GMC TERRAIN 2011 Owner's Manual

Manufacturer: GMC, Model Year: 2011, Model line: TERRAIN, Model: GMC TERRAIN 2011
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INDEX i-7
LocksDoor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Safety . . . . . .

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LocksDoor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . 5-19
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-49
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6 Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
M
Maintenance
Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-9
Maintenance Schedule Recommended Fluids andLubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-6
Scheduled Maintenance . . . . . . 11-2
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . 5-13
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-35
Mass Storage Media (MEM) . . . 7-24
Memory Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9 Messages
Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-28
Anti-Theft Alarm System . . . . . . 5-28
Battery Voltage and
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24
Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
Engine Cooling System . . . . . . . 5-25
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-26
Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-26
Fuel System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27
Key and Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27
Object Detection System . . . . . 5-27
Ride Control System . . . . . . . . . . 5-27
Safety Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-28
Service Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-28
Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-28
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-29
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24
Vehicle Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-29 Mirrors
Automatic Dimming
Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
Park Tilt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
Monitor System, Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-52
Multi-Band Antenna . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18
N
Navigation Vehicle Data Recordingand Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-17
Net, Convenience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . 9-26
O
Object Detection System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Off-Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7 Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7
Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6

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OilEngine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-10
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . 10-14
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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OilEngine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-10
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . 10-14
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-26
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-18
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . 3-40
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . 13-6
OnStar
®System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-26
Operation, Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7
Ordering
Service Publications . . . . . . . . 13-14
Outlets Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . 10-21
Overview, Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3, 7-5
P
ParkShifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-31
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-32
Park Tilt Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15 Parking
Assist, Ultrasonic . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-45
Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-38
Brake and P (Park)
Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . 10-29
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 9-32
Passenger Airbag Status
Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Passenger Compartment Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Passenger Sensing System . . . 3-33
Perchlorate Materials
Requirements, California . . . . . 10-3
Personalization Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-30
Phone
Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . 7-45, 7-46, 7-51
Power Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . 9-30
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Steering Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-23
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-17 Pregnancy, Using Safety
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24
Privacy Radio FrequencyIdentification (RFID) . . . . . . . 13-18
Program Courtesy Transportation . . . . 13-10
Proposition 65 Warning, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2
R
Radio FrequencyIdentification (RFID) . . . . . . . . 13-18
Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-18
Radios AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-11
CD/DVD Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-21
Reception . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-18
Satellite . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-14
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Rear Seat Audio (RSA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-43
Rear Seat Entertainment
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-33
Rear Seat Audio (RSA) . . . . . . . 7-43
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9

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Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . 9-47
Rear Window Washer/Wiper . . . . 5-4
Rearview MirrorAutomatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
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Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . 9-47
Rear Window Washer/Wiper . . . . 5-4
Rearview MirrorAutomatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . 2-15
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Recommended Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-52
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-6
Records Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-9
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-79
Reimbursement Program, GM Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-7
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3
Remote Vehicle Start . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Replacement Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . 10-38
Replacement Parts Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-40
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-8
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . 3-40
Replacing LATCH System Parts After a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . 3-54 Replacing Safety Belt
System Parts After a
Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
Reporting Safety Defects Canadian Government . . . . . . 13-15
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-16
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . 13-15
Restraints Where to Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-47
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-30
Ride Control Systems Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-27
Roads Driving, Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-17
Roadside Assistance
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-7, 13-9
Roof Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-57
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . 12-4
Running the Vehicle While Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-33S
Safety Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24
How to Wear Safety BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-28
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Replacing After a Crash . . . . . . 3-25
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . 3-24
Safety Defects Reporting Canadian Government . . . . . . 13-15
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-16
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . 13-15
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . 3-24
Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-14
Scheduled Maintenance . . . . . . . 11-2
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 13-10
Seats
Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Heated Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . 3-6

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Seats (cont.)Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . 3-3
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Reclining Seatbacks . .

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Seats (cont.)Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . 3-3
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Securing Child Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-55, 3-57
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Service Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . 10-4
Engine Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . 11-9
Maintenance, General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1
Parts Identification Label . . . . . 12-1
Publications Ordering
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-14
Scheduling Appointments . . . 13-10
Vehicle Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-28
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37
Shift Lock Control Function
Check, Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-28 Shifting
Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-31
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-32
Sidemarker Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 10-35
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Spare Tire Compact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-74
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
StabiliTrak
®OFF Light . . . . . . . . . 5-16
StabiliTrak®System . . . . . . . . . . . 9-41
Start Assist, Hills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-39
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . 10-28
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-29
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4 Fluid, Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-23
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Stoplamps and Back-Up Lamps Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 10-35
Storage
Mass Media (MEM) . . . . . . . . . . . 7-24 Storage Areas
Cargo Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Instrument Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .v
System Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
Roof Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
TaillampsBulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 10-35
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . 13-6
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . 2-13 Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5, 5-6

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TiresBuying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . 10-59
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-65
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TiresBuying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . 10-59
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-65
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-67
Compact Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-74
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-48
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-61
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . 10-65
Inflation Monitor System . . . . 10-54
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-57
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-28
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
Pressure Monitor System . . . 10-52
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-57
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . 10-45
Terminology and
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-48
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-61
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-63
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . 10-63
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-58 Towing
Driving Characteristics . . . . . . . . 9-58
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-63
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 9-57
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . 10-79
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-61
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . 9-64
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-79
Traction Control System (TCS) . . . . . . . . 9-39
Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak
®Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . . . . . . . . 9-64
Trailer Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-61
Transmission
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-34
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-15
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-29
Transportation Program,
Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-10
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Turn Signal
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 10-35
U
Ultrasonic Parking Assist . . . . . . 9-45
Uniform Tire QualityGrading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-61
Using this Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
V
Vehicle Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .iv
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Identification
Number (VIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-30
Reminder Messages . . . . . . . . . . 5-29
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-79
Vehicle Care Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-51
Vehicle Identification Service Parts Identification
Label . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1
Ventilation, Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18

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WarningBrake System Light . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15
Warning Lights, Gauges, and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7

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