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Warning (Continued)
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
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 0349.
The Tire and Loading
Information label indicates the
original equipment tires on the
vehicle. See Vehicle Load Limits
0 212 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, 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
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Warning (Continued)
developed for the vehicle, and
have them properly installed by a
GM certified technician.
See Buying New Tires 0357 and
Accessories and Modifications
0 297.
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
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

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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
laboratory test wheel. Sustained
high temperature can cause the
material of the tire to degenerate
and reduce tire life, and
excessive temperature can lead
to sudden tire failure. The grade
C corresponds to a level ofperformance which all
passenger car tires must meet
under the Federal Motor Safety
Standard No. 109. Grades B and
A represent higher levels of
performance on the laboratory
test wheel than the minimum
required by law. Warning: The
temperature grade for this tire is
established for a tire that is
properly inflated and not
overloaded. Excessive speed,
underinflation, or excessive
loading, either separately or in
combination, can cause heat
buildup and possible tire failure.
Wheel Alignment and Tire
Balance
The tires and wheels were aligned
and balanced at the factory to
provide the longest tire life and best
overall performance. Adjustments to
wheel alignment and tire balancing
are not necessary on a regular
basis. Consider an alignment check
if there is unusual tire wear or the vehicle is significantly pulling to one
side or the other. Some slight pull to
the left or right, depending on the
crown of the road and/or other road
surface variations such as troughs
or ruts, is normal. If the vehicle is
vibrating when driving on a smooth
road, the tires and wheels may need
to be rebalanced. See your dealer
for proper diagnosis.
Wheel Replacement
Replace any wheel that is bent,
cracked, or badly rusted or
corroded. If wheel nuts keep coming
loose, the wheel, wheel bolts, and
wheel nuts should be replaced.
If the wheel leaks air, replace it.
Some aluminum wheels can be
repaired. See your dealer if any of
these conditions exist.
Your dealer will know the kind of
wheel that is needed.
Each new wheel should have the
same load-carrying capacity,
diameter, width, offset, and be
mounted the same way as the one it
replaces.

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Replace wheels, wheel bolts, wheel
nuts, or Tire Pressure Monitor
System (TPMS) sensors with new
GM original equipment parts.
{Warning
Using the wrong replacement
wheels, wheel bolts, or wheel
nuts can be dangerous. It could
affect the braking and handling of
the vehicle. Tires can lose air,
and cause loss of control, causing
a crash. Always use the correct
wheel, wheel bolts, and wheel
nuts for replacement.
Caution
The wrong wheel can also cause
problems with bearing life, brake
cooling, speedometer or
odometer calibration, headlamp
aim, bumper height, vehicle
ground clearance, and tire or tire
chain clearance to the body and
chassis.
Used Replacement Wheels
{Warning
Replacing a wheel with a used
one is dangerous. How it has
been used or how far it has been
driven may be unknown. It could
fail suddenly and cause a crash.
When replacing wheels, use a
new GM original equipment
wheel.
Tire Chains
{Warning
If the vehicle has 265/65R18,
P265/65R18, P275/55R20,
or P285/45R22 size tires, do not
use tire chains. There is not
enough clearance. Tire chains
used on a vehicle without the
proper amount of clearance can
cause damage to the brakes,
suspension, or other vehicle(Continued)
Warning (Continued)
parts. The area damaged by the
tire chains could cause loss of
control and a crash.
Use another type of traction
device only if its manufacturer
recommends it for the vehicle's
tire size combination and road
conditions. Follow that
manufacturer's instructions. To
avoid vehicle damage, drive slow
and readjust or remove the
traction device if it is contacting
the vehicle. Do not spin the
wheels.
If traction devices are used, install
them on the rear tires.
Caution
If the vehicle has P255/70R17 or
P265/70R17 size tires, use tire
chains only where legal and only(Continued)

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Index 439
Check (cont'd)Ignition Transmission Lock . . . 322
Child Restraints Infants and Young Children . . . 106
Lower Anchors and Tethers
for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . 120, 122, 123
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Child-View Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Cleaning Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
Climate Control Systems Dual Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . . 418
Compartments
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Connected Services
Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436 Connected Services (cont'd)
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433
Connections Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . 434
Control Hill Descent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Traction and ElectronicStability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Coolant
Engine Temperature Gauge . . 148
Engine TemperatureWarning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191, 195
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Courtesy Transportation Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245 Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Cruise Control, Adaptive . . . . . . . . 248
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 414 Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413
Text Telephone (TTY)Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414 Customer Information
Publications Ordering
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420
Customer Satisfaction Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
D
Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . . . 418
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . 2
Data CollectionInfotainment System . . . . . . . . . . 424
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . 423
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Diagnostics Connected Services . . . . . . . . . . 436
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Door Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . 410
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . 255

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Level ControlAutomatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Lighting Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 187
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Lights Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Antilock Brake System(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . 155
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Check Engine (Malfunction Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Engine Coolant Temperature Warning . . . . . . . 158
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 159
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Four-Wheel-Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Front Fog Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 183 Lights (cont'd)
Lane Keep Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Seat Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . . 150
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
StabiliTrak OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Traction Control System
(TCS)/StabiliTrak . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Locking Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 159
Low-Profile Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68M
Magnetic Ride Control . . . . . . . . . . 244
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
Maintenance and Care
Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 395 Recommended Fluids andLubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404
Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 153
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Memory Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Messages Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Mirror
Child-View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Mirrors Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Automatic DimmingRearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Blind Spot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

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T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . 414
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . . . 55Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Third-Row Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Throttle, Adjustable . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341 All-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
All-Terrain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Full-Size Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Low Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348, 349
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Pressure Monitor Operation . . 350
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . 349
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Terminology and Definitions . . 345 Tires (cont'd)
Uniform Tire Quality
Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Wheel Alignment and Tire
Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 360
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Top Tier Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Tow/Haul Mode Light . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Towing Driving Characteristics . . . . . . . . 273
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 273
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 378
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . 292
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
Traction Control System(TCS)/StabiliTrak Light . . . . . . 158
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . . . . . . . . 292 Trailer (cont'd)
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Transmission Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . 305, 308
Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . 149
Transportation Program, Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
U
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . 359
Universal Remote System . . . . . . 177Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
V
Vehicle
Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Identification Number (VIN) . . . 408
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169