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GMC Yukon/Yukon XL/Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./
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408 OnStar around airports; in tunnels and
underpasses; or in an area with
very dense trees. If GPS signals
are not available, the OnStar
system should still operate to
call OnStar. However, OnStar
could have difficulty identifying
the exact location.
.
In emergency situations, OnStar
can use the last stored GPS
location to send to emergency
responders.
A temporary loss of GPS can cause
loss of the ability to send a
Turn-by-Turn Navigation route. The
Advisor may give a verbal route or
may ask for a call back after the
vehicle is driven into an open area.
Cellular and GPS Antennas Cellular reception is required for
OnStar to send remote signals to
the vehicle. Do not place items over
or near the antenna to prevent
blocking cellular and GPS signal
reception. Unable to Connect to OnStar
Message If there is limited cellular coverage
or the cellular network has reached
maximum capacity, this message
may come on. Press
Q to try the
call again or try again after driving a
few miles into another cellular area.
Vehicle and Power Issues OnStar services require a vehicle
electrical system, wireless service,
and GPS satellite technologies to be
available and operating for features
to function properly. These systems
may not operate if the battery is
discharged or disconnected.
Add-on Electrical Equipment The OnStar system is integrated
into the electrical architecture of the
vehicle. Do not add any electrical
equipment. See Add-On Electrical
Equipment 0 274 . Added electrical
equipment may interfere with the
operation of the OnStar system and
cause it to not operate. Vehicle Software Updates OnStar or GM may remotely deliver
software updates or changes to the
vehicle without further notice or
consent. These updates or changes
may enhance or maintain safety,
security, or the operation of the
vehicle or the vehicle systems.
Software updates or changes may
affect or erase data or settings that
are stored in the vehicle, such as
OnStar Hands-Free Calling name
tags, saved navigation destinations,
or pre-set radio stations. Neither
OnStar nor GM is responsible for
any affected or erased data or
settings. These updates or changes
may also collect personal
information. Such collection is
described in the OnStar privacy
statement or separately disclosed at
the time of installation. These
updates or changes may also cause
a system to automatically
communicate with GM servers to
collect information about vehicle
system status, identify whether
updates or changes are available,
or deliver updates or changes. An
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414 Index Check (cont'd)
Ignition Transmission Lock . . . 303
Child Restraints
Infants and Young Children . . . . . 98
Lower Anchors and Tethers
for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112, 114
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Child-View Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Cleaning
Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Climate Control Systems
Dual Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . . 393
Compartments
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Connections
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
Control
Hill Descent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 Control (cont'd)
Traction and Electronic
Stability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Coolant
Engine Temperature Gauge . . 138
Engine Temperature
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180, 184
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Courtesy Transportation
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Cruise Control, Adaptive . . . . . . . . 235
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 389
Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
Text Telephone (TTY)
Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
Customer Information
Service Publications
Ordering Information . . . . . . . . 395
Customer Satisfaction
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386 D Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . . . 393
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . 2
Data Collection
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . 399
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . 398
Daytime Running
Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Diagnostics
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Door
Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . 385
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . 242
Driver Information
Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Driving
Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 246
Characteristics and
Towing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

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416 Index Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Forward Automatic Braking . . . . . 248
Forward Collision Alert
(FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . 222, 299
Four-Wheel-Drive Light . . . . . . . . . 146
Frequency Statement
Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
Front Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Front Fog Lamp
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Front Seats
Heated and Ventilated . . . . . . . . . . 67
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Economy Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . 149
Management, Active . . . . . . . . . . 214
Requirements, California . . . . . 255
Full-Size Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Fuses
Engine Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310 Fuses (cont'd)
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 309
Instrument Panel Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 314, 317
Rear Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
G Garage Door Opener . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Gas Strut(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Gauges
Engine Coolant
Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 137
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Transmission Temperature . . . . 139
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Voltmeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Warning Lights and
Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
General Information
Service and Maintenance . . . . . 369
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Glass Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
GM Mobility Reimbursement
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
H Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . 174
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Head-up Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Headlamps
Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Daytime Running
Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
High Intensity Discharge
(HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . 149
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 172
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . 150
Heated
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Heated and Ventilated Front
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Heater
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180, 184

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Index 419Oil (cont'd)
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 285
Engine Oil Pressure Gauge . . . 137
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . . . 97
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . . 389
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
OnStar Additional
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406
OnStar Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
OnStar Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
OnStar Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
OnStar Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
OnStar Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
OnStar Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
Operation
Fog Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Ordering
Service Publications . . . . . . . . . . 395
Outlets
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
P Park
Shifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Parking
Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 Parking (cont'd)
Brake and P (Park)
Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . 303
Extended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 214
Parking Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Parking or Backing
Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 243
Passenger Airbag Status
Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Passenger Compartment Air
Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . 91
Perchlorate Materials
Requirements, California . . . . . . 278
Personalization
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Power
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Protection, Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . 212
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Power Assist Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Pregnancy, Using Seat Belts . . . . 82 Privacy
Vehicle Data Recording . . . . . . . 398
Program
Courtesy Transportation . . . . . . 392
Proposition
65 Warning,
California . . . . . . . . . . . .277, 298, 351,
Back Cover
R Radio Frequency Statement . . . . 396
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Rear Climate Control System . . . 184
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Rear Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . . 243
Rear Window Washer/Wiper . . . . 125
Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Recommended Fluids and
Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Records
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . 355

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420 Index Reimbursement Program,
GM Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
Remote Keyless Entry
(RKE) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31, 33
Remote Vehicle Start . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Replacement
Glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Replacement Parts
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . . . 96
Replacing LATCH System
Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Replacing Seat Belt System
Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Reporting Safety Defects
Canadian Government . . . . . . . . 397
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
Restraints
Where to Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Reverse Tilt Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Ride Control Systems
Magnetic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Roads
Driving, Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197 Roadside Assistance
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
Roof
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . . 385
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
S Safety Defects Reporting
Canadian Government . . . . . . . . 397
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . 392
Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
How to Wear Seat Belts
Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Lap Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . . . 84
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . 82 Seats
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Heated and Ventilated Front . . . . 67
Heated, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . . 63
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . 62
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Second Row . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Third Row Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Second Row Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Securing Child
Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112, 114
Security
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Accessories and
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . 278
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . 382
Maintenance, General
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Parts Identification Label . . . . . 383

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Index 421Service (cont'd)
Publications Ordering
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 392
Services
Special Application . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Shift Lock Control Function
Check, Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Shifting
Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . 250
Signals, Turn and
Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Special Application Services . . . . 376
Specifications and
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
StabiliTrak
OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Start Assist, Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Steering (cont'd)
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Steps
Power Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Storage
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Storage Areas
Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Instrument Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Sunglasses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . 118
Struts
Gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Sunglass Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
System
Forward Collision
Alert (FCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179, 399
Noise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301 System (cont'd)
Roof Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Systems
Driver Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
T Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . 389
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . . . 51
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Third-Row Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Throttle, Adjustable . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
All-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
All-Terrain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Full-Size Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Low Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327, 328
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Pressure Monitor Operation . . 330
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . 329