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GMC Yukon/Yukon XL/Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./
Canada/Mexico-11349262) - 2018 - CRC - 11/3/17
400 Customer Information
Aftermarket collision parts are also
available. These are made by
companies other than GM and may
not have been tested for the vehicle.
As a result, these parts may fit
poorly, exhibit premature durability/
corrosion problems, and may not
perform properly in subsequent
collisions. Aftermarket parts are not
covered by the GM New Vehicle
Limited Warranty, and any vehicle
failure related to such parts is not
covered by that warranty.
Repair Facility
GM also recommends that you
choose a collision repair facility that
meets your needs before you ever
need collision repairs. Your dealer
may have a collision repair center
with GM-trained technicians and
state-of-the-art equipment, or be
able to recommend a collision repair
center that has GM-trained
technicians and comparable
equipment.
Insuring the Vehicle
Protect your investment in the GM
vehicle with comprehensive and
collision insurance coverage. There
are significant differences in the
quality of coverage afforded by
various insurance policy terms.
Many insurance policies provide
reduced protection to the GM
vehicle by limiting compensation for
damage repairs through the use of
aftermarket collision parts. Some
insurance companies will not
specify aftermarket collision parts.
When purchasing insurance, we
recommend that you ensure that the
vehicle will be repaired with GM
original equipment collision parts.
If such insurance coverage is not
available from your current
insurance carrier, consider switching
to another insurance carrier.
If the vehicle is leased, the leasing
company may require you to have
insurance that ensures repairs with
Genuine GM Original Equipment
Manufacturer (OEM) parts or
Genuine Manufacturer replacementparts. Read the lease carefully, as
you may be charged at the end of
the lease for poor quality repairs.
If a Crash Occurs
If there has been an injury, call
emergency services for help. Do not
leave the scene of a crash until all
matters have been taken care of.
Move the vehicle only if its position
puts you in danger, or you are
instructed to move it by a police
officer.
Give only the necessary information
to police and other parties involved
in the crash.
For emergency towing see
Roadside Assistance Program
0
396.
Gather the following information:
. Driver name, address, and
telephone number
. Driver license number
. Owner name, address, and
telephone number
. Vehicle license plate number

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420 Index
Check (cont'd)Ignition Transmission Lock . . . 307
Child Restraints Infants and Young Children . . . 101
Lower Anchors and Tethers
for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . .115, 117, 118
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Child-View Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Cleaning Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Climate Control Systems Dual Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . . 399
Compartments
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Connections
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409
Control Hill Descent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236 Control (cont'd)
Traction and Electronic
Stability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Coolant
Engine Temperature Gauge . . 141
Engine TemperatureWarning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184, 188
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Courtesy Transportation Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Cruise Control, Adaptive . . . . . . . . 240
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 395 Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
Text Telephone (TTY)Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
Customer Information
Service PublicationsOrdering Information . . . . . . . . 401
Customer Satisfaction Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392D
Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . . . 399
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . 3
Data CollectionInfotainment System . . . . . . . . . . 405
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . 404
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Diagnostics
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .411
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Door
Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . 391
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . 247
Driver Information Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Driving Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 250
Characteristics andTowing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

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Driving (cont'd)Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Drunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
For Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . 27
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 202
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 203
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Off-Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Dual Automatic Climate Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
E
E85 or FlexFuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Electrical Equipment,Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Electrical System Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 313
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318, 321
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Rear Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323 Emergency
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Check Light (MalfunctionIndicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 284
Coolant Temperature
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Coolant Temperature Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Oil Pressure Gauge . . . . . . . . . . 140
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 220
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 404
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Extender, Seat Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 174
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . 176
Exterior Lighting Battery
Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
F
FanEngine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Features Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Filter,
Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 178
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
FlexFuel E85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Fluid AutomaticTransmission . . . . . . . . . . . 290, 293
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Four-Wheel Drive Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

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Fog Lamps (cont'd)Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Forward Automatic Braking . . . . . 253
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . 226, 303
Four-Wheel-Drive Light . . . . . . . . . 149
Frequency Statement Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
Front Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Front Seats
Heated and Ventilated . . . . . . . . . . 69
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Economy Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Filling a Portable FuelContainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . 152
Management, Active . . . . . . . . . . 218
Requirements, California . . . . . 260
Full-Size Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 355 Fuses
Engine Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 313
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318, 321
Rear Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
G
Garage Door Opener . . . . . . . . . . . 170Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Gas Strut(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Gauges Engine CoolantTemperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 140
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Transmission Temperature . . . . 142
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Voltmeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Warning Lights and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
General Information Service and Maintenance . . . . . 374 General Information (cont'd)
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Glass Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
GM Mobility Reimbursement
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
H
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . 178
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Head-up Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
HeadlampsAiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
Daytime Running
Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
High Intensity Discharge
(HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . 153
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 176
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . 153
Heated Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

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Rearview Mirrors (cont'd)Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Records Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . 360
Reimbursement Program, GM Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . . 32, 33, 35
Remote Vehicle Start . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Replacement Glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Replacement Parts Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . . . 99
Replacing LATCH System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Replacing Seat Belt System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Reporting Safety Defects Canadian Government . . . . . . . . 403
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402 Restraints
Where to Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Reverse Tilt Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Ride Control Systems Magnetic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Roads Driving, Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Roadside Assistance Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
Roof Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . . 391
Running the Vehicle While Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
S
Safety Defects ReportingCanadian Government . . . . . . . . 403
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . 398
Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Seat Belts (cont'd)
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
How to Wear Seat Belts
Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Lap Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . . . 86
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . 84
Seats Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Heated and Ventilated Front . . . . 69
Heated, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . . 65
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . 64
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Second Row . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Third Row Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Second Row Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Securing Child Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . 115, 117, 118
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

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Tires (cont'd)Full-Size Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Low Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331, 332
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Pressure Monitor Operation . . 334
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . 333
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Terminology and Definitions . . 328
Uniform Tire Quality
Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 343
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Tow/Haul Mode Light . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Towing Driving Characteristics . . . . . . . . 263
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 263
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 360
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266 Towing (cont'd)
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . 277
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Traction
Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . . . . . . . . 277
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Transmission Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . 290, 293
Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . 142
Transportation Program,
Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
U
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . 342
Universal Remote System . . . . . . 170Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173 Universal Remote System (cont'd)
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
V
Vehicle Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Identification Number (VIN) . . . 388
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Speed Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . . . 150
Vehicle Care Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Vehicle Data Recording and Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404
Ventilation, Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Voltmeter Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143