airbag On-Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
System Forward CollisionAlert (FCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185, 485
Noise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Systems Driver Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Tailgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
TaillampsBulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . 475
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . . . 44 Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Throttle, Adjustable . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
All-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
All-Terrain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
Full-Size Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . 423
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414
Low Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Pressure Monitor Operation . . 410
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . 409
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
Terminology and Definitions . . 405
Uniform Tire Quality
Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 421
When It Is Time for New
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400