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Contents Introduction ...... 2 In Brief ...... 5 Keys, Doors, and Windows . . . . . 28 Seats and Restraints ...... 55 Storage ...... 111 Instruments and Controls ...... 118 Lighting ...... 164 Infotainment System ...... 173 Climate Controls ...... 198 Driving and Operating ...... 205 Vehicle Care ...... 284 Service and Maintenance . . . . . 373 Technical Data ...... 386 Customer Information ...... 390 Reporting Safety Defects ...... 400 OnStar ...... 404 Connected Services ...... 412 Index ...... 416 GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

2 Introduction Introduction This manual describes features that Helm, Incorporated may or may not be on the vehicle Attention: Customer Service because of optional equipment that 47911 Halyard Drive was not purchased on the vehicle, Plymouth, MI 48170 model variants, country USA specifications, features/applications that may not be available in your Using this Manual region, or changes subsequent to To quickly locate information about the printing of this owner’s manual. the vehicle, use the Index in the The names, logos, emblems, Refer to the purchase back of the manual. It is an slogans, vehicle model names, and documentation relating to your alphabetical list of what is in the vehicle body designs appearing in specific vehicle to confirm the manual and the page number where this manual including, but not limited features. it can be found. to, GM, the GM logo, GMC, the GMC Emblem, ACADIA, and Keep this manual in the vehicle for DENALI are trademarks and/or quick reference. Danger, Warning, and service marks of Caution LLC, its subsidiaries, affiliates, Canadian Vehicle Owners Warning messages found on vehicle or licensors. A French language manual can be labels and in this manual describe For vehicles first sold in Canada, obtained from your dealer, at hazards and what to do to avoid or substitute the name “General www.helminc.com, or from: reduce them. Motors of Canada Company” for GMC wherever it appears in this Propriétaires Canadiens manual. On peut obtenir un exemplaire de ce guide en français auprès du concessionnaire ou à l'adresse suivante: Litho in U.S.A. Part No. 84139730 A First Printing © 2018 General Motors LLC. All Rights Reserved. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Introduction 3 A circle with a slash through it is a Vehicle Symbol Chart { Danger safety symbol which means “Do Here are some additional symbols Not,”“Do not do this,” or “Do not let Danger indicates a hazard with a that may be found on the vehicle this happen.” high level of risk which will result and what they mean. See the in serious injury or death. features in this manual for Symbols information. The vehicle has components and u : Air Conditioning System labels that use symbols instead of G { Warning text. Symbols are shown along with : Air Conditioning Refrigerant Oil the text describing the operation or 9 : Readiness Light Warning indicates a hazard that information relating to a specific ! : Antilock Brake System (ABS) could result in injury or death. component, control, message, gauge, or indicator. $ : Brake System Warning Light M : Shown when the owner’s 9 : Dispose of Used Components Caution manual has additional instructions Properly or information. B : Engine Coolant Temperature Caution indicates a hazard that * : Shown when the service could result in property or vehicle _ : Flame/Fire Prohibited manual has additional instructions damage. or information. H : Flammable 0 : Shown when there is more [ : Forward Collision Alert information on another page — + : Fuses “see page.” j : ISOFIX/LATCH System Child Restraints | : Lane Change Alert @ : Lane Departure Warning A : Lane Keep Assist GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

4 Introduction * : Malfunction Indicator Lamp : : Oil Pressure X : Park Assist ~ : Pedestrian Ahead Indicator O : Power 7 : Rear Cross Traffic Alert I : Registered Technician / : Remote Vehicle Start > : Seat Belt Reminders I : Side Blind Zone Alert h : Start/Stop 7 : Pressure Monitor d : StabiliTrak/Electronic Stability Control (ESC) a : Under Pressure V : Vehicle Ahead Indicator GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

In Brief 5 Vehicle Features Tire Pressure Monitor ...... 25 In Brief Infotainment System ...... 19 Fuel ...... 26 Radio(s) ...... 19 E85 or FlexFuel ...... 26 Instrument Panel Satellite Radio ...... 19 Engine Oil Life System ...... 26 Portable Audio Devices ...... 19 Driving for Better Fuel Instrument Panel ...... 6 Bluetooth ...... 20 Economy ...... 26 Initial Drive Information Controls ...... 20 Roadside Assistance Initial Drive Information ...... 8 Cruise Control ...... 21 Program ...... 27 Stop/Start System ...... 8 Driver Information Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) Center (DIC) ...... 21 System ...... 8 Forward Collision Alert (FCA) Remote Vehicle Start ...... 8 System ...... 22 Door Locks ...... 9 Forward Automatic Liftgate ...... 10 Braking (FAB) ...... 22 Windows ...... 10 Front Pedestrian Braking (FPB) Seat Adjustment ...... 11 System ...... 22 Memory Features ...... 12 Lane Keep Assist (LKA) ...... 22 Second Row Seats ...... 12 Lane Change Alert (LCA) ...... 22 Third Row Seats ...... 12 Surround Vision ...... 23 Heated and Ventilated Seats . . . 13 Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . 23 Head Restraint Adjustment . . . . 13 Rear Cross Traffic Alert (RCTA) Seat Belts ...... 14 System ...... 23 Passenger Sensing System . . . 14 Park Assist ...... 23 Mirror Adjustment ...... 14 Power Outlets ...... 23 Adjustment . . . . 15 Universal Remote System . . . . . 24 Interior Lighting ...... 16 ...... 24 Exterior Lighting ...... 16 Performance and Maintenance Wiper/Washer ...... 17 Traction Control/Electronic Climate Controls ...... 18 Stability Control ...... 25 ...... 18 GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

6 In Brief Instrument Panel GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

In Brief 7 1. Air Vents 0 203. 11. Power Outlets 0 124. Forward Collision Alert (FCA) 0 2. Exterior Lamp Controls 0 164. 12. Driver Mode Control 0 239. System 257 (If Equipped). 0 Turn Signal Lever. See Turn Assistance Systems for Heated Steering Wheel 120 and Lane-Change Signals Parking or Backing 0 253 (If (If Equipped). 0 168. Equipped). 19. Release. See Hood 0 3. Instrument Cluster 0 127. Lane Keep Assist (LKA) 0 266 287. (If Equipped). 20. Instrument Panel Illumination 4. Windshield Wiper/Washer 0 0 120. 13. Shift Lever. See Automatic Control 169 (Out of View). 0 Rear Window Wiper/Washer Transmission 229. 21. Data Link Connector (DLC) 0 121. 14. ENGINE START/STOP Button. (Out of View). See Malfunction See Starting the Engine 0 223. Indicator Lamp (Check Engine 5. Light Sensor. See Automatic Light) 0 136. System 0 167. 15. Steering Wheel Controls 0 119 22. Electric 0 234. 6. Infotainment 0 173. (If Equipped). 7. Dual Automatic Climate Control Driver Information Center (DIC) System 0 198. Buttons. See Driver Information Center 8. Heated and Ventilated Front (DIC) (Base and Midlevel) Seats 0 64 (If Equipped). 0 145 or Driver Information 0 9. USB Port 0 181 (If Equipped). Center (DIC) (Uplevel) 148. 0 Auxiliary Input Jack. See 16. Horn 120. Auxiliary Devices 0 187. 17. Steering Wheel Adjustment 0 10. Hazard Warning Flashers 119. 0 168. 18. Cruise Control 0 240. Traction Control/Electronic 0 243 Stability Control 0 236. (If Equipped). GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

8 In Brief Initial Drive Remote Keyless Entry K : Press to unlock the driver door (RKE) System or all doors depending on the Information vehicle personalization settings. The Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) This section provides a brief Lock and unlock feedback can be overview about some of the transmitter may be used to lock and unlock the doors from up to 60 m personalized. important features that may or may 0 not be on your specific vehicle. (197 ft) away from the vehicle. See Vehicle Personalization 152. 7 For more detailed information, refer : Press and release one time to to each of the features which can be initiate vehicle locator. found later in this owner’s manual. Press and hold 7 for three seconds to sound the panic alarm. Press Stop/Start System again to cancel the panic alarm. If equipped, the Stop/Start system b : Press twice quickly to open or will shut off the engine to help close the liftgate. Press once to stop conserve fuel. It has components the liftgate from moving. designed for the increased number See Keys 0 28 and Remote Keyless of starts. Entry (RKE) System Operation 0 29. When the brakes are applied and the vehicle is at a complete stop, With Remote Start Shown Remote Vehicle Start the engine may turn off. When Press the key release button near If equipped, the engine can be stopped, the tachometer displays the bottom of the transmitter to started from outside of the vehicle. AUTO STOP. See Tachometer remove the key. Never pull the key 0 131. When the brake pedal is out without pressing the button. The Starting the Vehicle released or the accelerator pedal is key can be used for the driver door. pressed, the engine will restart. See 1. Press and release on the : Press to lock all doors. Q Stop/Start System 0 224 in Driving Q RKE transmitter. and Operating. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

In Brief 9 2. Immediately press and hold / . Use the key. The key lock Keyless Access for at least four seconds or until cylinder is covered with a cap. 0 the turn signal lamps flash. See Door Locks 37. Start the vehicle normally after To lock or unlock the vehicle from entering. the inside, use the power door lock switch. When the vehicle starts, the parking lamps will turn on. Power Door Locks Remote start can be extended. Canceling a Remote Start To cancel a remote start, do one of the following: / . Press and hold until the If equipped, press the button on the parking lamps turn off. driver door handle when the RKE . Turn on the hazard warning transmitter is within 1 m (3 ft) of the flashers. driver door handle. When unlocking from the driver door, the first press Turn the vehicle on and then off. . unlocks that door; press again See Remote Vehicle Start 0 35. within five seconds to unlock all K passenger doors. See Remote Door Locks : Press to unlock the doors. Keyless Entry (RKE) System : Press to lock the doors. Operation 0 29. To lock or unlock the vehicle from Q the outside: . Press Q or K on the Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) transmitter. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

10 In Brief Liftgate Power Liftgate Operation Windows If equipped with a power liftgate, the switch is on the driver door. The vehicle must be in P (Park). Choose the power liftgate mode by selecting MAX or 3/4. Press 8. The driver door must be unlocked. On the RKE transmitter press b twice quickly until the liftgate starts moving. Press any liftgate button or the touch pad while the liftgate is moving to stop it. Pressing again To unlock the liftgate, press K on reverses the direction. Power windows work when the ignition is on, in ACC/ACCESSORY, the power door lock switch or press To close, press l on the bottom K on the Remote Keyless Entry or when Retained Accessory Power of the liftgate next to the pull cup. (RKE) transmitter twice to unlock all (RAP) is active. See Retained 0 doors. Press the touch pad on the To disable the power liftgate Accessory Power (RAP) 226. bottom of the liftgate and lift up. See function, select OFF on the liftgate Using the window switch, press to Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) switch. See Liftgate 0 41. open or pull to close the window. System Operation 0 29. The windows may be temporarily Use the pull cup to lower and close disabled if they are used repeatedly the liftgate. Do not press the touch within a short time. pad while closing the liftgate. This will cause the liftgate to be unlatched. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

In Brief 11 Seat Adjustment 3. Try to move the seat back and To adjust a , if equipped: forth to be sure it is locked in Manual Seats . Move the seat forward or place. rearward by sliding the Move the lever (2) up or down to control (1) forward or rearward. raise or lower the seat. . Raise or lower the front part of Use the lever (3) to adjust the the seat cushion by moving the seatback. front of the control (1) up See Seat Adjustment 0 58 and or down. Reclining Seatbacks 0 59. . Raise or lower the entire seat by moving the rear of the control (1) Power Seats up or down. . Adjust the seatback by tilting the top of the control (2) forward or rearward. See Reclining Seatbacks 0 59. 1. Seat Adjustment Handle 2. Driver Seat Height . Press and hold the control (3) Adjustment Lever forward to increase or rearward 3. Seatback Lever to decrease support. 0 To adjust a manual seat: See Lumbar Adjustment 59. 0 1. Lift the handle (1) under the See Power Seat Adjustment 59. seat to unlock it. 2. Slide the seat to the desired 1. Seat Adjustment Control position, and then release the handle (1). 2. Seatback Control 3. Lumbar Control GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

12 In Brief Memory Features Then immediately press and hold 1, Second Row Seats 2, or B (Exit) until two beeps sound. To manually recall these positions, press and hold 1, 2, or B until the saved position is reached. When Auto Memory Recall is enabled in vehicle personalization, positions previously saved to memory buttons 1 and 2 are recalled when the ignition is changed from off to on or ACC/ ACCESSORY. When Easy Exit Options is enabled in vehicle personalization, the If equipped, memory seats allow two The second row seat can be folded feature automatically recalls the drivers to save and recall their to access the third row. Pull the previously saved exit position when unique seat positions for driving the handle on top of the seat forward exiting the vehicle. vehicle, and a shared exit position and pull the seat forward. Memory adjustments may not be for getting out of the vehicle. Other The second row seatbacks can be available upon delivery or after feature positions may also be folded forward. See Rear Seats service until steps in Saving saved, such as power mirrors and “ 0 66. wheel, if equipped. Memory Positions” section are Memory positions are linked to RKE performed. See Memory Seats 0 61. transmitter 1 or 2 for automatic Third Row Seats memory recalls. The third row seatbacks can be Before saving, adjust all available folded forward. See Third Row 0 memory feature positions. Turn the Seats 70. ignition on and then press and release SET; a beep will sound. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

In Brief 13 Heated and Ventilated Press C or {, if available, to Head Restraint Seats ventilate the driver or passenger Adjustment seat. A ventilated seat has a fan that pulls or pushes air through the Do not drive until the head restraints seat. The air is not cooled. for all occupants are installed and adjusted properly. Press the button once for the highest setting. With each press of To achieve a comfortable seating the button, the seat will change to position, change the seatback the next lower setting, and then to recline angle as little as necessary the off setting. The indicator lights while keeping the seat and the head next to the buttons indicate three for restraint height in the proper the highest setting and one for the position. lowest. If the front heated seats are See Head Restraints 0 56 and Seat on high, the level may automatically Adjustment 0 58. be lowered after approximately Heated and Ventilated Seat 30 minutes. Buttons Shown, Heated Seat Buttons Similar See Heated and Ventilated Front Seats 0 64. If equipped, the buttons are near the climate controls on the center stack. The heated and ventilated front To operate, the engine must be seats can also be programmed to running. come on during a remote start. See Vehicle Personalization 0 152. Press I or +, if available, to heat the driver or passenger seatback only. Press J or z to heat the driver or passenger cushion and seatback. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

14 In Brief Seat Belts Passenger Sensing The passenger airbag status indicator will light on the overhead System console when the vehicle is started. See Passenger Airbag Status Indicator 0 135. Mirror Adjustment Interior Mirror and Canada Adjust the rearview mirror for a clear view of the area behind your vehicle. Manual Rearview Mirror If equipped, push the tab forward for Refer to the following sections for daytime use and pull it rearward for important information on how to use nighttime use to avoid glare of the seat belts properly: Mexico from behind. . Seat Belts 0 71 The passenger sensing system Automatic Dimming Rearview . How to Wear Seat Belts Properly turns off the front outboard Mirror 0 72 passenger frontal airbag under certain conditions. No other airbag If equipped, the mirror will . Lap-Shoulder Belt 0 74 is affected by the passenger automatically reduce the glare of the . Lower Anchors and Tethers for sensing system. See Passenger headlamps from behind. The Children (LATCH System) 0 99 Sensing System 0 85. dimming feature comes on when the vehicle is started. See Automatic Dimming Rearview Mirror 0 50. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

In Brief 15 Exterior Mirrors Steering Wheel Power Tilt and Telescoping Adjustment Steering Wheel

To adjust a mirror: To adjust the power tilt and 1. Press } or | to choose the To adjust the steering wheel: telescoping steering wheel, driver or passenger mirror. 1. Pull the lever down. if equipped: 2. Press the arrows on the control 2. Move the steering wheel up Press the control to move the pad to move each mirror in the or down. steering wheel up and down or desired direction. forward and rearward. 3. Pull or push the steering wheel See Power Mirrors 0 49. closer or away from you. Do not adjust the steering wheel while driving. 4. Pull the lever up to lock the wheel in place. Do not adjust the steering wheel while driving. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

16 In Brief Interior Lighting and the indicator light will turn off. The dome lamps will come on when Dome Lamp doors are opened. + ON/OFF : Press to turn the dome lamps on manually. Reading Lamps There are front and rear reading lamps on the overhead console and Rear Reading Lamps in the headliner. These lamps come on when any door is opened. Press the buttons to turn the rear passenger reading lamps on or off. For more information on interior lighting, see Instrument Panel Illumination Control 0 169. The dome lamp is in the overhead Exterior Lighting console. To operate, press the following buttons: j OFF : Press to turn off the dome lamps when a door is open. An indicator light on the button will turn on when the dome lamp Front Reading Lamps override is activated. Press j Press the lamp lenses to turn the The exterior lamp control is on the OFF again to deactivate this feature front reading lamps on or off. turn signal lever. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

In Brief 17 Turn the control to the following Windshield Wiper/Washer INT : Move the windshield wiper positions: lever to INT. Turn the band up for O : Turns the exterior lamps off and more frequent wipes or down for deactivates the AUTO mode. Turn less frequent wipes. to O again to reactivate the OFF : Use to turn the wipers off. AUTO mode. 1X : For a single wipe, briefly move In Canada, the headlamps will the lever down. For several wipes, automatically reactivate when the hold the lever down. vehicle is shifted out of P (Park). f : Pull the lever toward you to AUTO : Automatically turns the spray and exterior lamps on and off, With the ignition on or in ACC/ activate the wipers. depending on outside lighting. ACCESSORY, move the lever to See Windshield Wiper/Washer select the wiper speed. 0 ; : Turns on the parking lamps 120 and Rear Window Wiper/ 0 including all lamps, except the HI : Use for fast wipes. Washer 121. headlamps. LO : Use for slow wipes. 5 : Turns on the headlamps together with the parking lamps and instrument panel lights. See: . Exterior Lamp Controls 0 164. . Turn and Lane-Change Signals 0 168. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

18 In Brief Climate Controls Transmission Use this system to control the heating, cooling, and ventilation. Electronic Range Select (ERS) Mode ERS mode allows you to choose the top-gear limit of the transmission and the vehicle's speed while driving downhill or towing a trailer. The vehicle has an electronic shift position indicator within the instrument cluster. When using the ERS mode a number will display next to the L, indicating the maximum gear allowed for the range selected. To use this feature: 1. Driver Temperature Control 8. Rear Window Defogger 1. Move the shift lever to 2. A/C (Air Conditioning) 9. Power Button L (Manual Mode). 3. Air Delivery Mode Controls 10. Air Recirculation 2. Press + (Plus) or − (Minus) on the shift lever to increase or 4. Fan Control 11. AUTO (Automatic Operation) decrease the gear range 5. Defrost See Dual Automatic Climate Control available. 0 6. Passenger Temperature System 198. For more information See Manual Mode 0 231. Control about the rear climate control, see Rear Climate Control System 0 201. 7. SYNC (Synchronized Temperature) GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

In Brief 19 Vehicle Features 7 : SiriusXM Satellite Radio Service . Radio: Press and release to fast Infotainment System seek the previous strongest SiriusXM is a satellite radio service station or channel. based in the 48 contiguous United The base radio with infotainment States and 10 Canadian provinces. display controls information is . USB/Music/Pictures: Press to go SiriusXM satellite radio has a wide included in this manual. See the to the previous content. Press variety of programming and infotainment manual for information and hold to fast rewind. commercial-free music, coast to on the uplevel radios, audio players, 6 : coast, and in digital-quality sound. phone, navigation system, Rear A fee is required to receive the Seat Entertainment (RSE), and . Radio: Press and release to fast SiriusXM service. voice or speech recognition, seek the next strongest station if equipped. or channel. Refer to: . USB/Music/Pictures: Press to go . www.siriusxm.com or call Radio(s) to the next content. Press and 1-888-601-6296 (U.S.). hold to fast forward. { : . www.siriusxm.ca or call v : . Press to go to the Home Page. 1-877-438-9677 (Canada). 0 O : . Press and release to access the See Satellite Radio 179. phone screen, answer an . Press to turn the power on. incoming call, or access the Portable Audio Devices . Press and hold to turn the device home screen. This vehicle has a 3.5 mm (1/8 in) power off. 0 See Overview 175. auxiliary input and may have two . Press to mute/unmute the USB ports in the center stack. system when on. Satellite Radio External devices such as iPods®, . Turn to decrease or increase the If equipped, a SiriusXM satellite MP3 players, and USB storage volume. radio tuner and a valid SiriusXM devices may be connected. satellite radio subscription can See Auxiliary Devices 0 187 and receive SiriusXM programming. USB Port 0 181. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

20 In Brief Bluetooth Steering Wheel Controls o or p : Press to go to the previous or next menu option. The Bluetooth system allows users with a Bluetooth-enabled cell phone w or x : Press to go to the next or to make and receive hands-free previous selection. calls using the vehicle audio system V : Press to select a highlighted and controls. menu option. The Bluetooth-enabled cell phone must be paired with the in-vehicle Bluetooth system before it can be used in the vehicle. Not all phones will support all functions. See Bluetooth (Infotainment Controls) 0 189 or Bluetooth 0 (Overview) 188. If equipped, some audio controls can be adjusted at the steering wheel. g : For vehicles with OnStar® or a Bluetooth® system, press to interact with those systems. See OnStar The favorite and volume switches 0 Overview 404 or “Bluetooth are on the back of the steering (Overview)” in the infotainment wheel. manual. 1. Favorite: When on a radio i : Press to reject an incoming source, press to select the next call or end a current call. Press to or previous favorite. When on a mute or unmute the infotainment media source, press to select system when not on a call. the next or previous track. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

In Brief 21 2. Volume: Press to increase or SET− : Press briefly to set the decrease the volume. speed and activate cruise control. See Steering Wheel Controls 0 119. If the cruise control is already active, use to decrease vehicle Cruise Control speed. * : Press to disengage cruise control without erasing the set speed from memory. See Cruise Control 0 240 or Adaptive Cruise Control 0 243 (if equipped).

Driver Information w or x : Press to move up or Center (DIC) down in a list. The DIC display is in the instrument o or p : Press to move between cluster. It shows the status of many the interactive display zones in the vehicle systems. cluster. V : Press to open a menu or select J : Press to turn the system on a menu item. Press and hold to and off. A white indicator appears in reset values on certain screens. the instrument cluster when turned on. See Driver Information Center (DIC) (Base and Midlevel) 0 145 or Driver RES+ : If there is a set speed in Information Center (DIC) (Uplevel) memory, press briefly to resume to 0 148. that speed or press and hold to accelerate. If the cruise control is already active, use to increase vehicle speed. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

22 In Brief Forward Collision Alert vehicle. This can help avoid or Lane Keep Assist (LKA) lessen the severity of crashes when (FCA) System driving in a forward gear. If equipped, LKA may help avoid If equipped, FCA may help avoid or crashes due to unintentional lane See Forward Automatic Braking departures. It may assist by gently reduce the harm caused by (FAB) 0 259. front-end crashes. FCA provides a turning the steering wheel if the vehicle approaches a detected lane green indicator, , when a vehicle V Front Pedestrian Braking marking without using a turn signal is detected ahead. This indicator (FPB) System in that direction. It may also provide displays amber if you follow a a Lane Departure Warning (LDW) vehicle too closely. When If equipped, the FPB system may alert as the lane marking is crossed. approaching a vehicle ahead too help avoid or reduce the harm The system will not assist or alert if quickly, FCA provides a flashing red caused by front-end crashes with it detects that you are actively alert on the windshield and rapidly nearby pedestrians when driving in steering. Override LKA by turning beeps or pulses the driver seat. a forward gear. FPB displays an the steering wheel. LKA uses a See Forward Collision Alert (FCA) amber indicator, ~, when a nearby camera to detect lane markings System 0 257. pedestrian is detected directly between 60 km/h (37 mph) and ahead. When approaching a 180 km/h (112 mph). detected pedestrian too quickly, Forward Automatic See Lane Departure Warning (LDW) FPB provides a red flashing alert on 0 265 and Lane Keep Assist (LKA) Braking (FAB) the windshield and rapidly beeps or 0 266. If the vehicle has Forward Collision pulses the driver seat. FPB can Alert (FCA), it also has FAB, which provide a boost to braking or includes Intelligent Brake automatically brake the vehicle. Lane Change Alert (LCA) Assist (IBA). When the system See Front Pedestrian Braking (FPB) If equipped, the LCA system is a detects a vehicle ahead in your path System 0 261. lane-changing aid that assists that is traveling in the same drivers with avoiding lane change direction that you may be about to crashes that occur with moving crash into, it can provide a boost to vehicles in the side blind zone (or braking or automatically brake the spot) areas or with vehicles rapidly GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

In Brief 23 approaching these areas from Rear Vision Park Assist behind. The LCA warning display will light up in the corresponding Camera (RVC) If equipped, Rear Park Assist (RPA) outside mirror and will flash if the If equipped, RVC shows a view of uses sensors on the rear to turn signal is on. The Side Blind the area behind the vehicle on the assist with parking and avoiding Zone Alert (SBZA) system is infotainment display when the objects while in R (Reverse). included as part of the LCA system. vehicle is shifted into R (Reverse) to It operates at speeds less than aid with parking and low-speed 8 km/h (5 mph). RPA may show a See Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) warning triangle on the infotainment 0 backing maneuvers. 263 and Lane Change Alert (LCA) display and a graphic on the 0 264. See Assistance Systems for Parking instrument cluster to provide the or Backing 0 253. object distance. In addition, multiple Surround Vision beeps or seat pulses may occur if If equipped, views around the Rear Cross Traffic Alert very close to an object. vehicle appear in the infotainment (RCTA) System The vehicle may also have the Front display to aid with parking and If equipped, the RCTA system Park Assist system. low-speed maneuvers. shows a triangle with an arrow on See Assistance Systems for Parking See “Surround Vision” under the infotainment display to warn of or Backing 0 253. Assistance Systems for Parking or traffic behind your vehicle that may Backing 0 253. cross your vehicle's path while in Power Outlets R (Reverse). In addition, beeps will Front Vision Camera sound, or the driver seat will pulse. The vehicle has two 12-volt If equipped, a view of the area in accessory power outlets, which can See Assistance Systems for Parking be used to plug in electrical front of the vehicle appears on the or Backing 0 253. infotainment display to aid with equipment, such as a cell phone or parking and low-speed maneuvers. MP3 player. See “Front Vision Camera” under The power outlets are located: Assistance Systems for Parking or . On the center stack below the Backing 0 253. climate controls. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

24 In Brief . In the rear cargo area. Sunroof Slide Switch To use the outlets, lift the cover. If equipped, the ignition must be on Express-Open/Express-Close : See Power Outlets 0 124. or in ACC/ACCESSORY, Press and release D (1) to or Retained Accessory Power (RAP) express-open the sunroof. Press Universal Remote System must be active to operate the and release g (1) to sunroof. express-close the sunroof. See Ignition Positions 0 221 and Retained Accessory Power (RAP) Open/Close (Manual Mode) : Fully 0 226. press D (1) to open the sunroof. Release to stop at the desired position. Fully press g (1) to close the sunroof. Release to stop at the desired position. Tilt Switch Vent Feature : Press E (2) to vent the sunroof. Press again and hold to open the sunroof. Release to stop at If equipped, the Universal Remote the desired position. Press g (2) System allows for garage door to express-close the sunroof. Press openers, security systems, and again to stop the movement. home automation devices to be See Sunroof 0 53. programmed to work with these 1. Sunroof Switch (SLIDE) buttons in the vehicle. 2. Vent Switch (TILT) See Universal Remote System 0 160. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

In Brief 25 Performance and . To turn off both TCS and Vehicle Load Limits 0 217. The StabiliTrak/ESC, press and warning light will remain on until the Maintenance hold g until g and i illuminate tire pressure is corrected. in the instrument cluster. A DIC The low tire pressure warning light Traction Control/ message may display. may come on in cool weather when Electronic Stability the vehicle is first started, and then . Press and release g again to Control turn off as the vehicle is driven. This turn on both systems. may be an early indicator that the The Traction Control System (TCS) See Traction Control/Electronic tire pressures are getting low and limits wheel spin. The system is on Stability Control 0 236. the need to be inflated to the when the vehicle is started. proper pressure. The StabiliTrak/Electronic Stability Tire Pressure Monitor The TPMS does not replace normal Control (ESC) system assists with This vehicle may have a Tire monthly tire maintenance. Maintain directional control of the vehicle in Pressure Monitor System (TPMS). the correct tire pressures. difficult driving conditions. The See Tire Pressure Monitor System system is on when the vehicle is 0 328. started. . To turn off TCS, press and Tire Fill Alert (If Equipped) release g. i illuminates in the This feature provides visual and instrument cluster and the a DIC audible alerts outside the vehicle to message may display. help when inflating an underinflated The low tire pressure warning light tire to the recommended cold tire . Press and release g again to alerts to a significant loss in pressure. See “Tire Fill Alert (If turn TCS back on. pressure of one of the vehicle's Equipped)” under Tire Pressure tires. If the warning light comes on, Monitor Operation 0 329. stop as soon as possible and inflate the tires to the recommended pressure shown on the Tire and Loading Information label. See GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

26 In Brief Fuel No E85 or FlexFuel Driving for Better Fuel Gasoline-ethanol fuel blends greater Economy than E15 (15% ethanol by volume), such as E85, cannot be used in this Driving habits can affect fuel vehicle. mileage. Here are some driving tips to get the best fuel economy Engine Oil Life System possible. . Set the climate controls to the Regular Unleaded Fuel The engine oil life system calculates desired temperature after the engine oil life based on vehicle use engine is started, or turn them Use only Regular 87 octane (R — and displays the CHANGE ENGINE off when not required. +M)/2 — or higher unleaded OIL SOON message when it is time gasoline in your vehicle. TOP TIER to change the engine oil and filter. . On AWD vehicles, see Driver Detergent Gasoline is The oil life system should be reset Mode Control 0 239. recommended. Do not use gasoline to 100% only following an oil . Avoid fast starts and accelerate with an octane rating lower as it will change. smoothly. result in reduced performance and lower fuel economy. See Resetting the Oil Life System . Brake gradually and avoid Recommended Fuel 0 268. 1. Display the REMAINING OIL abrupt stops. LIFE on the DIC. . Avoid idling the engine for long E85 or FlexFuel See Driver Information Center periods of time. (DIC) (Base and Midlevel) 0 145 or Driver Information . When road and weather Center (DIC) (Uplevel) 0 148. conditions are appropriate, use cruise control. V 2. Press and hold on the DIC . Always follow posted speed while the Oil Life display is limits or drive more slowly when active. The oil life will change conditions require. to 100%. . Keep vehicle tires properly See Engine Oil Life System 0 293. inflated. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

In Brief 27 . Combine several trips into a single trip. . Replace the vehicle's tires with the same TPC Spec number molded into the tire's sidewall near the size. . Follow recommended scheduled maintenance. Roadside Assistance Program U.S.: 1-888-881-3302 TTY Users (U.S. Only): 1-888-889-2438 Canada: 1-800-268-6800 New GMC owners are automatically enrolled in the Roadside Assistance Program. See Roadside Assistance Program 0 394. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

28 Keys, Doors, and Windows Folding Mirrors ...... 49 Keys and Locks Keys, Doors, and Heated Mirrors ...... 49 Windows Automatic Dimming Mirror . . . . . 50 Reverse Tilt Mirrors ...... 50 Keys

Interior Mirrors { Warning Keys and Locks Interior Rearview Mirrors ...... 50 Keys ...... 28 Manual Rearview Mirror ...... 50 Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) Leaving children in a vehicle with Automatic Dimming Rearview a Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System ...... 29 Mirror ...... 50 Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) transmitter is dangerous and System Operation ...... 29 Windows children or others could be Remote Vehicle Start ...... 35 Windows ...... 50 seriously injured or killed. They Door Locks ...... 37 Power Windows ...... 51 could operate the power windows Power Door Locks ...... 39 Sun Visors ...... 52 or other controls or make the Delayed Locking ...... 39 vehicle move. The windows will Automatic Door Locks ...... 39 Roof function with the RKE transmitter Lockout Protection ...... 40 Sunroof ...... 53 in the vehicle, and children or Safety Locks ...... 40 others could be caught in the path Doors of a closing window. Do not leave Liftgate ...... 41 children in a vehicle with an RKE transmitter. Vehicle Security Vehicle Security ...... 46 Vehicle Alarm System ...... 46 Immobilizer ...... 48 Immobilizer Operation ...... 48 Exterior Mirrors Convex Mirrors ...... 49 Power Mirrors ...... 49 GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Keys, Doors, and Windows 29 To remove the key, press the button If there is a decrease in the Remote near the bottom of the transmitter, Keyless Entry (RKE) operating and pull the key out. Never pull the range: key out without pressing the button. . Check the distance. The If it becomes difficult to turn the key, transmitter may be too far from inspect the key blade for debris. the vehicle. See your dealer if a new key is . Check the location. Other needed. vehicles or objects may be Contact Roadside Assistance if blocking the signal. locked out of the vehicle. See . Check the transmitter's battery. Roadside Assistance Program See “Battery Replacement” later 0 The key, inside the Remote Keyless 394. in this section. Entry (RKE) transmitter, is used for With an active OnStar or connected . If the transmitter is still not the driver door. service plan, an OnStar Advisor working correctly, see your may remotely unlock the vehicle. dealer or a qualified technician See OnStar Overview 0 404. for service. Remote Keyless Entry Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System (RKE) System Operation See Radio Frequency Statement The Keyless Access system allows 0 400. for vehicle entry when the Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) transmitter is within 1 m (3 ft). See “Keyless Access Operation” following. The RKE transmitter functions may work up to 60 m (197 ft) away from the vehicle. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

30 Keys, Doors, and Windows Other conditions can impact the Personalization 0 152. If the / : If equipped, press and release performance of the transmitter. See passenger door is open when Q is Q and then immediately press and Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) pressed, all doors lock. hold / for at least four seconds to System 0 29. Pressing may also arm the start the engine from outside the Q vehicle using the RKE transmitter. theft-deterrent system. See Vehicle See Remote Vehicle Start 0 35. Alarm System 0 46. 7 : Press and release one time to K : Press to unlock the driver door. initiate vehicle locator. The exterior Press again within five seconds to lamps flash and the horn chirps unlock all doors. The RKE transmitter can be programmed to three times. Press and hold 7 for unlock all doors on the first button three seconds to sound the panic press. See Vehicle Personalization alarm. The horn sounds and the 0 152. When remotely unlocking the turn signal lamps flash for vehicle at night the fog lamps and 30 seconds, or until 7 is pressed back-up lamps will come on for again or the vehicle is started. about 30 seconds to light your With Remote Start Shown, Without : Press twice quickly to open or approach to the vehicle. The turn b Similar close the liftgate. signal indicators may flash to Q : Press to lock all doors. The turn indicate unlocking. See Vehicle Press once to stop the liftgate from signal indicators may flash and/or Personalization 0 152. moving. the horn may sound on the second press to indicate locking. See Pressing K will disarm the Keyless Access Operation 0 Vehicle Personalization 152. theft-deterrent system. See Vehicle With the Keyless Access system, Alarm System 0 46. If the driver door is open when Q is you can lock and unlock the doors and access the liftgate without pressed and Unlocked Door If equipped, pressing and holding K removing the RKE transmitter from Anti-Lockout is enabled, all doors will open the windows, if enabled. your pocket, purse, briefcase, etc. will lock and then the driver door will See Vehicle Personalization 0 152. immediately unlock. See Vehicle GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Keys, Doors, and Windows 31 The RKE transmitter should be Keyless Unlocking/Locking from within 1 m (3 ft) of the liftgate or door Passenger Doors being opened. When the doors are locked and the Keyless Access can be RKE transmitter is within 1 m (3 ft) of programmed to unlock all doors on the door handle, pressing the lock/ the first lock/unlock press from the unlock button on that door handle driver door. See Vehicle will unlock all doors. Pressing the Personalization 0 152. lock/unlock button will cause all If equipped with memory seats, RKE doors to lock if any of the following transmitters 1 and 2 are linked to occur: seating positions of memory 1 or 2. . The lock/unlock button was used See Memory Seats 0 61. to unlock all doors. Driver Shown, Passenger Similar . Any vehicle door has opened Keyless Unlocking/Locking from Pressing the lock/unlock button will and all doors are now closed. the Driver Door cause all doors to lock if any of the When the doors are locked and the following occur: Passive Locking RKE transmitter is within 1 m (3 ft) of . It has been more than The vehicle will lock several the driver door handle, pressing the five seconds since the first lock/ seconds after all doors are closed if lock/unlock button on the driver door unlock button press. the vehicle is off and at least one handle will unlock the driver door. . Two lock/unlock button presses RKE transmitter has been removed If the lock/unlock button is pressed or none remain in the interior. again within five seconds, all were used to unlock all doors. passenger doors will unlock. . Any vehicle door has opened If other electronic devices interfere and all doors are now closed. with the RKE transmitter signal, the vehicle may not detect the RKE transmitter inside the vehicle. If passive locking is enabled, the doors may lock with the RKE GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

32 Keys, Doors, and Windows transmitter inside the vehicle. Do Remote No Longer in Vehicle Alert replacement can be purchased and not leave the RKE transmitter in an If the vehicle is on with a door open, programmed through your dealer. unattended vehicle. and then all doors are closed, the The vehicle can be reprogrammed To customize the doors to vehicle will check for RKE so that lost or stolen transmitters no automatically lock when exiting the transmitters inside. If an RKE longer work. Each vehicle can have up to eight transmitters matched vehicle, see “Remote Lock, Unlock, transmitter is not detected, the to it. Start” under Vehicle Personalization Driver Information Center (DIC) will 0 152. display NO REMOTE DETECTED Programming with Recognized and the horn will chirp three times. Transmitters Temporary Disable of Passive This occurs only once each time the Locking vehicle is driven. A new transmitter can be Temporarily disable passive locking programmed to the vehicle when K To turn on or off, see Vehicle there are two recognized by pressing and holding on the Personalization 0 152. transmitters. interior door switch with a door open for at least four seconds, or until Keyless Liftgate Opening To program, the vehicle must be off three chimes are heard. Passive Press the touch pad on the liftgate and all of the transmitters, both locking will then remain disabled handle to open the liftgate if the currently recognized and new, must be with you. until Q on the interior door is RKE transmitter is within 1 m (3 ft). 1. Place the two recognized pressed, or until the vehicle is Key Access turned on. transmitters in the cupholder. To access a vehicle with a dead 2. Remove the key lock cylinder Remote Left in Vehicle Alert transmitter battery, see Door Locks 0 cap on the driver door handle. When the vehicle is turned off and 37. See Door Locks 0 37. Insert an RKE transmitter is left in the Programming Transmitters to the vehicle key of the new vehicle, the horn will chirp three the Vehicle transmitter into the key lock times after all doors are closed. To cylinder on the driver door turn on or off, see Vehicle Only RKE transmitters programmed handle and turn the key, Personalization 0 152. to the vehicle will work. If a transmitter is lost or stolen, a GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Keys, Doors, and Windows 33 counterclockwise, to the unlock 5. Remove the transmitter from 1. Remove the key lock cylinder position five times within the transmitter pocket and cap on the driver door handle. 10 seconds. press the transmitter K or Q See Door Locks 0 37. Insert The DIC displays READY FOR button. the vehicle key of the REMOTE #2, 3, 4, ETC. transmitter into the key lock To program additional cylinder on the driver door transmitters, repeat Steps 3–5. handle and turn the key, When all additional transmitters counterclockwise, to the unlock are programmed, press and position five times within hold ENGINE START/STOP for 10 seconds. 12 seconds to exit The DIC displays REMOTE programming mode. LEARN PENDING, 6. Put the key back into the PLEASE WAIT. transmitter. 2. Wait for 10 minutes until the 7. Replace the key lock cylinder DIC displays PRESS ENGINE cap. See Door Locks 0 37. START BUTTON TO LEARN and then press ENGINE Programming without Recognized START/STOP. Transmitters 3. Place the new transmitter into The DIC will again display the transmitter pocket. The If two currently recognized REMOTE LEARN PENDING, transmitter pocket is inside the transmitters are not available, follow PLEASE WAIT. center console storage area this procedure to program up to between the driver and front eight transmitters. This feature is 3. Repeat Step 2 two additional passenger seats. not available in Canada. This times. After the third time all procedure will take approximately previously known transmitters 4. Press ENGINE START/STOP. 30 minutes to complete. The vehicle will no longer work with the When the transmitter is must be off and all of the vehicle. Remaining transmitters learned, the DIC will display transmitters you wish to program can be relearned during the that it is ready to program the must be with you. next steps. next transmitter. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

34 Keys, Doors, and Windows The DIC should now display 6. Remove the transmitter from To start the vehicle: READY FOR REMOTE # 1. the transmitter pocket and 1. Open the center console press the transmitter K or Q storage area by opening the button. armrest. To program additional transmitters, repeat Steps 4–6. When all additional transmitters are programmed, press and hold ENGINE START/STOP for 12 seconds to exit programming mode. 7. Put the key back into the transmitter. 8. Replace the key lock cylinder 4. Place the new transmitter into cap. See Door Locks 0 37. the transmitter pocket. The transmitter pocket is inside the Starting the Vehicle with a Low 2. Place the transmitter in the center console storage area Transmitter Battery transmitter pocket. between the driver and front passenger seats. When the vehicle is started, if the 3. With the vehicle in P (Park) or transmitter battery is weak, the DIC N (Neutral), press the brake 5. Press ENGINE START/STOP. may display NO REMOTE pedal and ENGINE When the transmitter is DETECTED or NO REMOTE KEY START/STOP. learned, the DIC will display WAS DETECTED PLACE KEY IN that it is ready to program the TRANSMITTER POCKET THEN Replace the transmitter battery next transmitter. START YOUR VEHICLE. The DIC as soon as possible. may also display REPLACE BATTERY IN REMOTE KEY. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Keys, Doors, and Windows 35 Battery Replacement 1. Insert a flat, thin object in the Remote Vehicle Start center of the transmitter to Replace the battery in the separate and remove the back If equipped, this feature allows the transmitter soon if the DIC displays cover. engine to be started from outside of REPLACE BATTERY IN the vehicle. REMOTE KEY. / : This button will be on the RKE Caution transmitter if the vehicle has remote start. When replacing the battery, do The climate control system will use not touch any of the circuitry on the previous settings during a the transmitter. Static from your remote start. The rear defog may body could damage the come on during a remote start transmitter. based on cold ambient conditions. The rear fog indicator light does not come on during a remote start. To replace the battery: If the vehicle has heated or ventilated seats, they may come on 2. Lift the battery with a flat during a remote start. See Heated object. and Ventilated Front Seats 0 64. 3. Remove the battery. If equipped with a remote start 4. Insert the new battery, positive heated steering wheel, the heated side toward the back cover. wheel will turn on automatically in Replace with a CR2032 or remote start along with the heated equivalent battery. seats when it is cold outside. See 0 5. Push together the transmitter. Heated Steering Wheel 120. Laws in some local communities may restrict the use of remote starters. For example, some laws GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

36 Keys, Doors, and Windows may require a person using remote 3. With the RKE transmitter in the Canceling a Remote Start start to have the vehicle in view. vehicle, press the brake pedal To cancel a remote start, do any of Check local regulations for any and start the vehicle to drive. the following: requirements. Extending Engine Run Time / Other conditions can affect the . Press and hold until the performance of the transmitter. See The engine run time can also be parking lamps turn off. extended by another 15 minutes, Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) . Turn on the hazard warning System 0 29. if during the first 15 minutes Steps 1 and 2 are repeated while flashers. Starting the Engine Using Remote the engine is still running. An . Turn the vehicle on and then off. Start extension can be requested 30 seconds after starting. This Conditions in Which Remote Start 1. Press and release Q on the provides a total of 30 minutes. Will Not Work RKE transmitter. The remote start can only be The remote start will not operate if 2. Immediately press and hold / extended once. any of the following occur: for at least four seconds or until When the remote start is extended, . A transmitter is in the vehicle. the turn signal lamps flash. The the second 15-minute period is . The hood is not closed. turn signal lamps flashing added on to the first 15 minutes for . The hazard warning flashers confirms the request to remote a total of 30 minutes. start the vehicle has been are on. received. A maximum of two remote starts, . There is an emission control or a remote start with an extension, system malfunction. During the remote start the are allowed between ignition cycles. doors will be locked and the . The engine coolant temperature parking lamps will remain on as The vehicle must be started and is too high. long as the engine is running. then turned off before the remote start procedure can be used again. . The oil pressure is low. The engine will shut off after 15 minutes unless a time . Two remote vehicle starts or a extension is done or the start with an extension have vehicle is started. already been used. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Keys, Doors, and Windows 37 . The vehicle is not in P (Park). To lock or unlock the door from the Warning (Continued) inside: Door Locks can be overcome by . Press Q or K on the power door extreme heat and can suffer lock switch. { Warning permanent injuries or even death from heat stroke. . Push down on the door lock Unlocked doors can be Always lock the vehicle knob to lock a door. dangerous. whenever leaving it. . Pull the door handle once to . Passengers, especially . Outsiders can easily enter unlock the door. Pull the handle children, can easily open through an unlocked door again to unlatch it. the doors and fall out of a when you slow down or stop Keyless Access moving vehicle. The doors the vehicle. Locking the can be unlocked and doors can help prevent this opened while the vehicle is from happening. moving. The chance of being thrown out of the vehicle in a crash is To lock or unlock the door from the increased if the doors are outside: not locked. So, all . Press Q or K on the Remote passengers should wear Keyless Entry (RKE) transmitter. seat belts properly and the See Remote Keyless Entry doors should be locked (RKE) System Operation 0 29. whenever the vehicle is driven. . Use the key in the driver door. The key lock cylinder is covered . Young children who get into with a cap. If equipped, the RKE transmitter unlocked vehicles may be must be within 1 m (3 ft) of the unable to get out. A child liftgate or door being opened. Press (Continued) the button on the door handle to GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

38 Keys, Doors, and Windows open. See “Keyless Access 3. Move the cap (2) rearward and Operation” in Remote Keyless Entry remove. 0 (RKE) System Operation 29. 4. Use the key in the cylinder. Driver Door Key Lock Cylinder To replace the cap: Access (In Case of Dead 1. Pull the door handle (1) to the Battery) open position and hold it open until cap installation is complete.

To access the driver door key lock cylinder: 1. Pull the door handle (1) to the 2. Insert the two tabs (6) at the open position and hold it open back of the cap between the until cap removal is complete. seal (5) and the metal base (4). 3. Slide the cap forward and 2. Insert the key into the slot (3) press the forward edge to on the bottom of the cap (2) install the cap in place. and lift the key upward. 4. Release the door handle. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Keys, Doors, and Windows 39 5. Check that the cap is secure. Power Door Locks When Q is pressed on the power Free-Turning Locks door lock switch while the door is open, a chime will sound three The door key lock cylinder turns times indicating delayed locking is freely when either the wrong key is active. used, or the correct key is not fully inserted. The free-turning door lock The doors will lock automatically feature prevents the lock from being five seconds after all doors are forced open. To reset the lock, turn closed. If a door is reopened before it to the vertical position with the that time, the five-second timer will correct key fully inserted. Remove reset when all doors are closed the key and insert it again. If this again. does not reset the lock, turn the key Press Q on the door lock switch halfway around in the cylinder and repeat the reset procedure. again or press Q on the RKE transmitter to lock the doors Q : Press to lock the doors. The immediately. indicator light in the switch will come This feature can also be on when the door is locked. programmed. See Vehicle K : Press to unlock the doors. Personalization 0 152. Delayed Locking Automatic Door Locks This feature delays the locking of The vehicle is programmed so that the doors until five seconds after all when the doors are closed, the doors are closed. ignition is on, and the shift lever is Delayed locking can only be turned moved out of P (Park), the doors on when the Unlocked Door will lock. Anti-Lockout has been turned off. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

40 Keys, Doors, and Windows If a vehicle door is unlocked and transmitter is detected and the Manual Safety Locks then opened and closed, the doors number of RKE transmitters inside will lock either when your foot is has not reduced, the driver door will removed from the brake or the unlock and the horn will chirp three vehicle speed becomes faster than times. 13 km/h (8 mph). Lockout Protection can be manually To unlock the doors: overridden with the driver door open . Press K on a door. by pressing and holding Q on the power door lock switch. . Shift the transmission into P (Park). Unlocked Door Anti-Lockout Automatic door locking cannot be If Unlocked Door Anti-Lockout has disabled. Automatic door unlocking been turned on and the vehicle is can be programmed. See Vehicle off, the driver door is open, and Personalization 0 152. locking is requested, all the doors If equipped, the safety lock is on the will lock and the driver door will inside edge of the rear doors. To Lockout Protection remain open. Press the button again use the safety lock: to lock the driver door. The 1. Move the lever down to the If the ignition is on or in ACC/ Unlocked Door Anti-Lockout feature lock position. ACCESSORY and the power door can be turned on or off. See Vehicle lock switch is pressed with the Personalization 0 152. 2. Close the door. driver door open, all the doors will 3. Do the same for the other lock and only the driver door will Safety Locks rear door. unlock. The rear door safety locks prevent If the vehicle is off and locking is passengers from opening the rear requested while a door is open, doors from inside the vehicle. when all doors are closed the vehicle will check for RKE transmitters inside. If an RKE GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Keys, Doors, and Windows 41 To open a rear door when the safety Doors lock is on: Warning (Continued) 1. Unlock the door by activating Liftgate . Adjust the climate control the inside handle, by pressing system to a setting that the power door lock switch, { Warning brings in only outside air or by using the Remote and set the fan speed to the Keyless Entry (RKE) Exhaust gases can enter the highest setting. See transmitter. vehicle if it is driven with the “Climate Control Systems” 2. Open the door from the liftgate or /hatch open, in the Index. outside. or with any objects that pass . If the vehicle is equipped When the safety lock is enabled, through the seal between the with a power liftgate, disable adults and older children will not be body and the trunk/hatch or the power liftgate function. able to open the rear door from the liftgate. Engine exhaust contains See Engine Exhaust 0 228. inside. Cancel the safety locks to carbon monoxide (CO) which enable the doors to open from the cannot be seen or smelled. It can inside. cause unconsciousness and even Caution To cancel the safety lock: death. 1. Unlock the door and open it If the vehicle must be driven with To avoid damage to the liftgate or from the outside. the liftgate or trunk/hatch open: liftgate glass, make sure the area 2. Move the lever up to unlock. . Close all of the windows. above and behind the liftgate is clear before opening it. Do the same for the other door. . Fully open the air outlets on or under the instrument panel. Manual Liftgate (Continued) To unlock the liftgate, press K on the power door lock switch or press K on the RKE transmitter GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

42 Keys, Doors, and Windows twice within five seconds. See within 1 m (3 ft) of the touch pad. Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) See Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) Caution System Operation 0 29. System Operation 0 29. Driving with an open and The liftgate has an electric latch. unsecured liftgate may result in If the battery is disconnected or has damage to the power liftgate low voltage, the liftgate will not components. open. The liftgate will resume operation when the battery is reconnected and charged. Always close the liftgate before driving. Power Liftgate Operation

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To open the liftgate, press the touch You or others could be injured if pad on the bottom of the liftgate caught in the path of the power handle and lift up. liftgate. Make sure there is no one Use the pull cup to lower and close in the way of the liftgate as it is opening and closing. the liftgate. Do not press the touch If equipped, the power liftgate pad while closing the liftgate. This switch is on the driver door. The will cause the liftgate to be vehicle must be in P (Park). The unlatched. taillamps flash when the power If equipped with Keyless Access, liftgate moves. the liftgate can be opened when The modes are: locked if the RKE transmitter is . MAX: Opens to maximum height. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Keys, Doors, and Windows 43 . 3/4: Opens to a reduced height that can be set from 3/4 to fully Caution open. Use to prevent the liftgate from opening into overhead Manually forcing the liftgate to obstructions such as a garage open or close during a power door or roof-mounted cargo. The cycle can damage the vehicle. liftgate can be manually opened Allow the power cycle to all the way. complete. . OFF: Opens manually only. The power liftgate may be To power open or close the liftgate, temporarily disabled under extreme select MAX or 3/4 mode. low temperatures, or after repeated power cycling over a short period of . Press b twice quickly on the Press l on the bottom of the time. If this occurs, the liftgate can RKE transmitter until the liftgate liftgate next to the pull cup to close. moves. still be operated manually. Press any liftgate button, the touch If the vehicle is shifted out of . Press 8 on the driver door. pad, or b on the RKE transmitter P (Park) while the power function is The driver door must either be while the liftgate is moving to stop it. in progress, the liftgate will continue unlocked or locked without the Pressing any liftgate button or to completion. If the vehicle is security armed. pressing b twice quickly on the accelerated before the liftgate has . Press the touch pad on the RKE transmitter again restarts the completed moving, the liftgate may bottom of the liftgate after operation in the reverse direction. stop or reverse direction. Check for unlocking all doors. If equipped Pressing the touch pad on the Driver Information Center (DIC) with Keyless Access, a locked liftgate handle will restart the messages and make sure the vehicle can be opened if the motion, but only in the opening liftgate is closed and latched before RKE transmitter is within 1 m direction. driving. (3 ft) of the touch pad. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

44 Keys, Doors, and Windows Falling Liftgate Detection away from the obstacle. After Setting the 3/4 Mode removing the obstruction, the power If the power liftgate automatically To change the position the liftgate liftgate operation can be used again. closes after a power opening cycle, stops at when opening: it indicates that the system is If the liftgate encounters multiple 1. Select MAX or 3/4 mode and reacting to excess weight on the obstacles on the same power cycle, power open the liftgate. liftgate or a possible support strut the power function will deactivate. failure. A repetitive chime will sound After removing the obstructions, 2. Stop the liftgate movement at while the falling liftgate detection manually close the liftgate which will the desired height by pressing feature is operating. Remove any allow normal power operation any liftgate button. Manually excess weight. If the liftgate functions to resume. adjust the liftgate position if continues to automatically close If the vehicle is locked while the needed. after opening, see your dealer for liftgate is closing, and an obstacle is l service before using the power encountered that prevents the 3. Press and hold next to the liftgate. liftgate from completely closing, the pull cup on the outside of the liftgate until the turn signals Interfering with the power liftgate horn will sound as an alert that the liftgate did not close. flash and a beep sounds. This motion or manually closing the indicates the setting has been liftgate too quickly after power Pinch sensors are on the side recorded. opening may resemble a support edges of the liftgate. If an object is strut failure. This could also activate caught between the liftgate and the The liftgate cannot be set below a the falling liftgate detection feature. vehicle and presses against a minimum programmable height. Allow the liftgate to complete its sensor, the liftgate will reverse If there is no light flash or sound, operation and wait a few seconds direction and open fully. The liftgate then the height adjustment may be before manually closing the liftgate. will remain open until it is activated too low. again or closed manually. Obstacle Detection Features Manual Operation If the liftgate encounters an obstacle Select OFF to manually operate the during a power open or close cycle, liftgate. See “Manual Liftgate” at the the liftgate will automatically reverse beginning of this section. direction and move a short distance GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Keys, Doors, and Windows 45 The RKE transmitter must be within Caution 1 m (3 ft) of the rear bumper to operate the power liftgate Attempting to move the liftgate hands-free. too quickly and with excessive force may result in damage to the The hands-free feature will not work vehicle. while the liftgate is moving. To stop the liftgate while in motion use one of the liftgate buttons. Operate the liftgate manually with a smooth motion and moderate The hands-free feature can be customized. See Vehicle speed. The system includes a 0 feature which limits the manual Personalization 152. Choose from the following: closing speed to protect the Length of Kick Zone components. On-Open and Close : The kicking motion is activated to both open and Hands-Free Operation close the liftgate. If equipped, the liftgate may be On-Open Only : The kicking motion operated with a kicking motion is activated to only open the liftgate. under the left corner of the rear bumper. Off : The feature is disabled. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

46 Keys, Doors, and Windows To operate, kick your foot straight up . Do not touch the liftgate until it Vehicle Security in one swift motion under the left has stopped moving. This vehicle has theft-deterrent corner of the rear bumper, then pull . This feature may be temporarily features; however, they do not make it back. disabled under some conditions. the vehicle impossible to steal. If the liftgate does not respond to Caution the kick, open or close the liftgate by another method or Vehicle Alarm System Splashing water may cause the start the vehicle. The feature will This vehicle has an anti-theft alarm liftgate to open. Keep the RKE be re-enabled. system. transmitter away from the rear bumper detection area or turn the When closing the liftgate using this liftgate mode to OFF when feature, there will be a short delay. The taillamps will flash and a chime cleaning or working near the rear will sound. Step away from the bumper to avoid accidental liftgate before it starts moving. opening.

. Do not sweep your foot side to side. . Do not keep your foot under the bumper; the liftgate will not activate.

The indicator light, on the instrument panel near the windshield, indicates the status of the system. Off : Alarm system is disarmed. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Keys, Doors, and Windows 47 On Solid : Vehicle is secured bypass the 30-second delay Disarming the Alarm System during the delay to arm the system. and immediately arm the alarm To disarm the alarm system or turn system. Fast Flash : Vehicle is unsecured. off the alarm if it has been activated: A door, the hood, or the liftgate The vehicle alarm system will not is open. arm if the doors are locked with . Press K on the RKE transmitter. Slow Flash : Alarm system is the key. . Unlock the vehicle using the armed. If the driver door is opened without Keyless Access system. first unlocking with the RKE . Start the vehicle. Arming the Alarm System transmitter, the horn will chirp and 1. Close the liftgate and the hood. the lights will flash to indicate To avoid setting off the alarm by Turn off the vehicle. pre-alarm. If the vehicle is not accident: started, or the door is not unlocked 2. Lock the vehicle in one of . Lock the vehicle after all three ways: by pressing K on the RKE occupants have left the vehicle transmitter during the 10-second and all doors are closed. . Use the RKE transmitter. pre-alarm, the alarm will be . Always unlock a door with the . Use the Keyless Access activated. RKE transmitter or use the system. The alarm will also be activated if a Keyless Access system. . With a door open, press the passenger door, the liftgate, or the Unlocking the driver door with the inside Q. hood is opened without first key will not disarm the system or disarming the system. When the turn off the alarm. 3. After 30 seconds the alarm alarm is activated, the turn signals system will arm, and the flash and the horn sounds for about How to Detect a Tamper indicator light will begin to 30 seconds. The alarm system will Condition slowly flash indicating the then re-arm to monitor for the next K alarm system is operating. unauthorized event. If is pressed and the horn chirps Pressing Q on the RKE and the lights flash three times, the transmitter a second time will alarm was activated while the alarm system was armed. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

48 Keys, Doors, and Windows If the alarm system has been The security light, in the instrument If the ignition mode will not change activated, a message will appear on cluster, comes on if there is a with the other transmitter or in the the Driver Information Center (DIC). problem with arming or disarming transmitter pocket, your vehicle the theft-deterrent system. needs service. If the ignition does Immobilizer The system has one or more RKE change modes, the first transmitter transmitters matched to an may be faulty. See your dealer who See Radio Frequency Statement can service the theft-deterrent 0 400. immobilizer control unit in your vehicle. Only a correctly matched system and have a new RKE transmitter programmed to the Immobilizer Operation RKE transmitter will start the vehicle. If the transmitter is ever vehicle. This vehicle has a passive damaged, you may not be able to It is possible for the immobilizer theft-deterrent system. start your vehicle. system to learn new or replacement The system does not have to be When trying to start the vehicle, the RKE transmitters. Up to eight manually armed or disarmed. security light may come on briefly transmitters can be programmed for when the ignition is turned on. the vehicle. To program additional The vehicle is automatically transmitters, see “Programming immobilized when the vehicle is If the engine does not start and the Transmitters to the Vehicle” under turned off. security light stays on, there is a Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) The immobilization system is problem with the system. Turn the System Operation 0 29. ignition off and try again. disarmed when the ignition is on or Do not leave the key or device that in ACC/ACCESSORY and a valid If the vehicle will not change ignition disarms or deactivates the transmitter is present in the vehicle. modes (ACC/ACCESSORY, on, off), theft-deterrent system in the vehicle. and the RKE transmitter appears to be undamaged, try another transmitter. Or, you may try placing the transmitter in the transmitter pocket located in the center console. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Keys, Doors, and Windows 49 Exterior Mirrors Power Mirrors automatic wash. Push the mirror outward to return it to the original Convex Mirrors position. Memory Mirrors { Warning The vehicle may have memory mirrors. See Memory Seats 0 61. A convex mirror can make things, like other vehicles, look farther Lane Change Alert (LCA) away than they really are. If you The vehicle may have LCA. See cut too sharply into the right lane, Lane Change Alert (LCA) 0 264. you could hit a vehicle on the Side Blind Zone Alert right. Check the inside mirror or glance over your shoulder before The vehicle may have Side Blind changing lanes. Zone Alert. See Side Blind Zone To adjust a mirror: Alert (SBZA) 0 263. The passenger side mirror is convex 1. Press } or | to choose the Heated Mirrors shaped. A convex mirror's surface is driver or passenger mirror. : Press to heat the mirrors. curved so more can be seen from 2. Press the arrows on the control K the driver seat. pad to move each mirror in the See “Rear Window Defogger” under desired direction. Dual Automatic Climate Control System 0 198. Folding Mirrors Manual Folding Mirrors The mirrors can be folded inward toward the vehicle to prevent damage when going through an GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

50 Keys, Doors, and Windows Automatic Dimming Interior Mirrors Windows Mirror If the vehicle has the automatic Interior Rearview Mirrors { Warning dimming mirror, the driver outside Adjust the rearview mirror for a clear Never leave a child, a helpless mirror automatically adjusts for the view of the area behind the vehicle. glare of headlamps behind you. adult, or a pet alone in a vehicle, Do not spray glass cleaner directly especially with the windows Reverse Tilt Mirrors on the mirror. Use a soft towel closed in warm or hot weather. dampened with water. They can be overcome by the If equipped with memory seats, the extreme heat and suffer passenger and/or driver mirror tilts Manual Rearview Mirror permanent injuries or even death to a preselected position when the If equipped, push the tab forward for from heat stroke. vehicle is in R (Reverse). This daytime use and pull it rearward for allows the curb to be seen when nighttime use to avoid glare of the parallel parking. headlamps from behind. The mirror(s) return to the original position when: Automatic Dimming . The vehicle is shifted out of Rearview Mirror R (Reverse), or remains in R (Reverse) for about If equipped, automatic dimming 30 seconds. reduces the glare of headlamps from behind. The dimming feature . The ignition is turned off. comes on when the vehicle is . The vehicle is driven in started. R (Reverse) above a set speed. To turn this feature on or off, see Vehicle Personalization 0 152. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Keys, Doors, and Windows 51 The vehicle aerodynamics are Window Lockout designed to improve fuel economy performance. This may result in a pulsing sound when either rear window is down and the front windows are up. To reduce the sound, open either a front window or the sunroof, if equipped. Power Windows

{ Warning Power windows work when the Children could be seriously ignition is on, in ACC/ACCESSORY, injured or killed if caught in the or when Retained Accessory Power This feature stops the rear path of a closing window. Never (RAP) is active. See Retained passenger windows from working. leave the Remote Keyless Entry Accessory Power (RAP) 0 226. (RKE) transmitter in a vehicle with Press 2 to engage the rear Using the window switch, press to children. When there are children window lockout feature. The open or pull to close the window. in the rear seat, use the window indicator light is on when engaged. The windows may be temporarily lockout switch to prevent Press 2 again to disengage. operation of the windows. See disabled if they are used repeatedly Keys 0 28. within a short time. Window Express Movement All windows can be opened without holding the window switch. Press the switch down fully and quickly release to express open the window. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

52 Keys, Doors, and Windows If equipped, pull the window switch 4. Open the window and continue up fully and quickly release to Warning (Continued) to press the switch briefly after express close the window. the window has fully opened. system override, make sure that Briefly press or pull the window all people and obstructions are Remote Window Operation switch in the same direction to stop clear of the window path. that window’s express movement. If equipped, this feature allows all windows to be opened remotely. Window Automatic Reversal When the engine is on, override the If enabled in vehicle personalization, System automatic reversal system by pulling press and hold K on the Remote The express-close feature will and holding the window switch if Keyless Entry (RKE) transmitter to reverse window movement if it conditions prevent it from closing. open all windows. See Vehicle 0 comes in contact with an object. Programming the Power Personalization 152. Extreme cold or ice could cause the Windows window to auto-reverse. The Sun Visors window will operate normally after Programming may be necessary if the object or condition is removed. the vehicle battery has been disconnected or discharged. If the Automatic Reversal System window is unable to express-up, Override program each express-close window: { Warning 1. Close all doors. If automatic reversal system 2. Turn the ignition on or to ACC/ override is active, the window will ACCESSORY. not reverse automatically. You or 3. Partially open the window to be Pull the sun visor down to block others could be injured and the programmed. Then close it and glare. Detach the sun visor from the window could be damaged. continue to pull the switch center mount to pivot to the side Before using automatic reversal briefly after the window has window and, if equipped, extend (Continued) fully closed. along the rod. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Keys, Doors, and Windows 53 Roof Slide Switch The front sunshade can only be Express-Open/Express-Close : opened and closed manually. The sunshade can be opened by Sunroof Press and release D (1) to pushing up on the handle, and If equipped, the ignition must be on express-open the sunroof. The closed by pulling forward on the or in ACC/ACCESSORY, sunshade will not open handle until it latches. automatically. Press and release or Retained Accessory Power (RAP) g If equipped, the rear sunshade can must be active to operate the (1) to express-close the sunroof. only be opened or closed manually. sunroof. To open, press the latch button (if 0 See Ignition Positions 221 and Open/Close (Manual Mode) : Fully equipped) on the handle while Retained Accessory Power (RAP) press D (1) to open the sunroof. pushing up to unlatch it. The 0 226. The sunshade will not automatically sunshade will retract to the open open with the sunroof. Release to position. To close the sunshade, pull stop at the desired position. Fully the handle forward until it latches. press g (1) to close the sunroof. Do not try to close the sunshade Release to stop at the desired while the sunroof is fully opened or position. in the vent position. The sunroof cannot be opened or Tilt Switch closed if the vehicle has an Vent Feature : Press E (2) to vent electrical failure. the sunroof. Press again and hold to Automatic Reversal System open the sunroof. Release to stop at the desired position. The sunshade The sunroof has an automatic will not open automatically. Press reversal system that is only active g (2) to express-close the when the sunroof is operated in 1. Sunroof Switch (SLIDE) sunroof. Press again to stop the express-close mode. 2. Vent Switch (TILT) movement. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

54 Keys, Doors, and Windows If an object is in the path while If water is seen dripping into the express closing, the reversal system water drainage system, this is will detect an object, stop, and open normal. the sunroof again. If frost or other conditions prevent closing, override the feature by closing the sunroof in manual mode. To stop movement, release the switch.

Dirt and debris may collect on the sunroof seal or in the track. This could cause an issue with sunroof operation or noise. It could also plug the water drainage system. Periodically open the sunroof and remove any obstacles or loose debris. Wipe the sunroof seal and roof sealing area using a clean cloth, mild soap, and water. Do not remove grease from the sunroof. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Seats and Restraints 55 Seat Belt Care ...... 77 Replacing LATCH System Seats and Replacing Seat Belt System Parts After a Crash ...... 105 Restraints Parts after a Crash ...... 78 Securing Child Restraints (With the Seat Belt in the Airbag System Rear Seat) ...... 106 Airbag System ...... 78 Securing Child Restraints (With Head Restraints Where Are the ? ...... 80 Head Restraints ...... 56 the Seat Belt in the When Should an Airbag Front Seat) ...... 108 Front Seats Inflate? ...... 82 Seat Adjustment ...... 58 What Makes an Airbag Power Seat Adjustment ...... 59 Inflate? ...... 83 Lumbar Adjustment ...... 59 How Does an Airbag Reclining Seatbacks ...... 59 Restrain? ...... 83 Memory Seats ...... 61 What Will You See after an Heated and Ventilated Front Airbag Inflates? ...... 84 Seats ...... 64 Passenger Sensing System . . . 85 Servicing the Airbag-Equipped Rear Seats Vehicle ...... 89 Rear Seats ...... 66 Adding Equipment to the Heated Rear Seats ...... 69 Airbag-Equipped Vehicle . . . . . 90 Third Row Seats ...... 70 Airbag System Check ...... 91 Replacing Airbag System Parts Seat Belts after a Crash ...... 91 Seat Belts ...... 71 How to Wear Seat Belts Child Restraints Properly ...... 72 Older Children ...... 91 Lap-Shoulder Belt ...... 74 Infants and Young Children . . . . 93 Seat Belt Use During Child Restraint Systems ...... 96 Pregnancy ...... 76 Where to Put the Restraint . . . . . 97 Seat Belt Extender ...... 77 Lower Anchors and Tethers for Safety System Check ...... 77 Children (LATCH System) . . . . 99 GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

56 Seats and Restraints Head Restraints Front Seats

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With head restraints that are not installed and adjusted properly, there is a greater chance that occupants will suffer a neck/ spinal injury in a crash. Do not drive until the head restraints for all occupants are installed and Adjust the head restraint so that the To raise or lower the head restraint, adjusted properly. top of the restraint is at the same press the button located on the side height as the top of the occupant's of the head restraint, and pull up or head. This position reduces the push the head restraint down, and The vehicle's front seats have chance of a neck injury in a crash. release the button. Pull and push on adjustable head restraints in the the head restraint after the button is outboard seating positions. The height of the head restraint can be adjusted. released to make sure that it is locked in place. The front seat outboard head restraints are not removable. Rear Seats Second Row Seats The vehicle’s rear second row seats have adjustable head restraints in the outboard seating positions. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Seats and Restraints 57 The height of the head restraint can Folding the Second Row Head be adjusted. Pull the head restraint Restraint up to raise it. Try to move the head The head restraint can be folded restraint to make sure that it is rearward to allow for better visibility locked in place. when the rear seat is unoccupied.

The head restraint will fold rearward automatically. When an occupant or child restraint is in the seat, always return the head restraint to the full upright position. Pull head restraint up and To lower the head restraint, press To fold the head restraint, press the forward until it locks into place. the button, located on the top of the button on the side of the head Push and pull on the head restraint seatback, and push the head restraint. to make sure that it is locked. restraint down. Try to move the head restraint after the button is Always adjust the head restraint so released to make sure that it is that the top of the restraint is at the locked in place. same height as the top of the occupant's head. The second row head restraints are not removable. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

58 Seats and Restraints Third Row Seats Front Seats 2. Move the seat forward or rearward to adjust the seat The vehicle’s rear third row seats have head restraints in the outboard Seat Adjustment position. seating positions that cannot be 3. Release the handle to stop the adjusted up or down. seat from moving. { Warning The rear third row outboard head 4. Try to move the seat back and restraints are not removable. You can lose control of the forth to be sure it is locked in The rear third row outboard head vehicle if you try to adjust a driver place. seat while the vehicle is moving. restraints are designed to be folded. Seat Height Adjuster Adjust the driver seat only when The head restraint can be folded to the vehicle is not moving. allow for better visibility when the rear seat is unoccupied. When folding the seatback down, the head restraint will automatically fold out of the way as the seat is folded down. Return the lowered head restraint to the upright position until it locks into place. Push and pull on the head restraint to make sure it is locked.

If equipped, move the lever up or down to manually raise or lower the seat. To adjust a manual seat: 1. Lift the handle under the seat to unlock it. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Seats and Restraints 59 Power Seat Adjustment . Raise or lower the front part of Lumbar Adjustment the seat cushion by moving the front of the control up or down. { Warning . Raise or lower the entire seat by The power seats will work with moving the rear of the control up the ignition off. Children could or down. operate the power seats and be To adjust the seatback, see injured. Never leave children Reclining Seatbacks 0 59. alone in the vehicle. To adjust the lumbar support, see Lumbar Adjustment 0 59. Some vehicles are equipped with a feature that activates a vibration in the driver seat to help the driver avoid crashes. See Driver Press and hold the control forward Assistance Systems 0 251. to increase or rearward to decrease support. Reclining Seatbacks

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Sitting in a reclined position when To adjust a power seat, if equipped: the vehicle is in motion can be . Move the seat forward or dangerous. Even when buckled rearward by sliding the control up, the seat belts cannot do forward or rearward. their job. (Continued) GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

60 Seats and Restraints

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The shoulder belt will not be against your body. Instead, it will be in front of you. In a crash, you could go into it, receiving neck or other injuries. The lap belt could go up over your abdomen. The belt forces would be there, not at your pelvic bones. This could cause serious internal injuries. Do not have a seatback reclined if To recline the seatback: For proper protection when the the vehicle is moving. 1. Lift the lever. vehicle is in motion, have the Manual Reclining Seatbacks 2. Move the seatback to the seatback upright. Then sit well desired position, and then back in the seat and wear the { Warning release the lever to lock the seat belt properly. seatback in place. If either seatback is not locked, it 3. Push and pull on the seatback could move forward in a sudden to make sure it is locked. stop or crash. That could cause injury to the person sitting there. To return the seatback to the upright Always push and pull on the position: seatbacks to be sure they are 1. Lift the lever fully without locked. applying pressure to the seatback, and the seatback will return to the upright position. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Seats and Restraints 61 2. Push and pull on the seatback Memory Seats Then immediately press and hold 1, to make sure it is locked. 2, or B (Exit) until two beeps Power Reclining Seatbacks sound. To manually recall these positions, press and hold 1, 2, or B until the saved position is reached. Follow the instructions under “Saving Memory Positions.” The vehicle identifies the current driver’s RKE transmitter number (1– 8). See Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System Operation 0 29. Only RKE transmitters 1 and 2 can be used for automatic memory recalls. A Driver Information Center (DIC) If equipped, memory seats allow two welcome message indicating the drivers to save and recall their transmitter number may display for . Tilt the top of the control unique seat positions for driving the the first few ignition cycles following rearward to recline. vehicle, and a shared exit position a transmitter change. For Auto for getting out of the vehicle. Other . Tilt the top of the control forward Memory Recall to work properly, feature positions may also be to raise. save the positions to the memory saved, such as power mirrors and button (1 or 2) matching the RKE power steering wheel, if equipped. transmitter number displayed in the Memory positions are linked to RKE DIC welcome message. Carry the transmitter 1 or 2 for automatic linked RKE transmitter when memory recalls. entering the vehicle. Before saving, adjust all available memory feature positions. Turn the ignition on and then press and release SET; a beep will sound. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

62 Seats and Restraints Memory adjustments may not be . See Vehicle Personalization 2. Adjust all available memory available upon delivery or after 0 152 for additional setting features to the desired driving service until steps in “Saving information. position. Memory Positions” section are Identifying Driver Number 3. Press and release SET; a beep performed. will sound. To identify the driver number: Vehicle Personalization Settings 4. Immediately press and hold the 1. Start the vehicle with a different . To have the Auto Memory Recall 1 or 2 memory button matching key or RKE transmitter. The the above DIC welcome movement begin when the DIC should display the driver vehicle is started, select the message until two beeps number; 1 or 2. Turn the sound. Settings menu, then Vehicle, ignition off and remove the key then Comfort and Convenience, or RKE transmitter from the If too much time passes and then Auto Memory Recall. vehicle. between releasing SET and Select On or Off. See “Auto pressing 1, the memory Memory Recall” later in this 2. Start the vehicle with the initial position will not be saved and section. key or RKE transmitter. The two beeps will not sound. DIC should display the other Repeat Steps 3 and 4. . To begin Easy Exit Recall driver number not shown in movement when the ignition is Step 1. 1 or 2 corresponds to the driver turned off and the driver door is number. See “Identifying Driver opened, or when the ignition is Saving Memory Positions Number” previously in this turned off with the driver door Read these instructions completely section. already opened, select the before saving memory positions. Settings menu, then Vehicle, 5. Repeat Steps 1–4 for a second then Comfort and Convenience, To save preferred driving positions driver using 1 or 2. 1 and 2: and then Easy Exit Options. To save the position for B and Select On or Off. See “Easy Exit 1. Turn the ignition on or to ACC/ easy exit features, repeat Steps 1–4 Recall” later in this section. ACCESSORY. using B. This saves the position A DIC welcome message may for getting out of the vehicle. indicate driver number 1 or 2. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Seats and Restraints 63 Save preferred memory feature positions saved to the same If the saved memory seat position positions to both 1 and 2 if you are memory button number 1 or 2 are does not automatically recall or the only driver. automatically recalled when the recalls to the wrong positions, the ignition is turned on, or turned from driver’s RKE transmitter number (1 Manually Recalling Memory off to ACC/ACCESSORY. RKE or 2) may not match the memory Positions transmitters 3–8 will not provide button number that positions were Press and hold 1, 2, or B to recall automatic memory recalls. saved to. Try saving the position to the previously saved memory To turn Auto Memory Recall on or the other memory button or try the positions. off, see "Vehicle Personalization other RKE transmitter. To stop Manual Memory Recall Settings" previously in this section Easy Exit Recall and Vehicle Personalization 0 152. movement, release 1, 2, or B or Easy Exit Recall is not linked to an press any of the following controls: The shift lever must be in P (Park) RKE transmitter. The position saved to start Auto Memory Recall. Auto . Power seat to B is used for all drivers. To turn Memory Recall will complete if the Easy Exit Recall on or off, see . Memory SET vehicle is shifted out of P (Park) "Vehicle Personalization Settings" . Power mirror, with the driver or prior to reaching the saved memory previously in this section and passenger side mirror selected position. Vehicle Personalization 0 152. . Power steering wheel, To stop Auto Memory Recall If turned on, the position saved to if equipped movement, turn the ignition off or B is automatically recalled when press any of the following controls: one of the following occurs: Auto Memory Recall . Power seat . The vehicle is turned off and the The vehicle identifies the number of . Memory SET, 1, 2, or B driver door is opened within a the current driver’s RKE transmitter short time. (1–8). See Remote Keyless Entry . Power mirror, with the driver or (RKE) System Operation 0 29. If the passenger side mirror selected . The vehicle is turned off with the RKE transmitter is 1 or 2, and Auto driver door open. Memory Recall is programmed on in . Power steering wheel, vehicle personalization, the if equipped GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

64 Seats and Restraints To stop Easy Exit Recall movement, Heated and Ventilated press any of the following memory controls: Front Seats . Power seat { Warning . Memory SET, 1, 2, or B If temperature change or pain to . Power mirror, with the driver or the skin cannot be felt, the seat passenger side mirror selected heater may cause burns. To . Power steering wheel, reduce the risk of burns, use care if equipped when using the seat heater, especially for long periods of Obstructions time. Do not place anything on Heated and Ventilated Seat If something has blocked the driver the seat that insulates against Buttons Shown, Heated Seat seat and/or power steering wheel heat, such as a blanket, cushion, Buttons Similar while recalling a memory position, cover, or similar item. This may the recall may stop. Remove the cause the seat heater to If equipped, the buttons are near the obstruction and try the recall again. overheat. An overheated seat climate controls on the center stack. If the memory position still does not heater may cause a burn or may To operate, the engine must be recall, see your dealer for service. damage the seat. running. Press I or +, if available, to heat the driver or passenger seatback only. Press J or z to heat the driver or passenger cushion and seatback. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Seats and Restraints 65 Press C or {, if available, to automatically activate the heated or Remote Start Heated and ventilate the driver or passenger ventilated seats at the level required Ventilated Seats seat. A ventilated seat has a fan by the vehicle's interior temperature. During a remote start, the heated or that pulls or pushes air through the The active high, medium, low, or off ventilated seats, if equipped, can be seat. The air is not cooled. heated or ventilated seat level will turned on automatically. When it is When a heated seat is turned on, be indicated by the manual heated cold outside, the heated seats will the indicator on button turns red. and ventilated seat buttons on the turn on followed by the heated When a ventilated seat is turned on, center stack. Use the manual steering wheel, if equipped. When it the indicator on button turns blue. heated and ventilated seat buttons is hot outside, the ventilated seats on the center stack to turn auto turn on. The heated or ventilated Press the button once for the heated or ventilated seats off. If the seats are canceled when the highest setting. With each press of passenger seat is unoccupied, the ignition is turned on. Press the the button, the seat will change to auto heated or ventilated seats heated or ventilated seat button to the next lower setting, and then to feature will not activate that seat. use the heated or ventilated seats the off setting. The indicator lights The auto heated and ventilated after the vehicle is started. next to the buttons indicate three for seats feature can be programmed to The heated or ventilated seat the highest setting and one for the always be enabled when the vehicle lowest. If the front heated seats are indicator lights do not turn on during is on. If equipped with a heated a remote start. on high, the level may automatically steering wheel, the auto heated be lowered after approximately steering wheel activation will follow The temperature performance of an 30 minutes. the heated seat auto activation and unoccupied seat may be reduced. The passenger seat may take the heated wheel indicator will This is normal. longer to heat up. follow the state of the steering The remote start heated or wheel heat. Auto Heated and Ventilated Seats ventilated seats may be enabled or See Vehicle Personalization 0 152. disabled in the vehicle If the vehicle is equipped with auto personalization menu. heated or ventilated seats, and the See Remote Vehicle Start 0 35 and ignition is on, this feature will Vehicle Personalization 0 152. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

66 Seats and Restraints Rear Seats the vehicle through the rear door 2. Lift the lever below the seat and left the vehicle without the cushion and slide the seat Rear Seat Reminder vehicle being shut off. forward or backward. If equipped, the message REAR The feature can be turned on or off. 3. Push and pull on the seatback SEAT REMINDER LOOK IN REAR See Vehicle Personalization 0 152. to ensure the seat is locked in place. SEAT displays under certain Rear Seat Adjustment conditions indicating there may be Entering and Exiting the an item or passenger in the rear The second row seats slide forward seat. Check before exiting the for more room. Third Row vehicle. { Warning This feature will activate when a second row door is opened while Using the third row seating the vehicle is on or up to 10 minutes position while the second row is before the vehicle is turned on. folded, or folded and tumbled, There will be an alert when the could cause injury in a sudden vehicle is turned off. The alert does stop or crash. Be sure to return not directly detect objects in the rear the seat to the passenger seating seat; instead, under certain conditions, it detects when a rear position. Push and pull on the door is opened and closed, seat to make sure it is locked into indicating that there may be place. something in the rear seat. The feature is active only once each To adjust the seat position: time the vehicle is turned on and off, 1. Remove objects on the floor in and will require reactivation by front of or on the second row opening and closing the second row seat, or in the seat tracks on doors. There may be an alert even the floor. when there is nothing in the rear seat; for example, if a child entered GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Seats and Restraints 67 To access the third row from the To access the third row from the { Warning driver side: passenger side: If the seatback and floor latches 1. Remove objects on the floor in Remove objects on the floor in front are not locked, the seat could front of or on the second row of the second row seat, or in the move forward in a sudden stop or seat, or in the seat tracks on seat tracks on the floor. crash and injure the occupant. the floor. The second row passenger side Always push and pull on the 2. Make sure that the seat belt is seat can be easily moved for third seatbacks to be sure the unfastened and in the stowed row entry or exit with a seatback and floor latches are position. forward-facing child restraint locked. installed using the LATCH system. Remove a rear-facing child restraint before moving the seat for third row entry or exit. Caution

Folding a rear seat with the seat { Warning belts still fastened may cause Remove the child from the child damage to the seat or the seat restraint before moving the seat belts. Always unbuckle the seat forward for third row entry or exit. belts and return them to their Failure to do so may result in normal stowed position before injury to the child. folding a rear seat. 3. Pull the handle on top of the Pull the handle on top of the seat seat forward and pull the seat forward and pull the seat forward. forward. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

68 Seats and Restraints Returning the Seat to the Reclining the Seatbacks Folding the Seatbacks Seating Position To recline the seatbacks: To return the second row seat to its normal seating position: 1. Remove objects on the floor behind the second row seat or in the seat tracks on the floor. 2. Push on the seatback until the seat is locked into place. 3. Push and pull on the seatback and seat cushion to make sure they are locked in place.

4. Check that the seat belt is not To fold the second row seatbacks: under the seat cushion. 1. Leaning rearward in the seat, 1. Remove anything on or under pull the reclining seatback the seat. handle. 2. Fold the head restraint 2. Move the seatback to the rearward. See Head Restraints desired position, and then 0 56. release the handle to lock the seatback in place. 3. Pull forward on the reclining seatback handle. 3. Push and pull on the seatback to make sure it is locked. To return the seatback to the seating position, lift the seatback and push it rearward until it locks into place. Push and pull on the GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Seats and Restraints 69 seatback to make sure it is locked. Heated Rear Seats climate controls, an indicator light Push on the head restraint to return on the button will turn on when the it to the upright, locked position. heated seat is on. On vehicles with { Warning rear climate controls, an indicator on If temperature change or pain to the climate control display appears when this feature is on. the skin cannot be felt, the seat heater may cause burns. See the On vehicles without rear climate Warning under Heated and controls but equipped with heated Ventilated Front Seats 0 64. rear seats, press the button again to turn this feature off. The light on the button will turn off. On vehicles with rear climate controls, this feature turns on at the highest setting. With each press of the button, the heated seat changes to the next lower setting, and then the off setting. The second row seatbacks can also Three lights indicate the highest be folded forward by pulling the setting, and one light indicates the levers on the driver side of the rear lowest. If the heated seats are on cargo area. The top lever folds the high, the level may automatically be driver side seatback and the bottom lowered after approximately lever folds the passenger side 30 minutes. seatback. If equipped, the buttons are on the rear of the center console. With the ignition on, press M or L to heat the left or right outboard seat cushion. On vehicles without rear GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

70 Seats and Restraints Third Row Seats To fold the third row seatback: 6. Repeat for the other seatback, 1. Remove objects on the floor in if necessary. { Warning front of or on the second row Returning the Seat to the seat, or in the seat tracks on Seating Position Using the third row seating the floor. position while the second row is To return the seatback to the 2. If the second row seat is in the seating position: folded, or pushed forward in the full rear position, adjust it entry position, could cause injury forward to allow the third row 1. From the rear of the vehicle, in a sudden stop or crash. Be seat to fold fully flat. raise the seatback to the sure to return the seat to the upright position using the strap passenger seating position. Push 3. Remove anything on or under on the back of the third row the seat. and pull on the seat to make sure seat, or lift the seatback and it is locked into place. push it into place from inside the vehicle. Folding the Seatback { Warning

Caution If either seatback is not locked, it could move forward in a sudden Folding a rear seat with the seat stop or crash. That could cause belts still fastened may cause injury to the person sitting there. damage to the seat or the seat Always push and pull on the belts. Always unbuckle the seat seatbacks to be sure they are belts and return them to their locked. normal stowed position before folding a rear seat. 4. Pull the strap on the seatback. 2. Push and pull on the seatback 5. Push the seatback forward to to make sure it is locked in lay flat. place. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

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{ Warning Seat Belts Warning (Continued) This section describes how to use A seat belt that is improperly seat belts properly, and some things passengers to ride in any area of routed, not properly attached, not to do. the vehicle that is not equipped or twisted will not provide the with seats and seat belts. protection needed in a crash. The { Warning Always wear a seat belt, and person wearing the belt could be check that all passenger(s) are seriously injured. After raising the Do not let anyone ride where a restrained properly too. rear seatback, always check to be seat belt cannot be worn properly. sure that the seat belts are In a crash, if you or your properly routed and attached, and passenger(s) are not wearing This vehicle has indicators as a reminder to buckle the seat belts. are not twisted. seat belts, injuries can be much See Seat Belt Reminders 0 134. worse than if you are wearing seat belts. You can be seriously Why Seat Belts Work injured or killed by hitting things inside the vehicle harder or by being ejected from the vehicle. In addition, anyone who is not buckled up can strike other passengers in the vehicle. It is extremely dangerous to ride in a cargo area, inside or outside of a vehicle. In a collision, passengers riding in these areas are more likely to be seriously injured or killed. Do not allow (Continued) GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

72 Seats and Restraints When riding in a vehicle, you travel Q: If my vehicle has airbags, why It is very important for all occupants as fast as the vehicle does. If the should I have to wear seat to buckle up. Statistics show that vehicle stops suddenly, you keep belts? unbelted people are hurt more often going until something stops you. A: Airbags are supplemental in crashes than those who are It could be the windshield, the systems only. They work with wearing seat belts. instrument panel, or the seat belts! seat belts — not instead of them. There are important things to know When you wear a seat belt, you and Whether or not an airbag is about wearing a seat belt properly. the vehicle slow down together. provided, all occupants still have There is more time to stop because to buckle up to get the most you stop over a longer distance and, protection. when worn properly, your strongest Also, in nearly all states and in bones take the forces from the seat all Canadian provinces, the law belts. That is why wearing seat belts requires wearing seat belts. makes such good sense. Questions and Answers About How to Wear Seat Belts Seat Belts Properly Q: Will I be trapped in the vehicle Follow these rules for everyone's after a crash if I am wearing a protection. seat belt? There are additional things to know A: You could be — whether you are about seat belts and children, . Sit up straight and always keep wearing a seat belt or not. Your including smaller children and your feet on the floor in front of chance of being conscious infants. If a child will be riding in the you (if possible). during and after a crash, so you vehicle, see Older Children 0 91 or . Always use the correct buckle can unbuckle and get out, is Infants and Young Children 0 93. for your seating position. much greater if you are belted. Review and follow the rules for . Wear the lap part of the belt low children in addition to the following and snug on the hips, just rules. touching the thighs. In a crash, GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Seats and Restraints 73 this applies force to the strong pelvic bones and you would be less likely to slide under the lap belt. If you slid under it, the belt would apply force on your abdomen. This could cause serious or even fatal injuries. . Wear the shoulder belt over the shoulder and across the chest. These parts of the body are best able to take belt restraining forces. The shoulder belt locks if there is a sudden stop or crash.

{ Warning

You can be seriously injured, or even killed, by not wearing your seat belt properly.

Never allow the lap or shoulder belt Never wear the shoulder belt under to become loose or twisted. both arms or behind your back. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

74 Seats and Restraints Lap-Shoulder Belt The lap-shoulder belt may lock if you pull the belt across you All seating positions in the vehicle very quickly. If this happens, let have a lap-shoulder belt. the belt go back slightly to The following instructions explain unlock it. Then pull the belt how to wear a lap-shoulder belt across you more slowly. properly. If the shoulder portion of a 1. Adjust the seat, if the seat is passenger belt is pulled out all adjustable, so you can sit up the way, the child restraint straight. To see how, see locking feature may be “Seats” in the Index. engaged. If this happens, let the belt go back all the way Always use the correct buckle for and start again. your seating position. Engaging the child restraint locking feature in the front outboard seating position may affect the passenger sensing system. See Passenger Sensing System 0 85.

2. Pick up the latch plate and pull the belt across you. Do not let it get twisted. Never route the lap or shoulder belt over an armrest. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Seats and Restraints 75 3. Push the latch plate into the buckle until it clicks. Pull up on the latch plate to make sure it is secure. If the belt is not long enough, see Seat Belt Extender 0 77. Position the release button on the buckle so that the seat belt could be quickly unbuckled if necessary.

If the webbing locks in the latch To unlatch the belt, push the button plate before it reaches the on the buckle. The belt should buckle, tilt the latch plate flat to return to its stowed position. unlock. Always stow the seat belt slowly. If the seat belt webbing returns quickly to the stowed position, the retractor may lock and cannot be pulled out. If this happens, pull the seat belt straight out firmly to unlock the webbing, and then release it. If the webbing is still locked in the retractor, see your dealer. 4. To make the lap part tight, pull up on the shoulder belt. Before a door is closed, be sure the seat belt is out of the way. If a door is slammed against a seat belt, damage can occur to both the seat belt and the vehicle. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

76 Seats and Restraints Seat Belt Pretensioners Rear Seat Belt Comfort Guides Seat Belt Use During This vehicle has seat belt Rear seat belt comfort guides may Pregnancy pretensioners for front outboard provide added seat belt comfort for Seat belts work for everyone, occupants. Although the seat belt older children who have outgrown including pregnant women. Like all pretensioners cannot be seen, they booster seats and for some adults. occupants, they are more likely to are part of the seat belt assembly. When installed on a shoulder belt, be seriously injured if they do not They can help tighten the seat belts the comfort guide positions the wear seat belts. during the early stages of a shoulder belt away from the neck moderate to severe frontal, near and head. frontal, or rear crash if the threshold conditions for pretensioner Second Row Outboard Seating activation are met. Seat belt Positions pretensioners can also help tighten The vehicle may have comfort the seat belts in a side crash or a guides for the second row outboard rollover event. seating positions available in the Pretensioners work only once. If the glove box or cargo area, or they are pretensioners activate in a crash, available through your dealer. Instructions are included with the the pretensioners and probably guides. other parts of the vehicle’s seat belt system will need to be replaced. Third Row Seating Positions See Replacing Seat Belt System Comfort guides are available Parts after a Crash 0 78. A pregnant woman should wear a through your dealer for the third row lap-shoulder belt, and the lap Do not sit on the outboard seat belt seating positions. Instructions are portion should be worn as low as while entering or exiting the vehicle included with the guide. possible, below the rounding, or at any time while sitting in the throughout the pregnancy. seat. Sitting on the seat belt can damage the webbing and hardware. The best way to protect the fetus is to protect the mother. When a seat belt is worn properly, it is more likely GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Seats and Restraints 77 that the fetus will not be hurt in a Safety System Check Seat Belt Care crash. For pregnant women, as for anyone, the key to making seat Periodically check the seat belt Keep belts clean and dry. belts effective is wearing them reminder, seat belts, buckles, latch Seat belts should be properly cared properly. plates, retractors, shoulder belt for and maintained. height adjusters (if equipped), and Seat Belt Extender seat belt anchorages to make sure Seat belt hardware should be kept they are all in working order. Look dry and free of dust or debris. As If the vehicle's seat belt will fasten for any other loose or damaged seat necessary, exterior hard surfaces around you, you should use it. belt system parts that might keep a and seat belt webbing may be lightly cleaned with mild soap and water. But if a seat belt is not long enough, seat belt system from performing Ensure there is not excessive dust your dealer will order you an properly. See your dealer to have it or debris in the mechanism. If dust extender. When you go in to order it, repaired. Torn, frayed, or twisted or debris exists in the system please take the heaviest coat you will wear, seat belts may not protect you in a see the dealer. Parts may need to so the extender will be long enough crash. Torn or frayed seat belts can be replaced to ensure proper for you. To help avoid personal rip apart under impact forces. If a functionality of the system. injury, do not let someone else use belt is torn or frayed, have it it, and use it only for the seat it is replaced immediately. If a belt is made to fit. The extender has been twisted, it may be possible to { Warning designed for adults. Never use it for untwist by reversing the latch plate securing child restraints. For more on the webbing. If the twist cannot Do not bleach or dye seat belt information on the proper use and fit be corrected, ask your dealer to webbing. It may severely weaken of seat belt extenders see the fix it. the webbing. In a crash, they instruction sheet that comes with Make sure the seat belt reminder might not be able to provide the extender. light is working. See Seat Belt adequate protection. Clean and Reminders 0 134. rinse seat belt webbing only with mild soap and lukewarm water. Keep seat belts clean and dry. See Allow the webbing to dry. Seat Belt Care 0 77. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

78 Seats and Restraints Replacing Seat Belt After a minor crash, replacement of Airbag System seat belts may not be necessary. System Parts after a But the seat belt assemblies that The vehicle has the following Crash were used during any crash may airbags: have been stressed or damaged. . A frontal airbag for the driver { Warning See your dealer to have the seat belt assemblies inspected or . A frontal airbag for the front A crash can damage the seat belt replaced. outboard passenger system in the vehicle. A damaged New parts and repairs may be . A knee airbag for the driver seat belt system may not properly necessary even if the seat belt . A front center airbag for the protect the person using it, system was not being used at the driver and front outboard resulting in serious injury or even time of the crash. passenger death in a crash. To help make Have the seat belt pretensioners sure the seat belt systems are . A seat-mounted side impact checked if the vehicle has been in a working properly after a crash, airbag for the driver crash, or if the airbag readiness light have them inspected and any stays on after you start the vehicle . A seat-mounted side impact necessary replacements made as or while you are driving. See Airbag airbag for the front outboard soon as possible. Readiness Light 0 135. passenger . A roof-rail airbag for the driver and for the second and third row passengers seated directly behind the driver . A roof-rail airbag for the front outboard passenger and the second and third row passengers seated directly behind the front outboard passenger GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Seats and Restraints 79 All vehicle airbags have the word Here are the most important things AIRBAG on the trim or on a label to know about the airbag system: { Warning near the deployment opening. Because airbags inflate with great For frontal airbags, the word { Warning force and faster than the blink of AIRBAG is on the center of the an eye, anyone who is up steering wheel for the driver and on You can be severely injured or killed in a crash if you are not against, or very close to any the instrument panel for the front airbag when it inflates can be outboard passenger. wearing your seat belt, even with airbags. Airbags are designed to seriously injured or killed. Do not For knee airbags, the word AIRBAG work with seat belts, not replace sit unnecessarily close to any is on the lower part of the them. Also, airbags are not airbag, as you would be if sitting instrument panel. designed to inflate in every crash. on the edge of the seat or leaning For the front center airbag, the word In some crashes seat belts are forward. Seat belts help keep you AIRBAG is on the inboard side of the only restraint. See When in position before and during a the driver seatback. Should an Airbag Inflate? 0 82. crash. Always wear a seat belt, even with airbags. The driver For seat-mounted side impact Wearing your seat belt during a should sit as far back as possible airbags, the word AIRBAG is on the crash helps reduce your chance side of the seat closest to the door. while still maintaining control of of hitting things inside the vehicle the vehicle. The seat belts and For roof-rail airbags, the word or being ejected from it. Airbags the front outboard passenger AIRBAG is on the ceiling or trim. are “supplemental restraints” to airbags are most effective when Airbags are designed to supplement the seat belts. Everyone in the you are sitting well back and the protection provided by seat vehicle should wear a seat belt upright in the seat with both feet belts. Even though today's airbags properly, whether or not there is on the floor. an airbag for that person. are also designed to help reduce (Continued) the risk of injury from the force of an inflating bag, all airbags must inflate very quickly to do their job. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

80 Seats and Restraints Where Are the Airbags? Warning (Continued)

Occupants should not lean on or sleep against the front center armrest or console in vehicles with a front center airbag. There is an airbag readiness light Occupants should not lean on or on the instrument cluster, which sleep against the door or side shows the airbag symbol. windows in seating positions with The system checks the airbag seat-mounted side impact airbags electrical system for malfunctions. and/or roof-rail airbags. The light tells you if there is an electrical problem. See Airbag Readiness Light 0 135. { Warning The driver frontal airbag is in the center of the steering wheel. Children who are up against, The front outboard passenger or very close to, any airbag when frontal airbag is in the passenger it inflates can be seriously injured side instrument panel. or killed. Always secure children properly in the vehicle. To read how, see Older Children 0 91 or Infants and Young Children 0 93. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

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The driver knee airbag is below the Driver Side Shown, Passenger Driver Side Shown, Passenger steering column. Side Similar Side Similar The seat-mounted side impact The roof-rail airbags for the driver, airbags for the driver and front front outboard passenger, and outboard passenger are in the sides second and third row outboard of the seatbacks closest to the door. passengers are in the ceiling above the side windows.

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If something is between an occupant and an airbag, the airbag might not inflate properly or it might force the object into that person causing severe injury The front center airbag is in the (Continued) inboard side of the driver seatback. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

82 Seats and Restraints When Should an Airbag It depends on what is hit, the Warning (Continued) direction of the impact, and how Inflate? quickly the vehicle slows down. or even death. The path of an This vehicle is equipped with inflating airbag must be kept 0 Frontal airbags may inflate at airbags. See Airbag System 78. different crash speeds depending on clear. Do not put anything Airbags are designed to inflate if the between an occupant and an whether the vehicle hits an object impact exceeds the specific airbag straight on or at an angle, and airbag, and do not attach or put system's deployment threshold. anything on the steering wheel whether the object is fixed or Deployment thresholds are used to moving, rigid or deformable, narrow hub or on or near any other predict how severe a crash is likely or wide. airbag covering. to be in time for the airbags to inflate and help restrain the Frontal airbags are not intended to Do not use seat or console inflate during vehicle rollovers, in accessories that block the occupants. The vehicle has electronic sensors that help the rear impacts, or in many side inflation path of a seat-mounted airbag system determine the impacts. side impact airbag or the front severity of the impact. Deployment center airbag. In addition, the vehicle has thresholds can vary with specific advanced technology frontal Never secure anything to the roof vehicle design. airbags. Advanced technology of a vehicle with roof-rail airbags Frontal airbags are designed to frontal airbags adjust the restraint by routing a rope or tie-down inflate in moderate to severe frontal according to crash severity. through any door or window or near frontal crashes to help Knee airbags are designed to inflate opening. If you do, the path of an reduce the potential for severe in moderate to severe frontal or inflating roof-rail airbag will be injuries, mainly to the driver's or near frontal impacts. Knee airbags blocked. front outboard passenger's head are not designed to inflate during and chest. vehicle rollovers, in rear impacts, Whether the frontal airbags will or or in many side impacts. should inflate is not based primarily The front center airbag is designed on how fast the vehicle is traveling. to inflate in moderate to severe side crashes depending upon the GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Seats and Restraints 83 location of the impact, when either rear impacts. Both roof-rail airbags How Does an Airbag side of the vehicle is struck. In will inflate when either side of the addition, the front center airbag is vehicle is struck, if the sensing Restrain? designed to inflate when the system predicts that the vehicle is In moderate to severe frontal or sensing system predicts that the about to roll over on its side, or in a near frontal collisions, even belted vehicle is about to roll over on its severe frontal impact. occupants can contact the steering side. The front center airbag is not In any particular crash, no one can wheel or the instrument panel. In designed to inflate in frontal say whether an airbag should have moderate to severe side collisions, impacts, near frontal impacts, inflated simply because of the even belted occupants can contact or rear impacts. vehicle damage or repair costs. the inside of the vehicle. Seat-mounted side impact airbags Airbags supplement the protection are designed to inflate in moderate What Makes an Airbag provided by seat belts by to severe side crashes depending Inflate? distributing the force of the impact on the location of the impact. more evenly over the Seat-mounted side impact airbags In a deployment event, the sensing occupant's body. are not designed to inflate in frontal system sends an electrical signal Rollover capable roof-rail airbags impacts, near frontal impacts, triggering a release of gas from the are designed to help contain the rollovers, or rear impacts. inflator. Gas from the inflator fills the head and chest of occupants in the A seat-mounted side impact airbag airbag causing the bag to break out outboard seating positions in the is designed to inflate on the side of of the cover. The inflator, the airbag, first, second, and third rows. The the vehicle that is struck. and related hardware are all part of rollover capable roof-rail airbags are the airbag module. Roof-rail airbags are designed to designed to help reduce the risk of inflate in moderate to severe side For airbag locations, see Where Are full or partial ejection in rollover crashes depending on the location the Airbags? 0 80. events, although no system can of the impact. In addition, these prevent all such ejections. roof-rail airbags are designed to inflate during a rollover or in a severe frontal impact. Roof-rail airbags are not designed to inflate in GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

84 Seats and Restraints But airbags would not help in many from the vents in the deflated warning flashers, and shut off the types of collisions, primarily airbags. Airbag inflation does not fuel system after the airbags inflate. because the occupant's motion is prevent the driver from seeing out of The feature may also activate, not toward those airbags. See When the windshield or being able to steer without airbag inflation, after an Should an Airbag Inflate? 0 82. the vehicle, nor does it prevent event that exceeds a predetermined Airbags should never be regarded people from leaving the vehicle. threshold. After turning the ignition as anything more than a supplement off and then on again, the fuel to seat belts. { Warning system will return to normal operation; the doors can be locked, What Will You See after When an airbag inflates, there the interior lamps can be turned off, may be dust in the air. This dust and the hazard warning flashers can an Airbag Inflates? could cause breathing problems be turned off using the controls for After frontal, knee, and for people with a history of those features. If any of these seat-mounted side impact airbags asthma or other breathing trouble. systems are damaged in the crash inflate, they quickly deflate, so To avoid this, everyone in the they may not operate as normal. quickly that some people may not vehicle should get out as soon as even realize the airbags inflated. it is safe to do so. If you have { Warning The front center airbag and roof-rail breathing problems but cannot airbags may still be at least partially get out of the vehicle after an A crash severe enough to inflate inflated for some time after they airbag inflates, then get fresh air the airbags may have also inflate. Some components of the by opening a window or a door. damaged important functions in airbag module may be hot for If you experience breathing the vehicle, such as the fuel several minutes. For location of the problems following an airbag system, brake and steering airbags, see Where Are the deployment, you should seek systems, etc. Even if the vehicle Airbags? 0 80. medical attention. appears to be drivable after a The parts of the airbag that come moderate crash, there may be into contact with you may be warm, (Continued) The vehicle has a feature that may but not too hot to touch. There may automatically unlock the doors, turn be some smoke and dust coming on the interior lamps and hazard GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Seats and Restraints 85 . The vehicle has a crash sensing Warning (Continued) and diagnostic module which records information after a concealed damage that could crash. make it difficult to safely operate See Vehicle Data Recording and the vehicle. Privacy 0 402 and Event Data 0 Use caution if you should attempt Recorders 402. United States and Canada to restart the engine after a crash . Let only qualified technicians has occurred. work on the airbag systems. Improper service can mean that In many crashes severe enough to an airbag system will not work inflate the airbag, are properly. See your dealer for broken by vehicle deformation. service. Additional windshield breakage may Mexico also occur from the front outboard Passenger Sensing passenger airbag. System The words ON and OFF, or the symbols for on and off, will be . Airbags are designed to inflate The vehicle has a passenger visible during the system check. only once. After an airbag sensing system for the front When the system check is inflates, you will need some new outboard passenger position. The complete, either the word ON or parts for the airbag system. passenger airbag status indicator OFF, or the symbol for on or off, will If you do not get them, the will light on the overhead console be visible. See Passenger Airbag airbag system will not be there when the vehicle is started. Status Indicator 0 135. to help protect you in another crash. A new system will include The passenger sensing system airbag modules and possibly turns off the front outboard other parts. The service manual passenger frontal airbag under for the vehicle covers the need certain conditions. No other airbag to replace other parts. is affected by the passenger sensing system. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

86 Seats and Restraints The passenger sensing system works with sensors that are part of Warning (Continued) Warning (Continued) the front outboard passenger seat and seat belt. The sensors are airbag inflates. This is because secure child restraints in the rear designed to detect the presence of the back of the rear-facing child seat. Consider using another a properly seated occupant and restraint would be very close to vehicle to transport the child determine if the front outboard the inflating airbag. A child in a when a rear seat is not available. passenger frontal airbag should be forward-facing child restraint can allowed to inflate or not. be seriously injured or killed if the The passenger sensing system is passenger frontal airbag inflates According to accident statistics, designed to turn off the front and the passenger seat is in a children are safer when properly outboard passenger frontal airbag if: forward position. secured in a rear seat in the correct . The front outboard passenger child restraint for their weight Even if the passenger sensing seat is unoccupied. and size. system has turned off the . The system determines an infant passenger frontal airbag, no Whenever possible, children aged is present in a child restraint. 12 and under should be secured in system is fail-safe. No one can a rear seating position. guarantee that an airbag will not . A front outboard passenger deploy under some unusual takes his/her weight off of the Never put a rear-facing child seat in circumstance, even though the seat for a period of time. the front. This is because the risk to the rear-facing child is so great, airbag is turned off. . There is a critical problem with if the airbag inflates. Never put a rear-facing child the airbag system or the restraint in the front seat, even if passenger sensing system. { Warning the airbag is off. If securing a When the passenger sensing forward-facing child restraint in system has turned off the front A child in a rear-facing child the front outboard passenger outboard passenger frontal airbag, restraint can be seriously injured seat, always move the seat as far the OFF indicator will light and stay or killed if the passenger frontal back as it will go. It is better to lit as a reminder that the airbag is off. See Passenger Airbag Status (Continued) (Continued) Indicator 0 135. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Seats and Restraints 87 The passenger sensing system is 3. Remove any additional items designed to turn on the front { Warning from the seat such as blankets, outboard passenger frontal airbag cushions, seat covers, seat anytime the system senses that a If the airbag readiness light ever heaters, or seat massagers. person of adult size is sitting comes on and stays on, it means that something may be wrong 4. Reinstall the child restraint properly in the front outboard following the directions passenger seat. with the airbag system. To help avoid injury to yourself or others, provided by the child restraint When the passenger sensing have the vehicle serviced right manufacturer and refer to system has allowed the airbag to be Securing Child Restraints (With away. See Airbag Readiness enabled, the ON indicator will light the Seat Belt in the Front Seat) Light 0 135 for more information, and stay lit as a reminder that the 0 108 or Securing Child airbag is active. including important safety Restraints (With the Seat Belt information. 0 For some children, including in the Rear Seat) 106. children in child restraints, and for Make sure the seat belt very small adults, the passenger If the On Indicator Is Lit for a retractor is locked by pulling sensing system may or may not turn Child Restraint the shoulder belt all the way off the front outboard passenger The passenger sensing system is out of the retractor when frontal airbag, depending upon the designed to turn off the front installing the child restraint, person's seating posture and body outboard passenger frontal airbag if even if the child restraint is build. Everyone in the vehicle who the system determines that an infant equipped with a seat belt lock has outgrown child restraints should is present in a child restraint. If a off. When the retractor lock is wear a seat belt properly — whether child restraint has been installed set, the belt can be tightened or not there is an airbag for that and the ON indicator is lit: but not pulled out of the person. retractor. 1. Turn the vehicle off. 5. If, after reinstalling the child 2. Remove the child restraint from restraint and restarting the the vehicle. vehicle, the ON indicator is still lit, turn the vehicle off. Then slightly recline the vehicle GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

88 Seats and Restraints seatback and adjust the seat If the Off Indicator Is Lit for an 2. Remove any additional material cushion, if adjustable, to make Adult-Sized Occupant from the seat, such as sure that the vehicle seatback blankets, cushions, seat is not pushing the child covers, seat heaters, or seat restraint into the seat cushion. massagers. Also make sure the child 3. Place the seatback in the fully restraint is not trapped under upright position. the vehicle head restraint. 4. Have the person sit upright in If this happens, adjust the head the seat, centered on the seat restraint. See Head Restraints 0 cushion, with legs comfortably 56. extended. 6. Restart the vehicle. 5. If the shoulder portion of the The passenger sensing system may belt is pulled out all the way, or may not turn off the airbag for a the child restraint locking child in a child restraint depending feature will be engaged. This If a person of adult size is sitting in upon the child s size. It is better to may unintentionally cause the ’ the front outboard passenger seat, secure the child restraint in a rear passenger sensing system to but the OFF indicator is lit, it could seat. Never put a rear-facing child turn the airbag off for some be because that person is not sitting restraint in the front seat, even if the adult-sized occupants. If this properly in the seat or that the child ON indicator is not lit. happens, unbuckle the belt, let restraint locking feature is engaged. the belt go back all the way, Use the following steps to allow the and then buckle the belt again system to detect that person and without pulling the belt out all enable the front outboard passenger the way. frontal airbag: 6. Restart the vehicle and have 1. Turn the vehicle off. the person remain in this position for two to three minutes after the ON indicator is lit. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Seats and Restraints 89 A thick layer of additional material, { Warning such as a blanket or cushion, Warning (Continued) or aftermarket equipment such as If the front outboard passenger seat covers, seat heaters, and seat seatback may interfere with the airbag is turned off for an massagers can affect how well the proper operation of the passenger adult-sized occupant, the airbag passenger sensing system sensing system. will not be able to inflate and help operates. We recommend that you protect that person in a crash, not use seat covers or other Servicing the resulting in an increased risk of aftermarket equipment except when serious injury or even death. An approved by GM for your specific Airbag-Equipped Vehicle adult-sized occupant should not vehicle. See Adding Equipment to Airbags affect how the vehicle 0 ride in the front outboard the Airbag-Equipped Vehicle 90 should be serviced. There are parts passenger seat, if the passenger for more information about of the airbag system in several airbag OFF indicator is lit. modifications that can affect how places around the vehicle. Your the system operates. dealer and the service manual have Additional Factors Affecting The ON indicator may be lit if an information about servicing the System Operation object, such as a briefcase, vehicle and the airbag system. To handbag, grocery bag, laptop, purchase a service manual, see Seat belts help keep the passenger or other electronic device, is Publication Ordering Information in position on the seat during an unoccupied seat. If this is not 0 399. vehicle maneuvers and braking, desired, remove the object from which helps the passenger sensing the seat. { Warning system maintain the passenger airbag status. See “Seat Belts” and { Warning For up to 10 seconds after the “Child Restraints” in the Index for vehicle is turned off and the additional information about the Stowing articles under the battery is disconnected, an airbag importance of proper restraint use. passenger seat or between the can still inflate during improper passenger seat cushion and service. You can be injured if you (Continued) (Continued) GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

90 Seats and Restraints . Front seats, including stitching, of the seat fabric, could also Warning (Continued) seams or zippers interfere with the operation of the . Seat belts passenger sensing system. This are close to an airbag when it could either prevent proper inflates. Avoid yellow connectors. . Steering wheel, instrument deployment of the passenger They are probably part of the panel, overhead console, ceiling airbag(s) or prevent the passenger airbag system. Be sure to follow trim, or garnish trim sensing system from properly proper service procedures, and . Inner door seals, including turning off the passenger airbag(s). make sure the person performing speakers See Passenger Sensing System work for you is qualified to do so. 0 85. Your dealer and the service manual have information about the location If the vehicle has rollover roof-rail Adding Equipment to the of the airbag modules and sensors, airbags, see Different Size Tires 0 Airbag-Equipped Vehicle sensing and diagnostic module, and and 337 for additional airbag wiring along with the proper important information. Adding accessories that change the replacement procedures. If the vehicle must be modified vehicle's frame, bumper system, because you have a disability and height, front end, or side sheet In addition, the vehicle has a passenger sensing system for the you have questions about whether metal may keep the airbag system the modifications will affect the from working properly. front outboard passenger position, which includes sensors that are part vehicle's airbag system, or if you The operation of the airbag system of the passenger's seat. The have questions about whether the can also be affected by changing, passenger sensing system may not airbag system will be affected if the including improperly repairing or operate properly if the original seat vehicle is modified for any other replacing, any parts of the following: trim is replaced with non-GM reason, call Customer Assistance. See Customer Assistance Offices . Airbag system, including airbag covers, upholstery, or trim, or with 0 392. modules, front or side impact GM covers, upholstery, or trim sensors, sensing and diagnostic designed for a different vehicle. Any module, airbag wiring, or front object, such as an aftermarket seat center console heater or a comfort enhancing pad or device, installed under or on top GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Seats and Restraints 91 Airbag System Check Replacing Airbag System Child Restraints The airbag system does not need Parts after a Crash regularly scheduled maintenance or Older Children replacement. Make sure the airbag { Warning readiness light is working. See Airbag Readiness Light 0 135. A crash can damage the airbag systems in the vehicle. Caution A damaged airbag system may not properly protect you and your If an airbag covering is damaged, passenger(s) in a crash, resulting opened, or broken, the airbag in serious injury or even death. To may not work properly. Do not help make sure the airbag open or break the airbag systems are working properly coverings. If there are any after a crash, have them opened or broken airbag inspected and any necessary coverings, have the airbag replacements made as soon as covering and/or airbag module possible. Older children who have outgrown replaced. For the location of the booster seats should wear the airbags, see Where Are the vehicle’s seat belts. 0 If an airbag inflates, you will need to Airbags? 80. See your dealer replace airbag system parts. See for service. your dealer for service. If the airbag readiness light stays on after the vehicle is started or comes on when you are driving, the airbag system may not work properly. Have the vehicle serviced right away. See Airbag Readiness Light 0 135. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

92 Seats and Restraints The manufacturer instructions that . Can proper seat belt fit be In a crash, children who are not come with the booster seat state the maintained for the length of the buckled up can strike other people weight and height limitations for that trip? If yes, continue. If no, who are buckled up, or can be booster. Use a booster seat with a return to the booster seat. thrown out of the vehicle. Older lap-shoulder belt until the child Q: What is the proper way to children need to use seat belts passes the fit test below: wear seat belts? properly. . Sit all the way back on the seat. A: An older child should wear a { Warning Do the knees bend at the seat lap-shoulder belt and get the edge? If yes, continue. If no, additional restraint a shoulder return to the booster seat. Never allow more than one child belt can provide. The shoulder to wear the same seat belt. The . Buckle the lap-shoulder belt. belt should not cross the face or seat belt cannot properly spread Does the shoulder belt rest on neck. The lap belt should fit the impact forces. In a crash, they the shoulder? If yes, continue. snugly below the hips, just can be crushed together and If no, try using the rear seat belt touching the top of the thighs. seriously injured. A seat belt must comfort guide, if available. See This applies belt force to the be used by only one person at “Rear Seat Belt Comfort Guides” child's pelvic bones in a crash. under Lap-Shoulder Belt 0 74. It should never be worn over the a time. If a comfort guide is not abdomen, which could cause available, or if the shoulder belt severe or even fatal internal still does not rest on the injuries in a crash. shoulder, then return to the Also see “Rear Seat Belt Comfort booster seat. Guides” under Lap-Shoulder Belt . Does the lap belt fit low and 0 74. snug on the hips, touching the According to accident statistics, thighs? If yes, continue. If no, children are safer when properly return to the booster seat. restrained in a rear seating position. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Seats and Restraints 93 need, for everyone, to use safety Warning (Continued) restraints. In fact, the law in every state in the United States and in That could cause serious or fatal every Canadian province says injuries. The shoulder belt should children up to some age must be go over the shoulder and across restrained while in a vehicle. the chest. { Warning

Children can be seriously injured or strangled if a shoulder belt is wrapped around their neck. The shoulder belt can tighten but { Warning cannot be loosened if it is locked. The shoulder belt locks when it is Never allow a child to wear the pulled all the way out of the seat belt with the shoulder belt retractor. It unlocks when the behind their back. A child can be shoulder belt is allowed to go all seriously injured by not wearing the way back into the retractor, the lap-shoulder belt properly. In a but it cannot do this if it is crash, the child would not be wrapped around a child’s neck. restrained by the shoulder belt. If the shoulder belt is locked and The child could move too far Infants and Young Children tightened around a child’s neck, forward increasing the chance of the only way to loosen the belt is head and neck injury. The child Everyone in a vehicle needs to cut it. might also slide under the lap protection! This includes infants and (Continued) belt. The belt force would then be all other children. Neither the applied right on the abdomen. distance traveled nor the age and (Continued) size of the traveler changes the GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

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Never leave children unattended infant will suddenly become a or killed. Never put a rear-facing in a vehicle and never allow 110 kg (240 lb) force on a person's child restraint in the front children to play with the seat arms. An infant or child should be passenger seat. Secure a belts. secured in an appropriate rear-facing child restraint in a restraint. rear seat. Every time infants and young It is also better to secure a children ride in vehicles, they should forward-facing child restraint in a have the protection provided by rear seat. If a forward-facing child appropriate child restraints. Neither restraint must be secured in the the vehicle’s seat belt system nor its front passenger seat, always airbag system is designed for them. move the front passenger seat as Children who are not restrained far back as it will go. properly can strike other people, If a child restraint is installed in or can be thrown out of the vehicle. the second row center seat, move the second row seat to the { Warning rearward position, whenever possible, to minimize contact with Never hold an infant or a child the front center airbag. while riding in a vehicle. Due to crash forces, an infant or a child { Warning will become so heavy it is not possible to hold it during a crash. Children who are up against, For example, in a crash at only or very close to, any airbag when 40 km/h (25 mph), a 5.5 kg (12 lb) it inflates can be seriously injured (Continued) (Continued) GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Seats and Restraints 95 For each type of child restraint, there are many different models { Warning available. When purchasing a child restraint, be sure it is designed to be A young child's hip bones are still used in a . If it is, the so small that the vehicle's regular restraint will have a label saying that seat belt may not remain low on it meets federal motor vehicle safety the hip bones, as it should. standards. The restraint Instead, it may settle up around manufacturer's instructions that the child's abdomen. In a crash, come with the restraint state the the belt would apply force on a weight and height limitations for a body area that is unprotected by particular child restraint. In addition, any bony structure. This alone there are many kinds of restraints could cause serious or fatal Child restraints are devices used to available for children with special injuries. To reduce the risk of restrain, seat, or position children in needs. the vehicle and are sometimes serious or fatal injuries during a called child seats or car seats. crash, young children should { Warning always be secured in appropriate There are three basic types of child restraints. child restraints: To reduce the risk of neck and . Forward-facing child restraints head injury in a crash, infants and toddlers should be secured in a . Rear-facing child restraints rear-facing child restraint until age . Belt-positioning booster seats two, or until they reach the maximum height and weight limits The proper child restraint for your of their child restraint. child depends on their size, weight, and age, and also on whether the child restraint is compatible with the vehicle in which it will be used. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

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Forward-Facing Child Restraint Booster Seats Rear-Facing Infant Restraint A forward-facing child restraint A belt-positioning booster seat is provides restraint for the child's used for children who have A rear-facing child restraint provides body with the harness. outgrown their forward-facing child restraint with the seating surface restraint. Boosters are designed to against the back of the infant. improve the fit of the vehicle's seat The harness system holds the infant belt system until the child is large in place and, in a crash, acts to enough for the vehicle seat belts to keep the infant positioned in the fit properly without a booster seat. restraint. See the seat belt fit test in Older Children 0 91. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Seats and Restraints 97 Securing an Add-On Child When securing an add-on child availability in Canada, check with Restraint in the Vehicle restraint, refer to the instructions Transport Canada or the Provincial that come with the restraint which Ministry of Transportation office. { Warning may be on the restraint itself or in a booklet, or both, and to this manual. Securing the Child Within the Child Restraint A child can be seriously injured or The child restraint instructions are killed in a crash if the child important, so if they are not restraint is not properly secured in available, obtain a replacement { Warning copy from the manufacturer. the vehicle. Secure the child A child can be seriously injured or Keep in mind that an unsecured restraint properly in the vehicle killed in a crash if the child is not child restraint can move around in a using the vehicle’s seat belt or properly secured in the child collision or sudden stop and injure LATCH system, following the restraint. Secure the child instructions that came with that people in the vehicle. Be sure to properly secure any child restraint in properly following the instructions child restraint and the instructions that came with that child restraint. in this manual. the vehicle — even when no child is in it.

To help reduce the chance of injury, In some areas of the United States Where to Put the the child restraint must be secured and Canada, Certified Child Restraint Passenger Safety Technicians in the vehicle. Child restraints must According to accident statistics, be secured in vehicle seats by lap (CPSTs) are available to inspect and demonstrate how to correctly children and infants are safer when belts or the lap belt portion of a properly restrained in an appropriate lap-shoulder belt, or by the LATCH use and install child restraints. In the U.S., refer to the National child restraint secured in a rear system. See Lower Anchors and seating position. Tethers for Children (LATCH Highway Traffic Safety System) 0 99 for more information. Administration (NHTSA) website to Whenever possible, children aged Children can be endangered in a locate the nearest child safety seat 12 and under should be secured in crash if the child restraint is not inspection station. For CPST a rear seating position. properly secured in the vehicle. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

98 Seats and Restraints The vehicle is equipped with a front When securing a child restraint with center airbag in the inboard side of Warning (Continued) the seat belts in a rear seat position, the driver seat. Even with a front study the instructions that came with center airbag, a child restraint can Even if the passenger sensing the child restraint to make sure it is be installed in any second row system has turned off the front compatible with this vehicle. seating position. passenger frontal airbag, no system is fail-safe. No one can Child restraints and booster seats Never put a rear-facing child guarantee that an airbag will not vary considerably in size, and some restraint in the front. This is because deploy under some unusual may fit in certain seating positions the risk to the rear-facing child is so better than others. circumstance, even though it is great if the airbag deploys. turned off. Depending on where you place the child restraint and the size of the { Warning Secure rear-facing child restraints child restraint, you may not be able in a rear seat, even if the airbag to access adjacent seat belts or A child in a rear-facing child is off. If you secure a LATCH anchors for additional restraint can be seriously injured forward-facing child restraint in passengers or child restraints. or killed if the front passenger the front seat, always move the Adjacent seating positions should airbag inflates. This is because front passenger seat as far back not be used if the child restraint the back of the rear-facing child as it will go. It is better to secure prevents access to or interferes with restraint would be very close to the child restraint in a rear seat. the routing of the seat belt. the inflating airbag. A child in a See Passenger Sensing System Wherever a child restraint is forward-facing child restraint can 0 85 for additional information. installed, be sure to follow the be seriously injured or killed if the instructions that came with the child If a child restraint is installed in a front passenger airbag inflates restraint and secure the child and the passenger seat is in a second row center seat, move the restraint properly. forward position. second row seat to the rearward Keep in mind that an unsecured (Continued) position, whenever possible, to minimize contact with the front child restraint can move around in a center airbag. collision or sudden stop and injure people in the vehicle. Be sure to GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Seats and Restraints 99 properly secure any child restraint in Booster seats use the vehicle’s seat See Securing Child Restraints (With the vehicle — even when no child is belts to secure the child and the the Seat Belt in the Front Seat) in it. booster seat. If the manufacturer 0 108 or Securing Child Restraints recommends that the booster seat (With the Seat Belt in the Rear Lower Anchors and be secured with the LATCH system, Seat) 0 106. Tethers for Children this can be done as long as the Child restraints built after March booster seat can be positioned (LATCH System) 2014 will be labeled with the properly and there is no interference specific child weight up to which the The LATCH system secures a child with the proper positioning of the LATCH system can be used to restraint during driving or in a crash. lap-shoulder belt on the child. install the restraint. LATCH attachments on the child Make sure to follow the instructions The following explains how to attach restraint are used to attach the child that came with the child restraint, restraint to the anchors in the a child restraint with these and also the instructions in this attachments in the vehicle. vehicle. The LATCH system is manual. designed to make installation of a Not all vehicle seating positions child restraint easier. When installing a child restraint with have lower anchors. In this case, a top tether, you must also use the seat belt must be used (with top In order to use the LATCH system in either the lower anchors or the seat your vehicle, you need a child tether where available) to secure belts to properly secure the child the child restraint. restraint that has LATCH restraint. A child restraint must attachments. LATCH-compatible See Securing Child Restraints (With never be installed using only the top the Seat Belt in the Front Seat) rear-facing and forward-facing child tether and anchor. 0 seats can be properly installed 108 or Securing Child Restraints using either the LATCH anchors or The LATCH anchorage system can (With the Seat Belt in the Rear be used until the combined weight Seat) 0 106. the vehicle’s seat belts. Do not use both the seat belts and the LATCH of the child plus the child restraint is anchorage system to secure a 29.5 kg (65 lbs). Use the seat belt rear-facing or forward-facing alone instead of the LATCH child seat. anchorage system once the combined weight is more than 29.5 kg (65 lbs). GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

100 Seats and Restraints Lower Anchors Top Tether Anchor Some child restraints with top tethers are designed for use with or without the top tether being attached. Others require the top tether always to be attached. In Canada, the law requires that forward-facing child restraints have a top tether, and that the tether be attached. Be sure to read and follow the instructions for your child restraint. Lower Anchor and Top Tether Anchor Locations

Lower anchors (1) are metal bars A top tether (3, 4) is used to secure built into the vehicle. There are two the top of the child restraint to the lower anchors for each LATCH vehicle. A top tether anchor is built seating position that will into the vehicle. The top tether accommodate a child restraint with attachment hook (2) on the child lower attachments (2). restraint connects to the top tether anchor in the vehicle in order to reduce the forward movement and rotation of the child restraint during driving or in a crash. The child restraint may have a single tether (3) or a dual tether (4). Second Row — Bucket Either will have a single attachment hook (2) to secure the top tether to I : Seating positions with top the anchor. tether anchors. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Seats and Restraints 101 H : Seating positions with two lower anchors.

To assist in locating the top tether anchors, the top tether anchor symbol is near the anchor.

Third Row I : Seating positions with top Second Row — 60/40 Bench tether anchors. I : Seating positions with top tether anchors. H : Seating positions with two lower anchors.

Second Row — Bucket Shown, To assist in locating the lower Bench Similar anchors, each second row anchor The top tether anchors are at the position has a label, near the crease bottom rear of the seatback for each between the seatback and the seat seating position in the second row. cushion. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

102 Seats and Restraints Be sure to use an anchor on the the instructions that come with the same side of the vehicle as the child restraint say that the top tether { Warning seating position where the child must be attached. restraint will be placed. To reduce the risk of serious or According to accident statistics, fatal injuries during a crash, do children and infants are safer when not attach more than one child properly restrained in a child restraint to a single anchor. restraint system or infant restraint Attaching more than one child system secured in a rear seating restraint to a single anchor could position. See Where to Put the cause the anchor or attachment Restraint 0 97 for additional to come loose or even break information. during a crash. A child or others Securing a Child Restraint could be injured. Designed for the LATCH System { Warning Third Row { Warning Children can be seriously injured The top tether anchors are on the A child could be seriously injured or strangled if a shoulder belt is rear of the seatback for each or killed in a crash if the child seating position in the third row. wrapped around their neck. The restraint is not properly attached shoulder belt can tighten but Be sure to use an anchor on the to the vehicle using either the cannot be loosened if it is locked. same side of the vehicle as the LATCH anchors or the vehicle The shoulder belt locks when it is seating position where the child seat belt. Follow the instructions pulled all the way out of the restraint will be placed. that came with the child restraint retractor. It unlocks when the Do not secure a child restraint in a and the instructions in this shoulder belt is allowed to go all position without a top tether anchor manual. the way back into the retractor, if a national or local law requires (Continued) that the top tether be attached, or if GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Seats and Restraints 103 does not have lower Warning (Continued) Caution (Continued) attachments or the desired seating position does not have but it cannot do this if it is Do not fold the rear seatback lower anchors, secure the child wrapped around a child’s neck. when the seat is occupied. Do not restraint with the top tether and If the shoulder belt is locked and fold the empty rear seat with a the seat belts. Refer to the tightened around a child’s neck, seat belt buckled. This could child restraint manufacturer the only way to loosen the belt is damage the seat belt or the seat. instructions and the to cut it. Unbuckle and return the seat belt instructions in this manual. to its stowed position, before Buckle any unused seat belts 1.1. Find the lower anchors folding the seat. behind the child restraint so for the desired seating children cannot reach them. Pull position. the shoulder belt all the way out The vehicle is equipped with a front 1.2. To access the lower of the retractor to set the lock, center airbag in the inboard side of anchors in the second and tighten the belt behind the the driver seat. Even with a front row, it may help to recline child restraint after the child center airbag, a child restraint can the seatback. restraint has been installed. be installed in any second row seating position. If a child restraint is Third row seatbacks must installed in a second row center be upright before placing seat, move the second row seat to the child restraint on Caution the rearward position, whenever the seat. possible, to minimize contact with 1.3. Put the child restraint on Do not let the LATCH the front center airbag. the seat. attachments rub against the If you need to secure more than one vehicle s seat belts. This may 1.4. Attach and tighten the ’ child restraint in the rear seat, see damage these parts. If necessary, lower attachments on the Where to Put the Restraint 0 97. move buckled seat belts to avoid child restraint to the lower rubbing the LATCH attachments. 1. Attach and tighten the lower anchors. attachments to the lower (Continued) anchors. If the child restraint GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

104 Seats and Restraints If necessary, adjust the and you are using a dual angle of the second row tether, route the tether seatback to achieve a over the seatback. tight installation. Make sure the second row bench seatbacks are aligned at the same angle. 2. If the child restraint manufacturer recommends that If the position you are the top tether be attached, using does not have a attach and tighten the top headrest or head restraint tether to the top tether anchor, and you are using a if the vehicle has one. Refer to single tether, route the If the position you are the child restraint instructions tether over the seatback. using has an adjustable and the following steps: headrest or head restraint and you are using a dual 2.1. Find the top tether tether, raise the headrest anchor. or head restraint and 2.2. Route, attach, and tighten route the tether under the the top tether according headrest or head restraint to your child restraint and around the headrest instructions and the or head restraint posts. following instructions:

If the position you are using does not have a headrest or head restraint GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Seats and Restraints 105 and you are using a dual to move it side to side and tether, route the tether back and forth. There should around the headrest or be no more than 2.5 cm (1 in) of head restraint. movement, for proper installation. Replacing LATCH System Parts After a Crash If the position being used has an adjustable { Warning headrest or head restraint A crash can damage the LATCH and a single tether is system in the vehicle. A damaged being used, route the tether between the LATCH system may not properly headrest or head restraint secure the child restraint, posts. resulting in serious injury or even death in a crash. To help make If the position you are sure the LATCH system is using has a fixed working properly after a crash, headrest or head restraint see your dealer to have the and you are using a system inspected and any single tether, route the necessary replacements made as tether under the headrest or head restraint. soon as possible. 3. Before placing a child in the child restraint, make sure it is If the vehicle has the LATCH system and it was being used during a If the position you are securely held in place. To check, grasp the child restraint crash, new LATCH system parts using has a fixed may be needed. headrest or head restraint at the LATCH path and attempt GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

106 Seats and Restraints New parts and repairs may be install the child restraint using 1. Put the child restraint on necessary even if the LATCH LATCH. If a child restraint is the seat. system was not being used at the secured in the vehicle using a seat 2. Pick up the latch plate, and run time of the crash. belt and it uses a top tether, see the lap and shoulder portions Lower Anchors and Tethers for 0 of the vehicle's seat belt Securing Child Restraints Children (LATCH System) 99 for through or around the child (With the Seat Belt in the top tether anchor locations. restraint. The child restraint Rear Seat) Do not secure a child seat in a instructions will how. position without a top tether anchor The vehicle is equipped with a front if a national or local law requires center airbag in the inboard side of that the top tether be anchored, or if the driver seat. Even with a front the instructions that come with the center airbag, a child restraint can child restraint say that the top tether be installed in any second row must be anchored. seating position. If you install a child restraint in a second row center In Canada, the law requires that seat, move the second row seat to forward-facing child restraints have the rearward position, whenever a top tether, and that the tether be possible, to minimize contact with attached. the front center airbag. If the child restraint or vehicle seat When securing a child restraint with position does not have the LATCH the seat belts in a rear seat position, system, you will be using the seat belt to secure the child restraint. 3. Push the latch plate into the study the instructions that came with buckle until it clicks. the child restraint to make sure it is Be sure to follow the instructions compatible with this vehicle. that came with the child restraint. Position the release button on If more than one child restraint the buckle, away from the child If the child restraint has the LATCH restraint, so that the seat belt system, see Lower Anchors and needs to be installed in the rear seat, be sure to read Where to Put could be quickly unbuckled if Tethers for Children (LATCH 0 necessary. System) 0 99 for how and where to the Restraint 97. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Seats and Restraints 107 6. If the child restraint has a top tether, follow the child restraint manufacturer's instructions regarding the use of the top tether. See Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH System) 0 99. 7. Before placing a child in the child restraint, make sure it is securely held in place. To check, grasp the child restraint at the seat belt path and 4. Pull the shoulder belt all the 5. To tighten the belt, push down attempt to move it side to side way out of the retractor to set on the child restraint, pull the and back and forth. When the the lock. When the retractor shoulder portion of the belt to child restraint is properly lock is set, the belt can be tighten the lap portion of the installed, there should be no tightened but not pulled out of belt, and feed the shoulder belt more than 2.5 cm (1 in) of the retractor. back into the retractor. When movement. installing a forward-facing child To remove the child restraint, restraint, it may be helpful to unbuckle the vehicle seat belt and use your knee to push down on let it return to the stowed position. the child restraint as you If the top tether is attached to a top tighten the belt. tether anchor, disconnect it. Try to pull the belt out of the retractor to make sure the retractor is locked. If the retractor is not locked, repeat Steps 4 and 5. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

108 Seats and Restraints Securing Child Restraints { Warning Warning (Continued) (With the Seat Belt in the Front Seat) A child in a rear-facing child forward-facing child restraint in restraint can be seriously injured the front outboard passenger This vehicle has airbags. A rear or killed if the front outboard seat, always move the seat as far seat is a safer place to secure a passenger frontal airbag inflates. back as it will go. It is better to forward-facing child restraint. See This is because the back of the secure the child restraint in a Where to Put the Restraint 0 97. rear-facing child restraint would rear seat. In addition, the vehicle has a be very close to the inflating See Passenger Sensing System passenger sensing system which is airbag. A child in a forward-facing 0 85 for additional information. designed to turn off the front child restraint can be seriously outboard passenger frontal airbag injured or killed if the front under certain conditions. outboard passenger frontal airbag If the child restraint uses a top See Passenger Sensing System inflates and the passenger seat is tether, see Lower Anchors and 0 85 and Passenger Airbag Status in a forward position. Tethers for Children (LATCH Indicator 0 135 for more information, System) 0 99 for top tether anchor including important safety Even if the passenger sensing locations. information. system has turned off the front Do not secure a child seat in a outboard passenger frontal Never put a rear-facing child seat in position without a top tether anchor airbag, no system is fail-safe. No the front. This is because the risk to if a national or local law requires the rear-facing child is so great, one can guarantee that an airbag that the top tether be anchored, or if if the airbag deploys. will not deploy under some the instructions that come with the unusual circumstance, even child restraint say that the top tether though it is turned off. must be anchored. Secure rear-facing child restraints In Canada, the law requires that in a rear seat, even if the airbag forward-facing child restraints have is off. If you secure a a top tether, and that the tether be (Continued) attached. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Seats and Restraints 109 When using the lap-shoulder belt to 3. Pick up the latch plate, and run secure the child restraint in this the lap and shoulder portions position, follow the instructions that of the vehicle's seat belt came with the child restraint and the through or around the child following instructions: restraint. The child restraint 1. Move the seat as far back as it instructions will show you how. will go before securing the forward-facing child restraint. Move the seat upward or the seatback to an upright position, if needed, to get a tight installation of the child restraint. 4. Push the latch plate into the When the passenger sensing buckle until it clicks. system has turned off the front Position the release button on outboard passenger frontal the buckle, away from the child airbag, the OFF indicator on restraint, so that the seat belt the passenger airbag status could be quickly unbuckled if indicator should light and stay necessary. lit when you start the vehicle. Tilt the latch plate to adjust the See Passenger Airbag Status belt if needed. Indicator 0 135. 2. Put the child restraint on the seat. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

110 Seats and Restraints 7. Before placing a child in the child restraint, make sure it is securely held in place. To check, grasp the child restraint at the seat belt path and attempt to move it side to side and back and forth. When the child restraint is properly installed, there should be no more than 2.5 cm (1 in) of movement. If the airbag is off, the OFF indicator 5. Pull the shoulder belt all the 6. To tighten the belt, push down in the passenger airbag status way out of the retractor to set on the child restraint, pull the indicator will come on and stay on the lock. When the retractor shoulder portion of the belt to when the vehicle is started. lock is set, the belt can be tighten the lap portion of the If a child restraint has been installed tightened but not pulled out of belt, and feed the shoulder belt and the ON indicator is lit, see “If the retractor. back into the retractor. When the On Indicator Is Lit for a Child installing a forward-facing child Restraint” under Passenger Sensing restraint, it may be helpful to System 0 85. use your knee to push down on the child restraint as you To remove the child restraint, tighten the belt. unbuckle the vehicle seat belt and let it return to the stowed position. Try to pull the belt out of the retractor to make sure the retractor is locked. If the retractor is not locked, repeat Steps 5 and 6. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Storage 111 Storage Storage Sunglasses Storage Compartments Storage Compartments Storage Compartments ...... 111 { Warning Glove Box ...... 111 Sunglasses Storage ...... 111 Do not store heavy or sharp Armrest Storage ...... 112 objects in storage compartments. Rear Storage ...... 112 In a crash, these objects may Center Console Storage ...... 112 cause the cover to open and could result in injury. Additional Storage Features Cargo Cover ...... 113 Cargo Tie-Downs ...... 113 Glove Box Cargo Management Lift up on the glove box lever to System ...... 114 If equipped, sunglasses storage is open it. on the overhead console. Press the System fixed button on the cover and Roof Rack System ...... 117 release to access. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

112 Storage Armrest Storage Rear Storage Center Console Storage

If equipped, the rear seat armrest There is storage in the floor of the The center console has storage may have cupholders. Pull the rear cargo area. Lift the handle to under the armrest. Pull up the latch armrest down to access the access the removable cargo and lift to open. cupholders. management system. The center console also has the following: . A forward bin . An open or covered storage bin on the back of the console GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Storage 113 Additional Storage For vehicles with a cargo cover, it can be used to cover items in the Features rear of the vehicle. Unroll the cover toward the rear of the vehicle. Insert Cargo Cover the cover pins into the channels on both sides. To store, carefully remove the cover from the channels { Warning and let it roll back up. The cover An unsecured cargo cover could should be stored securely when not strike people in a sudden stop or in use. turn, or in a crash. Store the cargo cover securely or remove it Cargo Tie-Downs The back center console has a from the vehicle. storage bin. Pull the handle down to access.

Two cargo tie-downs are located in the rear compartment of the vehicle. The tie-downs can be used to secure small loads. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

114 Storage Cargo Management System Tray Option

The cargo management system is 1. Turn the right side wing nut to used to organize storage in the remove. cargo area. 2. Remove the strap. Cargo Management System Make sure the strap is secure Tray Removal after service or reinstalling the Lift the load floor to access the cargo management system. cargo management system. To access the or the tire sealant and compressor kit, the cargo management system tray must be removed. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Storage 115 5. Unsnap the hinges on the load All Terrain floor from the cargo management system.

3. Turn the left side wing nut to remove. 4. Remove the small storage bin. The rear trays do not need to be removed to access the spare tire. 6. Pull up to remove the load floor. 7. Lift up on both sides to remove the cargo management system to access the spare tire. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

116 Storage Rail and Divider Option

Cargo Management System Cargo Management System Lock Unlock 4. Turn both knobs to the lock Cargo Management System position. Installation Cargo Management System 1. Turn both knobs to the unlock Removal position. 1. Turn both knobs to the unlock 2. Slide the divider along the rail position. to the desired position until it 2. Press the buttons and pull up clicks into place. to remove the divider. 3. Make sure the divider is locked 3. Store the divider outside of the into place in the rail grooves. vehicle. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Storage 117 Roof Rack System rack will make the vehicle’s center Caution of gravity higher. Avoid high speeds, sudden starts, sharp turns, sudden { Warning Loading cargo on the roof rack braking, or abrupt maneuvers; that weighs more than 100 kg otherwise it may result in loss of If something is carried on top of (220 lb) or hangs over the rear or control. If driving for a long distance, the vehicle that is longer or wider sides of the vehicle may damage on rough roads, or at high speeds, than the roof rack — like paneling, the vehicle. Load cargo so that it occasionally stop the vehicle to plywood, or a mattress — the rests evenly between the make sure the cargo remains in its wind can catch it while the vehicle crossrails, making sure to fasten place. Do not exceed the maximum is being driven. The item being cargo securely. vehicle capacity when loading the carried could be violently torn off, vehicle. For more information on and this could cause a collision vehicle capacity and loading, see and damage the vehicle. Never Vehicle Load Limits 0 217. carry something longer or wider than the roof rack on top of the vehicle unless using a GM certified accessory carrier.

If equipped, the roof rack can be used to load items. For roof racks that do not have crossrails included, GM certified crossrails can be purchased as an accessory. See your dealer. To prevent damage or loss of cargo when driving, check to make sure crossrails and cargo are securely fastened. Loading cargo on the roof GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

118 Instruments and Controls Airbag Readiness Light ...... 135 Low Fuel Warning Light Instruments and Passenger Airbag Status (Midlevel and Uplevel) ...... 143 Controls Indicator ...... 135 Security Light ...... 144 Charging System Light ...... 136 High-Beam On Light ...... 144 Malfunction Indicator Lamp Front Fog Lamp Light ...... 144 Controls (Check Engine Light) ...... 136 Lamps On Reminder ...... 144 Steering Wheel Adjustment . . . 119 Brake System Warning Cruise Control Light ...... 144 Steering Wheel Controls ...... 119 Light ...... 138 Door Ajar Light ...... 145 Electric Parking Brake Heated Steering Wheel ...... 120 Information Displays Horn ...... 120 Light ...... 139 Service Electric Parking Brake Driver Information Center (DIC) Windshield Wiper/Washer . . . . 120 (Base and Midlevel) ...... 145 Rear Window Wiper/ Light (Uplevel and Midlevel Cluster Only) ...... 139 Driver Information Center (DIC) Washer ...... 121 (Uplevel) ...... 148 Compass ...... 122 Antilock Brake System (ABS) Clock ...... 123 Warning Light ...... 139 Vehicle Messages Power Outlets ...... 124 Tow/Haul Mode Light ...... 140 Vehicle Messages ...... 151 Hill Descent Control Light . . . . 140 Engine Power Messages . . . . . 151 Warning Lights, Gauges, and Lane Keep Assist (LKA) Vehicle Speed Messages . . . . . 151 Indicators Light ...... 140 Warning Lights, Gauges, and Vehicle Ahead Indicator ...... 140 Vehicle Personalization Indicators ...... 126 Pedestrian Ahead Indicator . . . 141 Vehicle Personalization ...... 152 Instrument Cluster ...... 127 Traction Off Light ...... 141 Speedometer ...... 131 StabiliTrak OFF Light ...... 141 Universal Remote System Odometer ...... 131 Traction Control System (TCS)/ Universal Remote System . . . . 160 Trip Odometer ...... 131 StabiliTrak Light ...... 142 Universal Remote System Tachometer ...... 131 Tire Pressure Light ...... 142 Programming ...... 160 Fuel Gauge ...... 132 Engine Oil Pressure Light . . . . 142 Universal Remote System Engine Coolant Temperature Low Fuel Warning Light (Base Operation ...... 163 Gauge ...... 133 Level) ...... 143 Seat Belt Reminders ...... 134 GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Instruments and Controls 119 Controls Do not adjust the steering wheel Steering Wheel Controls while driving. Steering Wheel Power Tilt and Telescoping Adjustment Steering Wheel

If equipped, some audio controls can be adjusted at the steering wheel. To adjust the power tilt and To adjust the steering wheel: g : For vehicles with OnStar or a telescoping steering wheel, Bluetooth system, press to interact 1. Pull the lever down. if equipped: with those systems. See OnStar 2. Move the steering wheel up Press the control to move the Overview 0 404 or “Bluetooth or down. steering wheel up and down or (Overview)” in the infotainment manual. 3. Pull or push the steering wheel forward and rearward. closer or away from you. Do not adjust the steering wheel i : Press to reject an incoming while driving. call or end a current call. Press to 4. Pull the lever up to lock the mute or unmute the infotainment wheel in place. system when not on a call. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

120 Instruments and Controls o or p : Press to go to the 2. Volume: Press to increase or outside. The heated steering wheel previous or next menu option. decrease the volume. indicator light may not come on. See Heated and Ventilated Front w or x : Press to go to the next or Seats 0 64. previous selection. Heated Steering Wheel V : Press to select a highlighted Horn menu option. Press a on the steering wheel pad to sound the horn. Windshield Wiper/Washer

( : If equipped, press to turn it on or off. An indicator light next to the The favorite and volume switches button displays when the feature is are on the back of the steering turned on. With the ignition on or in ACC/ wheel. ACCESSORY, move the windshield The steering wheel takes about wiper lever to select the wiper 1. Favorite: When on a radio three minutes to start heating. speed. source, press to select the next If equipped with a remote start HI : Use for fast wipes. or previous favorite. When on a heated steering wheel, the heated media source, press to select steering wheel will turn on LO : Use for slow wipes. the next or previous track. automatically in remote start along with the heated seats when it is cold GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Instruments and Controls 121 activated. See Washer Fluid 0 301 If the windshield wiper lever is then for information on filling the moved to OFF before the driver windshield washer fluid reservoir. door is opened or within 10 minutes, the wipers will restart and move to { Warning the base of the windshield. If the ignition is turned off while the In freezing weather, do not use wipers are performing wipes due to the washer until the windshield is windshield washing, the wipers warmed. Otherwise the washer continue to run until they reach the fluid can form ice on the base of the windshield. INT : Move the windshield wiper windshield, blocking your vision. lever to INT. Turn the band up for more frequent wipes or down for Rear Window Wiper/ less frequent wipes. Clear snow and ice from the wiper Washer blades and windshield before using OFF : Use to turn the wipers off. them. If frozen to the windshield, 1X : For a single wipe, briefly move carefully loosen or thaw them. the wiper lever down. For several Damaged blades should be wipes, hold the wiper lever down. replaced. See Wiper Blade 0 f : Pull the windshield wiper Replacement 306. lever toward you to spray windshield Heavy snow or ice can overload the washer fluid and activate the wiper motor. See Electrical System windshield wipers. The wipers will Overload 0 310. continue until the lever is released or the maximum wash time is Wiper Parking The rear window wiper/washer reached. When the windshield wiper If the ignition is turned off while the controls are on the end of the lever is released, additional wipes wipers are on LO, HI, or INT, they windshield wiper lever. may occur depending on how long will immediately stop. Turn the controls to adjust the the windshield washer had been setting. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

122 Instruments and Controls OFF : Turns the wiper off. The wiper operations return to Compass normal when the transmission is no INT : Turns on the rear wiper with a The vehicle may have a compass delay between wipes. longer in N (Neutral) or the vehicle speed has increased. display on the Driver Information ON : Turns on the rear wiper. Center (DIC). The compass receives 1 Reverse Gear Wipes its heading and other information : Push the windshield wiper from the Global Positioning lever forward to spray washer fluid If the rear wiper control is off, the System (GPS) antenna, StabiliTrak/ on the rear window. The wipers will rear wiper will automatically operate continuously when the vehicle is in Electronic Stability Control (ESC), clear the rear window and either and vehicle speed information. stop or return to your preset speed. R (Reverse) and the front For more washer cycles, press and windshield wiper is performing low The compass system is designed to hold the lever. or high speed wipes. If the rear operate for a certain number of wiper control is off, the vehicle is in miles or degrees of turn before The rear window wiper/washer will R (Reverse), and the front needing a signal from the GPS not operate if the liftgate is open or windshield wiper is performing satellites. When the compass ajar. If the liftgate is opened while interval wipes, then the rear wiper display shows CAL, drive the the rear wiper is on, the wiper automatically performs interval vehicle for a short distance in an returns to the parked position and wipes. open area where it can receive a stops. This feature can be turned on or off. GPS signal. The compass system Rear Wiper Arm Assembly See Vehicle Personalization 0 152. will automatically determine when a Protection GPS signal is restored and provide The windshield washer reservoir is a heading again. When using an automatic car wash, used for the windshield and the rear move the rear wiper control to OFF window. Check the fluid level in the to disable the rear wiper. In some reservoir if either washer is not vehicles, if the transmission is in working. See Washer Fluid 0 301. N (Neutral) and the vehicle speed is very slow, the rear wiper will automatically park. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Instruments and Controls 123 Clock 2. Touch Time and Date, then Uplevel Radio Using Center Auto Set. Stack Controls Base Radio 3. Select from the available The infotainment system controls The infotainment system controls selections. are used to access the time and are used to access the time and 4. Touch 0. date settings through the menu date settings through the menu system. See “Using the System” 0 system. See Operation 176 on Setting the 12/24 Hour Format under “Introduction” in the how to use the menu system. infotainment manual. 1. Press {, then touch Setting the Time and Date To set the time or date: SETTINGS. When Auto Set is enabled the time 2. Touch Time and Date, then 1. Press {, then select cannot be manually set. select 12h or 24h format. SETTINGS. 1. Press {, then touch 3. Touch 0. 2. Select Time and Date, then the SETTINGS. desired function. 2. Touch Time and Date, then Set Setting the Month and Day 3. Turn the MENU knob to Time or Set Date. Format increase or decrease the value. 3. Touch + or − to adjust the 1. Press {, then touch 4. Press the MENU knob to go to value. SETTINGS. the next value. After the last value is selected, the system 4. Touch R or Q to adjust AM or 2. Touch Time and Date, then Set will update and return to the PM for 12 hour format. Date Format. Settings menu. Press o BACK 5. Touch 0. 3. Select DD/MM/YYYY (day/ to go to the last menu and month/year), MM/DD/YYYY save the changes. Using Auto Set (month/day/year), or YYYY/ MM/DD (year/month/day) Auto Set requires an active OnStar 1. Press {, then touch format. or connected service plan. SETTINGS. 4. Touch 0. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

124 Instruments and Controls If auto timing is set, the time 2. Touch Set Time and touch « To set the clock display: displayed on the clock may not or ª to increase or decrease 1. Touch SETTINGS and touch update immediately when driving Time and Date. into a new time zone. hours, minutes, and AM or PM. Touch 12–24 Hr for 12 or 2. Touch Clock Display and touch To set the clock display: 24 hour clock. OFF or ON to turn the clock 1. Select SETTINGS from the 3. Touch } to go back to the display off or on. Home Page, then select Time previous menu. } and Date. 3. Touch to go back to the Auto Set requires an active OnStar previous menu. 2. Select Clock Display. or connected service plan. The clock settings can also be 3. Turn the MENU knob to Off If auto timing is set, the time accessed by touching the time or On. displayed on the clock may not display, then touching Set. 4. Press the MENU knob to update immediately when driving select. into a new time zone. Power Outlets Press o BACK to go to the last To set the date: Power Outlets 12 Volt Direct menu and save the changes. 1. Touch SETTINGS from the Current Uplevel Radio Using Home Page, then touch Time The vehicle has two 12-volt outlets and Date. Infotainment Display Controls that can be used to plug in electrical equipment, such as a cell phone or 2. Touch Set Date and touch To set the time: « MP3 player. or ª to increase or decrease 1. Touch SETTINGS from the The power outlets are located: Home Page, then touch Time month, day, or year. and Date. } . On the center stack below the 3. Touch to go back to the climate controls. previous menu. . In the rear cargo area. Lift the cover to access the outlet and replace when not in use. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Instruments and Controls 125 When adding electrical equipment, { Warning be sure to follow the proper installation instructions included with Power is always supplied to the the equipment. See Add-On rear cargo power outlet. Do not Electrical Equipment 0 283. leave electrical equipment plugged in when the vehicle is not Caution in use because the vehicle could catch fire and cause injury or Hanging heavy equipment from death. the power outlet can cause damage not covered by the vehicle warranty. The power Caution outlets are designed for The power outlet is on the rear of accessory power plugs only, such the center console. Leaving electrical equipment as cell phone charge cords. An indicator light on the outlet turns plugged in for an extended period on to show it is in use. The light of time while the ignition is off will Power Outlet 110V/120V comes on when the ignition is on, drain the battery. Always unplug Alternating Current equipment requiring less than 150 electrical equipment when not in watts is plugged into the outlet, and If equipped with this power outlet it use and do not plug in equipment no system fault is detected. that exceeds the maximum can be used to plug in electrical 15 amp rating. equipment that uses a maximum The indicator light does not come on limit of 150 watts. when the ignition is off or if the equipment is not fully seated into Certain accessory plugs may not be the outlet. compatible with the accessory If equipment is connected using power outlet and could overload more than 150 watts or a system vehicle and adapter fuses. If a fault is detected, a protection circuit problem is experienced, see your shuts off the power supply and the dealer. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

126 Instruments and Controls indicator light turns off. To reset the Warning Lights, circuit, unplug the item and plug it back in or turn the Retained Gauges, and Accessory Power (RAP) off and then back on. See Retained Indicators Accessory Power (RAP) 0 226. The Warning lights and gauges can power restarts when equipment signal that something is wrong using 150 watts or less is plugged before it becomes serious enough into the outlet and a system fault is to cause an expensive repair or not detected. replacement. Paying attention to the The power outlet is not designed for warning lights and gauges could and may not work properly, if the prevent injury. following are plugged in: Some warning lights come on briefly . Equipment with high initial peak when the engine is started to wattage, such as indicate they are working. When compressor-driven refrigerators one of the warning lights comes on and electric power tools and stays on while driving, or when one of the gauges shows there may . Other equipment requiring an be a problem, check the section that extremely stable power supply, explains what to do. Waiting to do such as repairs can be costly and even microcomputer-controlled dangerous. electric blankets and touch sensor lamps . Medical equipment GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Instruments and Controls 127 Instrument Cluster

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128 Instruments and Controls

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130 Instruments and Controls Cluster Menu . Info App. This is where the calls, or scroll through contacts. selected Driver Information If there is an active call, mute the There is an interactive display area Center (DIC) displays can be phone or switch to handset in the center of the instrument viewed. operation. cluster. See Driver Information Center (DIC) (Base and Midlevel) 0 145 Navigation or Driver Information Center Press V to select the Navigation (DIC) (Uplevel) 0 148. app, then press p to enter the . Audio Navigation menu. If there is no . Phone active route, you can resume the last route and turn the voice . Navigation prompts on/off. If there is an active . Options route, press V to cancel or resume Audio route guidance or turn the voice prompts on or off. Press V to select the Audio app, Options then press p to enter the Audio Use the right steering wheel control menu. In the Audio menu browse for Press V to select the Options app, to open and scroll through the music, select from the favorites, then press p to enter the Options different items and displays. or change the audio source. Use w menu. Use w or x to scroll Press o to access the cluster or x to change the station or go to through items in the Options menu. the next or previous track. applications. Use w or x to scroll Units : Press p while Units is through the list of available Phone displayed to enter the Units menu. applications. Not all applications will Choose English, , or metric be available on all vehicles. Press V to select the Phone app, units by pressing V while the then press p to enter the Phone menu. In the Phone menu, if there is no active phone call, view recent GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Instruments and Controls 131 desired item is highlighted. For the Uplevel Cluster, scroll to set Trip Odometer A checkmark will be displayed next speed and press p. Press w or x to the selected item. The trip odometer shows how far to adjust the value. Press V to set the vehicle has been driven since Display Themes (Uplevel) : There the speed. the trip odometer was last reset. are two instrument cluster display configurations to choose from: Sport Once the speed is set, this feature The trip odometer is accessed and and Touring. can be turned off by pressing V reset through the Driver Information while viewing this page. If the Center (DIC). Info Pages : Press p while Info selected speed limit is exceeded, a See Driver Information Center (DIC) Pages is displayed to enter the Info pop-up warning is displayed with a (Base and Midlevel) 0 145 or Driver Pages menu and select the items to chime. Information Center (DIC) (Uplevel) be displayed in the Info app. 0 148. See Driver Information Center (DIC) Software Information : Displays (Base and Midlevel) 0 145 or Driver open source software information. Tachometer Information Center (DIC) (Uplevel) 0 148. Speedometer The tachometer displays the engine speed in revolutions per Speed Warning : The Speed The speedometer shows the minute (rpm). Warning display allows the driver to vehicle's speed in either kilometers set a speed that they do not want to per hour (km/h) or miles per For vehicles with the Stop/Start exceed. To set the Speed Warning hour (mph). system, when the ignition is on, the tachometer indicates the vehicle press p when Speed Warning is Odometer status. When pointing to AUTO displayed. STOP, the engine is off but the For the Base and Midlevel Cluster, The odometer shows how far the vehicle is on and can move. The vehicle has been driven, in either press w or x to adjust the value. engine could auto start at any time. V kilometers or miles. When the indicator points to OFF, Press to set the speed. the vehicle is off. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

132 Instruments and Controls When the engine is on, the tachometer will indicate the engine’s revolutions per minute (rpm). The tachometer may vary by several hundred rpm’s, during Auto Stop mode, when the engine is shutting off and restarting. Fuel Gauge

English Base Level Shown, English Uplevel Midlevel Similar When the ignition is on, the fuel gauge indicates about how much fuel is left in the tank. An arrow on the fuel gauge indicates the side of the vehicle the fuel door is on. When the indicator nears empty, the Metric Base Level Shown, Midlevel low fuel light comes on. There is a Similar small amount of fuel left, but the fuel tank should be filled soon.

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Instruments and Controls 133 Here are things that some owners Engine Coolant ask about. None of these show a problem with the fuel gauge: Temperature Gauge . At the service station, the fuel pump shuts off before the gauge reads full. . It takes a little more or less fuel to fill up than the gauge indicated. For example, the gauge indicated the tank was half full, but it actually took a little more or less than half the English Base Level Shown, tank's capacity to fill the tank. Midlevel Similar . The gauge moves a little while turning a corner or speeding up. Metric Base Level Shown, Midlevel . The gauge takes a few seconds Similar to stabilize after the ignition is turned on, and goes back to empty when the ignition is turned off.

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134 Instruments and Controls Seat Belt Reminders Passenger Seat Belt Reminder Light Driver Seat Belt Reminder Light There is a passenger seat belt reminder light near the passenger There is a driver seat belt reminder airbag status indicator. See light on the instrument cluster. Passenger Sensing System 0 85.

English Uplevel This gauge shows the engine When the vehicle is started, this When the vehicle is started, this coolant temperature. light flashes and a chime may come light flashes and a chime may come If the pointer moves toward the on to remind the driver to fasten on to remind passengers to fasten warning area at the of the their seat belt. Then the light stays their seat belt. Then the light stays gauge, the engine is too hot. on solid until the belt is buckled. on solid until the belt is buckled. This cycle may continue several This cycle continues several times if If the engine coolant has times if the driver remains or the passenger remains or becomes overheated and the vehicle has becomes unbuckled while the unbuckled while the vehicle is been operating under normal driving vehicle is moving. moving. conditions, pull off the road, stop the vehicle, and turn off the engine as If the driver seat belt is buckled, If the passenger seat belt is soon as possible. See Engine neither the light nor the chime buckled, neither the chime nor the Overheating 0 300. comes on. light comes on. The front passenger seat belt reminder light and chime may turn on if an object is put on the seat GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Instruments and Controls 135 such as a briefcase, handbag, The airbag readiness light comes on safety information. The overhead grocery bag, laptop, or other for several seconds when the console has a passenger airbag electronic device. To turn off the vehicle is started. If the light does status indicator. reminder light and/or chime, remove not come on then, have it fixed the object from the seat or buckle immediately. the seat belt. { Warning Airbag Readiness Light If the airbag readiness light stays This light shows if there is an on after the vehicle is started or electrical problem with the airbag United States and Canada system. The system check includes comes on while driving, it means the airbag sensor(s), the passenger the airbag system might not be sensing system, the pretensioners, working properly. The airbags in the airbag modules, the wiring, and the vehicle might not inflate in a the crash sensing and diagnostic crash, or they could even inflate module. For more information on the without a crash. To help avoid airbag system, see Airbag System injury, have the vehicle serviced 0 78. right away. Mexico When the vehicle is started, the If there is a problem with the airbag passenger airbag status indicator system, a Driver Information Center will light ON and OFF, or the symbol (DIC) message may also come on. for on and off, for several seconds as a system check. Then, after Passenger Airbag Status several more seconds, the status Indicator indicator will light either ON or OFF, or either the on or off symbol, to let The vehicle has a passenger you know the status of the front sensing system. See Passenger outboard passenger frontal airbag. Sensing System 0 85 for important GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

136 Instruments and Controls If the word ON or the on symbol is When this light comes on, the Driver lit on the passenger airbag status Warning (Continued) Information Center (DIC) also indicator, it means that the front displays a message. Light 0 135 for more information, outboard passenger frontal airbag is If a short distance must be driven allowed to inflate. including important safety information. with the light on, be sure to turn off If the word OFF or the off symbol is all accessories, such as the radio lit on the passenger airbag status and air conditioner. indicator, it means that the Charging System Light passenger sensing system has Malfunction Indicator turned off the front outboard Lamp (Check Engine passenger frontal airbag. Light) If, after several seconds, both status indicator lights remain on, or if there This light is part of the vehicle’s are no lights at all, there may be a emission control on-board problem with the lights or the diagnostic system. If this light is on passenger sensing system. See The charging system light comes on while the engine is running, a your dealer for service. briefly when the ignition is turned malfunction has been detected and on, but the engine is not running, as the vehicle may require service. The { Warning a check to show the light is working. light should come on to show that it The light turns off when the engine is working when the ignition is in If the airbag readiness light ever is started. If it does not, have the Service Mode. See Ignition 0 comes on and stays on, it means vehicle serviced by your dealer. Positions 221. that something may be wrong If the light stays on, or comes on with the airbag system. To help while driving, there may be a avoid injury to yourself or others, problem with the electrical charging have the vehicle serviced right system. Have it checked by your away. See Airbag Readiness dealer. Driving while this light is on (Continued) could drain the battery. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Instruments and Controls 137 Malfunctions are often indicated by previous guidelines and see your the system before any problem is Caution (Continued) dealer for service as soon as noticeable. Being aware of the light possible. costly repairs not covered by the and seeking service promptly when If the light is on steady : A it comes on may prevent damage. vehicle warranty. This could also affect the vehicle’s ability to pass malfunction has been detected. Diagnosis and service may be Caution an Emissions Inspection/ Maintenance test. See required. If the vehicle is driven continually Accessories and Modifications Check the following: 0 with this light on, the emission 286. . If fuel has been added to the control system may not work as vehicle using the capless fuel well, the fuel economy may be If the light is flashing : A funnel adapter, make sure that it lower, and the vehicle may not malfunction has been detected that has been removed. See “Filling run smoothly. This could lead to could damage the emission control the Tank with a Portable Gas costly repairs that might not be system and increase vehicle Can” under Filling the Tank covered by the vehicle warranty. emissions. Diagnosis and service 0 269. The diagnostic system may be required. can detect if the adapter has been left installed in the vehicle, To help prevent damage, reduce allowing fuel to evaporate into Caution vehicle speed and avoid hard the atmosphere. A few driving accelerations and uphill grades. trips with the adapter removed Modifications to the engine, If towing a trailer, reduce the may turn off the light. transmission, exhaust, intake, amount of cargo being hauled as or fuel system, or the use of soon as possible. . Poor fuel quality can cause inefficient engine operation and replacement tires that do not If the light continues to flash, find a poor driveability, which may go meet the original tire safe place to park. Turn the vehicle away once the engine is warmed specifications, can cause this light off and wait at least 10 seconds up. If this occurs, change the to come on. This could lead to before restarting the engine. If the fuel brand. It may require at (Continued) light is still flashing, follow the GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

138 Instruments and Controls least one full tank of the proper The vehicle may not pass Brake System Warning fuel to turn the light off. See inspection if: 0 Light Recommended Fuel 268. . The light is on when the engine If the light remains on, see your is running. The vehicle brake system consists dealer. of two hydraulic circuits. If one . The light does not come on circuit is not working, the remaining Emissions Inspection and when the ignition is in circuit can still work to stop the Maintenance Programs Service Mode. vehicle. For normal braking . Critical emission control systems performance, both circuits need to If the vehicle requires an Emissions be working. Inspection/Maintenance test, the have not been completely test equipment will likely connect to diagnosed. If this happens, the If the warning light comes on, there the vehicle's Data Link vehicle would not be ready for is a brake problem. Have the brake Connector (DLC). inspection and might require system inspected right away. several days of routine driving before the system is ready for inspection. This can happen if the 12-volt battery has recently been replaced or run down, or if the vehicle has been recently serviced. Metric English See your dealer if the vehicle will The DLC is under the instrument not pass or cannot be made ready This light should come on briefly panel to the left of the steering for the test. when the engine is started. If it does wheel. Connecting devices that are not come on then, have it fixed so it not used to perform an Emissions will be ready to warn you if there is Inspection/Maintenance test or to a problem. service the vehicle may affect If the light comes on and stays on, vehicle operation. See Add-On there is a brake problem. Electrical Equipment 0 283. See your dealer if assistance is needed. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Instruments and Controls 139 Parking Brake system. A message Brake 0 234. A message may also { Warning may also display in the Driver display in the Driver Information Information Center (DIC). Center (DIC). The brake system might not be If the light does not come on, working properly if the brake Antilock Brake System system warning light is on. or remains flashing, see your dealer. Driving with the brake system (ABS) Warning Light warning light on can lead to a Service Electric Parking crash. If the light is still on after Brake Light (Uplevel and the vehicle has been pulled off Midlevel Cluster Only) the road and carefully stopped, have the vehicle towed for service.

This light comes on briefly when the Electric Parking Brake engine is started. Light If the light does not come on, have it On some vehicles the service fixed so it will be ready to warn if electric parking brake light should there is a problem. come on briefly when the vehicle is If the light comes on while driving, started. If it does not come on, have stop as soon as it is safely possible it fixed so it will be ready to warn if and turn off the vehicle. Then start there is a problem. For vehicles with the engine again to reset the Metric English the reconfigurable cluster, this light system. If the ABS light stays on, This light comes on when the may not come on when the vehicle or comes on again while driving, the parking brake is applied. If the light is started. vehicle needs service. A chime may continues flashing after the parking If this light stays on, the vehicle also sound when the light comes on brake is released, or while driving, should be taken to a dealer as soon steady. there is a problem with the Electric as possible. See Electric Parking GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

140 Instruments and Controls If the ABS light is the only light on, Hill Descent Control Light LKA may assist by gently turning the vehicle has regular brakes, but the steering wheel if the vehicle the antilock brakes are not approaches a detected lane marking functioning. without using the turn signal in that If both the ABS and the brake direction. The LKA light will turn system warning light are on, the amber. vehicle's antilock brakes are not This light is amber and flashes as a functioning and there is a problem Lane Departure Warning (LDW) with the regular brakes. See your If equipped, the Hill Descent Control alert, to indicate that the lane dealer for service. light comes on when the system is marking has been crossed. See Brake System Warning Light ready for use. When the light See Lane Keep Assist (LKA) 0 266. 0 138. flashes, the system is active. See Hill Descent Control (HDC) Vehicle Ahead Indicator Tow/Haul Mode Light 0 238. Lane Keep Assist (LKA) Light

If equipped, this indicator will For vehicles with the Tow/Haul display green when a vehicle is Mode feature, this light comes on detected ahead and amber when when the Tow/Haul Mode has been you are following a vehicle ahead activated. much too closely. This light is green if LKA is available See Tow/Haul Mode 0 232. to assist. See Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System 0 257. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Instruments and Controls 141 Pedestrian Ahead dealer. If the system is working StabiliTrak OFF Light normally, the indicator light then Indicator turns off. The traction off light comes on when the Traction Control System (TCS) has been turned off by pressing and releasing the TCS/StabiliTrak/ Electronic Stability Control (ESC) button. This light comes on briefly while If equipped, this indicator will This light and the StabiliTrak OFF starting the engine. If it does not, display amber when a nearby light come on when StabiliTrak/ESC have the vehicle serviced by your pedestrian is detected directly in is turned off. dealer. front of the vehicle. If the TCS is off, wheel speed will This light comes on when the See Front Pedestrian Braking (FPB) be limited when necessary to StabiliTrak/Electronic Stability System 0 261. protect the driveline from damage. Control (ESC) system is turned off. Adjust driving accordingly. If StabiliTrak/ESC is off, the Traction Control System (TCS) is also off. Traction Off Light See Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control 0 236. If StabiliTrak/ESC and TCS are off, the system does not assist in controlling the vehicle. Turn on the TCS and the StabiliTrak/ESC systems, and the warning light turns off. See Traction Control/Electronic This light comes on briefly while Stability Control 0 236. starting the engine. If it does not, have the vehicle serviced by your GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

142 Instruments and Controls Traction Control System See Traction Control/Electronic When the Light Flashes First and 0 (TCS)/StabiliTrak Light Stability Control 236. Then Is On Steady If the light flashes for about a minute Tire Pressure Light and then stays on, there may be a problem with the TPMS. If the problem is not corrected, the light will come on at every ignition cycle. See Tire Pressure Monitor Operation 0 329. This light comes on briefly when the engine is started. Engine Oil Pressure Light For vehicles with the Tire Pressure Oil pressure can vary with engine If the light does not come on, have Monitor System (TPMS), this light speed, outside temperature, and oil the vehicle serviced by your dealer. comes on briefly when the engine is viscosity. If the system is working normally, started. It provides information the indicator light turns off. about tire pressures and the TPMS. On some models, the oil pump will vary engine oil pressure according If the light is on and not flashing, the When the Light Is On Steady TCS and potentially the StabiliTrak/ to engine needs. Oil pressure may ESC system have been disabled. This indicates that one or more of change quickly as the engine speed A Driver Information Center (DIC) the tires are significantly or load varies. This is normal. If the message may display. Check the underinflated. oil pressure warning light or Driver Information Center (DIC) message DIC messages to determine which A Driver Information Center (DIC) indicates oil pressure outside the feature(s) is no longer functioning tire pressure message may also normal operating range, check the and whether the vehicle requires display. Stop as soon as possible, vehicle's oil as soon as possible. service. and inflate the tires to the pressure If the light is on and flashing, the value shown on the Tire and TCS and/or the StabiliTrak/ESC Loading Information label. See Tire 0 system is actively working. Pressure 326. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Instruments and Controls 143 If the light comes on and stays on, it The low fuel warning light comes on Caution means that oil is not flowing through and a chime sounds when the the engine properly. The vehicle vehicle is low on fuel. The light turns Lack of proper engine oil could be low on oil and might have off when fuel is added to the maintenance can damage the some other system problem. See fuel tank. engine. Driving with the engine oil your dealer. low can also damage the engine. Low Fuel Warning Light The repairs would not be covered Low Fuel Warning Light by the vehicle warranty. Check (Midlevel and Uplevel) the oil level as soon as possible. (Base Level) Add oil if required, but if the oil level is within the operating range and the oil pressure is still low, have the vehicle serviced. Always follow the maintenance schedule for changing engine oil. This light is near the fuel gauge and comes on briefly when the ignition is turned on as a check to show it is working. It also comes on when the fuel tank is low on fuel. The light turns off Metric Shown, English Similar when fuel is added. If it does not, This light comes on for a few have the vehicle serviced. This light should come on briefly as seconds when the ignition is turned the engine is started. If it does not on as a check to indicate it is come on, have the vehicle serviced working. If it does not come on, by your dealer. have it fixed. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

144 Instruments and Controls Security Light This light comes on when the The light goes out when the fog high-beam headlamps are in use. lamps are turned off. See Fog See Headlamp High/Low-Beam Lamps 0 168 for more information. Changer 0 166. IntelliBeam Light Lamps On Reminder

The security light should come on briefly as the engine is started. If it does not come on, have the vehicle serviced by your dealer. If the system is working normally, the This light comes on when the This light comes on when the indicator light turns off. IntelliBeam system, if equipped, is exterior lamps are in use. See Exterior Lamp Controls 0 164. If the light stays on and the engine enabled. See Exterior Lamp does not start, there could be a Controls 0 164. problem with the theft-deterrent Cruise Control Light system. See Immobilizer Operation Front Fog Lamp Light 0 48. High-Beam On Light

The cruise control light is white The fog lamp light comes on when when the cruise control is on and the fog lamps are in use. ready, and turns green when the cruise control is set and active. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Instruments and Controls 145 See Cruise Control 0 240. Information Displays o or p : Press to move between Adaptive Cruise Control Light the interactive display zones in the Driver Information Center cluster. (DIC) (Base and Midlevel) V : Press to open a menu or select a menu item. Press and hold to The DIC displays are shown in the reset values on certain screens. center of the instrument cluster in the Info app. See Instrument Cluster DIC Info Page Options 0 127. The displays show the status The info pages on the DIC can be of many vehicle systems. The This light is white when the Adaptive turned on or off through the controls for the DIC are on the right Options menu. Cruise Control (ACC, if equipped) is steering wheel control. on and ready, and turns green when 1. Press o to access the cluster the ACC is set and active. See applications. Adaptive Cruise Control 0 243. 2. Press w or x to scroll to the Door Ajar Light Options application. 3. Press V to enter the Options menu. 4. Scroll to Info Pages and press p. 5. Press w or x to move This light comes on when a door is through the list of possible open or not securely latched. Before information displays. driving, check that all doors are w or x : Press to move up or properly closed. down in a list. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

146 Instruments and Controls 6. Press V while an item is last time this menu item was reset. When the remaining oil life is low, highlighted to select or This number reflects only the the CHANGE ENGINE OIL SOON deselect that item. When an approximate average fuel economy message will appear on the display. item is selected, a checkmark that the vehicle has right now, and The oil should be changed as soon 0 will appear next to it. will change as driving conditions as possible. See Engine Oil 291. change. In addition to the engine oil life DIC Info Pages V system monitoring the oil life, Press and hold while this display additional maintenance is The following is the list of all is active to reset the trip odometer possible DIC info page displays. recommended in the Maintenance and the average fuel economy. Trip Schedule. See Maintenance Some may not be available for your A and Trip B can also be reset by 0 particular vehicle. Some items may Schedule 375. pressing and choosing reset. not be turned on by default but can p The Oil Life display must be reset be turned on through the Options Fuel Range : Shows the after each oil change. It will not app. See “DIC Info Page Options” approximate distance the vehicle reset itself. Do not to reset the Oil earlier in this section. can be driven without refueling. Life display at any time other than Speed : Shows the vehicle speed in LOW will be displayed when the when the oil has just been changed. either kilometers per hour (km/h) or vehicle is low on fuel. The fuel It cannot be reset accurately until miles per hour (mph). range estimate is based on an the next oil change. To reset the average of the vehicle's fuel engine oil life system, press and Trip A or Trip B : Shows the economy over recent driving history hold V for several seconds while current distance traveled, in either and the amount of fuel remaining in the Oil Life display is active. See kilometers (km) or miles (mi), since the fuel tank. Engine Oil Life System 0 293. the trip odometer was last reset. Remaining Oil Life : Shows an Tire Pressure : Shows the This also shows the approximate estimate of the oil's remaining useful approximate pressures of all four average liters per 100 kilometers life. If REMAINING OIL LIFE 99% is tires. Tire pressure is displayed in (L/100 km) or miles per displayed, that means 99% of the either kilopascal (kPa) or in pounds gallon (mpg). This number is current oil life remains. per square inch (psi). If the pressure calculated based on the number of is low, the value for that tire is L/100 km (mpg) recorded since the shown in amber. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Instruments and Controls 147 See Tire Pressure Monitor System distance. Displayed below the bar recent distance on the right side. 0 328 and Tire Pressure Monitor graph is the best average fuel Press and hold V to clear the graph Operation 0 329. economy that has been achieved for or press to reset through the selected distance. The selected p Instantaneous Fuel Economy the menu. (Mid-Level) : Displays the current distance is displayed at the top of fuel economy in liters per the page as “last xxx mi/km.” ECO Index : Provides feedback on the efficiency of current driving 100 kilometers (L/100 km) or miles Press p to select the distance or per gallon (mpg). This number behavior. The bar graph shows a reset best value. Use and to reflects only the approximate fuel w x value that is based on current fuel economy that the vehicle has right choose the distance and press V. consumption compared to what is expected from the vehicle with good now and changes frequently as Press w and x to select “Reset driving conditions change. This and bad driving habits. Best Score.” Press V to reset the display cannot be reset. Timer : This display can be used as best average fuel economy. After V Average Vehicle Speed : Displays reset, the best value displays “-,-” a timer. To start the timer, press the average vehicle speed of the until the selected distance has been while this display is active. The vehicle in kilometers per hour (km/h) traveled. display will show the amount of time or miles per hour (mph). This that has passed since the timer was The display provides information on average is based on the various V how current driving behavior affects last reset. To stop the timer, press vehicle speeds recorded since the the running average and how well briefly while this display is active last reset. Reset the average speed recent driving compares to the best and the timer is running. To reset by pressing V when it is displayed. that has been achieved for the the timer to zero, press and hold V Fuel Economy : The center selected distance. while this display is active, or press displays the approximate Economy Trend : Shows history of p and select reset. instantaneous fuel economy as a the Average Fuel Economy from the Speed Limit (Mid-Level) : Shows number and bar graph. Displayed last 50 km (30 mi). Each bar sign information, which comes from above the bar graph is a running represents about 5 km (3 mi) of a roadway database in the onboard average of fuel economy for the driving. During driving the bars will navigation, if equipped. most recently traveled selected shift to always reflect the most GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

148 Instruments and Controls Battery Voltage : Displays the 2. Press w or x to scroll to the current battery voltage, if equipped. Options application. Battery voltage changes are normal while driving. See Charging System 3. Press V to enter the Light 0 136. If there is a problem Options menu. with the battery charging system, 4. Scroll to Info Pages and the DIC will display a message. press p. Transmission Fluid Temperature : Shows the 5. Press w or x to move temperature of the automatic through the list of possible transmission fluid in either degrees information displays. Celsius (°C) or degrees V Fahrenheit (°F). 6. Press while an item is or : Press to move up or highlighted to select or Blank Page : Shows no w x down in a list. deselect that item. When an information. item is selected, a checkmark or : Press to move between o p will appear next to it. Driver Information Center the interactive display zones in the (DIC) (Uplevel) cluster. DIC Info Pages V : Press to open a menu or select The following is the list of all The DIC displays are shown in the a menu item. Press and hold to possible DIC info page displays. center of the instrument cluster in reset values on certain screens. Some may not be available for your the Info app. See Instrument Cluster particular vehicle. Some items may 0 127. The displays show the status DIC Info Page Options not be turned on by default but can of many vehicle systems. The The info pages on the DIC can be be turned on through the Options controls for the DIC are on the right turned on or off through the app. See DIC Info Page Options steering wheel control. “ ” Options menu. earlier in this section. 1. Press o to access the cluster applications. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Instruments and Controls 149 Speed : Shows the vehicle speed in calculated based on the various Timer and Fuel Used : Can be either kilometers per hour (km/h) or vehicle speeds recorded since the used as a timer. To start the timer, miles per hour (mph). The vehicle last reset of this value. press V while this display is active. odometer is also shown on V The display will show the amount of this page. Press and hold while this display is active to reset the trip odometer, time that has passed since the timer Trip A or Trip B, Average Fuel the average fuel economy, and the was last reset. To stop the timer, Economy, and Average Speed : V average speed. Or press and press briefly while this display is Shows the current distance traveled, p select reset in the menu. active and the timer is running. To in either kilometers (km) or reset the timer to zero, press and miles (mi), since the trip odometer Fuel Range and Instantaneous hold V while this display is active. was last reset. Fuel Economy : Shows the This also shows the number of The Average Fuel Economy display approximate distance the vehicle liters (L) or gallons (gal) of fuel used shows the approximate average can be driven without refueling. since the last reset of this liters per 100 kilometers (L/100 km) LOW will be displayed when the menu item. or miles per gallon (mpg). This vehicle is low on fuel. The fuel number is calculated based on the range estimate is based on an Oil Life : Shows an estimate of the number of L/100 km (mpg) recorded average of the vehicle's fuel oil's remaining useful life. since the last time this menu item economy over recent driving history If REMAINING OIL LIFE 99% is was reset. This number reflects only and the amount of fuel remaining in displayed, that means 99% of the the approximate average fuel the fuel tank. current oil life remains. economy that the vehicle has right The Instantaneous Fuel Economy When the remaining oil life is low, now, and will change as driving display shows the current fuel the CHANGE ENGINE OIL SOON conditions change. economy in either liters per message will appear on the display. The Average Speed display shows 100 kilometers (L/100 km) or miles The oil should be changed as soon the average speed of the vehicle in per gallon (mpg). This number as possible. See Engine Oil 0 291. kilometers per hour (km/h) or miles reflects only the approximate fuel In addition to the engine oil life per hour (mph). This average is economy that the vehicle has right system monitoring the oil life, now and changes frequently as additional maintenance is driving conditions change. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

150 Instruments and Controls recommended in the Maintenance Best Fuel Economy : Displays ECO Index : Provides feedback on Schedule. See Maintenance average fuel economy, the best fuel the efficiency of current driving Schedule 0 375. economy over the selected behavior. The bar graph shows a The Oil Life display must be reset distance, and a bar graph showing value that is based on current fuel after each oil change. It will not instantaneous fuel economy. consumption compared to what is expected from the vehicle with good reset itself. Do not to reset the Oil Press p to change the selected Life display at any time other than and bad driving habits. distance. Press and hold V while when the oil has just been changed. Speed Signs : Shows sign It cannot be reset accurately until this display is active to reset the information, which comes from a the next oil change. To reset the best fuel economy and average fuel roadway database in the onboard engine oil life system, press and economy. This display can also be navigation. reset by selecting reset in the menu. hold V for several seconds while Off Road : Displays vehicle pitch the Oil Life display is active. See Top Consumers : Shows a list of and roll information, road wheel Engine Oil Life System 0 293. the features that are currently angle, and four-wheel drive (4WD) impacting the fuel economy, in order status. Tire Pressure : Shows the from highest to lowest. If a feature is approximate pressures of all four turned off, it will be removed from Following Distance : The following tires. Tire pressure is displayed in the list. distance to a moving vehicle ahead either kilopascal (kPa) or in pounds in your path is indicated in following per square inch (psi). If the pressure Economy Trend : Shows history of time in seconds. See Forward is low, the value for that tire is the Average Fuel Economy from the Collision Alert (FCA) System 0 257. shown in amber. last 50 km (30 mi). Each bar Blank Page : Shows no See Tire Pressure Monitor System represents about 5 km (3 mi) of 0 328 and Tire Pressure Monitor driving. During driving the bars will information. Operation 0 329. shift to always reflect the most Transmission Fluid Temperature recent distance on the right side. Gauge : Shows the temperature of Press and hold V to clear the graph the fluid in or press p to reset through either degrees Celsius (°C) or the menu. degrees Fahrenheit (°F). GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Instruments and Controls 151 Vehicle Messages . Brakes be reduced the next time the vehicle . Steering is driven. The vehicle may be driven Messages displayed on the DIC while this message is on, but indicate the status of the vehicle or . Ride Control Systems maximum acceleration and speed some action that may be needed to . Driver Assistance Systems may be reduced. Anytime this correct a condition. Multiple message stays on, or displays messages may appear one after . Cruise Control repeatedly, the vehicle should be another. . Lighting and Bulb Replacement taken to your dealer for service as soon as possible. The messages that do not require . Wiper/Washer Systems immediate action can be acknowledged and cleared by . Doors and Windows Vehicle Speed Messages pressing V. The messages that . Seat Belts SPEED LIMITED TO require immediate action cannot be . Airbag Systems XXX KM/H (MPH) cleared until that action is performed. . Engine and Transmission This message shows that the . Tire Pressure vehicle speed has been limited to All messages should be taken the speed displayed. The limited seriously; clearing the message . Battery speed is a protection for various does not correct the problem. propulsion and vehicle systems, If a SERVICE message appears, Engine Power Messages such as lubrication, thermal, see your dealer. suspension, Teen Driver if ENGINE POWER IS REDUCED equipped, or tires. Follow the instructions given in the This message displays when the messages. The system displays vehicle's propulsion power is messages regarding the following reduced. Reduced propulsion power topics: can affect the vehicle's ability to . Service Messages accelerate. If this message is on, . Fluid Levels but there is no observed reduction in performance, proceed to your . Vehicle Security destination. The performance may GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

152 Instruments and Controls Vehicle 3. Press o BACK on the center . Wi-Fi Personalization stack or touch 0 to return to Each menu is detailed in the the previous menu or exit. following information. Use the audio system controls to access the personalization menus Personalization Menus Time and Date for customizing vehicle features. The following list of menu items may Manually set the time and date. See 0 The following are all possible be available: Clock 123. personalization features. Depending . Time and Date Rear Seat Reminder on the vehicle, some may not be Rear Seat Reminder available. . This allows for a chime and a . Language message when the rear door has Base Radio Audio System been opened before or during Controls . Valet Mode operation of the vehicle. { : Press to access the . Teen Driver Select Off or On. Home Page. Radio . Language Q or R : Touch to scroll through the . Vehicle menus or setup items. Select Language, then select from . Bluetooth the available language(s). 0 : Touch to exit or return to the previous screen or menu. . Apple CarPlay The selected language will display . Android Auto on the system, and voice Uplevel Radio Audio System recognition will reflect the selected Controls . USB Auto Launch language. 1. Touch the desired feature to . Voice Valet Mode display a list of available . Display options. This will lock the infotainment . Rear Camera system and steering wheel controls. 2. Select the desired feature It may also limit access to vehicle setting. . Return to Factory Settings storage locations, if equipped. . Software Information GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Instruments and Controls 153 To enable valet mode: Manage Favorites Tone Settings 1. Enter a four-digit code on the This allows favorites to be edited. Select to adjust the radio tone. See keypad. See “Manage Favorites” in Operation 0 176 or “Tone Settings” 2. Select Enter to go to the “Settings” under “Radio” in the under “AM-FM Radio” in the confirmation screen. infotainment manual. infotainment manual. 3. Re-enter the four-digit code. Number of Favorites Shown Auto Volume Touch Lock or Unlock to lock or Touch to set the number of favorites This feature adjusts the volume unlock the system. Touch Back to to display. based on vehicle speed and go back to the previous menu. Select the desired number or select ambient noise. Teen Driver Auto and the infotainment system Select Off, Low, Medium-Low, will automatically adjust the number Medium, Medium-High, or High. See “Teen Driver” under “Settings” of favorites shown. in the infotainment manual. Bose Audio Pilot Audible Touch Feedback This feature adjusts the volume Radio This allows Audible Touch based on the noise in the vehicle. Touch and the following may Feedback to be turned on or off. See “Bose AudioPilot Noise display: Select Off or On. Compensation Technology” under Infotainment System Settings in . Manage Favorites “ ” Text Scroll the infotainment manual. . Number of Favorites Shown Select to see text scroll on the Select Off or On. . Audible Touch Feedback screen. Maximum Startup Volume . Text Scroll Select Off or On. This feature sets the maximum . Tone Settings startup volume. If the vehicle is . Auto Volume started and the volume is greater than this level, the volume is . Bose Audio Pilot adjusted to this level. . Maximum Startup Volume GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

154 Instruments and Controls To set the maximum startup volume, Auto Fan Speed Auto Defog touch + or − to increase or This feature will set the maximum When set to On, the front defog will decrease. auto fan speed. automatically react to temperature Vehicle Select Low, Medium, or High. and humidity conditions that may cause fogging. Select and the following may Auto Cooled Seats display: Select Off or On. This setting automatically turns on . Climate and Air Quality and regulates the ventilated seats Auto Rear Defog . Collision/Detection Systems when the cabin temperature is If equipped, this allows the Auto warm. See Heated and Ventilated Rear Defog to be turned on or off. . Comfort and Convenience Front Seats 0 64. This feature will automatically turn . Lighting Select Off or On. on the rear window defogger when it . Power Door Locks is cold outside. Auto Heated Seats . Remote Lock, Unlock, Start Select Off or On. This setting automatically turns on Climate and Air Quality and regulates the heated seats Collision/Detection Systems when the cabin temperature is cool. Select and the following may Select the Collision/Detection The auto heated seats can be display: Systems menu and the following turned off by using the heated seat may be displayed if equipped: . Auto Fan Speed buttons on the center stack. See . Alert Type . Auto Cooled Seats Heated and Ventilated Front Seats 0 64. . Forward Collision System . Auto Heated Seats If equipped with Auto Heated . Front Pedestrian Detection . Auto Defog Steering Wheel, this feature will turn . Rear Cross Traffic Alert . Auto Rear Defog on when the Auto Heated Seats turn on. . Adaptive Cruise Go Notifier Select Off or On. . Lane Change Alert GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Instruments and Controls 155 Alert Type See Front Pedestrian Braking (FPB) . Easy Exit Options 0 This feature will set crash alerts to System 261. . Chime Volume beeps or seat vibrations. This Select Off, Alert, or Alert and Brake. . Hands Free Liftgate Control setting affects all crash alerts including Forward Collision, Lane Rear Cross Traffic Alert . Reverse Tilt Mirror Departure Warning, Adaptive Cruise This allows the Rear Cross Traffic . Auto Wipe in Reverse Gear Control, Park Assist, and Backing Alert feature to be turned on or off. . Extended Hill Start Assist Warning alerts. Select Off or On. Select Beeps or Safety Alert Seat. Auto Memory Recall Adaptive Cruise Go Notifier Forward Collision System This feature automatically recalls This feature will give a reminder that the current driver’s previously stored This feature will turn on or off the Adaptive Cruise Control provides 1 or 2 button positions when the Forward Collision Alert (FCA) and when it has brought the vehicle to a ignition is changed from off to on or Forward Automatic Braking (FAB). complete stop behind another ACC/ACCESSORY. See Memory The Off setting disables all FCA and stopping vehicle, and then that Seats 0 61. FAB functions. With the Alert and vehicle drives on. Select Off or On. Brake setting, both FCA and FAB Select Off or On. are available. The Alert setting Easy Exit Options disables FAB. See Forward Lane Change Alert Automatic Braking (FAB) 0 259. This feature automatically recalls This allows the feature to be turned the previously stored Exit button Select Off, Alert and Brake, or Alert. on or off. See Lane Change Alert position when exiting the vehicle. (LCA) 0 264. 0 Front Pedestrian Detection See Memory Seats 61. Select Off or On. This feature may help avoid or Select Off or On. reduce the harm caused by Comfort and Convenience Chime Volume front-end crashes with nearby Select and the following may pedestrians. This allows the selection of the display: chime volume level. . Auto Memory Recall Touch + or − to adjust the volume. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

156 Instruments and Controls Hands Free Liftgate Control Select Off or On. Exit Lighting The liftgate may be operated with a Extended Hill Start Assist This allows the selection of how kicking motion under the left corner long the exterior lamps stay on of the rear bumper. See Liftgate This allows the duration of the Hill when leaving the vehicle when it is 0 41. Start Assist to be changed. See Hill dark outside. Start Assist (HSA) 0 235. Select Off, On-Open and Close, Select Off, 30 Seconds, 60 Seconds, or On-Open Only. Select Extended Hold or or 120 Seconds. Standard Hold. Reverse Tilt Mirror Power Door Locks Lighting When on, both the driver and Select and the following may passenger, driver, or passenger Select and the following may display: outside mirrors will tilt downward display: . Unlocked Door Anti-Lockout when the vehicle is shifted to . Vehicle Locator Lights R (Reverse) to improve visibility of . Auto Door Unlock . Exit Lighting the ground near the rear wheels. . Delayed Door Lock They will return to their previous Vehicle Locator Lights driving position when the vehicle is Unlocked Door Anti-Lockout This feature will flash the exterior shifted out of R (Reverse) or the lamps and allows some of the When on, this feature will keep the engine is turned off. See Reverse exterior lamps and most of the driver door from locking when the Tilt Mirrors 0 50. interior lamps to turn on briefly door is open. If Off is selected, the Select Off, On - Driver and when K on the Remote Keyless Delayed Door Lock menu will be Passenger, On - Driver, or On - Entry (RKE) transmitter is pressed available. Passenger. to locate the vehicle. Select Off or On. Auto Wipe in Reverse Gear Select Off or On. Auto Door Unlock When on and the front wiper is on, This allows selection of which of the the rear wiper will automatically doors will automatically unlock when activate when the vehicle is shifted the vehicle is shifted into P (Park). to R (Reverse). GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Instruments and Controls 157 Select Off, All Doors, or Driver Door. Select Off or Flash Lights. If equipped with Auto Heated Steering Wheel, this feature will turn Delayed Door Lock Remote Lock Feedback on when the Remote Start Auto When on, this feature will delay the This allows selection of what type of Heated Seats turn on. locking of the doors. To override the feedback is given when locking the Select Off or On. delay, press the power door lock vehicle with the RKE transmitter. switch on the door. Select Off, Lights and Horn, Lights Remote Window Operation Select Off or On. Only, or Horn Only. If equipped, this feature enables the remote operation of all windows Remote Lock, Unlock, Start Remote Door Unlock from the RKE transmitter. See Select and the following may This allows selection of which doors “Remote Window Operation” in display: will unlock when pressing K on the Power Windows 0 51. . Remote Unlock Light Feedback RKE transmitter. Select Off or On. . Remote Lock Feedback Select All Doors or Driver Door. Passive Door Unlock . Remote Door Unlock Remote Start Auto Cool Seats This allows the selection of what . Remote Start Auto Cool Seats If equipped and turned on, this doors will unlock when using the feature will turn the ventilated seats button on the driver door to unlock . Remote Start Auto Heat Seats on when using remote start on the vehicle. . Remote Window Operation warm days. Select All Doors or Driver Door. . Passive Door Unlock Select Off or On. Passive Door Lock . Passive Door Lock Remote Start Auto Heat Seats This allows passive locking to be . Remote Left in Vehicle Alert If equipped and turned on, this turned on or off and selects feature will turn the heated seats on feedback. See Remote Keyless Remote Unlock Light Feedback 0 when using remote start on Entry (RKE) System Operation 29. When on, the exterior lamps will cold days. Select Off, On with Horn flash when unlocking the vehicle Chirp, or On. with the RKE transmitter. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

158 Instruments and Controls Remote Left in Vehicle Alert Pair New Device Voice Mail Numbers This feature sounds an alert when Select to pair a new device. See This feature displays the voice mail the RKE transmitter is left in the “Pairing” in “Infotainment Controls” number for all connected phones. vehicle. This menu also enables under “Bluetooth” in the infotainment To change the voice mail number, Remote No Longer In Vehicle Alert. manual. select EDIT. Type a new number, then select SAVE. Select Off or On. Device Management Bluetooth Select to connect to a different Text Message Alerts phone source, disconnect a phone, This allows the feature to be turned Select and the following may or delete a phone. on or off. display: Select Off or On. . Device Information Change Pairing PIN . Pair New Device Select to change the PIN of a Apple CarPlay device. . Device Management Select and the following may Ringtones display: . Change Pairing PIN Select to change the ring tone for . Apple CarPlay . Ringtones the specific phone. The phone does . Manage Apple CarPlay Devices . Sort Order not need to be connected to change the ring tone. Apple CarPlay . Voice Mail Numbers Sort Order This feature allows Apple devices to . Text Message Alerts be connected to the infotainment Select to change the order of the system through a USB port. Device Information contacts list. See information about the device Select Off or On. Select First/Last or Last/First. name, address, and PIN code. Manage Apple CarPlay Devices Select to manage Apple devices. Apple CarPlay must be on for this feature to be accessed. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Instruments and Controls 159 Android Auto Voice Display “What Can I Say?” Tips Select and the following may Select and the following may This feature gives voice display: display: command tips. . Android Auto . Confidence Threshold Select Off or On. . Manage Android Auto Devices . Prompt Length Display Android Auto . Audio Feedback Speed Select and the following may This feature allows Android devices . Display “What Can I Say?” Tips display: to be connected to the infotainment Confidence Threshold . Mode system through a USB port. This feature allows the adjustment . Calibrate Touchscreen Select Off or On. of the sensitivity of the speech . Turn Display Off recognition system. Manage Android Auto Devices Mode Select to manage Android devices. Select Confirm More or Confirm Less. Select to change the display screen Android Auto must be on for this for day or night driving. feature to be accessed. Prompt Length Select Auto, Day, or Night. USB Auto Launch This feature adjusts the voice Calibrate Touchscreen This allows Android and Apple prompt length. CarPlay devices to automatically Select Short or Long. Select to calibrate the touchscreen, connect when plugged into the then follow the prompts. Audio Feedback Speed USB port. Turn Display Off Select Off or On. This feature adjusts the audio feedback speed. Select to turn the display off. Touch anywhere on the infotainment Select Slow, Medium, or Fast. display or press any infotainment controls on the center stack to turn the display on. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

160 Instruments and Controls Rear Camera Restore Radio Settings Universal Remote This allows for Rear Park Assist This allows selection to restore System Symbols and Guidance Lines to be radio settings. turned off or on. Select Restore or Cancel. See Radio Frequency Statement 0 400. Select Off or On for the desired Software Information feature. Universal Remote System See Assistance Systems for Parking Touch to view the version of the or Backing 0 253. infotainment system software. Programming Return to Factory Settings Wi-Fi Select and the following may Select and the following may display: display: . Restore Vehicle Settings . Wi-Fi Manage Wi-Fi Networks . Clear All Private Data . . Restore Radio Settings Wi-Fi Restore Vehicle Settings This feature allows Wi-Fi networks to be turned off or on. This allows selection of restoring vehicle settings. Select Off or On. Select Restore or Cancel. Manage Wi-Fi Networks If equipped, these buttons are in the Clear All Private Data Select to manage Wi-Fi networks. overhead console. Wi-Fi must be on for this feature to This allows selection to clear all be accessed. This system can replace up to three private information from the vehicle. remote control transmitters used to activate devices such as garage Select Delete or Cancel. door openers, security systems, and home automation devices. These GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Instruments and Controls 161 instructions refer to a garage door Make sure the hand-held transmitter 2. At the same time, press and opener, but can be used for other has a new battery for quicker and hold both the hand-held devices. more accurate transmission of the transmitter button and one of Do not use the Universal Remote radio-frequency signal. the three Universal Remote system with any garage door opener system buttons to be used to Programming the Universal operate the garage door. Do that does not have the stop and Remote System reverse feature. This includes any not release either button until garage door opener model For questions or programming help, the indicator light changes from manufactured before April 1, 1982. see www.homelink.com/gm or call a slow to a rapid flash. Then 1-800-355-3515. For calls placed release both buttons. Read these instructions completely outside the U.S.A, Canada, Some garage door openers before programming the Universal or Puerto Rico, international rates Remote system. It may help to have may require substitution of will apply and may differ based on Step 2 with the procedure another person assist with the landline or mobile phone. programming process. under “Radio Signals for Some Programming involves Gate Operators” later in this Keep the original hand-held time-sensitive actions, and may time section. transmitter for use in other vehicles out causing the procedure to be 3. Press and hold the newly as well as for programming. repeated. Erase the programming when programmed Universal Remote vehicle ownership is terminated. To program up to three devices: system button for five seconds while watching the indicator See “Erasing Universal Remote 1. Hold the end of the hand-held light and garage door System Buttons” later in this transmitter about 3 to 8 cm (1 activation. section. to 3 in) away from the To program a garage door opener, Universal Remote system . If the indicator light stays on park outside directly in line with and buttons with the indicator light continuously or the garage facing the garage door opener in view. The hand-held door moves when the receiver. Clear all people and transmitter was supplied by the button is pressed, then objects near the garage door. manufacturer of the garage programming is complete. door opener receiver. There is no need to complete Steps 4–6. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

162 Instruments and Controls . If the indicator light does and hold the same button a not come on or the garage second time for two seconds, door does not move, a then release it. Again, if the second button press may door does not move or the be required. For a second garage door lamp does not time, press and hold the flash, press and hold the same newly programmed button button a third time for for five seconds. If the light two seconds, then release it. stays on or the garage door The Universal Remote system Learn or Smart Button moves, programming is should now activate the complete. 4. After completing Steps 1–3, garage door. locate the Learn or Smart . If the indicator light blinks Repeat the process for button inside the garage on the rapidly for two seconds, programming the two remaining garage door opener receiver. then changes to a solid light buttons. and the garage door does The name and color of the not move, continue with button may vary by Radio Signals for Some Gate programming Steps 4–6. manufacturer. Operators 5. Press and release the Learn or For questions or programming help, Smart button. Step 6 must be see www.homelink.com/gm or call completed within 30 seconds of 1-800-355-3515. For calls placed pressing this button. outside the U.S.A, Canada, 6. Inside the vehicle, press and or Puerto Rico, international rates hold the newly programmed will apply and may differ based on Universal Remote system landline or mobile phone. button for two seconds, then Some radio-frequency laws and release it. If the garage door gate operators require transmitter does not move or the lamp on signals to time out or quit after the garage door opener several seconds of transmission. receiver does not flash, press GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Instruments and Controls 163 This may not be long enough for the Universal Remote System Reprogramming a Single Universal Remote system to pick up Operation Universal Remote System the signal during programming. Button If the programming did not work, Using the Universal Remote To reprogram any of the system replace Step 2 under “Programming System buttons: the Universal Remote System” with Press and hold the appropriate the following: 1. Press and hold any one of the Universal Remote system button for buttons. Do not release the Press and hold the Universal at least one-half second. The button. Remote system button while indicator light will come on while the pressing and releasing the signal is being transmitted. 2. The indicator light will begin to hand-held transmitter button every flash after 20 seconds. Without two seconds until the signal has Erasing Universal Remote releasing the button, proceed been successfully accepted by the System Buttons with Step 1 under Universal Remote system. The Erase all programmed buttons when “Programming the Universal Universal Remote system indicator vehicle ownership is terminated. Remote System.” light will flash slowly at first and then rapidly. Proceed with Step 3 under To erase: “Programming the Universal Remote 1. Press and hold the two outside System” to complete. buttons until the indicator light begins to flash. This should take about 10 seconds. 2. Release both buttons. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

164 Lighting Lighting Features Exterior Lighting Lighting Entry Lighting ...... 170 Exit Lighting ...... 171 Exterior Lamp Controls Exterior Lighting Battery Load Management . . . 171 Battery Power Protection . . . . . 171 Exterior Lamp Controls ...... 164 Exterior Lighting Battery Exterior Lamps Off Saver ...... 172 Reminder ...... 166 Headlamp High/Low-Beam Changer ...... 166 Flash-to-Pass ...... 166 Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) ...... 166 The exterior lamp control is on the Automatic Headlamp turn signal lever. System ...... 167 Turn the control to the following Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . 168 positions: Turn and Lane-Change Signals ...... 168 O : Turns the exterior lamps off and Fog Lamps ...... 168 deactivates the AUTO mode. Turn to O again to reactivate the Interior Lighting AUTO mode. Instrument Panel Illumination Control ...... 169 In Canada, the headlamps will Courtesy Lamps ...... 169 automatically reactivate when the Dome Lamps ...... 169 vehicle is shifted out of P (Park). Reading Lamps ...... 170 AUTO : Automatically turns the exterior lamps on and off, depending on outside lighting. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Lighting 165 ; : Turns on the parking lamps Turning On and Enabling The high-beam headlamps remain including all lamps, except the IntelliBeam on, under the automatic control, headlamps. until one of the following situations occurs: 2 : Turns on the headlamps together with the parking lamps and . The system detects an instrument panel lights. approaching vehicle's headlamps. IntelliBeam® System . The system detects a preceding If equipped, this system turns the vehicle's taillamps. vehicle's high-beam headlamps on To enable the IntelliBeam system, . The outside light is bright and off according to surrounding press the button on the end of the enough that high-beam traffic conditions. turn signal lever when the exterior headlamps are not required. The system turns the high-beam lamp control is in the AUTO or 2 The vehicle's speed drops below headlamps on when it is dark position. The blue high-beam on . 20 km/h (12 mph). enough and there is no other traffic light appears on the instrument present. cluster when the high beams are on. . The IntelliBeam system is Driving with IntelliBeam disabled by the button on the This light b comes on in the turn signal lever. If this happens, instrument cluster when the The system only activates the high press the button on the end of IntelliBeam system is enabled. beams when driving over 40 km/h the turn signal lever when the (25 mph). exterior lamp control is in the There is a sensor near the top AUTO or 2 position. The center of the windshield that instrument cluster light will come automatically controls the system. on to indicate the IntelliBeam is Keep this area of the windshield reactivated. clear of debris to allow for best system performance. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

166 Lighting The high beams may not turn off The automatic high-beam Flash-to-Pass automatically if the system cannot headlamps may need to be disabled detect another vehicle's lamps if any of the above conditions exist. This feature is used to signal to the because of any of the following: vehicle ahead that you want to pass. . The other vehicle's lamps are Exterior Lamps Off missing, damaged, obstructed Reminder If the headlamps are off or in the from view, or otherwise low-beam position, pull the turn A warning chime sounds if the driver undetected. signal lever toward you to door is opened while the ignition is momentarily switch to high beams. . The other vehicle's lamps are off and the exterior lamps are on. covered with dirt, snow, and/or Release the lever to turn the road spray. Headlamp High/ high-beam headlamps off. . The other vehicle's lamps cannot Low-Beam Changer Daytime Running be detected due to dense exhaust, smoke, fog, snow, road 3 : Push the turn signal lever away Lamps (DRL) from you and release, to turn the spray, mist, or other airborne DRL can make it easier for others to obstructions. high beams on. To return to low beams, push the lever again or pull see the front of your vehicle during . The vehicle's windshield is dirty, it toward you and release. the day. Fully functional DRL are cracked, or obstructed by required on all vehicles first sold in something that blocks the view Canada. of the light sensor. If equipped, the DRL will come on . The vehicle is loaded such that when all of the following conditions the front end points upward, are met: causing the light sensor to aim . The ignition is on. high and not detect headlamps The exterior lamp control is and taillamps. This indicator light turns on in the . in AUTO. . Driving on winding or hilly roads. instrument cluster when the high-beam headlamps are on. . The light sensor determines it is daytime. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Lighting 167 . The parking brake is released or panel brightness control is in the full the vehicle is not in P (Park). bright position. See Instrument 0 When the DRL are on, the taillamps Panel Illumination Control 169. and other lamps will not be on. When it is bright enough outside, The DRL turn off when the the headlamps will turn off or may change to DRL. headlamps are turned to O or the ignition is off. For vehicles first sold The automatic headlamp system in Canada, the DRL can only be turns off when the exterior lamp turned off when the vehicle is control is turned to O or the ignition parked. is off. For vehicles sold in Canada, this Automatic Headlamp There is a light sensor on top of the control only works when the System instrument panel. Do not cover the transmission is in P (Park). sensor. When the exterior lamp control is Lights On with Wipers set to AUTO and it is dark enough The system may also turn on the outside, the headlamps come on headlamps when driving through a If the windshield wipers are automatically. parking garage or tunnel. activated in daylight with the engine on, and the exterior lamp control is If the vehicle is started in a dark in AUTO, the headlamps, parking garage, the automatic headlamp lamps, and other exterior lamps system comes on immediately. If it come on. The transition time for the is light outside when the vehicle lamps coming on varies based on leaves the garage, there is a slight wiper speed. When the wipers are delay before the automatic not operating, these lamps turn off. headlamp system changes to the Move the exterior lamp control to O Daytime Running Lamps (DRL). During that delay, the instrument or ; to disable this feature. cluster may not be as bright as usual. Make sure the instrument GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

168 Lighting Hazard Warning Flashers Turn and Lane-Change If after signaling a turn or lane change, the arrow flashes rapidly or Signals does not come on, a signal bulb may be burned out. Replace any burned out bulbs. If a bulb is not burned out, check the fuse. See Fuses and Circuit Breakers 0 310. Fog Lamps Move the lever all the way up or down to signal a turn. An arrow on the instrument cluster flashes in the direction of the turn or lane change. | : Press this button to make the Raise or lower the lever until the front and rear turn signal lamps arrow starts to flash to signal a lane flash on and off. This warns others change. Hold it there until the lane that you are having trouble. Press Use the fog lamps for better vision change is completed. If the lever is again to turn the flashers off. in foggy or misty conditions. briefly pressed and released, the # The turn signals do not work while turn signal flashes three times. : Turn the band down and the hazard warning flashers are on. release to turn the fog lamps on or The turn and lane-change signal off. A light comes on in the can be turned off manually by instrument cluster when the fog moving the lever back to its original lamps are in use. The ignition must position. be on for the fog lamps to work. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Lighting 169 When the headlamps are changed Interior Lighting Dome Lamps to high beam, the fog lamps turn off. The fog lamps come back on again when the high-beam headlamps are Instrument Panel turned off. Illumination Control Some localities have laws that require the headlamps to be on along with the fog lamps.

The brightness of the instrument The dome lamp is in the overhead panel lighting and steering wheel console. controls can be adjusted. To operate, press the following D : Move the thumbwheel up or buttons: down to brighten or dim the lights. j OFF : Press to turn off the dome lamps when a door is open. Courtesy Lamps An indicator light on the button will turn on when the dome lamp The courtesy lamps come on when any door is opened unless the dome override is activated. Press j lamp override is activated. To OFF again to deactivate this feature deactivate the dome lamp override, and the indicator light will turn off. The dome lamps will come on when press j OFF and the indicator the doors are opened. light on the button will turn off. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

170 Lighting + ON/OFF : Press to turn the dome Lighting Features lamps on manually. Reading Lamps Entry Lighting Some exterior lamps and most of There are front and rear reading the interior lights turn on briefly at lamps on the overhead console and night, or in areas of limited lighting in the headliner. These lamps come on when any door is opened. when K is pressed on the Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) transmitter. Rear Reading Lamps See Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) Press the buttons to turn the rear System Operation 0 29. When the passenger reading lamps on or off. driver door is opened, all control lights, Driver Information Center (DIC) lights, and door pocket lights turn on. After about 30 seconds the exterior lamps turn off, then the remaining interior lights dim to off. Entry lighting can be disabled manually by turning the ignition on or to ACC/ACCESSORY, or by pressing Q on the RKE transmitter. Front Reading Lamps This feature can be changed. See Press the lamp lenses to turn the “Vehicle Locator Lights” under front reading lamps on or off. Vehicle Personalization 0 152. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Lighting 171 Exit Lighting When the state of charge is high, It can increase engine idle speed to the voltage is lowered slightly to generate more power whenever Some exterior lamps and interior prevent overcharging. If the vehicle needed. It can temporarily reduce lights come on at night, or in areas has a voltmeter gauge or a voltage the power demands of some with limited lighting, when the driver display on the Driver Information accessories. door is opened after the ignition is Center (DIC), you may see the Normally, these actions occur in turned off. The dome lamp comes voltage move up or down. This is on after the ignition is turned off. steps or levels, without being normal. If there is a problem, an noticeable. In rare cases at the The exterior lamps and dome lamp alert will be displayed. remain on for a set amount of time, highest levels of corrective action, then automatically turn off. The battery can be discharged at this action may be noticeable to the idle if the electrical loads are very driver. If so, a DIC battery voltage The exterior lamps turn off high. This is true for all vehicles. and charging message displays. It is immediately by turning the exterior This is because the generator recommended that the driver reduce lamp control off. () may not be spinning fast the electrical loads as much as This feature can be changed. See enough at idle to produce all of the possible. Vehicle Personalization 0 152. power needed for very high See Driver Information Center (DIC) electrical loads. (Base and Midlevel) 0 145 or Driver Battery Load Information Center (DIC) (Uplevel) A high electrical load occurs when 0 Management several of the following are on, such 148. as: headlamps, high beams, rear The vehicle has Electric defogger, climate control fan Battery Power Protection Management (EPM) that estimates at high speed, heated seats, engine The battery saver feature is the battery's temperature and state cooling fans, trailer loads, and loads designed to protect the vehicle's of charge. It then adjusts the voltage plugged into accessory power battery. for best performance and extended outlets. life of the battery. EPM works to prevent excessive When the battery's state of charge discharge of the battery. It does this is low, the voltage is raised slightly by balancing the generator's output to quickly bring the charge back up. and the vehicle's electrical needs. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

172 Lighting If some interior lamps are left on and the ignition is turned off, the battery rundown protection system automatically turns the lamp off after some time. Exterior Lighting Battery Saver The exterior lamps turn off about 10 minutes after the ignition is turned off, if the parking lamps or headlamps have been manually left on. This protects against draining the battery. To restart the 10-minute timer, turn the exterior lamp control to the off position and then back to the parking lamp or headlamp position. To keep the lamps on for more than 10 minutes, the ignition must be on or in ACC/ACCESSORY. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Infotainment System 173 Phone Introduction Infotainment Bluetooth (Overview) ...... 188 System Bluetooth (Infotainment Controls) ...... 189 Infotainment Apple CarPlay and Base radio information is included in Introduction Android Auto ...... 193 this manual. See the infotainment Infotainment ...... 173 Hands-Free Phone ...... 194 manual for information on other Theft-Deterrent Feature ...... 174 Trademarks and License available infotainment systems. Overview ...... 175 Agreements Read the following pages to Home Page ...... 176 become familiar with the features. Operation ...... 176 Trademarks and License Software Updates ...... 177 Agreements ...... 196 { Warning Radio AM-FM Radio ...... 178 Taking your eyes off the road for Satellite Radio ...... 179 too long or too often while using Radio Reception ...... 180 any infotainment feature can Multi-Band Antenna ...... 181 cause a crash. You or others could be injured or killed. Do not Audio Players give extended attention to USB Port ...... 181 infotainment tasks while driving. Auxiliary Devices ...... 187 Limit your glances at the vehicle displays and focus your attention on driving. Use voice commands whenever possible.

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174 Infotainment System functions when driving. These Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) Theft-Deterrent Feature functions may gray out when they If equipped, ANC reduces engine are unavailable. Many infotainment The infotainment system has an noise in the vehicle’s interior. ANC features are also available through electronic security system installed requires the factory-installed audio to prevent theft. the instrument cluster and steering system, radio, speakers, amplifier (if wheel controls. equipped), induction system, and The infotainment system only works Before driving: to work properly. in the vehicle in which it was first Deactivation is required by your installed, and cannot be used in . Become familiar with the another vehicle. operation, center stack controls, dealer if related aftermarket and infotainment display equipment is installed. controls. . Set up the audio by presetting favorite stations, setting the tone, and adjusting the speakers. . Set up phone numbers in advance so they can be called easily by pressing a single control or by using a single voice command if equipped with Bluetooth phone capability. See Defensive Driving 0 207. To play the infotainment system with the ignition off, see Retained Accessory Power (RAP) 0 226. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Infotainment System 175 Overview 1. { . Press to go to the Home Page. See “Home Page” later in this section. 2. 7 . Radio: Press and release to go to the previous station or channel. Press and hold to fast seek the next strongest previous station or channel. . USB/BT Music/Pictures: Press and hold to go to the previous content. Press and hold to fast rewind. 3. O . Press to turn the power on. . Press and hold to turn the power off. . Press to mute/unmute the system when on. . Turn to decrease or increase the volume. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

176 Infotainment System 4. 6 Home Page Features Settings : Touch to access the Personalization menu. See Vehicle . Radio: Press and release to Personalization 0 152. go to the next station or channel. Press and hold to OnStar : If equipped, touch to fast seek the next strongest access the OnStar menu. See 0 station or channel. OnStar Overview 404. . USB/BT Music/Pictures: Operation Press and hold to go to the next content. Press and Radio Controls hold to fast forward. The infotainment system is operated 5. v Press { to go to the Home Page. by using the center stack controls, Audio : Touch to select AM, FM, menus shown on the display, and . Press and release to steering wheel controls. access the phone screen, SiriusXM (if equipped), USB/iPod/ answer an incoming call, Bluetooth Audio, or AUX. Turning the System On or Off or access the device home Gallery : Touch to view a picture. O : Press to turn the radio on. screen. Phone : Touch to activate the Press and hold to turn the radio off. phone features (if equipped). Automatic Switch-Off Home Page See Bluetooth (Infotainment Infotainment Display Buttons Controls) 0 189 or Bluetooth If the infotainment system has been (Overview) 0 188. turned on after the ignition is off, the Infotainment display buttons show system will turn off automatically on the screen when available. When Projection : Touch to access after 10 minutes. a function is unavailable, the button supported (Android Auto/CarPlay) may gray out. When a function is devices when connected. See USB Volume Control 0 selected, the button may highlight. Port 181. O : Turn to increase or decrease. Press when the system is on to mute and unmute the system. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Infotainment System 177 System Settings 2. Select Radio. Update. Follow the on-screen 3. Select Tone Settings. prompts. Steps for downloading and Auto Volume installing updates may vary by This feature automatically adjusts . Bass, Midrange, or Treble: vehicle. Touch − or +. the radio volume to compensate for Downloading Over-the-Air vehicle road and wind noise. . Fader or Balance: Adjust software updates requires Internet The level of volume compensation the front/rear or left/right connectivity, which can be accessed can be selected, or the feature can speakers by dragging the through the vehicle’s built-in OnStar be turned off. dot in the vehicle image on 4G LTE connection, if equipped and the display. active. If required, data plans are Auto Volume Settings 4. Touch Back on the infotainment provided by a third party. Optionally, 1. Touch SETTINGS on the display to go back to the a secure Wi-Fi hotspot such as a Home Page. source screen. compatible mobile device hotspot, home hotspot or public hotspot can 2. Select Radio. Software Updates be used. Applicable data rates may 3. Select Auto Volume and apply. choose between selections. Over-the-Air Software Updates To connect the infotainment system 4. Touch Back on the infotainment If equipped, the infotainment system to a secured mobile device hotspot, display to go back to the can download and install select home hotspot, or a public hotspot, source screen. software updates over a wireless touch SETTINGS on the Home Page, followed by Wi-Fi, and then Tone Settings connection. The system will prompt for certain updates to be Manage Wi-Fi Networks. Select the The tone settings can be set for downloaded and installed. There is appropriate Wi-Fi network, and each radio band and each audio also an option to check for updates follow the on-screen prompts. player source. manually. Download speeds may vary. Custom Tone Settings To manually check for updates, 1. Touch SETTINGS on the touch SETTINGS on the Home Home Page. Page, followed by Software Information, and then System GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

178 Infotainment System On most compatible mobile devices, Radio Direct Tune activation of the Wi-Fi hotspot is in From the AM or FM menu: the Settings menu under Mobile Network Sharing, Personal Hotspot, AM-FM Radio 1. Touch Tune. Mobile Hotspot or similar. Playing the Radio 2. Enter the station number. Availability of Over-the-Air vehicle Audio Source Menu 3. Touch Go. software updates varies by vehicle and country. For more information { : Press to go to the Home Page. Favorites on this feature, see my.gmc.com/ O : Press to turn on, mute, 1. Touch S or T to scroll through learn. or unmute the system. Press and the favorite pages. hold to turn off the system. 2. Touch the station to select it. Selecting a Band Update Station List 1. Press {. . From the AM or FM menu, touch 2. Touch AUDIO. Menu, then touch Update Station List. The broadcasting list 3. Touch Source. updating will begin. 4. Select AM or FM. . During the AM or FM The last station that was playing broadcasting list update, touch starts playing again. Cancel to stop the updates. Selecting a Station Station List Seek Tuning 1. From the AM or FM menu, touch Menu. If the radio station is not known: 2. Select Station List. Press 7 or 6 to automatically search for available radio stations. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Infotainment System 179 3. Touch Q or R to scroll through To change a preset, tune to the new For more information, contact the list. Touch the station to desired radio station and touch and SiriusXM at www.siriusxm.com or select it. hold the preset. 1-888-601-6296 (U.S.), and www.siriusxm.ca or 1-877-438-9677 Menu Satellite Radio (Canada). Touch to choose between available If equipped, vehicles with a Listening to SiriusXM Radio menus for the current source. SiriusXM Satellite Radio tuner and a 1. Press {. Storing a Station as a Favorite valid SiriusXM Satellite Radio subscription can receive SiriusXM 2. Touch AUDIO. Stations from all bands can be programming. stored in any order in the favorite 3. Touch Source. pages. SiriusXM Satellite Radio 4. Touch SXM and the most Service Up to 25 stations can be stored. recent listened to SiriusXM SiriusXM is a satellite radio service channel will display. Storing Stations based in the 48 contiguous United Selecting a Category To store the station to a position in States and 10 Canadian provinces. the list, touch the corresponding SiriusXM Satellite Radio has a wide From Menu, touch Categories, then preset 1−5 until a beep is heard. variety of programming and touch the desired category or from commercial-free music, coast to 1. Select the desired station. Categories, touch Q or R to find the coast, and in digital-quality sound. desired channel. Touch the channel 2. Touch S or T to select the During your trial or when you to select it. desired page of saved subscribe, you will get unlimited favorites. access to SiriusXM Radio Online for Selecting a Channel when you are not in the vehicle. 7 6 3. Touch and hold any of the A service fee is required to receive Press or to seek the previous presets to save the current the SiriusXM service. If SiriusXM or next channel. radio station to that location of service needs to be reactivated, the the selected favorites page. radio will display "No Subscription Please Renew" on channel SXM1. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

180 Infotainment System Using the Presets Channel List Explicit Content Filter Up to five favorites pages can be 1. Touch Channel List from the When on, only a filtered list of saved, and each page can store up SXM menu. The channel list is channels will be received. When off, to five channels. displayed. all regular SXM programming subscribed to will be received. To change a preset, tune to the new 2. Touch Q or R to find the desired channel then touch and hold desired channel. Touch the 1. Touch SXM Explicit Filter. the preset. channel to select it. 2. Select to enable or disable. Listening to Preset Channels Tone Settings Radio Reception 1. Touch S or T repeatedly to 1. Touch Tone Settings. See select the desired “Tone Settings” under Frequency interference and static favorites page. Operation 0 176. can occur during normal radio reception if items such as mobile 2. Touch the preset to listen to the 2. Touch Back on the infotainment phone chargers, vehicle channel. display. convenience accessories, and Using the SiriusXM Menu Auto Volume external electronic devices are plugged into the accessory power Operation 1. Touch Auto Volume. See “Auto outlet. If there is interference or Volume” under Operation static, unplug the item from the 1. Touch MENU on the SXM radio 0 176. screen. accessory power outlet. 2. Touch Back on the infotainment 2. Touch the menu to select the display. FM desired item or to display the FM signals only reach about 16 to Categories detail menu item. 65 km (10 to 40 mi). Although the 3. Touch Back on the infotainment 1. Touch Categories. radio has a built-in electronic circuit that automatically works to reduce display to return to the 2. Touch Q or R to find the previous menu. interference, some static can occur, desired category. Touch the category to select it. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Infotainment System 181 especially around tall buildings or Cell Phone Usage Audio Players hills, causing the sound to fade in Cell phone usage, such as making and out. or receiving phone calls, charging, USB Port AM or just having the phone on may cause static interference in the Using the USB Port The range for most AM stations is radio. Unplug the phone or turn it off The infotainment system can play greater than for FM, especially at if this happens. night. The longer range can cause music by connecting an auxiliary device to the USB port. station frequencies to interfere with Multi-Band Antenna each other. Static can occur when USB Support things like storms and power lines The multi-band antenna is on the interfere with radio reception. When roof of the vehicle. The antenna is If equipped, the USB ports are in this happens, try reducing the treble used for the AM-FM radio, OnStar, the center stack, and use the on the radio. the SiriusXM Satellite Radio Service USB 2.0 standard. System, and GPS (Global USB Supported Devices SiriusXM Satellite Radio Positioning System), if the vehicle Service has these features. Keep the . USB Flash Drives SiriusXM Satellite Radio Service antenna clear of obstructions for . Portable USB Hard Drives clear reception. gives digital radio reception from Not all iPods and USB drives are coast to coast in the 48 contiguous If the vehicle has a sunroof, and it is compatible with the USB port. United States, and in Canada. Just open, reception can also be Make sure the iPod has the latest as with FM, tall buildings or hills can affected. interfere with satellite radio signals, firmware from Apple for proper causing the sound to fade in and operation. iPod firmware can be ® out. In addition, traveling or standing updated using the latest iTunes under heavy foliage, bridges, application. See www.apple.com/ garages, or tunnels may cause loss itunes. of the SiriusXM signal for a period For help with identifying your iPod, of time. see www.apple.com/support. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

182 Infotainment System The USB port can play both lower To connect an iPod/iPhone, connect . MP3 files that can be played: Bit and upper case .mp3, .wma, .ogg, one end of the device’s cable to the rate: 8 kbps to 320 kbps. and .wav files stored on a USB iPod/iPhone and the other end to Sampling frequency: 48 kHz, storage device. the USB port. 44.1 kHz, 32 kHz, 24 kHz, 22.05 kHz, and 16 kHz. Supported Apple Devices The iPod/iPhone charges while it is connected to the vehicle if the . Files with a bit rate above To view supported devices in the ignition is on or in ACC/ 128 kbps will result in higher U.S., see my.gmc.com/learn. ACCESSORY. See Ignition quality sound. To view supported devices in 0 Positions 221. When the vehicle is . ID3 Tag information for MP3 Canada, see gmcowner.ca. turned off, the iPod/iPhone files, such as the name To view supported devices in automatically powers off and will not and the artist, can be played. Mexico, see gmc.com.mx/ charge or draw power from the vehicle's battery. . To display album title, track title, gmcintellilink.html. and artist information, the file For more information on USB USB Supported File and Folder should be compatible with the usage, see Audio System Structure “ ID3 Tag V1 and V2 formats. Information” following. The infotainment system supports: Using USB Storage Devices and Audio System Information iPod/iPhone . FAT16 The infotainment system can play . Use a USB or flash memory type . FAT32 the music files contained in the USB storage device. Do not connect . exFAT storage device or iPod/iPhone using a USB adaptor. products. Connecting a USB Storage . Do not connect and reconnect Device or iPod/iPhone Using MP3/WMA/OGG/WAV Files the USB device repeatedly in a . Music files with .mp3, .wma, short time, as this may cause To connect a USB storage device, .ogg, and .wav file name static electricity and problems connect the device to the USB port. extensions can be played. using the device. . Use a USB device with a metal connecting terminal. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Infotainment System 183 . Connection with i-Stick Type . Do not disconnect the USB structure. Normal usage cannot USB storage devices may be storage device while it is playing. be guaranteed for a storage faulty due to vehicle vibration. This may cause damage to the device that exceeds this limit. . Do not touch the USB product or affect the The iPod/iPhone can play all connecting terminal. performance of the USB device. music files that are supported. . Disconnect the USB storage The music file lists will only . Only USB storage devices display up to 5,000 files on the formatted in FAT16/32 or exFAT device when the ignition is turned off. If the ignition is turned screen. These files are sorted in file systems are recognized. alphabetical order. NTFS and other file systems are on while the USB device is not recognized. connected, the USB device may . Some iPod/iPhone product be damaged or may not operate models may not support the . The time it takes to process files normally. connectivity or functionality of will depend on the USB storage this product. device type and capacity, and . USB storage devices can only the type of files stored. be connected for playing music, . Only connect the iPod/iPhone viewing photo files, with connection cables . Some USB storage device files or upgrading. supported by iPod/iPhone may not be compatible. . Do not use the USB terminal to products. Other connection . Up to two USB devices and one charge USB accessory cables cannot be used. iPod can be played through a equipment. The heat generated . The iPod/iPhone may be USB hub. All devices may not be may cause performance issues damaged if it is connected to the supported, depending on the or damage. vehicle with the ignition on. performance of the USB hub. . Music files to which Digital Right When not in use, disconnect the If there is not enough power iPod/iPhone. supply, it may not operate Management (DRM) is applied normally. cannot be played. . When the iPod/iPhone is . USB storage devices can have a connected to the USB port by capacity with a limit of 5,000 using the iPod/iPhone cable, the files, such as music, photo, Bluetooth music is not video, 15 stages of folder supported. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

184 Infotainment System . The iPod/iPhone playback . If a non-readable USB device is . Touch g within five seconds of functions and the information connected, an error message the playback time to play the displayed may be different when displays and the system will previous file. played on the infotainment switch to the previous audio system. function. Returning to the Beginning of the Current File If the USB device is already connected: Touch g after five seconds of the playback time. 1. Press {. Scanning Forward or Backward 2. Touch AUDIO. Touch and hold g or l during 3. Touch Source. playback to rewind or fast forward. 4. Touch USB. Release the button to resume To stop the USB device and select playback at normal speed. . Refer to the table for the another media source, touch Playing a File Randomly classification items related to the Source, then select the other search function provided by the source. Touch Z during playback. iPod/iPhone. To remove the USB device, select . ON: Plays all files randomly. USB Player another function, then remove the . OFF: Returns to normal USB device. Playing Music from a USB Device playback. Pause . Connect the USB device to the Using the USB Music Menu USB port. . Touch j to pause. . Touch Menu during playback. . Play will start automatically after . Touch r to resume. the system has finished reading the USB device. Changing to Next/Previous Files . Touch l to change to the next file. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Infotainment System 185 MTP (Media Transfer Protocol) . If a non-readable USB device is . Connect an MTP supported connected, an error message device. displays and the system will switch to the previous audio . Play will start automatically after function. the system has finished reading the MTP device. If the iPod/iPhone is already connected: . If a non-readable MTP device is connected, an error message 1. Press {. . Touch the desired menu. displays and the system will 2. Touch AUDIO. Browse Music switch to the previous audio function. 3. Touch Source. 1. Touch Browse Music. iPod/iPhone Player 4. Touch iPod. 2. Touch the desired music. This feature is limited to models To stop the device and select Tone Settings supporting the iPod/iPhone another media source, touch Source, then select the other . Touch Tone Settings. The Tone connection. source. Settings menu is displayed. See Playing Music Files “Tone Settings” under “Radio To remove the device, select Controls” in Operation 0 176. . Connect the iPod/iPhone to the another function, then remove the USB port. Auto Volume device. . Play will start from the previously Pause . Touch Auto Volume. The Auto played point after the system Volume menu is displayed. See has finished reading the USB . Touch j to pause. “Auto Volume” under “Radio device. Controls” in Operation 0 176. . Touch r to resume. Traffic Program (If Equipped) . Touch On or Off. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

186 Infotainment System Changing to the Next/ . Touch the appropriate . Some files may not operate due Previous Song play mode. to a different recording format or the condition of the file. . Touch l to change to the Browse Music next song. 1. Touch Browse Music. Viewing Pictures . Touch g within two seconds of 2. Touch the desired music. 1. Connect the USB device to the USB port. the playback time to play the Tone Settings previous file. 2. Touch the screen to open to full . Touch Tone Settings. The Tone screen. Touch the screen again Returning to the Beginning of the Settings menu is displayed. See to return to the previous Current File “Tone Settings” under “Radio screen. Controls” in Operation 0 176. Touch g after two seconds of the If the USB device is already playback time. Auto Volume connected: Scanning Forward or Backward . Touch Auto Volume. The Auto 1. Press {. g l Volume menu is displayed. See Touch and hold or during “Auto Volume” under “Radio 2. Touch GALLERY. playback to rewind or fast forward. Controls” in Operation 0 176. Release the button to resume Some features are disabled while playback at normal speed. Picture System Information the vehicle is in motion. Playing a File Randomly The infotainment system can view Viewing a Slide Show picture files stored on a USB z Touch Z during playback. storage device and devices that 1. Touch from the picture screen. . ON: Plays all files randomly. support Media Transfer Protocol (MTP). 2. Touch the screen to cancel the . OFF: Returns to normal slide show during the slide playback. . Supported file extensions: .jpg, .bmp, .png, .gif. show playback. Using the iPod Menu . Animated GIF files are not . Touch Menu during playback. supported. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Infotainment System 187 Viewing a Previous or Next Auxiliary Devices 3. Touch Source. Picture Using the Auxiliary Input Jack 4. Touch AUX. Touch S or T from the picture To adjust the tone settings, see Settings menus and functions may screen. Tone Settings in Operation 0 176. vary depending on vehicle options. “ ” Rotating a Picture The auxiliary input jack can be used Touch w from the picture screen. to connect external audio devices such as an iPod®, iPhone®, MP3 Enlarging a Picture player, CD player, and other Touch x from the picture screen. supported devices for use as another source for audio listening. Using the USB Picture Menu This input jack is not an audio 1. Touch MENU from the picture output; do not plug headphones into screen. the front auxiliary input jack. 2. Touch the appropriate menu: The auxiliary input jack is in the center stack. The infotainment . Slide Show Time: Allows system can play music connected selection of the slide show by the auxiliary device. interval. Play will begin when the system has . Clock, Temp. Display: finished reading the information on Allows selection of On or the device. Off to show the clock and temperature on the full Playing Music screen. To play music from the device, if the . Display Settings: Adjusts device is already connected: for Brightness and Contrast. 1. Press {. 3. Touch Back on the infotainment 2. Touch AUDIO. display to exit. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

188 Infotainment System Phone . Review the controls and support all functions and not all operation of the infotainment phones work with the Bluetooth Bluetooth (Overview) system. system. In the U.S. and Canada, . Pair cell phone(s) to the vehicle. see www.gm.com/bluetooth for more If equipped with Bluetooth capability, The system may not work with information about compatible phones. the system can interact with many all cell phones. See “Pairing” Bluetooth phones, PDAs, or other under “Bluetooth (Infotainment The Bluetooth system range can be devices to: Controls)” later in this section. up to 9.1 m (30 ft). . Place and receive hands-free There may be restrictions on using calls. { Warning Bluetooth wireless technology in . Transmit hands-free data. some locations. When using a cell phone, it can . Play audio streaming files. be distracting to look too long or Due to the variety of Bluetooth devices and their firmware versions, The device must be paired first. See too often at the screen of the phone or the infotainment system. the device may respond differently “Pairing” under “Bluetooth when performing over Bluetooth. (Infotainment Controls)” later in this Taking your eyes off the road too section. long or too often could cause a On a current phone call, an image crash resulting in injury or death. of the current contact from the To minimize driver distraction, Focus your attention on driving. phone's contact list may be before driving, and with the vehicle displayed. Not all phones are parked: compatible with this feature. Vehicles with a Bluetooth system . Become familiar with the Refer to the cell phone features of the cell phone. can use a Bluetooth-capable cell manufacturer’s user guide for Organize the phone book and phone with a Hands-Free Profile to make and receive phone calls. The questions about the phone's contact lists clearly and delete Bluetooth functionality. duplicate or rarely used entries. infotainment system is used to If possible, program speed dial control the system. The system can or other shortcuts. be used while the ignition is on or in ACC/ACCESSORY. See Ignition Positions 0 221. Not all phones GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Infotainment System 189 Bluetooth Controls Pairing Information paired. If the automatic download does not occur, proceed with the If equipped with Bluetooth capability, . A Bluetooth phone with MP3 phone book download on the use the infotainment controls on the capability cannot be paired to phone. center stack and the steering wheel the vehicle as a phone and an to operate the system. MP3 player at the same time. Pairing a Phone – SSP and No Paired Device Steering Wheel Controls . Up to 10 cell phones can be paired to the Bluetooth system. When there is no paired device on See Steering Wheel Controls 0 119. . The pairing process is disabled the infotainment system and Simple Bluetooth (Infotainment when the vehicle is moving. Secure Pairing (SSP) is supported: Controls) . Pairing only needs to be 1. Press {. completed once, unless the To use infotainment controls to pairing information on the cell 2. Touch PHONE, or press g on access the menu system, see phone changes or the cell phone the steering wheel without Overview 0 175. is deleted from the system. OnStar. Pairing . Only one paired cell phone can 3. Touch Search Device. A Bluetooth-enabled cell phone be connected to the Bluetooth 4. Touch the desired device to must be paired to the Bluetooth system at a time. pair on the searched list system and then connected to the . If multiple paired cell phones are screen. vehicle before it can be used. See within range of the system, the 5. Touch Yes on the pop-up your cell phone manufacturer's user system connects to the first screen of the Bluetooth device guide for Bluetooth functions before available paired cell phone in the and infotainment system. pairing the cell phone. If a Bluetooth order that they were first paired. 6. When the Bluetooth device and phone is not connected, calls will be When the Bluetooth device and made using OnStar Hands-Free infotainment system are infotainment system are successfully paired, the phone Calling, if available. See OnStar successfully paired, the phone book Overview 0 404. screen is displayed on the is downloaded automatically. This is infotainment system. dependent on the type of phone GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

190 Infotainment System Pairing a Phone – SSP and Paired . The connected phone is 5. Input the Personal Device highlighted by 5. Identification Number (PIN) When a paired device is on the code (default: 1234) to the Z / 5 indicates the hands-free infotainment system and SSP is . Bluetooth device. When the supported: and phone music functions are Bluetooth device and enabled. infotainment system are 1. Press {. successfully paired, the . 5 indicates only the hands-free PHONE screen is displayed on 2. Touch SETTINGS. function is enabled. the infotainment system. 3. Touch Bluetooth, then Device . Z indicates only Bluetooth When the connection fails, a failure Management. music is enabled. message is displayed on the 4. Touch the desired device to infotainment system. pair. When the Bluetooth Pairing a Phone – No SSP and No Paired Device If a Bluetooth device was previously device and infotainment system connected, the infotainment system are successfully paired, Z / 5 When there is no paired device on executes the auto connection. is displayed on the pair device the infotainment system and SSP is However, if the Bluetooth setting on screen. If no desired device is not supported: the Bluetooth device is turned off, a available go to Step 5. 1. Press {. failure message is displayed on the 5. Touch Search Device to search infotainment system. 2. Touch PHONE, or press on for the desired device. g Pairing a Phone No SSP and the steering wheel without – Paired Device 6. Touch the desired device to OnStar. pair on the searched list When a paired device is on the 3. Touch Search Device. screen. infotainment system and SSP is not 7. Touch Yes on the pop-up 4. Touch the desired device to supported: screen of the Bluetooth device pair on the searched list 1. Press {. and infotainment system. screen. 2. Touch SETTINGS. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Infotainment System 191 3. Touch Bluetooth, then Device . Z / 5 indicates the hands-free Disconnecting a Bluetooth Device Management. and phone music functions are 1. Press {. 4. Touch the desired device to enabled. pair. When the Bluetooth 2. Touch SETTINGS. . 5 indicates only the hands-free device and infotainment system function is enabled. 3. Touch Bluetooth, then Device are successfully paired, Z / 5 Management. is displayed on the pair device . Z indicates only Bluetooth 4. Touch the name of the device screen. If no desired device is music is enabled. to be disconnected. available go to Step 5. Connecting a Paired Bluetooth 5. Touch Disconnect. 5. Touch Search Device to search Device for the desired device. Deleting a Bluetooth Device 1. Press {. 6. Touch the desired device to 1. Press {. pair on the searched list 2. Touch SETTINGS. 2. Touch SETTINGS. screen. 3. Touch Bluetooth, then Device 7. Input the Personal Management. 3. Touch Bluetooth, then Device Management. Identification Number (PIN) 4. Touch the device to be code (default: 1234) to the connected. 4. Touch the device to delete. Bluetooth device. When the Y Bluetooth device and Checking the Bluetooth 5. Touch . infotainment system are Connection 6. Touch Delete. successfully paired, Z / 5 is 1. Press {. Bluetooth Music displayed on the pair device screen. 2. Touch SETTINGS. Before playing Bluetooth music, read the following information: . The connected phone is 3. Touch Bluetooth, then Device Management. highlighted by 5. . A cell phone or Bluetooth device 4. The paired device will show. that supports Advanced Audio Distribution Profile (A2DP) GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

192 Infotainment System versions over 1.2 must be music function. For example, Returning to the Beginning of the registered and connected to the if you convert to Bluetooth Current Song product. hands-free while playing Phone music, the music is Touch g after two seconds of . From the cell phone or Bluetooth playback time. device, find the Bluetooth device discontinued. Playing music from type to set/connect the item as a the car is not possible when Search stereo headset. there are no music files stored in the cell phone. Touch and hold g or l to rewind . e will appear on the screen if or fast forward. Playing Bluetooth Music the stereo headset is Playing Music Randomly successfully connected. 1. Press {. Touch Z during playback. Touch . The sound played by the 2. Touch AUDIO. Bluetooth device is delivered again to return to normal play. 3. Touch Source. through the infotainment system. This function may not be supported 4. Touch Bluetooth. . Bluetooth music can be played depending on the Bluetooth device. only when a Bluetooth device Pause Do not change the track too quickly has been connected. To play when playing Bluetooth music. Bluetooth music, connect the Touch j to pause. Bluetooth phone to the Conditions that may occur when Touch to resume. infotainment system. r playing Bluetooth music: . If the Bluetooth device is Playing the Next Song . It takes time to transmit data from the Bluetooth device to the disconnected while playing Touch l. phone music, the music is infotainment system. discontinued. The audio Playing the Previous Song . If the cell phone or Bluetooth streaming function may not be device is not in the waiting supported in some Bluetooth Touch g within two seconds of screen mode, it may not phones. Only one function can playback time to play the automatically play. be used at a time between the previous song. Bluetooth hands-free or Phone GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Infotainment System 193 . The infotainment system PROJECTION will appear on the . Select Disable to remove transmits the order to play from Home Page of the infotainment Apple CarPlay and Android the Bluetooth device in the display. Auto capability from the Bluetooth music play mode. To use Android Auto or Apple vehicle Settings menu. If this is done in a different CarPlay: Other functions may mode, then the device transmits still work. the order to stop. Depending on 1. Download the Android Auto app to your phone from the PROJECTION on the Home Page the Bluetooth device options, will change to Android Auto or Apple this order to play/stop may take Google Play store. No app is required for Apple CarPlay. CarPlay depending on the phone. time to activate. Android Auto and/or Apple CarPlay . If the Bluetooth music playback 2. Connect an Android phone or may automatically launch upon USB is not functioning, then check to iPhone by using the compatible connection. If not, touch the see if the Bluetooth device is in phone USB cable and plugging ANDROID AUTO and/or APPLE the waiting screen mode. into a USB data port. For best CARPLAY icon on the Home Page performance, use the device’s to launch. . Sounds may be cut off during factory-provided USB cable. the Bluetooth music playback. Aftermarket or third-party Press { on the center stack to . The infotainment system outputs cables may not work. return to the Home Page. the audio from the cell phone or 3. When the phone is first For further information on how to set Bluetooth device as it is connected to activate Apple up Android Auto and Apple CarPlay transmitted. CarPlay or Android Auto, the in the vehicle, see my.gmc.com or message “Device Projection see Customer Assistance Offices Apple CarPlay and Privacy Consent” will appear. 0 392. Android Auto . Select Continue to launch Android Auto is provided by Google If equipped, Android Auto and/or Apple CarPlay or and is subject to Google’s terms Apple CarPlay capability may be Android Auto. and privacy policy. Apple CarPlay is available through a compatible provided by Apple and is subject to smartphone. If available, Apple’s terms and privacy policy. Data plan rates apply. For Android GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

194 Infotainment System Auto support see https:// Steering Wheel Controls Switching a Call to the Cell Phone support.google.com/androidauto. Steering wheel controls can be (Private Mode) For Apple CarPlay support see used to: To switch the call from the cell www.apple.com/ios/carplay/. Apple phone to hands-free: or Google may change or suspend . Answer incoming calls. availability at any time. Android . Confirm system information. 1. Touch 0. Auto, Android, Google, Google Play, and other marks are trademarks of . End a call. 2. Touch 0 again to switch back Google Inc.; Apple CarPlay is a . Decline a call. to hands-free. trademark of Apple Inc. . Cancel an operation. Turning the Microphone On and Off Hands-Free Phone . Make outgoing calls using the call list. Touch 3 to turn the microphone on General Information g : Press to answer incoming calls. or off. Vehicles with a Hands-Free Phone : Press to end a call, decline a Calling by Redial system can use a Bluetooth-capable i call, or cancel an operation. cell phone with a hands-free profile To call by using redial: to make and receive phone calls. Making a Call by Entering a Phone . Press i on the steering wheel The infotainment system and voice Number controls to display the redial control are used to operate the guidance screen. system. Not all phones support all . Press {, then touch PHONE on functions and not all phones work the screen. . Touch 5 on the screen. with the Hands-Free Phone system. . Press g on the steering wheel. Redialing is not possible when there Hands-Free Phone Controls If a wrong number is entered, touch is no call history. Use the buttons on the infotainment } to delete the number one digit at system and the steering wheel to a time, or touch and hold } to operate the Hands-Free Phone delete all digits of the number. system. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Infotainment System 195 Taking Calls Searching for Contacts Entries Searching for a Name When a phone call comes through 1. Touch contacts on the phone Select characters by using the the connected Bluetooth cell phone, screen. keypad on the phone book screen. the audio system will be muted or 9 As characters are selected, the paused and the phone will ring with 2. Touch on the contacts names that include those characters the relevant information displayed. screen. will display on the phone book 3. Use the keypad to input the screen. As more characters of the Press on the steering wheel i name to search. For details, name are entered, the list of controls, or touch 5 on the screen. see “Searching for a Name” possible names is shortened. following. To decline the call, press i on the To search for the name Alex: steering wheel controls or touch 4. Touch the phone book entry 1. Touch (abc) to select the first Reject on the screen. to call. character. Using the Contacts Menu 5. If there is more than one 2. Touch (jkl) three times to select number associated with the the second character. 1. Touch contacts on the phone name, touch the number screen. to dial. 3. Touch (def) two times to select the third character. 2. Touch Q or R to scroll through When the Bluetooth device and the list. infotainment system are 4. Touch (wxy) two times to select successfully paired, the phone book the fourth character. 3. Touch the phone book entry will download. Some phones may to call. Making a Call from Call History not download automatically. If this 4. If there is more than one happens, connect it again or 1. Touch Call History on the number associated with the proceed with the phone book phone screen. name, touch the number download on the phone. 2. Touch one of the following for: to dial. . W All calls history. . [ Dialed calls. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

196 Infotainment System . Y Missed calls. Trademarks and iPod and iPhone are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registered in . X Received calls. License Agreements the U.S. and other countries. 3. Select the contact entry to call. FCC Information Making a Call with Speed Dial See Radio Frequency Statement Numbers 0 400. Touch and hold the speed dial Bluetooth number using the keypad on the phone screen. The Bluetooth word mark and logos are owned by the Bluetooth SIG, Only speed dial numbers already Inc. and any use of such marks by Fees and Taxes: Subscription fee, stored on the cell phone can be General Motors is under license. taxes, one time activation fee, and used for speed dial calls. Up to Other trademarks and trade names other fees may apply. Subscription two-digit speed dial numbers are are those of their respective owners. fee is consumer only. All fees and supported. programming subject to change. Subscriptions subject to Customer For two-digit speed dial numbers, Agreement available at touch and hold the second digit to www.siriusxm.com or make a call to the speed dial www.siriusxm.ca. SiriusXM service number. only available in the 48 contiguous United States and Canada. In Canada: Some deterioration of “Made for iPod” and “Made for service may occur in extreme iPhone” mean that an electronic northern latitudes. This is beyond accessory has been designed to the control of SiriusXM Satellite connect specifically to iPod or Radio. iPhone and has been certified by the developer to meet Apple performance standards. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Infotainment System 197 It is prohibited to copy, decompile, is required with Canadian disassemble, reverse engineer, Satellite Radio Inc. (operating hack, manipulate, or otherwise as SiriusXM Canada). make available any technology or FreeType 2 software incorporated in receivers compatible with the SiriusXM Portions of this software are Satellite Radio System or that copyright 2007-2012 The FreeType support the SiriusXM website, the Project (www.freetype.org). All rights Online Service or any of its content. reserved. Furthermore, the AMBER voice Libjpeg compression software included in this product is protected by The navigation software is based in intellectual property rights including part on the work of the independent patent rights, copyrights, and trade JPEG Group. secrets of Digital Voice Systems, Inc. General Requirements: 1. A License Agreement from SiriusXM is required for any product that incorporates SiriusXM Technology and/or for use of any of the SiriusXM marks to be manufactured, distributed, or marketed in the SiriusXM Service Area. 2. For products to be distributed, marketed, and/or sold in Canada, a separate agreement GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

198 Climate Controls Climate Controls Climate Control Systems

Climate Control Systems Dual Automatic Climate Control System Dual Automatic Climate With this system the heating, cooling, and ventilation in the vehicle can be Control System ...... 198 controlled. Rear Climate Control System ...... 201 Air Vents Air Vents ...... 203 Maintenance Passenger Compartment Air Filter ...... 204 Service ...... 204

1. Driver Temperature Control 7. SYNC (Synchronized 2. A/C (Air Conditioning) Temperature) 3. Air Delivery Mode Controls 8. Rear Window Defogger 4. Fan Control 9. Power Button 5. Defrost 10. Air Recirculation 6. Passenger Temperature 11. AUTO (Automatic Operation) Control GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Climate Controls 199 Automatic Operation To find your comfort setting, or knob is turned, the climate control The system automatically controls start with 22 °C (72 °F) and system will turn on and deliver the following four functions to heat allow the system time to airflow per the current setting. or cool the vehicle to the desired stabilize. Then adjust the 9 : Turn clockwise or temperature: temperature as needed for best counterclockwise to increase or comfort. . Fan Speed decrease the fan speed. Press the To improve and to knob to turn the fan off. . Air Delivery Mode cool the vehicle faster, recirculation Press AUTO to return to automatic . Air Conditioning may be automatically selected in operation. warm weather. . Recirculation Driver and Passenger The recirculation light will not come Temperature Control : The When the AUTO indicator light is lit, on when automatically controlled. all four functions are operating temperature can be adjusted Press to manually select automatically. Each function can be @ separately for the driver and manually set and the selected recirculation; press it again to select passenger. outside air. setting will be shown. This cancels Turn the knob clockwise or full automatic operation and the Do not cover the solar sensor on the counterclockwise to increase or AUTO indicator light turns off. top of the instrument panel near the decrease the driver or passenger Functions that are not manually set windshield. This sensor regulates temperature setting. will continue to be automatically air temperature based on sun load. SYNC : Press to link the passenger controlled, although the AUTO See “Sensors” later in this section. indicator light will not be lit. and rear climate temperature Manual Operation settings, if equipped, to the driver To place the system in setting. The SYNC indicator light will O : Press to turn the climate control automatic mode: turn on. When the passenger or rear system on or off. When the system climate temperature settings are 1. Press AUTO. is off, outside air will be prevented adjusted, the SYNC indicator light from entering the vehicle. When the 2. Set the driver and passenger is off. temperature. system is on, a button is pressed, GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

200 Climate Controls The driver side or passenger side side window vents. The system used to help reduce outside air and temperature display shows the automatically forces outside air into odors that enter the vehicle. The air temperature setting increasing or the vehicle and the air conditioning conditioning compressor also comes decreasing. compressor will run, unless the on when this mode is activated. outside temperature is close to Air Delivery Mode Control : Press Rear Window Defogger Y, \, [ , or - to change the freezing. direction of the airflow. An indicator 0 : Press to clear the windshield The rear window defogger uses a light comes on in the selected mode of fog or frost more quickly. Air is warming grid to remove fog from the button. directed to the windshield and the rear window. Changing the mode cancels the side window vents. The air K : Press to turn the rear window automatic operation and the system conditioning compressor also comes defogger on or off. An indicator light goes into manual mode. Press on, unless the outside temperature on the button comes on to show that AUTO to return to automatic is below freezing. the rear window defogger is on. operation. Do not drive the vehicle until all The rear window defogger only Y : Air is directed to the instrument windows are clear. works when the ignition is on. The panel outlets. See Air Vents 0 203. defogger turns off if the ignition is turned to off or ACC/ACCESSORY. \ : Air is divided between the A/C : Press to turn the air instrument panel and floor outlets. conditioning system on or off. An Caution Some air is directed toward the indicator light comes on to show windshield and side window outlets. that the air conditioning is enabled. Using a razor blade or sharp [ : Air is directed to the floor If the fan is turned off, the air object to clear the inside rear outlets, with some to the windshield, conditioner will not run. The A/C window can damage the rear light will stay on even if the outside side window outlets, and second window defogger. Repairs would temperatures are below freezing. row floor outlets. not be covered by the vehicle - : This mode clears the windows @ : Press to turn on recirculation. warranty. Do not clear the inside of fog or moisture. Air is directed to An indicator light comes on. Air is rear window with sharp objects. the windshield, floor outlets, and recirculated to quickly cool the inside of the vehicle. It can also be GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Climate Controls 201 Heated Mirror : If equipped with Sensors The climate control system uses the heated outside mirrors, the mirrors information from these sensors to heat to help clear fog or frost from maintain comfort settings by the surface of the mirror when the adjusting the outlet temperature, fan rear window defog button is speed, and air delivery mode. The pressed. See Heated Mirrors 0 49. system may also supply cooler air to Remote Start Climate Control the side of the vehicle facing the Operation : If equipped with remote sun. The recirculation mode will also start, the climate control system be used as needed to maintain cool may run when the vehicle is started outlet temperatures. remotely. The rear defog may come on during remote start based on Rear Climate Control cold ambient conditions. The rear System defog indicator light does not come If equipped, the rear climate control on during a remote start. The solar sensor, located in the system is on the rear of the center If equipped, the heated seats will defrost in the middle of the console storage. The rear climate turn on if it is cold outside or the instrument panel, monitors the solar settings can be adjusted with this ventilated seats will turn on if it is heat. Do not cover the solar sensor system. hot outside. The heated and or the system will not work properly. ventilated seat indicator lights may There is also an exterior not come on during a remote start. temperature sensor behind the front If equipped, the heated steering grille. This sensor reads the outside wheel will come on in a remote start air temperature and helps maintain if it is cold outside. The heated the temperature inside the vehicle. steering wheel indicator light may Any cover on the front of the not come on. vehicle, could cause a false reading in the displayed temperature. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

202 Climate Controls REAR O : Touch REAR O to turn the rear climate control on or off. SYNC : Touch SYNC on the display to match the rear climate control temperature to the front climate control driver temperature. The SYNC button will be lit. Adjust the rear climate control temperature to change the linked temperature. The SYNC button turns off. Rear Control Lockout : Touch 1. Fan Control Rear Climate Control Display Rear Control Lockout on the display to lock or unlock control of the rear 2. AUTO (Automatic Operation) 1. Outside Temperature Display climate control system from the front 3. MODE (Air Delivery Mode 2. Rear Climate Temperature seat. When locked the rear climate Control) Control control cannot be adjusted from the rear climate controls. 4. TEMP (Temperature Control) 3. Fan Control 5. Heated Rear Seats (If 4. SYNC (Synchronized Automatic Operation Equipped) Temperatures) AUTO : Touch AUTO or Rear Auto on the display to automatically 5. REAR O (On/Off) control air delivery and fan speed. A 6. Rear Auto (Automatic is indicated in the display when Operation) automatic operation is active. If any 7. Rear Control Lockout of the climate control settings are manually adjusted, this cancels full 8. Air Delivery Mode Control automatic operation. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Climate Controls 203 The display only indicates climate Air Vents . Use of non-GM approved hood control functions when the system is deflectors can adversely affect in rear independent mode. When To adjust the center and side air the performance of the system. outlets on the instrument panel, use SYNC is active the display is not . Keep the path under all seats the slider switch in the center of the shown. clear of objects to help circulate outlet to change the direction of the the air inside the vehicle more Manual Operation airflow and also to shut off the effectively. 9 : Turn the knob clockwise or airflow. counterclockwise, or touch and hold There may be outlets overhead in . If fogging reoccurs while in Y or the fan control on the display to the rear passenger area; adjust as \ modes with mild temperature increase or decrease the fan speed. needed. throughout the vehicle, turn on TEMP : Turn the knob clockwise or the air conditioner to reduce Keep all outlets open whenever windshield fogging. counterclockwise, or touch and hold possible for best system the temperature controls on the performance. display to adjust the rear passenger temperature. If SYNC is lit, the rear Operation Tips climate temperature is linked to the . Clear away any ice, snow, driver temperature setting. or leaves from the air inlets at Y/\/Y or MODE : Touch the the base of the windshield that desired mode button on the display can block the flow of air into the or press MODE on the rear climate vehicle. controls to change the direction of . Clear snow off the hood to the airflow in the rear seating area. improve visibility and help Repeatedly touch MODE until the decrease moisture drawn into desired mode appears on the the vehicle. display. M or L : If equipped, press M or L to heat the left or right outboard seat. See Heated Rear Seats 0 69. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

204 Climate Controls Maintenance conditioning evaporator should never be repaired or replaced by one from a salvage vehicle. Passenger Compartment It should only be replaced by a new Air Filter evaporator to ensure proper and safe operation. The passenger compartment air filter reduces dust, pollen, and other During service, all refrigerants airborne irritants from outside air should be reclaimed with proper that is pulled into the vehicle. The equipment. Venting refrigerants filter will need to be replaced directly to the atmosphere is harmful periodically. See Maintenance to the environment and may also Schedule 0 375. create unsafe conditions based on inhalation, combustion, frostbite, Using the climate control system or other health-based concerns. without an air filter installed is not recommended. Water or other The air conditioning system requires debris could enter the system and periodic maintenance. See result in leaks or noises. Always Maintenance Schedule 0 375. install a new filter when removing the old filter. For more information on filter replacement, see your dealer. Service All vehicles have a label underhood that identifies the refrigerant used in the vehicle. The refrigerant system should only be serviced by trained and certified technicians. The air GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Driving and Operating 205 Shifting out of Park ...... 227 Cruise Control Driving and Parking over Things Cruise Control ...... 240 Operating That Burn ...... 228 Adaptive Cruise Control ...... 243 Extended Parking ...... 228 Driver Assistance Systems Engine Exhaust Driving Information Driver Assistance Systems . . . 251 Engine Exhaust ...... 228 Assistance Systems for Distracted Driving ...... 206 Running the Vehicle While Parking or Backing ...... 253 Defensive Driving ...... 207 Parked ...... 229 Assistance Systems for Drunk Driving ...... 207 Driving ...... 257 Control of a Vehicle ...... 207 Automatic Transmission Forward Collision Alert (FCA) Braking ...... 207 Automatic Transmission ...... 229 System ...... 257 Steering ...... 208 Manual Mode ...... 231 Forward Automatic Off-Road Recovery ...... 208 Tow/Haul Mode ...... 232 Braking (FAB) ...... 259 Loss of Control ...... 209 Front Pedestrian Braking Off-Road Driving ...... 209 Drive Systems All-Wheel Drive ...... 233 (FPB) System ...... 261 Driving on Wet Roads ...... 214 Side Blind Zone Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . 215 Brakes Alert (SBZA) ...... 263 Winter Driving ...... 215 Antilock Brake Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . 264 If the Vehicle Is Stuck ...... 217 System (ABS) ...... 233 Lane Departure Vehicle Load Limits ...... 217 Electric Parking Brake ...... 234 Warning (LDW) ...... 265 Starting and Operating Brake Assist ...... 235 Lane Keep Assist (LKA) ...... 266 Hill Start Assist (HSA) ...... 235 New Vehicle Break-In ...... 221 Fuel Ignition Positions ...... 221 Ride Control Systems Top Tier Fuel ...... 268 Starting the Engine ...... 223 Traction Control/Electronic Recommended Fuel ...... 268 Stop/Start System ...... 224 Stability Control ...... 236 Prohibited Fuels ...... 268 Engine Heater ...... 225 Hill Descent Control (HDC) . . . 238 Fuels in Foreign Countries . . . 269 Retained Accessory Driver Mode Control ...... 239 Fuel Additives ...... 269 Power (RAP) ...... 226 Filling the Tank ...... 269 Shifting Into Park ...... 226 GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

206 Driving and Operating Filling a Portable Fuel Driving Information . Designate a front seat Container ...... 270 passenger to handle potential distractions. Trailer Towing Distracted Driving General Towing . Become familiar with vehicle Distraction comes in many forms Information ...... 271 features before driving, such as and can take your focus from the Driving Characteristics and programming favorite radio task of driving. Exercise good Towing Tips ...... 271 stations and adjusting climate judgment and do not let other Trailer Towing ...... 275 control and seat settings. Towing Equipment ...... 278 activities divert your attention away Program all trip information into Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . 281 from the road. Many local any navigation device prior to governments have enacted laws driving. Conversions and Add-Ons regarding driver distraction. Become Add-On Electrical familiar with the local laws in . Wait until the vehicle is parked Equipment ...... 283 your area. to retrieve items that have fallen to the floor. To avoid distracted driving, keep your eyes on the road, keep your . Stop or park the vehicle to tend hands on the steering wheel, and to children. focus your attention on driving. . Keep pets in an appropriate . Do not use a phone in carrier or restraint. demanding driving situations. . Avoid stressful conversations Use a hands-free method to while driving, whether with a place or receive necessary passenger or on a cell phone. phone calls. . Watch the road. Do not read, take notes, or look up information on phones or other electronic devices. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Driving and Operating 207 . Focus on the task of driving. Braking { Warning Drunk Driving Braking action involves perception Taking your eyes off the road too time and reaction time. Deciding to long or too often could cause a Death and injury associated with push the brake pedal is perception crash resulting in injury or death. drinking and driving is a global time. Actually doing it is Focus your attention on driving. tragedy. reaction time. Average driver reaction time is Refer to the infotainment section for { Warning about three-quarters of a second. In more information on using that that time, a vehicle moving at Drinking and then driving is very system and the navigation system, 100 km/h (60 mph) travels 20 m dangerous. Your reflexes, if equipped, including pairing and (66 ft), which could be a lot of using a cell phone. perceptions, attentiveness, and distance in an emergency. judgment can be affected by even a small amount of alcohol. You Helpful braking tips to keep in mind Defensive Driving include: can have a serious — or even Defensive driving means “always fatal — collision if you drive after . Keep enough distance between expect the unexpected.” The first drinking. you and the vehicle in front step in driving defensively is to wear of you. the seat belt. See Seat Belts 0 71. Do not drink and drive or ride with a driver who has been drinking. . Avoid needless heavy braking. . Assume that other road users Ride home in a cab; or if you are . Keep pace with traffic. (pedestrians, bicyclists, and with a group, designate a driver If the engine ever stops while the other drivers) are going to be who will not drink. careless and make mistakes. vehicle is being driven, brake Anticipate what they might do normally but do not pump the and be ready. Control of a Vehicle brakes. Doing so could make the pedal harder to push down. If the . Allow enough following distance Braking, steering, and accelerating engine stops, there will be some between you and the driver in are important factors in helping to power brake assist but it will be front of you. control a vehicle while driving. used when the brake is applied. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

208 Driving and Operating Once the power assist is used up, it See your dealer if there is a Off-Road Recovery can take longer to stop and the problem. brake pedal will be harder to push. Curve Tips Steering . Take curves at a reasonable speed. Electric Power Steering . Reduce speed before entering a The vehicle has electric power curve. steering. It does not have power steering fluid. Regular maintenance . Maintain a reasonable steady is not required. speed through the curve. If power steering assist is lost due . Wait until the vehicle is out of to a system malfunction, the vehicle the curve before accelerating can be steered, but may require gently into the straightaway. increased effort. Steering in Emergencies The vehicle's right wheels can drop off the edge of a road onto the If the steering assist is used for an There are some situations when . shoulder while driving. Follow extended period of time while the steering around a problem may these tips: vehicle is not moving, power assist be more effective than braking. may be reduced. 1. Ease off the accelerator and Holding both sides of the . then, if there is nothing in the If the steering wheel is turned until it steering wheel allows you to turn way, steer the vehicle so that it reaches the end of its travel and is 180 degrees without removing straddles the edge of the held against that position for an a hand. extended period of time, power pavement. The Antilock Brake System steering assist may be reduced. . 2. Turn the steering wheel about (ABS) allows steering while one-eighth of a turn, until the Normal use of the power steering braking. assist should return when the right front tire contacts the system cools down. pavement edge. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Driving and Operating 209 3. Turn the steering wheel to go If the vehicle starts to slide, follow Remember: Antilock brakes help straight down the roadway. these suggestions: avoid only the braking skid. . Ease your foot off the Loss of Control accelerator pedal and steer the Off-Road Driving Skidding way you want the vehicle to go. All-wheel-drive vehicles can be The vehicle may straighten out. used for off-road driving. Vehicles There are three types of skids that Be ready for a second skid if it without all-wheel drive and vehicles correspond to the vehicle's three occurs. not equipped with All Terrain (AT) or control systems: . Slow down and adjust your On-Off Road (OOR) tires must not . Braking Skid — wheels are not driving according to weather be driven off-road except on a level, rolling. conditions. Stopping distance solid surface. To contact the tire manufacturer for more information . Steering or Cornering Skid can be longer and vehicle — about the original equipment tires, too much speed or steering in a control can be affected when see the warranty manual. curve causes tires to slip and traction is reduced by water, lose cornering force. snow, ice, gravel, or other Controlling the vehicle is the key to material on the road. Learn to successful off-road driving. One of . Acceleration Skid too much — recognize warning clues — such the best ways to control the vehicle causes the driving as enough water, ice, or packed is to control the speed. wheels to spin. snow on the road to make a Defensive drivers avoid most skids mirrored surface — and slow { Warning by taking reasonable care suited to down when you have any doubt. existing conditions, and by not . Try to avoid sudden steering, When driving off-road, bouncing overdriving those conditions. But acceleration, or braking, and quick changes in direction skids are always possible. including reducing vehicle speed can easily throw you out of by shifting to a lower gear. Any position. This could cause you to sudden changes could cause lose control and crash. You and the tires to slide. your passengers should always wear seat belts. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

210 Driving and Operating Before Driving Off-Road Caution Warning (Continued) . Have all necessary maintenance and service work completed. Operating the vehicle for heaviest things should be . Fuel the vehicle, fill fluid levels, extended periods without the front on the floor, forward of the and check inflation pressure in fascia lower air dam installed can rear . all tires, including the spare, cause improper airflow to the . Heavy loads on the roof if equipped. engine. Reattach the front fascia raise the vehicle's center of air dam after off-road driving. . Read all the information about gravity, making it more likely all-wheel-drive vehicles in this to roll over. You can be manual. Loading the Vehicle for seriously or fatally injured if the vehicle rolls over. Put . Make sure all underbody Off-Road Driving heavy loads inside the shields, if equipped, are properly cargo area, not on the roof. attached. { Warning . Know the local laws that apply to . Unsecured cargo on the For more information about loading off-road driving. load floor can be tossed the vehicle, see Vehicle Load Limits To gain more ground clearance if about when driving over 0 217. needed, it may be necessary to rough terrain. You or your Environmental Concerns remove the front fascia lower air passengers can be struck dam. However, driving without the by flying objects. Secure the . Always use established trails, air dam reduces fuel economy. cargo properly. roads, and areas that have been set aside for public off-road . Keep cargo in the cargo recreational driving and obey all area as far forward and as posted regulations. low as possible. The (Continued) . Do not damage shrubs, flowers, trees, or grasses or disturb wildlife. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Driving and Operating 211 . Do not park over things that When driving on hills: . When driving down a hill, keep burn. See Parking over Things the vehicle headed straight 0 . Use a low gear and keep a firm That Burn 228. grip on the steering wheel. down. Use a low gear because the engine will work with the Driving on Hills . Maintain a slow speed. brakes to slow the vehicle and Driving safely on hills requires good . When possible, drive straight up help keep the vehicle under judgment and an understanding of or down the hill. control. what the vehicle can and cannot do. . Slow down when approaching the top of the hill. { Warning { Warning . Use headlamps even during the Heavy braking when going down Many hills are simply too steep day to make the vehicle more a hill can cause your brakes to for any vehicle. Driving up hills visible. overheat and fade. This could can cause the vehicle to stall. cause loss of control and you or Driving down hills can cause loss { Warning others could be injured or killed. of control. Driving across hills can Apply the brakes lightly when cause a rollover. You could be Driving to the top of a hill at high descending a hill and use a low injured or killed. Do not drive on speed can cause a crash. There gear to keep vehicle speed under steep hills. could be a drop-off, embankment, control. cliff, or even another vehicle. You could be seriously injured or If the vehicle stalls on a hill: Before driving on a hill, assess the killed. As you near the top of a steepness, traction, and hill, slow down and stay alert. 1. Apply the brakes to stop the obstructions. If the terrain ahead vehicle, and then apply the cannot be seen, get out of the parking brake. vehicle and walk the hill before . Never go downhill forward or driving further. backward with the transmission in N (Neutral). The brakes could overheat and you could lose control. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

212 Driving and Operating 2. Shift into P (Park) and then 3. If the vehicle cannot be . Hidden obstacles can make the restart the engine. restarted after stalling, set the steepness of the incline more . If driving uphill when the parking brake, shift into severe. If a rock is driven across vehicle stalls, shift to P (Park), and turn the with the uphill wheels, or if the R (Reverse), release the vehicle off. downhill wheels drop into a rut parking brake, and back 3.1. Leave the vehicle and or depression, the vehicle can tilt straight down. seek help. even more. . Never try to turn the vehicle 3.2. Stay clear of the path the . If an incline must be driven around. If the hill is steep vehicle would take if it across, and the vehicle starts to enough to stall the vehicle, rolled downhill. slide, turn downhill. This should it is steep enough to cause help straighten out the vehicle . Avoid turns that take the vehicle and prevent the side slipping. it to roll over. across the incline of the hill. . If you cannot make it up the A hill that can be driven straight { Warning hill, back straight down up or down might be too steep to the hill. drive across. Driving across an Getting out of the vehicle on the . Never back down a hill in incline puts more weight on the downhill side when stopped N (Neutral) using only the downhill wheels which could across an incline is dangerous. brake. cause a downhill slide or a If the vehicle rolls over, you could rollover. . The vehicle can roll be crushed or killed. Always get backward quickly and you . Surface conditions can be a out on the uphill side of the could lose control. problem. Loose gravel, muddy vehicle and stay well clear of the spots, or even wet grass can rollover path. . If driving downhill when the cause the tires to slip sideways, vehicle stalls, shift to a downhill. If the vehicle slips lower gear, release the sideways, it can hit something parking brake, and drive that will trip it – a rock, a rut, etc. straight down the hill. – and roll over. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Driving and Operating 213 Driving in Mud, Sand, Snow, or Ice Warning (Continued) Caution Use a low gear when driving in you and your passengers could Do not drive through standing mud – the deeper the mud, the drown. Drive your vehicle on safe water if it is deep enough to cover lower the gear. Keep the vehicle surfaces only. the wheel hubs, , or exhaust moving to avoid getting stuck. pipe. Deep water can damage the Traction changes when driving on Driving in Water axle and other vehicle parts. sand. On loose sand, such as on beaches or sand dunes, the tires { Warning If the standing water is not too deep, tend to sink into the sand. This drive through it slowly. At faster affects steering, accelerating, and Driving through rushing water can speeds, water can get into the braking. Drive at a reduced speed be dangerous. Deep water can engine and cause it to stall. Stalling and avoid sharp turns or abrupt sweep your vehicle downstream can occur if the exhaust pipe is maneuvers. and you and your passengers under water. Do not turn off the Traction is reduced on hard packed could drown. If it is only shallow ignition when driving through water. snow and ice and it is easy to lose water, it can still wash away the If the exhaust pipe is under water, control. Reduce vehicle speed when ground from under your tires. the engine will not start. When going through water, the brakes get wet, driving on hard packed snow Traction could be lost, and the and it might take longer to stop. See and ice. vehicle could roll over. Do not Driving on Wet Roads 0 214. drive through rushing water. { Warning After Off-Road Driving Driving on frozen lakes, ponds, Remove any brush or debris that or rivers can be dangerous. Ice has collected on the underbody or conditions vary greatly and the , or under the hood. These vehicle could fall through the ice; accumulations can be a fire hazard. (Continued) GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

214 Driving and Operating After operation in mud or sand, wet enough and you are going fast have the brake linings cleaned and { Warning enough. When the vehicle is checked. These substances can hydroplaning, it has little or no cause glazing and uneven braking. Wet brakes can cause crashes. contact with the road. They might not work as well in a Check the body structure, steering, There is no hard and fast rule about suspension, wheels, tires, and quick stop and could cause pulling to one side. You could hydroplaning. The best advice is to exhaust system for damage and slow down when the road is wet. check the fuel lines and cooling lose control of the vehicle. system for any leakage. After driving through a large Other Rainy Weather Tips More frequent maintenance service puddle of water or a car/vehicle Besides slowing down, other wet is required. See Maintenance wash, lightly apply the brake weather driving tips include: Schedule 0 375. pedal until the brakes work . Allow extra following distance. normally. . Pass with caution. Driving on Wet Roads Flowing or rushing water creates Rain and wet roads can reduce strong forces. Driving through . Keep windshield wiping vehicle traction and affect your flowing water could cause the equipment in good shape. ability to stop and accelerate. vehicle to be carried away. If this . Keep the windshield washer fluid Always drive slower in these types happens, you and other vehicle reservoir filled. of driving conditions and avoid occupants could drown. Do not driving through large puddles and . Have good tires with proper ignore police warnings and be tread depth. See Tires 0 319. deep-standing or flowing water. very cautious about trying to drive through flowing water. . Turn off cruise control. . Activate All-Wheel Drive (AWD) Hydroplaning mode. See Driver Mode Control 0 239. Hydroplaning is dangerous. Water can build up under the vehicle's tires so they actually ride on the water. This can happen if the road is GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Driving and Operating 215 Hill and Mountain Roads Winter Driving { Warning Driving on steep hills or through Driving on Snow or Ice mountains is different than driving Coasting downhill in N (Neutral) on flat or rolling terrain. Tips include: or with the ignition off is Snow or ice between the tires and dangerous. This can cause the road creates less traction or . Keep the vehicle serviced and in grip, so drive carefully. Wet ice can good shape. overheating of the brakes and loss of steering assist. Always occur at about 0 °C (32 °F) when freezing rain begins to fall. Avoid . Check all fluid levels and brakes, have the engine running and the driving on wet ice or in freezing rain tires, cooling system, and vehicle in gear. transmission. until roads can be treated. For Slippery Road Driving: . Shift to a lower gear when going . Drive at speeds that keep the down steep or long hills. vehicle in its own lane. Do not . Accelerate gently. Accelerating swing wide or cross the too quickly causes the wheels to { Warning center line. spin and makes the surface under the tires slick. Using the brakes to slow the . Be alert on top of hills; vehicle on a long downhill slope something could be in your lane . Turn on Traction Control. See can cause brake overheating, can (e.g., stalled car, crash). Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control 0 236. reduce brake performance, and . Pay attention to special road could result in a loss of braking. signs (e.g., falling rocks area, . The Antilock Brake System Shift the transmission to a lower winding roads, long grades, (ABS) improves vehicle stability gear to let the engine assist the passing or no-passing zones) during hard stops, but the brakes on a steep downhill slope. and take appropriate action. brakes should be applied sooner than when on dry pavement. See Antilock Brake System (ABS) 0 233. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

216 Driving and Operating . Allow greater following distance . Tie a red cloth to an outside and watch for slippery spots. Icy mirror. Warning (Continued) patches can occur on otherwise . Adjust the climate control clear roads in shaded areas. { Warning The surface of a curve or an system to circulate the air inside the vehicle and set overpass can remain icy when Snow can trap engine exhaust the fan speed to the highest the surrounding roads are clear. under the vehicle. This may setting. See “Climate Avoid sudden steering cause exhaust gases to get Control Systems.” maneuvers and braking while inside. Engine exhaust contains on ice. carbon monoxide (CO), which For more information about CO, 0 . Turn off cruise control. cannot be seen or smelled. It can see Engine Exhaust 228. cause unconsciousness and even . Select All-Wheel Drive (AWD) Mode for vehicles equipped with death. To save fuel, run the engine for AWD. Select Snow/Ice Mode for If the vehicle is stuck in snow: short periods to warm the vehicle FWD only vehicles. and then shut the engine off and . Clear snow from the base of See Driver Mode Control 0 239 partially close the window. Moving the vehicle, especially any and All-Wheel Drive 0 233. about to keep warm also helps. blocking the exhaust pipe. Blizzard Conditions If it takes time for help to arrive, . Open a window about 5 cm when running the engine, push the Stop the vehicle in a safe place and (2 in) on the vehicle side accelerator pedal slightly so the signal for help. Stay with the vehicle that is away from the wind, engine runs faster than the idle unless there is help nearby. to bring in fresh air. speed. This keeps the battery If possible, use Roadside . Fully open the air outlets on charged to restart the vehicle and to Assistance. See Roadside or under the instrument signal for help with the headlamps. 0 Assistance Program 394. To get panel. Do this as little as possible, to help and keep everyone in the save fuel. vehicle safe: (Continued) . Turn on the hazard warning flashers. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Driving and Operating 217 If the Vehicle Is Stuck Rocking the Vehicle to Get vehicle capacity weight and it Out includes the weight of all Slowly and cautiously spin the wheels to free the vehicle when Turn the steering wheel left and occupants, cargo, and all stuck in sand, mud, ice, or snow. right to clear the area around the nonfactory-installed options. front wheels. Turn off any traction Two labels on the vehicle may If stuck too severely for the traction system. Shift back and forth show how much weight it may system to free the vehicle, turn the between R (Reverse) and a low properly carry, the Tire and traction system off and use the forward gear, spinning the wheels rocking method. See Traction Loading Information label and as little as possible. To prevent Control/Electronic Stability Control the Certification/Tire label. transmission wear, wait until the 0 236. wheels stop spinning before shifting gears. Release the accelerator { Warning { Warning pedal while shifting, and press Do not load the vehicle any lightly on the accelerator pedal heavier than the Gross If the vehicle's tires spin at high when the transmission is in gear. speed, they can explode, and you Slowly spinning the wheels in the Vehicle Weight Rating or others could be injured. The forward and reverse directions (GVWR), or either the vehicle can overheat, causing an causes a rocking motion that could maximum front or rear Gross engine compartment fire or other free the vehicle. If that does not get Axle Weight Rating (GAWR). damage. Spin the wheels as little the vehicle out after a few tries, it This can cause systems to as possible and avoid going might need to be towed out. If the break and change the way the above 56 km/h (35 mph). vehicle does need to be towed out, vehicle handles. This could see Towing the Vehicle 0 359. cause loss of control and a Select All-Wheel Drive (AWD) crash. Overloading can also Mode. Vehicle Load Limits reduce stopping distance, See Driver Mode Control 0 239 and It is very important to know how damage the tires, and shorten All-Wheel Drive 0 233. much weight the vehicle can the life of the vehicle. carry. This weight is called the GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

218 Driving and Operating Tire and Loading Information tires (3) and the recommended 3. Subtract the combined Label cold tire inflation pressures (4). weight of the driver and For more information on tires passengers from XXX kg or and inflation see Tires 0 319 XXX lbs. 0 and Tire Pressure 326. 4. The resulting figure equals There is also important loading the available amount of information on the vehicle cargo and luggage load Certification/Tire label. It may capacity. For example, if the show the Gross Vehicle Weight "XXX" amount equals Rating (GVWR) and the Gross 1400 lbs. and there will be Axle Weight Rating (GAWR) for five 150 lb passengers in the front and rear axle. See your vehicle, the amount of “Certification/Tire Label” later in available cargo and luggage Example Label this section. load capacity is 650 lbs. A vehicle-specific Tire and Steps for Determining Correct (1400-750 (5 x 150) = “ 650 lbs.) Loading Information label is Load Limit– attached to the center pillar 1. Locate the statement "The 5. Determine the combined (B-pillar). The tire and loading combined weight of weight of luggage and cargo information label shows the occupants and cargo should being loaded on the vehicle. number of occupant seating never exceed XXX kg or That weight may not safely positions (1), and the maximum XXX lbs." on your vehicle’s exceed the available cargo vehicle capacity weight (2) in placard. and luggage load capacity kilograms and pounds. calculated in Step 4. 2. Determine the combined The Tire and Loading weight of the driver and 6. If your vehicle will be towing Information label also shows the passengers that will be a trailer, load from your size of the original equipment riding in your vehicle. trailer will be transferred to GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Driving and Operating 219 your vehicle. Consult this 2. Subtract Occupant manual to determine how Weight @ 68 kg (150 lbs) this reduces the available × 2 = 136 kg (300 lbs). cargo and luggage load 3. Available Occupant and capacity of your vehicle.” Cargo Weight = 317 kg See Trailer Towing 0 275 for (700 lbs). important information on towing a trailer, towing safety rules and trailering tips.

Example 3

1. Vehicle Capacity Weight for Example 3 = 453 kg (1,000 lbs). 2. Subtract Occupant Weight @ 91 kg Example 2 (200 lbs) × 5 = 453 kg 1. Vehicle Capacity Weight (1,000 lbs). for Example 2 = 453 kg 3. Available Cargo Weight Example 1 (1,000 lbs). = 0 kg (0 lbs). 1. Vehicle Capacity Weight 2. Subtract Occupant Refer to the vehicle's tire and for Example 1 = 453 kg Weight @ 68 kg (150 lbs) loading information label for (1,000 lbs). × 5 = 340 kg (750 lbs). specific information about the 3. Available Cargo Weight vehicle's capacity weight and = 113 kg (250 lbs). seating positions. The combined GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

220 Driving and Operating weight of the driver, passengers, Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR). and cargo should never exceed The GVWR includes the weight { Warning the vehicle's capacity weight. of the vehicle, all occupants, Things inside the vehicle can fuel, and cargo. Certification/Tire Label strike and injure people in a The Certification/Tire label may sudden stop or turn, or in a also show the maximum weights crash. for the front and rear axles, . Put things in the cargo called the Gross Axle Weight area of the vehicle. In the Rating (GAWR). To find out the cargo area, put them as actual loads on the front and far forward as possible. rear axles, weigh the vehicle at Try to spread the weight a weigh station. Your dealer can evenly. help with this. Be sure to spread the load equally on both sides of . Never stack heavier the centerline. things, like suitcases, inside the vehicle so that Label Example Caution some of them are above A vehicle-specific Certification/ the tops of the seats. Tire label is attached to the Overloading the vehicle may (Continued) center pillar (B-pillar). cause damage. Repairs would not be covered by the vehicle The label may show the size of warranty. Do not overload the the vehicle's original tires and vehicle. the inflation pressures needed to obtain the gross weight capacity of the vehicle. The label shows the gross weight capacity of the vehicle. This is called the Gross GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

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Warning (Continued) Starting and Caution (Continued) Operating . Do not leave an breaking-in guideline every time you get new brake unsecured child restraint New Vehicle Break-In linings. in the vehicle. Caution Following break-in, engine speed . Secure loose items in the and load can be gradually vehicle. The vehicle does not need an increased. . Do not leave a seat elaborate break-in. But it will folded down unless perform better in the long run if Ignition Positions needed. you follow these guidelines: . Do not drive at any one constant speed, fast or slow, for the first 800 km (500 mi). Do not make full-throttle starts. Avoid downshifting to brake or slow the vehicle. . Avoid making hard stops for the first 300 km (200 mi) or so. During this time the new brake linings are not yet broken in. Hard stops with new linings can mean premature wear and earlier The vehicle has an electronic replacement. Follow this keyless ignition with pushbutton (Continued) start. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

222 Driving and Operating The Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) When the vehicle is shifted into transmitter must be in the vehicle for P (Park), the ignition system will { Warning the system to operate. If the turn off. Turning off the vehicle while pushbutton start is not working, the Do not turn the engine off when the vehicle may be near a strong radio moving may cause loss of power vehicle is moving. This will cause a assist in the brake and steering antenna signal causing interference loss of power assist in the brake to the Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) systems and disable the airbags. and steering systems and disable While driving, only shut the system. See Remote Keyless Entry the airbags. (RKE) System Operation 0 29. vehicle off in an emergency. If the vehicle must be shut off in an To shift out of P (Park), the vehicle emergency: must be on and the brake pedal If the vehicle cannot be pulled over, must be applied. 1. Brake using a firm and steady and must be shut off while driving, pressure. Do not pump the press and hold ENGINE START/ Stopping the Engine/LOCK/ brakes repeatedly. This may STOP for longer than two seconds, OFF (No Indicator Lights) : When deplete power assist, requiring or press twice in five seconds. the vehicle is stopped, press increased brake pedal force. ENGINE START/STOP once to turn ACC/ACCESSORY (Amber the engine off. 2. Shift the vehicle to N (Neutral). Indicator Light) : This mode allows This can be done while the some electrical accessories to be If the vehicle is in P (Park), the vehicle is moving. After shifting used when the engine is off. ignition will turn off, and Retained to N (Neutral), firmly apply the With the ignition off, pressing the Accessory Power (RAP) will remain brakes and steer the vehicle to button one time without the brake active. See Retained Accessory a safe location. Power (RAP) 0 226. pedal applied will place the ignition 3. Come to a complete stop, shift system in ACC/ACCESSORY. If the vehicle is not in P (Park), the to P (Park), and turn the The ignition will switch from ACC/ ignition will return to ACC/ ignition off. ACCESSORY and display the ACCESSORY to off after message SHIFT TO PARK in the 4. Set the parking brake. See five minutes to prevent battery Driver Information Center (DIC). Electric Parking Brake 0 234. rundown. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Driving and Operating 223 ON/RUN/START (Green Indicator Starting the Engine Starting Procedure Light) : This mode is for driving and 1. With the Keyless Access starting. With the ignition off, and Move the shift lever to P (Park) or system, the RKE transmitter the brake pedal applied, pressing N (Neutral). The engine will not start must be in the vehicle. Press the button once will place the in any other position. To restart the ENGINE START/STOP with the ignition system in ON/RUN/START. engine when the vehicle is already brake pedal applied. When the Once engine cranking begins, moving, use N (Neutral) only. engine begins cranking, let go release the button. Engine cranking of the button. will continue until the engine starts. Caution See Starting the Engine 0 223. The The idle speed will go down as ignition will then remain in ON/RUN. Do not try to shift to P (Park) if the the engine gets warm. Do not vehicle is moving. If you do, you race the engine immediately Service Mode could damage the transmission. after starting it. This power mode is available for Shift to P (Park) only when the If the RKE transmitter is not in service and diagnostics, and to vehicle is stopped. the vehicle, if there is verify the proper operation of the interference, or if the RKE malfunction indicator lamp as may battery is low, the Driver be required for emission inspection Caution Information Center (DIC) will purposes. With the vehicle off, and display a message. the brake pedal not applied, pressing and holding the button for If you add electrical parts or more than five seconds will place accessories, you could change Caution the vehicle in Service Mode. The the way the engine operates. Any Cranking the engine for long instruments and audio systems will resulting damage would not be periods of time, by returning the operate as they do in ON/RUN, but covered by the vehicle warranty. the vehicle will not be able to be See Add-On Electrical Equipment ignition to the START position driven. The engine will not start in 0 283. immediately after cranking has Service Mode. Press the button ended, can overheat and damage again to turn the vehicle off. the cranking motor, and drain the (Continued) GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

224 Driving and Operating and transmission gently until AUTO STOP. See Tachometer Caution (Continued) the oil warms up and lubricates 0 131. When the brake pedal is all moving parts. released or the accelerator pedal is battery. Wait at least 15 seconds pressed, the engine will restart. between each try, to let the Stop/Start System cranking motor cool down. To maintain vehicle performance, If equipped, the Stop/Start system other conditions may cause the will shut off the engine to help engine to automatically restart 2. If the engine does not start conserve fuel. It has components before the brake pedal is released. after five to 10 seconds, designed for the increased number Auto Stops may not occur and/or especially in very cold weather of starts. (below −18 °C or 0 °F), it could auto restarts may occur because: be flooded with too much . The climate control settings gasoline. Try pushing the { Warning require the engine to be running accelerator pedal all the way to to cool or heat the vehicle The automatic engine Stop/Start the floor and holding it there as interior. you press ENGINE START/ feature causes the engine to shut . The vehicle battery charge STOP, for up to a maximum of off while the vehicle is still on. Do is low. 15 seconds. Wait at least not exit the vehicle before shifting 15 seconds between each try, to P (Park). The vehicle may . The vehicle battery has recently to allow the cranking motor to restart and move unexpectedly. been disconnected. Always shift to P (Park), and then cool down. When the engine . Minimum vehicle speed has not turn the ignition off before exiting starts, let go of the button and been reached since the last the accelerator. If the vehicle the vehicle. Auto Stop starts briefly but then stops . The accelerator pedal is again, do the same thing. This Auto Engine Stop/Start clears the extra gasoline from pressed. the engine. Do not race the When the brakes are applied and . The engine or transmission is engine immediately after the vehicle is at a complete stop, not at the required operating starting it. Operate the engine the engine may turn off. When temperature. stopped, the tachometer displays GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Driving and Operating 225 . The outside temperature is not 2. Open the hood and unwrap the in the required operating range. { Warning electrical cord. The bundled cord is on the driver side of the . The vehicle is in any gear other Do not plug in the engine block than D (Drive). engine compartment, in front of heater while the vehicle is parked the battery. See Engine . Tow/Haul Mode or other driver in a garage or under a carport. Compartment Overview 0 288. modes have been selected. Property damage or personal injury may result. Always park the Check the heater cord for . The vehicle is on a steep hill or vehicle in a clear open area away damage. If it is damaged, do grade. not use it. See your dealer for from buildings or structures. . The driver door has been a replacement. Inspect the opened or driver seat belt has cord for damage yearly. been unbuckled. To Use the Engine Heater 3. Plug the cord into a normal, . The hood has been opened. 1. Turn off the engine. grounded 110-volt AC outlet. . The Auto Stop has reached the maximum allowed time. { Warning Improper use of the heater cord Engine Heater or an extension cord can damage The engine heater can provide the cord and may result in easier starting and better fuel overheating and fire. economy during engine warm-up in . Plug the cord into a cold weather conditions at or below three-prong electrical utility 0 °F (−18 °C). Vehicles with an receptacle that is protected engine heater should be plugged in by a ground fault detection at least four hours before starting. Some models may have an internal (Continued) thermostat in the cord which will prevent engine heater operation at temperatures above 0 °F (−18 °C). GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

226 Driving and Operating Retained Accessory Warning (Continued) Warning (Continued) Power (RAP) function. An ungrounded vehicle. Possible heater Some vehicle accessories may be outlet could cause an cord and thermostat used after the ignition is turned off. electric shock. damage could occur. The power windows and sunroof, . Use a weatherproof, . While in use, do not let the if equipped, will continue to work for heavy-duty, 15 amp-rated heater cord touch vehicle up to 10 minutes or until any door is extension cord if needed. parts or sharp edges. Never opened. Failure to use the close the hood on the recommended extension heater cord. The infotainment system will continue to work for 10 minutes, cord in good operating . Before starting the vehicle, until the driver door is opened, condition, or using a unplug the cord, reattach or until the ignition is turned on or damaged heater or the cover to the plug, and placed in ACC/ACCESSORY. extension cord, could make securely fasten the cord. it overheat and cause a fire, Keep the cord away from property damage, electric any moving parts. Shifting Into Park shock, and injury. 1. Hold the brake pedal down and . Do not operate the vehicle 4. Before starting the engine, be set the parking brake. See with the heater cord 0 sure to unplug and store the Electric Parking Brake 234. permanently attached to the cord as it was before to keep it 2. Move the shift lever into (Continued) away from moving engine P (Park) by holding in the parts. If you do not, it could be button on the shift lever and damaged. pushing the shift lever all the The length of time the heater should way toward the front of the remain plugged in depends on vehicle. several factors. Ask a dealer in the 3. Turn the ignition off. area where you will be parking the vehicle for the best advice on this. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Driving and Operating 227 Leaving the Vehicle with the If you have to leave the vehicle with If torque lock does occur, your Engine Running the engine running, be sure the vehicle may need to be pushed vehicle is in P (Park) and the uphill by another vehicle to relieve { Warning parking brake is firmly set before the parking pawl pressure, so you you leave it. After you have moved can shift out of P (Park). It can be dangerous to leave the the shift lever into P (Park), hold the vehicle with the engine running. regular brake pedal down. Then, Shifting out of Park It could overheat and catch fire. see if you can move the shift lever away from P (Park) without first The vehicle is equipped with an It is dangerous to get out of the pressing the button. electronic shift lock release system. vehicle if the shift lever is not fully The shift lock release is designed to If you can, it means that the shift in P (Park) with the parking brake prevent movement of the shift lever lever was not fully locked in firmly set. The vehicle can roll. out of P (Park), unless the ignition is P (Park). on or in ACC/ACCESSORY, and the Do not leave the vehicle when the Torque Lock regular brake pedal is applied. engine is running. If you have left The shift lock release is always the engine running, the vehicle Torque lock is when the weight of the vehicle puts too much force on functional except in the case of an can move suddenly. You or others uncharged or low voltage (less than the parking pawl in the could be injured. To be sure the 9-volt) battery. vehicle will not move, even when transmission. This happens when you are on fairly level ground, parking on a hill and shifting the If the vehicle has an uncharged always set the parking brake and transmission into P (Park) is not battery or a battery with low voltage, move the shift lever to P (Park). done properly and then it is difficult try charging or jump starting the battery. See Jump Starting - North See Shifting Into Park 0 226. to shift out of P (Park). To prevent torque lock, set the parking brake America 0 356 for more information. If you are towing a trailer, see and then shift into P (Park). To find Driving Characteristics and To shift out of P (Park): 0 out how, see “Shifting Into Park” Towing Tips 271. listed previously. 1. Turn the ignition on. 2. Apply the brake pedal. 3. Press the shift lever button. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

228 Driving and Operating 4. Move the shift lever to the Extended Parking Engine Exhaust desired position. It is best not to park with the vehicle If you still are unable to shift out of running. If the vehicle is left running, { Warning P (Park): be sure it will not move and there is 1. Fully release the shift lever adequate ventilation. Engine exhaust contains carbon monoxide (CO), which cannot be button. See Shifting Into Park 0 226 and seen or smelled. Exposure to CO 2. While holding down the brake Engine Exhaust 0 228. can cause unconsciousness and pedal, press the shift lever If the vehicle is left parked and even death. button again. running with the RKE transmitter 3. Move the shift lever to the outside the vehicle, it will continue Exhaust may enter the vehicle if: desired position. to run for up to half an hour. . The vehicle idles in areas If you still cannot move the shift If the vehicle is left parked and with poor ventilation lever from P (Park), see your dealer. running with the RKE transmitter (parking garages, tunnels, inside the vehicle, it will continue to deep snow that may block run for up to an hour. underbody airflow or tail Parking over Things pipes). That Burn The vehicle could turn off sooner if it is parked on a hill, due to lack of . The exhaust smells or sounds strange or different. { Warning available fuel. The timer will reset if the vehicle is . The exhaust system leaks Things that can burn could touch taken out of P (Park) while it is due to corrosion or damage. hot exhaust parts under the running. . The vehicle exhaust system vehicle and ignite. Do not park has been modified, over papers, leaves, dry grass, damaged, or improperly or other things that can burn. repaired. (Continued) GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Driving and Operating 229 Running the Vehicle Warning (Continued) Automatic While Parked Transmission . There are holes or openings It is better not to park with the in the vehicle body from engine running. damage or aftermarket modifications that are not If the vehicle is left with the engine completely sealed. running, follow the proper steps to be sure the vehicle will not move. If unusual fumes are detected or See Shifting Into Park 0 226 and if it is suspected that exhaust is Engine Exhaust 0 228. coming into the vehicle: If parking on a hill and pulling a . Drive it only with the trailer, see Driving Characteristics windows completely down. and Towing Tips 0 271. . Have the vehicle repaired immediately. Never park the vehicle with the engine running in an enclosed P: This position locks the drive area such as a garage or a wheels. Use P (Park) when starting building that has no fresh air the engine because the vehicle ventilation. cannot move easily.

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It is dangerous to get out of the vehicle if the shift lever is not fully in P (Park) with the parking brake firmly set. The vehicle can roll. (Continued) GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

230 Driving and Operating lever button and move the shift lever Warning (Continued) into another gear. See Shifting out { Warning of Park 0 227. Do not leave the vehicle when the Shifting into a drive gear while the engine is running. If you have left R: Use this gear to back up. engine is running at high speed is the engine running, the vehicle dangerous. Unless your foot is can move suddenly. You or others Caution firmly on the brake pedal, the could be injured. To be sure the vehicle could move very rapidly. vehicle will not move, even when Shifting to R (Reverse) while the You could lose control and hit you are on fairly level ground, vehicle is moving forward could people or objects. Do not shift always set the parking brake and damage the transmission. The into a drive gear while the engine move the shift lever to P (Park). repairs would not be covered by is running at high speed. See Shifting Into Park 0 226 and the vehicle warranty. Shift to Driving Characteristics and R (Reverse) only after the vehicle Towing Tips 0 271. is stopped. Caution

Make sure the shift lever is fully in To rock the vehicle back and forth to Shifting out of P (Park) or P (Park) before starting the engine. get out of snow, ice, or sand without N (Neutral) with the engine The vehicle has an automatic damaging the transmission, see If 0 running at high speed may transmission shift lock control the Vehicle Is Stuck 217. damage the transmission. The system. With the ignition on fully N: In this position, the engine does repairs would not be covered by apply the regular brake, then press not connect with the wheels. To the vehicle warranty. Be sure the the button on the back of the shift restart the engine when the vehicle engine is not running at high lever before shifting from P (Park). is already moving, use speed when shifting the vehicle. If you cannot shift out of P (Park), N (Neutral) only. ease pressure on the shift lever, then push the shift lever all the way into P (Park) as you maintain brake application. Then press the shift GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Driving and Operating 231 designed to improve fuel economy Manual Mode Caution and performance. Use the brake to hold the vehicle on a hill. Do not use Electronic Range Select A transmission hot message may the accelerator pedal. (ERS) Mode display if the automatic transmission fluid is too hot. L: This position gives you access ERS mode allows you to choose the Driving under this condition can to gear ranges. This provides more top-gear limit of the transmission damage the vehicle. Stop and idle but lower fuel and the vehicle's speed while the engine to cool the automatic economy than D (Drive). You can driving downhill or towing a trailer. use it on very steep hills, or in deep transmission fluid. This message The vehicle has an electronic shift snow or mud. See Manual Mode position indicator within the clears when the transmission fluid 0 231. instrument cluster. When using the has cooled sufficiently. Operating Modes : The ERS mode a number will display transmission may operate in a lower next to the L, indicating the highest D: This position is for normal gear than normal to improve vehicle gear available for the range driving. If more power is needed for performance. The engine speed selected. passing, press the accelerator may be higher and there may be an pedal down. increase in noise during the following conditions: Caution . When climbing a grade. If the vehicle does not shift gears, . When driving downhill. the transmission could be . When driving in hot damaged. Have the vehicle temperatures, or at high altitude. serviced right away.

If the vehicle is stopped on a hill, with your foot off the brake pedal, the vehicle may roll. This is normal and is due to the GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

232 Driving and Operating To use this feature: The transmission will not shift into Automatic Engine Grade Braking is 1. Press the shift lever button and 5 (Fifth) until the + (Plus) button is not available when the ERS is move the shift lever to used or you shift back into D (Drive). active. It is available in D (Drive) for L (Manual Mode). If the transmission is in 6 (Sixth) both normal driving and Tow/Haul Mode. While using the ERS, cruise 2. Press + (Plus) or − (Minus) on gear when L (Manual Mode) is selected, a downshift to 4 (Fourth) control and the Tow/Haul Mode can the shift lever to increase or be used. See Tow/Haul Mode 0 232. decrease the gear range will be commanded. If in 5 (Fifth) available. through 2 (Second) a single downshift will occur. Tow/Haul Mode When you shift from D (Drive) to See Driver Mode Control 0 239. L (Manual Mode), the transmission While in L (Manual Mode), the will shift to a pre-determined lower transmission will prevent shifting to gear range. The highest gear a lower gear range if the engine available for this pre-determined speed is too high. You have a brief range is displayed next to the L in period of time to slow the vehicle. the DIC. If vehicle speed is not reduced See Driver Information Center (DIC) within the time allowed, the lower (Base and Midlevel) 0 145 or Driver gear range shift will not be Information Center (DIC) (Uplevel) completed. You must further slow 0 148. The number displayed in the the vehicle, then press − (Minus) to DIC is the highest gear that the the desired lower gear range. transmission will be allowed to operate in. This means that all gears below that number are available. For example, when 4 (Fourth) is shown next to the L, 1 (First) through 4 (Fourth) gears are automatically shifted by the vehicle. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Driving and Operating 233 Drive Systems Brakes If driving safely on a wet road and it becomes necessary to slam on the brakes and continue braking to All-Wheel Drive Antilock Brake avoid a sudden obstacle, a Vehicles with this feature can System (ABS) computer senses the wheels are slowing down. If one of the wheels operate in AWD Mode. See Driver This vehicle has an Antilock Brake 0 is about to stop rolling, the computer Mode Control 239. System (ABS), an advanced will separately work the brakes at electronic braking system that helps each wheel. prevent a braking skid. ABS can change the brake pressure When the vehicle begins to drive to each wheel, as required, faster away, ABS checks itself. than any driver could. This can help A momentary motor or clicking noise you steer around the obstacle while may be heard while this test is going braking hard. on, and it may even be noticed that the brake pedal moves a little. This As the brakes are applied, the is normal. computer keeps receiving updates on wheel speed and controls braking pressure accordingly. Remember: ABS does not change the time needed to get a foot up to the brake pedal or always decrease stopping distance. If you get too close to the vehicle in front of you, If there is a problem with ABS, this there will not be enough time to warning light stays on. See Antilock apply the brakes if that vehicle Brake System (ABS) Warning Light suddenly slows or stops. Always 0 139. leave enough room up ahead to stop, even with ABS. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

234 Driving and Operating Using ABS The vehicle has an Electric Parking The Y or PARK light will flash and Brake (EPB). The EPB can always Do not pump the brakes. Just hold then stay on once the EPB is fully be activated, even if the ignition is the brake pedal down firmly and let applied. If the Y or PARK light off. To prevent draining the battery, ABS work. You may hear the ABS avoid repeated cycles of the EPB flashes continuously, then the EPB pump or motor operating and feel system when the engine is not is only partially applied or there is a the brake pedal pulsate. This is running. problem with the EPB. A DIC normal. message will display. Release the Y EPB and try to apply it again. If the Braking in Emergencies The system has a or PARK Electric Parking Brake light, and a 8 light does not come on, or keeps ABS allows you to steer and brake Service Parking Brake light or flashing, have the vehicle serviced. at the same time. In many message. Do not drive the vehicle if the Y or emergencies, steering can help See Electric Parking Brake Light PARK light is flashing. See your more than even the very best 0 139 and Service Electric Parking dealer. See Electric Parking Brake braking. Brake Light (Uplevel and Midlevel Light 0 139. Cluster Only) 0 139. Electric Parking Brake If the 8 light or message is on, Before leaving the vehicle, check for press the EPB switch and hold it. the Y or PARK light to ensure that Continue to hold the switch until the parking brake is applied. the Y or PARK light remains on. EPB Apply If the 8 light or message remains on, see your dealer. To apply the EPB: If the EPB is applied while the 1. Be sure the vehicle is at a vehicle is moving, the vehicle will complete stop. decelerate as long as the switch is 2. Press the EPB switch pressed. If the switch is pressed momentarily. until the vehicle comes to a stop, the EPB will remain applied. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Driving and Operating 235 The vehicle may automatically apply PARK light is off. If either light stays stability system the EPB in some situations when on after release is attempted, see control module to supplement the the vehicle is not moving. This is your dealer. power brake system under normal, and is done to periodically conditions where the driver has check the correct operation of the Caution quickly and forcefully applied the EPB system. brake pedal in an attempt to quickly If the EPB fails to apply, block the Driving with the parking brake on stop or slow down the vehicle. The rear wheels to prevent vehicle can overheat the brake system stability system hydraulic brake movement. and cause premature wear or control module increases brake damage to brake system parts. pressure at each corner of the EPB Release Make sure that the parking brake vehicle until the ABS activates. Minor brake pedal pulsation or To release the EPB: is fully released and the brake warning light is off before driving. pedal movement during this time is 1. Turn the ignition on or to ACC/ normal and the driver should ACCESSORY. continue to apply the brake pedal as 2. Apply and hold the brake Automatic EPB Release the driving situation dictates. The pedal. The EPB will automatically release if Brake Assist feature will the vehicle is running, placed into automatically disengage when the 3. Press the EPB switch brake pedal is released or brake momentarily. gear, and an attempt is made to drive away. Avoid rapid acceleration pedal pressure is quickly decreased. The EPB is released when the Y when the EPB is applied, to preserve parking life. or PARK light is off. Hill Start Assist (HSA) If the 8 light or message is on, Brake Assist Hill Start Assist (HSA) will activate release the EPB by pressing and The Brake Assist feature is when the vehicle is stopped on a holding the EPB switch. Continue to moderate to steep grade to help hold the switch until the Y or designed to assist the driver in stopping or decreasing vehicle prevent it from rolling in an speed in emergency driving unintended direction. After the brake conditions. This feature uses the pedal has been released and before GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

236 Driving and Operating the accelerator pedal has been If Standard Hold is selected, it will Ride Control Systems pressed, HSA uses braking hold the vehicle for two seconds pressure to hold the vehicle unless the driver door is opened or stationary. If HSA is holding the the driver seat belt is unbuckled Traction Control/ vehicle, a DIC message displays. after releasing the brake pedal. Electronic Stability HSA will not activate in a forward If Extended Hold is selected, it will Control drive gear when facing downhill, hold the vehicle for five minutes or in R (Reverse) when facing uphill. unless the driver door is opened System Operation and the driver seat belt is unbuckled Select the duration of the HSA The vehicle has a Traction Control prior to releasing the brake pedal. feature through vehicle System (TCS) and StabiliTrak/ When deactivated after five minutes, personalization. See ”Extended Hill Electronic Stability Control (ESC), or if it is deactivated when the driver Start Assist” under “Comfort and an electronic stability control seat belt is unlatched or the driver Convenience” in Vehicle system. These systems help limit door is opened, the Electric Parking Personalization 0 152. When wheel spin and assist the driver in Brake will engage to prevent vehicle Standard Hold is selected, the maintaining control, especially on movement. vehicle is held stationary for up to slippery road conditions. two seconds after the brake pedal is TCS activates if it senses that any released. When Extended Hold is of the drive wheels are spinning or selected, the vehicle is held beginning to lose traction. When this stationary for up to five minutes happens, TCS applies the brakes to after the brake pedal is released. In the spinning wheels and reduces either case, override the hold engine power to limit wheel spin. feature by pressing the accelerator pedal and attempting to drive away. StabiliTrak/ESC activates when the vehicle senses a difference between the intended path and the direction the vehicle is actually traveling. StabiliTrak/ESC selectively applies braking pressure to any one of the GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Driving and Operating 237 vehicle wheel brakes to assist the 2. Turn the engine off and wait driver in keeping the vehicle on the 15 seconds. intended path. 3. Start the engine. If cruise control is being used and 4. Drive the vehicle. TCS or StabiliTrak/ESC begins to limit wheel spin, cruise control will If d comes on and stays on, the disengage. Cruise control may be The indicator light for both systems vehicle may need more time to turned back on when road is in the instrument cluster. This diagnose the problem. If the conditions allow. TCS and light will: condition persists, see your dealer. StabiliTrak/ESC will automatically . Flash when TCS is limiting Turning the Systems Off turn on when cruise control is set. wheel spin and On Both systems come on . Flash when StabiliTrak/ESC is automatically when the vehicle is activated started and begins to move. The systems may be heard or felt while . Turn on and stay on when either they are operating or while system is not working performing diagnostic checks. This If either system fails to turn on or to is normal and does not mean there activate, a message may display in is a problem with the vehicle. the Driver Information Center (DIC), It is recommended to leave both and d comes on and stays on to systems on for normal driving indicate that the system is inactive conditions, but it may be necessary and is not assisting the driver in to turn TCS off if the vehicle gets maintaining control. The vehicle is stuck in sand, mud, ice, or snow. safe to drive, but driving should be See If the Vehicle Is Stuck 0 217 adjusted accordingly. and “Turning the Systems Off and d On” later in this section. If comes on and stays on: 1. Stop the vehicle. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

238 Driving and Operating To turn TCS and StabiliTrak/ESC on Caution again, press and release g. The Do not repeatedly brake or Traction Off light i and StabiliTrak/ accelerate heavily when TCS is ESC OFF light g in the instrument off. The vehicle driveline could be cluster turn off. damaged. Adding accessories can affect the A blinking HDC light indicates the vehicle performance. See system is actively applying the To turn off only TCS, press and Accessories and Modifications brakes to maintain vehicle speed. 0 release g. The Traction Off light i 286. HDC can maintain vehicle speeds displays in the instrument cluster between 3 and 22 km/h (2 and and a DIC message may display. Hill Descent 14 mph) on an incline greater than To turn TCS on again, press and Control (HDC) or equal to a 10% grade. release g. The Traction Off light i If equipped, HDC can be used when When HDC is activated, the initial displayed in the instrument cluster driving downhill. It sets and HDC speed is set to the current will turn off. maintains vehicle speed while driving speed. It can be increased or descending a very steep incline in a decreased by pressing the RES+ or If TCS is limiting wheel spin when g forward or reverse gear. SET– steering wheel controls or by is pressed, the system will not turn applying the accelerator or brake The HDC switch is on the center off until the wheels stop spinning. pedal. This adjusted speed console, behind the transmission becomes the new set speed. To turn off both TCS and StabiliTrak/ shift lever. ESC, press and hold g until the HDC will remain enabled between Press 5 to enable or disable HDC. Traction Off light i and StabiliTrak/ 22 and 60 km/h (14 and 37 mph); Vehicle speed must be below however vehicle speed cannot be ESC OFF light g come on and stay 50 km/h (31 mph). set or maintained in this range. on in the instrument cluster. A DIC It will automatically disable if the message may display. vehicle speed is above 80 km/h GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Driving and Operating 239 (50 mph) or above 60 km/h 4 AWD (AWD Only) : AWD Mode (37 mph) for at least 30 seconds. provides drive torque to all four Press 5 again to re-enable HDC. wheels. Select AWD to improve traction and control on slippery road Driver Mode Control surfaces, such as gravel, sand, wet pavement, snow, and ice. When in If equipped, the Driver Mode Control AWD Mode, the AWD Mode has the following Modes: Tour indicator will be on. The AWD Mode (FWD), Sport, All-Wheel Drive will stay selected until the mode is (AWD), Snow/Ice, Tow/Haul, and changed. Off-Road. Rotate the Driver Mode Control knob on the center console AWD is active in AWD, Sport, Tow/ Haul, and Off-Road Modes. to make a mode selection. Continue Driver Mode Control Knob turning the knob through the Sport, Tow/Haul, and Off-Road available modes. The selected 5 or q Tour (FWD) : Vehicle is Modes are cancelled with each mode’s icon will light up on in Tour (FWD) Mode. Use this mode ignition cycle and will return to Tour the knob. during normal driving conditions. (FWD) Mode. See Driving for Better Fuel If the vehicle is in Tour (FWD) or Economy 0 26. Tour (FWD) Mode When using a compact spare tire on AWD, it will stay in that mode operates in Front-Wheel Drive to an AWD vehicle, the system through future ignition cycles. If the improve fuel economy. automatically detects the compact vehicle is in any other mode, it will spare and reduces AWD revert back to Tour (FWD) when the 8 Sport : Sport Mode improves performance to protect the system. vehicle is restarted. vehicle handling and acceleration To restore full AWD operation and on dry pavement. When active, prevent excessive wear on the Sport Mode modifies steering system, replace the compact spare efforts, transmission shifting, AWD with a full-size tire as soon as torque, and suspension tuning possible. See Compact Spare Tire (when properly equipped). For AWD 0 355. vehicles, choosing Sport Mode also engages AWD Mode. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

240 Driving and Operating 6 Snow/Ice (FWD Only) : Snow/ While in the Electronic Range Cruise Control Ice Mode improves vehicle Select (ERS) mode, grade braking acceleration on snow and ice is deactivated, allowing the driver to covered roads. select a range and limiting the { Warning _ highest gear available. Grade Tow/Haul : This feature can braking is available for normal Cruise control can be dangerous assist when towing or hauling a driving and in Tow/Haul Mode. where you cannot drive safely at heavy load. Use this mode to assist a steady speed. Do not use 0 in maintaining desired vehicle See Automatic Transmission 229. cruise control on winding roads or speeds when driving on downhill 7 Off-Road (AWD Only) : Use in heavy traffic. grades by using the engine and this mode for off-road recreational Cruise control can be dangerous transmission. For AWD vehicles, driving. Choosing Off-Road Mode on slippery roads. On such roads, choosing Tow/Haul Mode also also engages AWD Mode. For more fast changes in tire traction can engages AWD mode. See Driving information on Off-Road Mode, see Characteristics and Towing Tips Off-Road Driving 0 209. cause excessive wheel slip, and 0 271. you could lose control. Do not use cruise control on slippery roads. Automatic Engine Grade Braking

Automatic Engine Grade Braking With cruise control, a speed of assists when driving downhill. about 40 km/h (25 mph) or more can It maintains vehicle speed by be maintained without keeping your automatically implementing a shift foot on the accelerator. Cruise pattern that uses the engine and the control does not work at speeds transmission to slow the vehicle. below about 40 km/h (25 mph). The system will automatically command downshifts to reduce If the StabiliTrak/Electronic Stability vehicle speed. The normal shift Control (ESC) system begins to limit pattern will return once the vehicle wheel spin while using cruise is on a low grade or when the control, the cruise control accelerator pedal is pressed. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Driving and Operating 241 automatically disengages. See J : Press to turn the system on 3. Press and release SET−. The Traction Control/Electronic Stability and off. A white indicator appears in desired set speed briefly Control 0 236. If a collision alert the instrument cluster when cruise appears in the instrument occurs when cruise control is is turned on. cluster. activated, cruise control is RES+ : If there is a set speed in 4. Remove your foot from the disengaged. See Forward Collision accelerator. Alert (FCA) System 0 257. When memory, press briefly to resume to road conditions allow the cruise that speed or press and hold to When the cruise control has been control to be safely used, cruise accelerate. If the cruise control is set to the desired speed, a green control can be turned back on. already active, use to increase cruise control indicator appears on vehicle speed. the instrument cluster. Turning off the TCS or StabiliTrak/ ESC system will disengage the SET− : Press briefly to set the Resuming a Set Speed cruise control. speed and activate cruise control. If the cruise control is already If the cruise control is set at a If the brakes are applied, cruise active, use to decrease vehicle desired speed and then the brakes control disengages. speed. are applied or * is pressed, the * : Press to disengage cruise cruise control is disengaged without control without erasing the set erasing the set speed from memory. speed from memory. Once the vehicle speed reaches about 40 km/h (25 mph) or more, Setting Cruise Control press RES+ briefly. The vehicle If J is on when not in use, SET− or returns to the previous set speed. RES+ could get pressed and go into cruise when not desired. Keep J off when cruise is not being used. 1. Press J. 2. Get up to the desired speed. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

242 Driving and Operating Increasing Speed While Using . To decrease the vehicle speed in you might have to step on the Cruise Control small increments, briefly press accelerator pedal to maintain your If the cruise control system is SET−. For each press, the speed. While on a hill, the already activated: vehicle goes about 1 km/h transmission may downshift in order (1 mph) slower. to use engine braking to slow the . Press and hold RES+ up until The speedometer reading can be vehicle and maintain the set speed. the desired speed is reached, Also, you may have to brake or shift then release it. displayed in either English or metric units. See Instrument Cluster 0 127. to a lower gear to keep your speed . To increase vehicle speed in The increment value used depends down. If the brake pedal is applied, small increments, briefly press on the units displayed. cruise control disengages. RES+. For each press, the Ending Cruise Control vehicle goes about 1 km/h Passing Another Vehicle While (1 mph) faster. Using Cruise Control There are four ways to end cruise control: The speedometer reading can be Use the accelerator pedal to displayed in either English or metric increase the vehicle speed. When . Step lightly on the brake pedal. 0 you take your foot off the pedal, the units. See Instrument Cluster 127. . Press *. The increment value used depends vehicle will slow down to the on the units displayed. previous set cruise speed. . Shift the transmission to N (Neutral). Reducing Speed While Using While pressing the accelerator pedal Cruise Control or shortly following the release to . Press J. override cruise, briefly applying SET If the cruise control system is − will result in cruise set to the Erasing Speed Memory already activated: current vehicle speed. The cruise control set speed is . Press and hold SET− until the Using Cruise Control on Hills erased from memory if J is desired lower speed is reached, pressed or if the ignition is then release it. How well the cruise control will work on hills depends upon the vehicle turned off. speed, load, and the steepness of the hills. When going up steep hills, GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Driving and Operating 243 Adaptive Cruise Control conditions allow ACC to be safely used, the ACC can be turned { Warning If equipped with Adaptive Cruise back on. Control (ACC), it allows the driver to ACC will not detect or brake for select the cruise control set speed Turning off the TCS or StabiliTrak/ children, pedestrians, animals, and following gap. Read this entire ESC system will disengage the or other objects. cruise control. section before using this system. Do not use ACC when: The following gap is the following time between your vehicle and a { Warning . On winding and hilly roads vehicle detected directly ahead in or when the sensors are your path, moving in the same ACC has limited braking ability blocked by snow, ice, or dirt. direction. If no vehicle is detected in and may not have time to slow The system may not detect your path, ACC works like regular the vehicle down enough to avoid a vehicle ahead. Keep the cruise control. ACC uses camera a collision with another vehicle entire front of the vehicle and radar sensors. See Radio you are following. This can occur clean. 0 Frequency Statement 400. when vehicles suddenly slow or . Visibility is low, such as in If a vehicle is detected in your path, stop ahead, or enter your lane. fog, rain, or snow ACC can apply acceleration or Also see “Alerting the Driver” in conditions. ACC limited, moderate braking to this section. Complete attention is performance is limited under maintain the selected following gap. always required while driving and these conditions. you should be ready to take To disengage ACC, apply the brake. . On slippery roads where If ACC is controlling your vehicle action and apply the brakes. See fast changes in tire traction 0 speed when the Traction Control Defensive Driving 207. can cause excessive System (TCS) or StabiliTrak/ wheel slip. Electronic Stability Control (ESC) system activates, the ACC may automatically disengage. See Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control 0 236. When road GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

244 Driving and Operating already activated. To decrease When ACC is engaged, a green ] speed by 1 km/h (1 mph), press SET indicator will be lit on the instrument − to the first detent. To decrease cluster. When the regular cruise speed to the next 5 km/h (5 mph) control is engaged, a green mark on the speedometer, press J SET− to the second detent. indicator will be lit on the instrument cluster. * : Press to disengage ACC without erasing the selected set When the vehicle is turned on, the speed. cruise control mode will be set to the last mode used before the [ : Press to select a following gap vehicle was turned off. time (or distance) setting for ACC of Far, Medium, or Near. { Warning J : Press to turn the system on or Switching Between ACC and off. The indicator turns white on the Regular Cruise Control Always check the cruise control instrument cluster when ACC is indicator on the instrument cluster To switch between ACC and regular turned on. to determine which mode cruise cruise control, press and hold *. control is in before using the RES+ : Press briefly to resume the A Driver Information Display (DIC) previous set speed or to increase feature. If ACC is not active, the message displays. See Vehicle vehicle will not automatically vehicle speed if ACC is already Messages 0 151. activated. To increase speed by brake for other vehicles, which 1 km/h (1 mph), press RES+ to the could cause a crash if the brakes first detent. To increase speed to the are not applied manually. You and next 5 km/h (5 mph) mark on the others could be seriously injured speedometer, press RES+ to the or killed. second detent. SET– : Press briefly to set the ACC Indicator Regular Cruise speed and activate ACC or to Control Indicator decrease vehicle speed if ACC is GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Driving and Operating 245 Setting Adaptive Cruise Control ACC can also be set while the . If the vehicle is stopped with the vehicle is stopped if ACC is on and brake pedal applied, press RES If J is on when not in use, it could the brake pedal is applied. + and release the brake pedal. get pressed and go into cruise when ACC will hold the vehicle until not desired. Keep J off when RES+ or the accelerator pedal is cruise is not being used. pressed. Select the set speed desired for A green ACC indicator and the set cruise. This is the vehicle speed speed display on the instrument when no vehicle is detected in cluster. The vehicle ahead indicator its path. may be flashing if a vehicle ahead The ACC indicator displays on the was present and moved. See ACC will not set at a speed less instrument cluster. When ACC is Approaching and Following a than 25 km/h (15 mph), although it “ active, the indicator will be lit green. Vehicle later in this section. can be resumed when driving at ” lower speeds. Be mindful of speed limits, Once ACC has resumed, if there is surrounding traffic speeds, and no vehicle ahead, if the vehicle To set ACC: weather conditions when selecting ahead is beyond the selected 1. Press J. the set speed. following gap, or if the vehicle has exited a sharp curve, then the Resuming a Set Speed 2. Get up to the desired speed. vehicle speed will increase to the 3. Press and release SET–. If ACC is set at a desired speed and set speed. then the brakes are applied, ACC is 4. Remove foot from the disengaged without erasing the set Increasing Speed While ACC is at accelerator. speed from memory. a Set Speed After ACC is set, it may immediately To begin using ACC again, press If ACC is already activated, do one apply the brakes if a vehicle ahead RES+ up briefly. of the following: is detected closer than the selected . Use the accelerator to get to the following gap. . If the vehicle is moving, it returns to the previous set speed. higher speed. Press SET– . Release the control and the GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

246 Driving and Operating accelerator pedal. The vehicle The set speed can also be Reducing Speed While ACC is at a will now cruise at the higher increased while the vehicle is Set Speed speed. stopped. If ACC is already activated, do one When the accelerator pedal is . If stopped with the brake of the following: pressed, ACC will not brake applied, press RES+ until the . Use the brake to get to the because it is overridden. The desired set speed is displayed. desired lower speed. Release ACC indicator on the instrument . If ACC is holding the vehicle at a the brake and press SET– . The panel will turn blue. See Vehicle 0 stop and there is another vehicle vehicle will now cruise at the Messages 151. directly ahead, pressing RES+ lower speed. . Press and hold RES+ until the will increase the set speed. . Press and hold SET– until the desired set speed appears on Pressing RES+ when there is no desired lower speed is reached, the display, then release it. longer a vehicle ahead will then release it. cause ACC to resume. . To increase vehicle speed in . To decrease the vehicle speed in small increments, press RES+ to When it is determined that there is smaller increments, press SET− the first detent. For each press, no vehicle ahead or the vehicle to the first detent. For each the vehicle goes 1 km/h (1 mph) ahead is beyond the selected press, the vehicle goes about faster. following gap, then the vehicle 1 km/h (1 mph) slower. speed will increase to the set speed. . To increase vehicle speed in . To decrease the vehicle speed in larger increments, press RES+ The speedometer reading can be larger increments, press SET− to the second detent. For each displayed in either English or metric 0 to the second detent. For each press, the vehicle speed units. See Instrument Cluster 127. press, the vehicle speed increases to the next 5 km/h The increment value used depends decreases to the next 5 km/h (5 mph) mark on the on the units displayed. (5 mph) mark on the speedometer. speedometer. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Driving and Operating 247 The speedometer reading can be vehicle detected ahead. Consider Alert Seat will pulse five times. See displayed in either English or metric traffic and weather conditions when “Collision/Detection Systems” under units. See Instrument Cluster 0 127. selecting the following gap. The Vehicle Personalization 0 152. The increment value used depends range of selectable gaps may not be See Defensive Driving 0 207. on the units displayed. appropriate for all drivers and driving conditions. Approaching and Following a Selecting the Follow Distance Gap Vehicle Changing the gap setting When a slower moving vehicle is automatically changes the alert detected ahead within the selected timing sensitivity (Far, Medium, following gap, ACC will adjust the or Near) for the Forward Collision vehicle's speed and attempt to Alert (FCA) feature. See Forward maintain the follow distance gap Collision Alert (FCA) System 0 257. selected. Alerting the Driver Press [ on the steering wheel to adjust the following gap. Each press The vehicle ahead indicator is in the cycles the gap button through three instrument cluster. settings: Far, Medium, or Near. The vehicle ahead indicator only When pressed, the current gap displays when a vehicle is detected setting displays briefly on the in your vehicle’s path moving in the instrument cluster. The gap setting same direction. will be maintained until it is If ACC is engaged, driver action If this symbol is not displaying, ACC changed. may be required when ACC cannot will not respond to or brake for Since each gap setting corresponds apply sufficient braking because of vehicles ahead. to a following time (Far, Medium, approaching a vehicle too rapidly. ACC automatically slows the vehicle or Near), the following distance will When this condition occurs, six red down and adjusts vehicle speed to vary based on vehicle speed. The lights will flash on the windshield. follow the vehicle in front at the faster the vehicle speed, the further Either eight beeps will sound from selected follow gap. The vehicle back your vehicle will follow a the front, or both sides of the Safety speed increases or decreases to GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

248 Driving and Operating follow the vehicle in front of you, but Notification to Resume ACC Warning (Continued) will not exceed the set speed. It may ACC will maintain a follow gap apply limited braking, if necessary. behind a detected vehicle and slow When braking is active, the brake driving and you should be ready to take action and apply the your vehicle to a stop behind that lights will come on. The automatic vehicle. braking may feel or sound different brakes. than if the brakes were applied If the stopped vehicle ahead has manually. This is normal. ACC Automatically Disengages driven away and ACC has not resumed, the vehicle ahead Stationary or Very Slow-Moving ACC may automatically disengage indicator will flash as a reminder to Objects and the driver will need to manually check traffic ahead before apply the brakes to slow the proceeding. In addition, the left and { Warning vehicle when: right sides of the Safety Alert Seat . The sensors are blocked. will pulse three times, or three ACC may not detect and react to beeps will sound. See “Alert Type” . The Traction Control System stopped or slow-moving vehicles and “Adaptive Cruise Go Notifier” in (TCS) or StabiliTrak/ESC system ahead of you. For example, the “Collision/Detection Systems” under system may not brake for a has activated or been disabled. Vehicle Personalization 0 152. vehicle it has never detected . There is a fault in the system. When the vehicle ahead drives moving. This can occur in . The radar may falsely report a away, press RES+ or the stop-and-go traffic or when a blockage when driving in a accelerator pedal to resume cruise vehicle suddenly appears due to desert or remote area with no control. If stopped for more than a vehicle ahead changing lanes. other vehicles or roadside two minutes or if the driver door is Your vehicle may not stop and objects. A DIC message may opened and the driver seat belt is could cause a crash. Use caution display to indicate that ACC is unbuckled, the ACC automatically when using ACC. Your complete temporarily unavailable. applies the Electric Parking Brake attention is always required while (EPB) to hold the vehicle. The EPB The ACC indicator will turn white status light will turn on. See Electric (Continued) when ACC is no longer active. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Driving and Operating 249 Parking Brake 0 234. To resume Curves in the Road ACC and release the EPB, press Warning (Continued) the accelerator pedal. vehicle in P (Park) and turn off { Warning A DIC warning message may the ignition before leaving the On curves, ACC may not detect a display indicating to shift to P (Park) vehicle. before exiting the vehicle. See vehicle ahead in your lane. You Vehicle Messages 0 151. could be startled if the vehicle ACC Override accelerates up to the set speed, { Warning If using the accelerator pedal while especially when following a ACC is active, the ACC indicator vehicle exiting or entering exit If ACC has stopped the vehicle, turns blue on the instrument cluster ramps. You could lose control of and if ACC is disengaged, turned to indicate that automatic braking the vehicle or crash. Do not use off, or canceled, the vehicle will will not occur. See Vehicle ACC while driving on an entrance no longer be held at a stop. The Messages 0 151. ACC will resume or exit ramp. Always be ready to vehicle can move. When ACC is operation when the accelerator use the brakes if necessary. holding the vehicle at a stop, pedal is not being pressed. always be prepared to manually apply the brakes. { Warning { Warning The ACC will not automatically On curves, ACC may respond to apply the brakes if your foot is a vehicle in another lane, or may { Warning resting on the accelerator pedal. not have time to react to a vehicle You could crash into a vehicle in your lane. You could crash into Leaving the vehicle without ahead of you. placing it in P (Park) can be a vehicle ahead of you, or lose dangerous. Do not leave the control of your vehicle. Give extra vehicle while it is being held at a attention in curves and be ready stop by ACC. Always place the (Continued) (Continued) GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

250 Driving and Operating Other Vehicle Lane Changes Warning (Continued)

to use the brakes if necessary. Select an appropriate speed while driving in curves.

ACC may operate differently in a sharp curve. It may reduce the vehicle speed if the curve is too ACC may detect a vehicle that is sharp. not in your lane and apply the brakes. ACC will not detect a vehicle ahead ACC may occasionally provide an until it is completely in the lane. The alert and/or braking that is brakes may need to be manually considered unnecessary. It could applied. respond to vehicles in different Do Not Use ACC on Hills and lanes, signs, guardrails, and other When Towing a Trailer stationary objects when entering or exiting a curve. This is normal operation. The vehicle does not need service. When following a vehicle and entering a curve, ACC may not detect the vehicle ahead and accelerate to the set speed. When this happens, the vehicle ahead indicator will not appear. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Driving and Operating 251 Do not use ACC when driving on Cleaning the Sensing System Driver Assistance steep hills or when towing a trailer. The camera sensor on the ACC will not detect a vehicle in the windshield behind the rearview Systems lane while driving on steep hills. The mirror and the radar sensors on the This vehicle may have features that driver will often need to take over front of the vehicle can become work together to help avoid crashes acceleration and braking on steep blocked by snow, ice, dirt, or mud. or reduce crash damage while hills, especially when towing a These areas need to be cleaned for driving, backing, and parking. Read trailer. If the brakes are applied, the ACC to operate properly. this entire section before using ACC disengages. For cleaning instructions, see these systems. Disengaging ACC “Washing the Vehicle” under There are three ways to Exterior Care 0 363. { Warning disengage ACC: System operation may also be Do not rely on the Driver . Step lightly on the brake pedal. limited under snow, heavy rain, Assistance Systems. These or road spray conditions. . Press *. systems do not replace the need for paying attention and driving . Press J. safely. You may not hear or feel alerts or warnings provided by Erasing Speed Memory these systems. Failure to use The cruise control set speed is proper care when driving may erased from memory if J is result in injury, death, or vehicle pressed or if the ignition is damage. See Defensive Driving turned off. 0 207. (Continued) GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

252 Driving and Operating Cleaning Warning (Continued) Warning (Continued) Depending on vehicle options, keep . Work if the area surrounding these areas of the vehicle clean to Under many conditions, these ensure the best driver assistance systems will not: the detection sensor is damaged or not properly feature performance. Driver . Detect children, repaired. Information Center (DIC) messages pedestrians, bicyclists, may display when the systems are or animals. Complete attention is always unavailable or blocked. required while driving, and you . Detect vehicles or objects should be ready to take action outside the area monitored and apply the brakes and/or steer by the system. the vehicle to avoid crashes. . Work at all driving speeds. . Warn you or provide you Audible or Safety Alert Seat with enough time to avoid a Some driver assistance features crash. alert the driver of obstacles by . Work under poor visibility or beeping. To change the volume of bad weather conditions. the warning chime, see “Comfort . Work if the detection sensor and Convenience” under Vehicle 0 is not cleaned or is covered Personalization 152. by ice, snow, mud, or dirt. If equipped with the Safety Alert . Work if the detection sensor Seat, the driver seat cushion may is covered up, such as with provide a vibrating pulse alert a sticker, magnet, or metal instead of beeping. To change this, plate. see “Collision/Detection Systems” under Vehicle Personalization (Continued) 0 152. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Driving and Operating 253 Assistance Systems for Parking or Backing If equipped, the Rear Vision Camera (RVC), Rear Park Assist (RPA), Front Park Assist (FPA), Surround Vision, Front Vision Camera, and Rear Cross Traffic Alert (RCTA) may help the driver park or avoid objects. Always check around the vehicle when parking or backing. Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . Front and rear bumpers and the 1. View Displayed by the Rear area below the bumpers When the vehicle is shifted into R (Reverse), the RVC displays an Vision Camera . Front grille and headlamps image of the area behind the vehicle . Front camera lens in the front in the infotainment display. The grille or near the front emblem previous screen displays when the vehicle is shifted out of R (Reverse) . Front side and rear side panels after a short delay. To return to the . Outside of the windshield in front previous screen sooner, press any of the rearview mirrors button on the infotainment display, . Side camera lens on the bottom shift into P (Park), or reach a vehicle of the outside mirrors speed of approximately 12 km/h (8 mph). Select Front or Rear . Rear side corner bumpers Camera on the camera screen to 1. View Displayed by the Rear . Rear Vision Camera above the view the front or rear camera views. Vision Camera license plate Select Guidance Lines on the 2. Corners of the Rear Bumper camera screen to enable or disable the guidance lines. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

254 Driving and Operating Displayed images may be farther or To check the trailer when in a infotainment display. The front closer than they appear. The area forward gear above approximately camera is in the grille or near the displayed is limited and objects that 12 km/h (8 mph), touch CAMERA front emblem, the side cameras are are close to either corner of the on the infotainment display to view on the bottom of the outside bumper or under the bumper do not the rear camera. Touch X to exit the rearview mirrors, and the rear display. view or it will be removed camera is above the license plate. A warning triangle may display to automatically after eight seconds. show that Rear Park Assist (RPA) { Warning has detected an object. This triangle { Warning changes from amber to red and The Surround Vision cameras increases in size the closer the Use Hitch Guidance only to help have blind spots and will not object. back the vehicle to a trailer hitch display all objects near the or, when travelling above 8 km/h corners of the vehicle. Folding Hitch Guidance (5 mph), to briefly check the outside mirrors that are out of This feature displays a single, status of your trailer. Do not use position may not display surround centered guideline on the camera for any other purpose, such as view correctly. Always check display to assist with aligning a making lane change decisions. around the vehicle when parking vehicle’s hitch ball with a trailer Before making a lane change, or backing. coupler. Select the trailer guidance always check the mirrors and line button, then align the trailer glance over your shoulder. guidance line over the trailer Improper use could result in coupler. Continuously steer the serious injury to you or others. vehicle to keep the guidance line centered on the coupler when backing. RVC Park Assist overlays Surround Vision will not display when the trailer If equipped, Surround Vision guidance line is active. displays an image of the area surrounding the vehicle, along with the front or rear camera views in the GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Driving and Operating 255 1. Views Displayed by the Front Vision Camera Surround Vision Cameras { Warning 2. Area Not Shown The camera(s) do not display children, pedestrians, bicyclists, crossing traffic, animals, or any other object outside of the cameras’ field of view, below the bumper, or under the vehicle. Shown distances may be different from actual distances. Do not drive or park the vehicle using only these camera(s). Always 1. Views Displayed by the check behind and around the Surround Vision Cameras If equipped, a view of the area in vehicle before driving. Failure to 2. Area Not Shown front of the vehicle displays. The use proper care may result in view displays after shifting from injury, death, or vehicle damage. R (Reverse) to a forward gear, or by touching CAMERA in the Park Assist infotainment display, and when the vehicle is moving forward slower With RPA, and if equipped with FPA, than 8 km/h (5 mph). If equipped, as the vehicle moves at speeds of the Front Vision Camera also less than 8 km/h (5 mph) the displays when the Park Assist sensors on the bumpers may detect system detects an object within objects up to 2.5 m (8 ft) behind the 30 cm (12 in). vehicle and 1.2 m (4 ft) in front of the vehicle within a zone 25 cm (10 in) high off the ground and below bumper level. These detection distances may be shorter during GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

256 Driving and Operating warmer or humid weather. Blocked Alert Seat will pulse five times. sensors will not detect objects and Beeps for FPA are higher pitched can also cause false detections. than for RPA. Keep the sensors clean of mud, dirt, snow, ice, and slush; and clean Rear Cross Traffic Alert (RCTA) sensors after a car wash in freezing If equipped, when the vehicle is temperatures. shifted into R (Reverse), RCTA displays a red warning triangle with { Warning a left or right pointing arrow on the The instrument cluster may have a infotainment display to warn of The Park Assist system does not park assist display with bars that traffic coming from the left or right. detect children, pedestrians, show “distance to object” and object This system detects objects coming bicyclists, animals, or objects location information for the Park from up to 20 m (65 ft) from the left located below the bumper or that Assist system. As the object gets or right side of the vehicle. When an are too close or too far from the closer, more bars light up and the object is detected, either three vehicle. It is not available at bars change color from yellow to beeps sound from the left or right or speeds greater than 8 km/h amber to red. three Safety Alert Seat pulses occur on the left or right side, depending (5 mph). To prevent injury, death, When an object is first detected in on the direction of the detected or vehicle damage, even with the rear, one beep will be heard vehicle. Park Assist, always check the from the rear, or both sides of the area around the vehicle and Safety Alert Seat will pulse two Use caution while backing up when check all mirrors before moving times. When an object is very close towing a trailer, as the RCTA forward or backing. (<0.6 m (2 ft) in the vehicle rear, detection zones that extend out or <0.3 m (1 ft) in the vehicle front), from the back of the vehicle do not five beeps will sound from the front move further back when a trailer is or rear depending on object towed. location, or both sides of the Safety GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Driving and Operating 257 Turning the Features On or Off (LCA), Forward Automatic Braking (FAB), and/or the Front Pedestrian { Warning Press X on the center console to Braking (FPB) System can help to turn on or off the Front and Rear avoid a crash or reduce crash FCA is a warning system and Park Assist and the Rear Cross damage. does not apply the brakes. When Traffic Alert (RCTA). The indicator approaching a slower-moving or light in the button comes on when Forward Collision Alert stopped vehicle ahead too rapidly, the features are on and turns off or when following a vehicle too when the features have been (FCA) System closely, FCA may not provide a disabled. If equipped, the FCA system may warning with enough time to help Turn off park assist and RCTA when help to avoid or reduce the harm avoid a crash. It also may not towing a trailer. caused by front-end crashes. When provide any warning at all. FCA approaching a vehicle ahead too does not warn of pedestrians, To turn off the RPA symbols or quickly, FCA provides a red flashing animals, signs, guardrails, guidance lines (on some models) alert on the windshield and rapidly bridges, construction barrels, see Rear Camera under Vehicle “ ” beeps or pulses the driver seat. or other objects. Be ready to take Personalization 0 152. FCA also lights an amber visual action and apply the brakes. See RCTA can be turned off through alert if following another vehicle Defensive Driving 0 207. “Collision/Detection Systems” under much too closely. Vehicle Personalization 0 152 FCA detects vehicles within a FCA can be disabled with either the distance of approximately 60 m Assistance Systems for FCA steering wheel control or, (197 ft) and operates at speeds if equipped, through vehicle above 8 km/h (5 mph). If the vehicle Driving personalization. See “Collision/ has Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC), If equipped, when driving the Detection Systems” under Vehicle it can detect vehicles to distances of Personalization 0 152. vehicle in a forward gear, Forward approximately 110 m (360 ft) and Collision Alert (FCA), Lane operates at all speeds. See Departure Warning (LDW), Lane Adaptive Cruise Control 0 243. Keep Assist (LKA), Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA), Lane Change Alert GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

258 Driving and Operating Detecting the Vehicle Ahead When this Collision Alert occurs, the Warning (Continued) brake system may prepare for driver braking to occur more rapidly which or ice, or if the windshield is can cause a brief, mild deceleration. damaged. It may also not detect a Continue to apply the brake pedal vehicle on winding or hilly roads, as needed. Cruise control may be or in conditions that can limit disengaged when the Collision Alert visibility such as fog, rain, occurs. or snow, or if the headlamps or FCA warnings will not occur unless windshield are not cleaned or in Tailgating Alert the FCA system detects a vehicle proper condition. Keep the ahead. When a vehicle is detected, windshield, headlamps, and FCA the vehicle ahead indicator will display green. Vehicles may not be sensors clean and in good repair. detected on curves, highway exit ramps, or hills, due to poor visibility; Collision Alert or if a vehicle ahead is partially blocked by pedestrians or other The vehicle ahead indicator will objects. FCA will not detect another display amber when you are vehicle ahead until it is completely following a vehicle ahead much too in the driving lane. closely.

{ Warning When your vehicle approaches FCA does not provide a warning another detected vehicle too rapidly, to help avoid a crash, unless it the red FCA display will flash on the detects a vehicle. FCA may not windshield. Also, eight rapid detect a vehicle ahead if the FCA high-pitched beeps will sound from sensor is blocked by dirt, snow, the front, or both sides of the Safety (Continued) Alert Seat will pulse five times. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Driving and Operating 259 Selecting the Alert Timing weather conditions when selecting Unnecessary Alerts the alert timing. The range of FCA may provide unnecessary selectable alert timings may not be alerts for turning vehicles, vehicles appropriate for all drivers and in other lanes, objects that are not driving conditions. vehicles, or shadows. These alerts If your vehicle is equipped with are normal operation and the Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC), vehicle does not need service. changing the FCA timing setting automatically changes the following Cleaning the System gap setting (Far, Medium, or Near). If the FCA system does not seem to Following Distance Indicator operate properly, this may correct the issue: The following distance to a moving . Clean the outside of the vehicle ahead in your path is windshield in front of the indicated in following time in The Collision Alert control is on the rearview mirror. steering wheel. Press [ to set the seconds on the Driver Information Center (DIC). . Clean the entire front of the FCA timing to Far, Medium, or Near, See Driver Information Center (DIC) vehicle. or on some vehicles, Off. The first (Base and Midlevel) 0 145 or Driver button press shows the current . Clean the headlamps. Information Center (DIC) (Uplevel) setting on the DIC. Additional button 0 148. The minimum following time presses will change this setting. The is 0.5 seconds away. If there is no Forward Automatic chosen setting will remain until it is vehicle detected ahead, or the Braking (FAB) changed and will affect the timing of vehicle ahead is out of sensor both the Collision Alert and the If the vehicle has Forward Collision range, dashes will be displayed. Tailgating Alert features. The timing Alert (FCA), it also has FAB, which of both alerts will vary based on includes Intelligent Brake vehicle speed. The faster the Assist (IBA). When the system vehicle speed, the farther away the detects a vehicle ahead in your path alert will occur. Consider traffic and that is traveling in the same GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

260 Driving and Operating direction that you may be about to FAB may slow the vehicle to a crash into, it can provide a boost to Warning (Continued) complete stop to try to avoid a braking or automatically brake the potential crash. If this happens, FAB vehicle. This can help avoid or vehicle. FAB will not brake may engage the Electric Parking lessen the severity of crashes when outside of its operating speed Brake (EPB) to hold the vehicle at a driving in a forward gear. Depending range and only responds to stop. Release the EPB or firmly on the situation, the vehicle may detected vehicles. press the accelerator pedal. automatically brake moderately or FAB may not: hard. This forward automatic { Warning braking can only occur if a vehicle is . Detect a vehicle ahead on detected. This is shown by the FCA winding or hilly roads. FAB may automatically brake the vehicle ahead indicator being lit. . Detect all vehicles, vehicle suddenly in situations See Forward Collision Alert (FCA) especially vehicles with a where it is unexpected and System 0 257. trailer, tractors, muddy undesired. It could respond to a The system works when driving in a vehicles, etc. turning vehicle ahead, guardrails, forward gear between 8 km/h . Detect a vehicle when signs, and other non-moving (5 mph) and 80 km/h (50 mph), weather limits visibility, such objects. To override FAB, firmly or on vehicles with Adaptive Cruise as in fog, rain, or snow. press the accelerator pedal, if it is Control (ACC), above 4 km/h safe to do so. . Detect a vehicle ahead if it (2 mph). It can detect vehicles up to is partially blocked by approximately 60 m (197 ft). pedestrians or other objects. Intelligent Brake Assist (IBA) { Warning Complete attention is always IBA may activate when the brake required while driving, and you pedal is applied quickly by providing FAB is an emergency crash should be ready to take action a boost to braking based on the preparation feature and is not and apply the brakes and/or steer speed of approach and distance to designed to avoid crashes. Do the vehicle to avoid crashes. a vehicle ahead. not rely on FAB to brake the (Continued) GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Driving and Operating 261 Minor brake pedal pulsations or pedestrian is detected directly pedal movement during this time is Warning (Continued) ahead. When approaching a normal and the brake pedal should detected pedestrian too quickly, continue to be applied as needed. Turn the system to Alert, or if the FPB provides a red flashing alert on IBA will automatically disengage vehicle has ACC to Off, when the windshield and rapidly beeps or only when the brake pedal is towing a trailer. pulses the driver seat. FPB can released. provide a boost to braking or A system unavailable message may automatically brake the vehicle. This { Warning display if: system includes Intelligent Brake Assist (IBA), and the Forward . The front of the vehicle or IBA may increase vehicle braking Automatic Braking (FAB) system windshield is not clean. in situations when it may not be may also respond to pedestrians. necessary. You could block the . Heavy rain or snow is interfering See Forward Automatic Braking flow of traffic. If this occurs, take with object detection. (FAB) 0 259. your foot off the brake pedal and . There is a problem with the The FPB system can detect and then apply the brakes as needed. StabiliTrak/Electronic Stability alert to pedestrians in a forward Control (ESC) system. gear at speeds between 8 km/h (5 mph) and 80 km/h (50 mph). FAB and IBA can be disabled The FAB system does not need During daytime driving, the system through vehicle personalization. See service. detects pedestrians up to a distance “Collision/Detection Systems” under Vehicle Personalization 0 152. of approximately 40 m (131 ft). Front Pedestrian Braking During nighttime driving, system (FPB) System performance is very limited. { Warning If equipped, the FPB system may Using FAB or IBA while towing a help avoid or reduce the harm trailer could cause you to lose caused by front-end crashes with control of the vehicle and crash. nearby pedestrians when driving in a forward gear. FPB displays an (Continued) amber indicator, ~, when a nearby GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

262 Driving and Operating FPB can be set to Off, Alert, or Alert Front Pedestrian Alert { Warning and Brake through vehicle personalization. See “Collision/ FPB does not provide an alert or Detection Systems” under Vehicle automatically brake the vehicle, Personalization 0 152. unless it detects a pedestrian. FPB may not detect pedestrians, Detecting the Pedestrian including children: Ahead . When the pedestrian is not When the vehicle approaches a directly ahead, fully visible, pedestrian ahead too rapidly, the or standing upright, or when red FPB alert display will flash on part of a group. the windshield. Eight rapid . Due to poor visibility, high-pitched beeps will sound from including nighttime the front, or both sides of the Safety conditions, fog, rain, FPB alerts and automatic braking Alert Seat will pulse five times. or snow. will not occur unless the FPB When this Pedestrian Alert occurs, . If the FPB sensor is blocked system detects a pedestrian. When the brake system may prepare for by dirt, snow, or ice. a nearby pedestrian is detected driver braking to occur more rapidly directly in front of the vehicle, the which can cause a brief, mild . If the headlamps or deceleration. Continue to apply the windshield are not cleaned pedestrian ahead indicator will display amber. brake pedal as needed. Cruise or in proper condition. control may be disengaged when Be ready to take action and apply the Front Pedestrian Alert occurs. the brakes. For more information, Automatic Braking see Defensive Driving 0 207. Keep the windshield, headlamps, If FPB detects it is about to crash and FPB sensor clean and in into a pedestrian directly ahead, and good repair. the brakes have not been applied, FPB may automatically brake GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Driving and Operating 263 moderately or brake hard. This can Cleaning the System help to avoid some very low speed Warning (Continued) If FPB does not seem to operate pedestrian crashes or reduce properly, cleaning the outside of the pedestrian injury. FPB can operation and the vehicle does windshield in front of the rearview automatically brake to detected not need service. To override mirror may correct the issue. pedestrians between 8 km/h (5 mph) Automatic Braking, firmly press and 80 km/h (50 mph). Automatic the accelerator pedal, if it is safe braking levels may be reduced to do so. Side Blind Zone under certain conditions, such as Alert (SBZA) higher speeds. Automatic Braking can be disabled If equipped, the SBZA system is a If this happens, Automatic Braking through vehicle personalization. See lane-changing aid that assists may engage the Electric Parking “Front Pedestrian Detection” in drivers with avoiding crashes that Brake (EPB) to hold the vehicle at a “Collision/Detection Systems” under occur with moving vehicles in the stop. Release the EPB. A firm press Vehicle Personalization 0 152. side blind zone (or spot) areas. of the accelerator pedal will also When the vehicle is in a forward release Automatic Braking and { Warning gear, the left or right side mirror the EPB. display will light up if a moving Using the Front Pedestrian vehicle is detected in that blind { Warning Braking system while towing a zone. If the turn signal is activated trailer could cause you to lose and a vehicle is also detected on FPB may alert or automatically control of the vehicle and crash. the same side, the display will flash brake the vehicle suddenly in Turn the system to Alert or Off as an extra warning not to change situations where it is unexpected when towing a trailer. lanes. Since this system is part of and undesired. It could falsely the Lane Change Alert (LCA) alert or brake for objects similar in system, read the entire LCA section shape or size to pedestrians, before using this feature. including shadows. This is normal (Continued) GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

264 Driving and Operating Lane Change Alert (LCA) LCA Detection Zones How the System Works If equipped, the LCA system is a The LCA symbol lights up in the lane-changing aid that assists side mirrors when the system drivers with avoiding lane change detects a moving vehicle in the next crashes that occur with moving lane over that is in the side blind vehicles in the side blind zone (or zone or rapidly approaching that spot) areas or with vehicles rapidly zone from behind. A lit LCA symbol approaching these areas from indicates it may be unsafe to behind. The LCA warning display change lanes. Before making a lane will light up in the corresponding change, check the LCA display, outside side mirror and will flash if check mirrors, glance over your the turn signal is on. 1. SBZA Detection Zone shoulder, and use the turn signals. 2. LCA Detection Zone { Warning The LCA sensor covers a zone of approximately one lane over from LCA does not alert the driver to both sides of the vehicle, or 3.5 m vehicles outside of the system (11 ft). The height of the zone is detection zones, pedestrians, approximately between 0.5 m (1.5 ft) bicyclists, or animals. It may not and 2 m (6 ft) off the ground. The Left Side Mirror Right Side Mirror provide alerts when changing Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) Display Display lanes under all driving conditions. warning area starts at approximately the middle of the vehicle and goes When the vehicle is started, both Failure to use proper care when outside mirror LCA displays will changing lanes may result in back 5 m (16 ft). Drivers are also warned of vehicles rapidly briefly come on to indicate the injury, death, or vehicle damage. system is operating. When the Before making a lane change, approaching from up to 70 m (230 ft) behind the vehicle. vehicle is in a forward gear, the left always check mirrors, glance over or right side mirror display will light your shoulder, and use the turn up if a moving vehicle is detected in signals. the next lane over in that blind zone GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Driving and Operating 265 or rapidly approaching that zone. when a trailer is towed. Use caution both sides of the vehicle toward the If the turn signal is activated in the while changing lanes when towing a rear corners of the vehicle, see your same direction as a detected trailer. LCA may alert to objects dealer. vehicle, this display will flash as an attached to the vehicle, such as a If the LCA displays do not light up extra warning not to change lanes. trailer, bicycle, or object extending when moving vehicles are in the LCA can be disabled through out to either side of the vehicle. side blind zone or are rapidly vehicle personalization using the Attached objects may also interfere approaching this zone and the Side Blind Zone Alert option. See with the detection of vehicles. This system is clean, the system may is normal system operation; the “Collision/Detection Systems” under need service. Take the vehicle to Vehicle Personalization 0 152. vehicle does not need service. your dealer. If LCA is disabled by the driver, the LCA may not always alert the driver When LCA is disabled for any LCA mirror displays will not light up. to vehicles in the next lane over, reason other than the driver turning especially in wet conditions or when it off, the Side Blind Zone Alert On When the System Does Not driving on sharp curves. The system Seem to Work Properly option will not be available on the does not need to be serviced. The personalization menu. The LCA system requires some system may light up due to driving for the system to calibrate to guardrails, signs, trees, shrubs, and Radio Frequency Information other non-moving objects. This is maximum performance. This See Radio Frequency Statement normal system operation; the calibration may occur more quickly if 0 400. the vehicle is driving on a straight vehicle does not need service. highway road with traffic and LCA may not operate when the LCA Lane Departure roadside objects (e.g., guardrails, sensors in the left or right corners of barriers). the rear bumper are covered with Warning (LDW) LCA displays may not come on mud, dirt, snow, ice, or slush, or in If equipped, LDW may help avoid when passing a vehicle quickly, for heavy rainstorms. For cleaning crashes due to unintentional lane a stopped vehicle, or when towing a instructions, see "Washing the departures. It may provide a trailer. The LCA detection zones Vehicle" under Exterior Care 0 363. warning if the vehicle is crossing a that extend back from the side of If the DIC still displays the system detected lane marking without using the vehicle do not move further back unavailable message after cleaning a turn signal in the lane departure GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

266 Driving and Operating direction. Since this system is part of the Lane Keep Assist (LKA) { Warning Warning (Continued) system, read the entire LKA section before using this feature. The LKA system does not If LKA only detects lane markings continuously steer the vehicle. on one side of the road, it will Lane Keep Assist (LKA) It may not keep the vehicle in the only assist or provide an LDW lane or give a Lane Departure alert when approaching the lane If equipped, LKA may help avoid Warning (LDW) alert, even if a on the side where it has detected crashes due to unintentional lane lane marking is detected. a lane marking. Even with LKA departures. It may assist by gently and LDW, you must steer the turning the steering wheel if the The LKA and LDW systems may not: vehicle. Always keep your vehicle approaches a detected lane attention on the road and marking without using a turn signal . Provide an alert or enough maintain proper vehicle position in that direction. It may also provide steering assist to avoid a within the lane, or vehicle a Lane Departure Warning (LDW) lane departure or crash. damage, injury, or death could system alert as the lane marking is crossed. The LKA system will not . Detect lane markings under occur. Always keep the assist or provide an LDW alert if it poor weather or visibility windshield, headlamps, and detects that you are actively conditions. This can occur if camera sensors clean and in steering. Override LKA by turning the windshield or good repair. Do not use LKA in the steering wheel. LKA uses a headlamps are blocked by bad weather conditions. camera to detect lane markings dirt, snow, or ice, if they are between 60 km/h (37 mph) and not in proper condition, or if 180 km/h (112 mph). the sun shines directly into the camera. { Warning . Detect road edges. Using LKA while towing a trailer . Detect lanes on winding or or on slippery roads could cause hilly roads. loss of control of the vehicle and (Continued) a crash. Turn the system off. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Driving and Operating 267 How the System Works Take Steering A system unavailable message may display if the camera is blocked. The LKA camera sensor is on the The LKA system does not The LKA system does not need windshield ahead of the rearview continuously steer the vehicle. service. mirror. If LKA does not detect active driver steering, an alert, chime, or DIC LKA assistance and/or LDW alerts To turn LKA on and off, press A message may be provided. Move may occur due to tar marks, on the center console. the steering wheel to dismiss. shadows, cracks in the road, temporary or construction lane When on, A is green if LKA is When the System Does Not markings, or other road available to assist and provide LDW Seem to Work Properly imperfections. This is normal system alerts. It may assist by gently operation; the vehicle does not need turning the steering wheel and The system performance may be affected by: service. Turn LKA off if these display A as amber if the vehicle conditions continue. approaches a detected lane marking . Close vehicles ahead. without using a turn signal in that . Sudden lighting changes, such direction. It may also provide an as when driving through tunnels. LDW alert by flashing A amber . Banked roads. as the lane marking is crossed. Additionally, there may be three . Roads with poor lane markings, beeps, or the driver seat may pulse such as two-lane roads. three times, on the right or left, If the LKA system is not functioning depending on the lane departure properly when lane markings are direction. clearly visible, cleaning the windshield may help. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

268 Driving and Operating Recommended Fuel Fuel Caution (Continued) Do not use any fuel labeled E85 or Top Tier Fuel FlexFuel. Do not use gasoline with volume, such as mid-level ethanol levels greater than 15% by ethanol blends (16–50% GM recommends the use of TOP ethanol), E85, or FlexFuel. TIER Detergent Gasoline to keep volume. the engine clean, reduce engine Use regular unleaded gasoline . Fuel with any amount of deposits, and maintain optimal meeting ASTM specification D4814 methanol, methylal, vehicle performance. Look for the with a posted octane rating of 87 or ferrocene, and aniline. TOP TIER Logo or see higher. Do not use gasoline with a These fuels can corrode www.toptiergas.com for a list of TOP posted octane rating of less than 87, metal fuel system parts or TIER Detergent Gasoline marketers as this may cause engine knock and damage plastic and rubber and applicable countries. will lower fuel economy. parts. . Fuel containing metals such Prohibited Fuels as methylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl Caution (MMT), which can damage the emissions control Do not use fuels with any of the system and spark plugs. following conditions; doing so . Fuel with a posted octane may damage the vehicle and void rating of less than the its warranty: recommended fuel. Using . For vehicles that are not this fuel will lower fuel FlexFuel, fuel labeled economy and performance, greater than 15% ethanol by and may decrease the life of the emissions catalyst. (Continued) GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Driving and Operating 269 Fuels in Foreign Filling the Tank Warning (Continued) Countries { Warning . Fuel can spray out if the The U.S., Canada, and Mexico post refueling nozzle is inserted fuel octane ratings in anti-knock Fuel vapors and fuel fires burn too quickly. This spray can index (AKI). For fuel not to use in a violently and can cause injury or happen if the tank is nearly foreign country, see Prohibited death. full, and is more likely in hot Fuels 0 268. . To help avoid injuries to you weather. Insert the refueling Fuel Additives and others, read and follow nozzle slowly and wait for all the instructions on the any hiss noise to stop prior TOP TIER Detergent Gasoline is fuel pump island. to beginning to flow fuel. highly recommended for use with your vehicle. If your country does . Turn off the engine when not have TOP TIER Detergent refueling. Gasoline, add ACDelco Fuel . Keep sparks, flames, and System Treatment Plus−Gasoline to smoking materials away the vehicle’s gasoline fuel tank at from fuel. every oil change or 15,000 km . Do not leave the fuel pump (9,000 mi), whichever occurs first. unattended. TOP TIER Detergent Gasoline and ACDelco Fuel System Treatment . Avoid using electronic Plus−Gasoline will help keep your devices while refueling. vehicle’s engine fuel deposit free . Do not reenter the vehicle and performing optimally. while pumping fuel. . Keep children away from the fuel pump and never let To open the fuel door, push and children pump fuel. release the rearward center edge of the door. (Continued) GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

270 Driving and Operating The vehicle has a capless refueling system and does not have a fuel { Warning { Warning cap. The filling nozzle must be fully inserted and latched prior to starting If a fire starts while you are Attempting to refuel without using fuel flow. refueling, do not remove the the funnel adapter may cause fuel nozzle. Shut off the flow of fuel by spillage and damage the capless { Warning shutting off the pump or by fuel system. This could cause a notifying the station attendant. fire and you or others could be Overfilling the fuel tank by more Leave the area immediately. badly burned and the vehicle than three clicks of a standard fill could be damaged. nozzle may cause: Filling the Tank with a Portable . Vehicle performance issues, Gas Can 3. Remove and clean the funnel including engine stalling and If the vehicle runs out of fuel and adapter and return it to the damage to the fuel system. must be filled from a portable storage location. gas can: . Fuel spills. Filling a Portable Fuel . Potential fuel fires. Container

Be careful not to spill fuel. Wait a { Warning few seconds after you have finished pumping before removing the Never fill a portable fuel container nozzle. Clean fuel from painted while it is in the vehicle. Static surfaces as soon as possible. See 1. Locate the capless funnel electricity discharge from the Exterior Care 0 363. adapter from the rear cargo container can ignite the fuel area under the load floor. vapor. You can be badly burned 2. Insert and latch the funnel into (Continued) the capless fuel system. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

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Warning (Continued) Trailer Towing Warning (Continued) and the vehicle damaged if this General Towing trailer brakes are inadequate for occurs. To help avoid injury to you Information the load, the vehicle may not stop and others: as expected. You and others Only use towing equipment that has could be seriously injured. The . Dispense fuel only into been designed for the vehicle. approved containers. vehicle may also be damaged, Contact your dealer or trailering and the repairs would not be . Do not fill a container while dealer for assistance with preparing covered by the vehicle warranty. the vehicle to tow a trailer. Read the it is inside a vehicle, in a Pull a trailer only if all the steps in entire section before towing a trailer. vehicle's trunk, pickup bed, this section have been followed. or on any surface other than To tow a disabled vehicle, see Ask your dealer for advice and the ground. Towing the Vehicle 0 359. To tow information about towing a trailer . Bring the fill nozzle in the vehicle behind another vehicle with the vehicle. contact with the inside of such as a motor home, see the fill opening before Recreational Vehicle Towing 0 359. operating the nozzle. Driving with a Trailer Contact should be Driving Characteristics Trailering is different than just maintained until the filling is and Towing Tips driving the vehicle by itself. complete. Trailering means changes in handling, acceleration, braking, . Do not smoke while { Warning pumping fuel. durability, and fuel economy. You can lose control when towing Successful, safe trailering takes . Avoid using electronic correct equipment, and it has to be devices. a trailer if the correct equipment is not used or the vehicle is not used properly. driven properly. For example, The following information has many if the trailer is too heavy or the time-tested, important trailering tips (Continued) and safety rules. Many of these are GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

272 Driving and Operating important for your safety and that of transmission downshifts too vehicle do not move further back your passengers. Read this section often, a lower gear may be when a trailer is towed. Use caution carefully before pulling a trailer. selected using Manual Mode. while changing lanes when towing a 0 When towing a trailer: See Manual Mode 231. trailer. . Become familiar with and follow If equipped, the following driver If equipped with Rear Cross Traffic all state and local laws that assistance features should be Alert (RCTA), use caution while apply to trailer towing. These turned off when towing a trailer: backing up when towing a trailer, as requirements vary from state to . Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) the RCTA detection zones that state. extend out from the back of the . Super Cruise Control vehicle do not move further back . State laws may require the use . Lane Keep Assist (LKA) when a trailer is towed. of extended side view mirrors. . Park Assist Even if not required, you should { Warning install extended side view . Automatic Parking Assist (APA) mirrors if your visibility is limited To prevent serious injury or death or restricted while towing. . Reverse Automatic Braking (RAB) from carbon monoxide (CO), . Do not tow a trailer during the when towing a trailer: first 800 km (500 mi) of vehicle If equipped, the following driver assistance features should be . Do not drive with the use to prevent damage to the liftgate, trunk/hatch, engine, axle, or other parts. turned to alert or off when towing a trailer: or rear-most window open. . During the first 800 km (500 mi) . Fully open the air outlets on of trailer towing, do not drive . Forward Automatic Braking System (FAB) or under the instrument over 80 km/h (50 mph) and do panel. not make starts at full throttle. . Intelligent Brake Assist (IBA) (Continued) . Vehicles can tow in D (Drive). . Front Pedestrian Braking (FPB) Tow/Haul Mode is recommended for heavier trailers. See Tow/ If equipped with Lane Change Alert Haul Mode 0 232. If the (LCA), the LCA detection zones that extend back from the side of the GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Driving and Operating 273 tires, and mirrors. See Towing Passing Warning (Continued) Equipment 0 278. If the trailer has More passing distance is needed electric brakes, start the when towing a trailer. The . Adjust the climate control combination moving and then combination of the vehicle and system to a setting that manually apply the trailer brake trailer will not accelerate as quickly brings in only outside air. controller to check the trailer brakes and is much longer than the vehicle See “Climate Control work. During the trip, occasionally alone. It is necessary to go much Systems” in the Index. check that the cargo and trailer are farther beyond the passed vehicle For more information about secure and that the lamps and any before returning to the lane. Pass carbon monoxide, see Engine trailer brakes are working. 0 on level roadways. Avoid passing Exhaust 228. Towing with a Stability Control on hills if possible. System Towing a trailer requires experience. Backing Up The combination of the vehicle and When towing, the stability control Hold the bottom of the steering trailer is longer and not as system might be heard. The system wheel with one hand. To move the responsive as the vehicle itself. Get reacts to vehicle movement caused trailer to the left, move that hand to used to the handling and braking of by the trailer, which mainly occurs the left. To move the trailer to the the combination by driving on a during cornering. This is normal right, move that hand to the right. level road surface before driving on when towing heavier trailers. Always back up slowly and, public roads. Following Distance if possible, have someone guide you. The trailer structure, the tires, and Stay at least twice as far behind the the brakes must be all be rated to vehicle ahead as you would when carry the intended cargo. driving without a trailer. This can Inadequate trailer equipment can help to avoid heavy braking and cause the combination to operate in sudden turns. an unexpected or unsafe manner. Before driving, inspect all trailer hitch parts and attachments, safety chains, electrical connectors, lamps, GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

274 Driving and Operating Making Turns The vehicle can tow in D (Drive). When parking your vehicle and your Shift the transmission to a lower trailer on a hill: Caution gear if the transmission shifts too 1. Press the brake pedal, but do often under heavy loads and/or hilly not shift into P (Park) yet. Turn Turn more slowly and make wider conditions. the wheels into the curb if arcs when towing a trailer to When towing at higher altitudes, facing downhill or into traffic if prevent damage to your vehicle. engine coolant will boil at a lower facing uphill. Making very sharp turns could temperature than at lower altitudes. 2. Have someone place chocks cause the trailer to contact the If the engine is turned off under the trailer wheels. vehicle. immediately after towing at high altitude on steep uphill grades, the 3. When the wheel chocks are in vehicle could show signs similar to place, gradually release the Make wider turns than normal when engine overheating. To avoid this, brake pedal to allow the chocks towing, so the trailer will not go over let the engine run, preferably on to absorb the load of the trailer. soft shoulders, over curbs, or strike level ground, with the transmission road signs, trees, or other objects. 4. Reapply the brake pedal. Then in P (Park) for a few minutes before Always signal turns well in advance. apply the parking brake and turning the engine off. If the Do not steer or brake suddenly. shift into P (Park). overheat warning comes on, see Driving on Grades Engine Overheating 0 300. 5. Release the brake pedal. Reduce speed and shift to a lower Parking on Hills Leaving After Parking on a Hill gear before starting down a long or 1. Apply and hold the brake steep downhill grade. If the { Warning pedal: transmission is not shifted down, the . Start the engine. brakes may overheat and result in To prevent serious injury or death, reduced braking efficiency. always park your vehicle and . Shift into a gear. trailer on a level surface when . Release the parking brake. possible. 2. Let up on the brake pedal. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Driving and Operating 275 3. Drive slowly until the trailer is Trailer Towing Trailering Weight Ratings clear of the chocks. When towing a trailer, the weight of 4. Stop and have someone pick Caution the loaded vehicle and trailer must up and store the chocks. be within the weight ratings for the Towing a trailer improperly can vehicle. Maintenance When Trailer damage the vehicle and result in . GCWR: Gross Combined Weight Towing costly repairs not covered by the Rating The vehicle needs service more vehicle warranty. To tow a trailer often when used to tow trailers. See correctly, follow the directions in . GVWR: Gross Vehicle Weight Maintenance Schedule 0 375. It is this section and see your dealer Rating especially important to check the for important information about . Maximum Trailer Weight Rating automatic transmission fluid, engine towing a trailer with the vehicle. oil, axle lubricant, belts, cooling . Maximum Trailer Tongue Weight system, and brake system before Rating and during each trip. Trailer Weight The only way to be sure the weight Check periodically that all nuts and is not exceeding any of these bolts on the trailer hitch are tight. { Warning ratings is to weigh the tow vehicle and trailer combination, fully loaded Engine Cooling When Trailer Never exceed the towing capacity for the trip, getting individual Towing for your vehicle. weights for each of these items. The cooling system may temporarily overheat during severe operating Safe trailering requires monitoring { Warning conditions. See Engine Overheating the weight, speed, altitude, road You and others could be seriously 0 300. grades, outside temperature, dimensions of the front of the trailer, injured or killed if the trailer is too and how frequently the vehicle is heavy or the trailer brakes are used to tow a trailer. inadequate for the load. The (Continued) GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

276 Driving and Operating Gross Vehicle Weight Warning (Continued) Rating (GVWR) vehicle may be damaged, and the For information about the vehicle's repairs would not be covered by maximum load capacity, see Vehicle the vehicle warranty. Load Limits 0 217. When calculating the GVWR with a trailer attached, Only tow a trailer if all the steps in the trailer tongue weight must be this section have been followed. included as part of the weight the Ask your dealer for advice and vehicle is carrying. information about towing a trailer. Maximum Trailer Weight Gross Combined Weight The maximum trailer weight rating is Rating (GCWR) calculated assuming the tow vehicle has a driver, a front seat passenger, GCWR is the total allowable weight and all required trailering of the completely loaded vehicle equipment. Weight of additional and trailer including any fuel, optional equipment, passengers, passengers, cargo, equipment, and and cargo in the tow vehicle must accessories. Do not exceed the be subtracted from the trailer weight GCWR for your vehicle. The GCWR rating. for the vehicle is on the Tow Rating Chart. Use the tow rating chart to determine how much the trailer can weigh, based on the vehicle model and options. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

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Vehicle Maximum Trailer Weight *GCWR 2.5L and 3.6L Engines 454 kg (1,000 lb) 2 722 kg (6,000 lb) 3.6L Engine With V92 Trailer Towing Package 1 814 kg (4,000 lb) 4 075 kg (8,984 lb) *The Gross Combination Weight Rating (GCWR) is the total allowable weight of the completely loaded vehicle and trailer including any passengers, cargo, equipment, and conversions. The GCWR for the vehicle should not be exceeded.

Maximum Trailer Tongue of your vehicle, any passengers, Weight Rating cargo, equipment and the trailer tongue weight. Vehicle options, The Maximum Trailer Tongue passengers, cargo, and equipment Weight Rating is the allowable reduce the maximum allowable trailer tongue weight that the vehicle tongue weight the vehicle can carry, can support. which also reduces the maximum Vehicle Series Maximum allowable trailer weight. Tongue Weight Trailer Load Balance 2.5L FWD/AWD 45.4 kg (100 lbs) The correct trailer load balance 3.6L FWD/AWD 45.4 kg (100 lbs) must be maintained to ensure trailer 3.6L FWD/AWD stability. Incorrect load balance is a 181.1 kg The trailer tongue weight (1) should V92 heavy duty leading cause of trailer sway. (400 lbs) be 10–15% of the loaded trailer towing weight (2). Some specific trailer types, such as boat trailers, fall The trailer tongue weight contributes outside of this range. Always refer to the Gross Vehicle Weight (GVW). to the trailer owner’s manual for the GVW includes the CURB WEIGHT recommended trailer tongue weight GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

278 Driving and Operating for each trailer. Never exceed the half of the maximum allowable Never attach rental hitches or other maximum loads for your vehicle, tongue weight for the vehicle or bumper-type hitches. Only use hitch and trailer. 227 kg (500 lb), whichever is less. frame-mounted hitches that do not After loading the trailer, separately Ask your dealer for trailering attach to the bumper. weigh the trailer and then the trailer information or assistance. Always seal any holes in your tongue to see if the weights are vehicle if the trailer hitch removed. appropriate for your vehicle. If the Towing Equipment If not sealed, dirt, water, and carbon trailer weight is too high, it may be monoxide (CO) from the exhaust possible to transfer some of the Hitches may enter your vehicle. See Engine 0 cargo into your vehicle. If the trailer Always use the correct hitch Exhaust 228. tongue weight is too high or too low, equipment for your vehicle. Hitch Cover it may be possible to rearrange Crosswinds, large going by, some of the cargo inside of the and rough roads can affect the trailer. trailer and the hitch. Do not exceed the maximum Proper hitch equipment for your allowable tongue weight for your vehicle helps maintain combination vehicle. Use the shortest hitch control. Many trailers can be towed extension available to position the using a weight-carrying hitch which hitch ball closer to your vehicle. This has a coupler latched to the hitch will help reduce the effect of the ball, or a tow eye latched to a pintle trailer tongue weight on the trailer hook. Other trailers may require a hitch and the rear axle. weight-distributing hitch that uses If a cargo carrier is used in the spring bars to distribute the trailer trailer hitch receiver, choose a tongue weight between your vehicle and trailer axles. See Trailer carrier that positions the load as “ To remove hitch cover, if equipped: close to the vehicle as possible. Tongue Weight” under Trailer Make sure the total weight, Towing 0 275 or weight limits with 1. Remove the two fasteners on including the carrier, is no more than various hitch types. the lower tabs. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Driving and Operating 279 2. Pull the lower edge of the Weight-Distributing Hitch Tires cover to about a 45 degree Adjustment . Do not tow a trailer while using a angle. compact spare tire on the 3. Pull the cover downward to vehicle. disengage the upper . Tires must be properly inflated to attachments. support loads while towing a To reinstall hitch cover: trailer. See Tires 0 319 for 1. Hold cover at a 45 degree instructions on proper tire angle to the vehicle and push inflation. the upper tabs into the slots in Safety Chains the bumper. Always attach chains between the 2. Push the bottom of the cover vehicle and the trailer, and attach forward until the lower tabs line the chains to the holes on the trailer up with the lower slots. hitch platform. Instructions about 1. Front of Vehicle 3. Snap the hitch cover into place safety chains may be provided by by pushing the upper corners 2. Body to Ground Distance the hitch manufacturer or by the forward. When using a weight-distributing trailer manufacturer. 4. Reinstall the two fasteners on hitch, measure the front Cross the safety chains under the the lower tabs height distance (2) before tongue of the trailer to help prevent connecting the trailer. Adjust the the tongue from contacting the road Consider using mechanical sway spring bars until the front fender if it becomes separated from the controls with any trailer. Ask a height distance (2) is the same hitch. Always leave just enough trailering professional about sway height before the trailer was slack so the combination can turn. controls or refer to the trailer connected. Do not reduce the front Never allow safety chains to drag on manufacturer's recommendations fender height below the initial the ground. and instructions. distance (2). GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

280 Driving and Operating Trailer Brakes Use only a round, seven-wire connector with flat blade terminals Loaded trailers over 450 kg meeting SAE J2863 specifications (1,000 lb) must be equipped with for proper electrical connectivity. brake systems and with brakes for each axle. Trailer braking equipment The seven-wire harness contains conforming to Canadian Standards the following trailer circuits: Association (CSA) requirement Stop/Turn Yellow/Gray CAN3-D313, or its equivalent, is Signal Left recommended. Stop/Turn Green/Violet State or local regulations may Signal Right require trailers to have their own Tail/Parking braking system if the loaded weight 1. Left Turn/Brake Gray/Brown of the trailer exceeds certain Lamps 2. Tail Lamps minimums that can vary from state Reverse Lamps White/Green to state. Read and follow the 3. Reverse Lamps instructions for the trailer brakes so Battery Feed Red/Green 4. Battery feed they are installed, adjusted, and Ground Black maintained properly. Never attempt 5. Right Turn/Brake to tap into your vehicle's hydraulic Electric Trailer 6. Electric Brakes Blue brake system. If you do, both the Brake vehicle anti-lock brakes and the 7. Ground trailer brakes may not function, Electric Brake Control Wiring If the vehicle is not equipped with a Provisions which could result in a crash. trailer connector on the trailer hitch, Trailer Wiring Harness a 7-wire trailering harness is tied to If equipped, (4) blunt-cut wires are the vehicles frame. The harness located near the driver's feet for an lf equipped, the trailer wiring requires the installation of a trailer aftermarket electric trailer brake harness, with a 7-pin connector is connector, which is available mounted on the trailer hitch. through your dealer. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Driving and Operating 281 controller as part of the trailer wiring Trailer Lamps Combined Weight Rating (GCWR). package. The harness contains the See Weight of the Trailer under Always check all trailer lamps are “ ” following circuits: Trailer Towing 0 275. working at the beginning of each Electric Trailer Blue trip, and periodically on longer trips. Tow/Haul Mode is most useful when Brakes towing a heavy trailer or carrying a Turn Signals When Towing a Red/Black or large or heavy load: Battery Feed Trailer Red/Blue . through rolling terrain When properly connected, the trailer Brake Apply . in stop-and-go traffic White/Blue turn signals should will illuminate to Signal indicate the vehicle is turning, . in busy parking lots Ground Black changing lanes, or stopping. When Operating the vehicle in Tow/Haul towing a trailer, the arrows on the Mode when lightly loaded or not Refer to the aftermarket electric instrument cluster will illuminate towing will not cause damage; trailer brake controller owner's even if the trailer is not properly however, it is not recommended and manual to determine wire color connected or the bulbs are may result in unpleasant engine and coding of the electric trailer brake burned out. transmission driving characteristics controller. The wire colors on the Tow/Haul Mode and reduced fuel economy. brake controller may be different from the vehicle. It may be For instructions on how to enter Trailer Sway necessary to have a technician Tow/Haul mode, see Driver Mode connect the 12-volt power to the Control 0 239. Control (TSC) engine compartment fuse block. The Tow/Haul assists when pulling a Vehicles with StabiliTrak/Electronic electric trailer brake controller heavy trailer or a large or heavy Stability Control (ESC) have a should be installed by your dealer or load. See Tow/Haul Mode 0 232. Trailer Sway Control (TSC) feature. a qualified service center. Trailer sway is unintended Tow/Haul Mode is designed to be side-to-side motion of a trailer while most effective when the vehicle and towing. If the vehicle is towing a trailer combined weight is at least trailer and the TSC detects that 75% of the vehicle's Gross sway is increasing, the vehicle GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

282 Driving and Operating brakes are selectively applied at slow the vehicle. TSC will not Trailer Tires each wheel, to help reduce function if StabiliTrak/ESC is turned Special Trailer (ST) tires differ from excessive trailer sway. If equipped off. See Traction Control/Electronic vehicle tires. Trailer tires are with the Integrated Trailer Brake Stability Control 0 236. designed with stiff sidewalls to help Control (ITBC) system, and the prevent sway and to support heavy trailer has an electric brake system, { Warning loads. These features can make it StabiliTrak/ESC may also apply the difficult to determine if the trailer tire trailer brakes. Trailer sway can result in a crash pressures are low only based on a and in serious injury or death, visual inspection. even if the vehicle is equipped with TSC. Always check all trailer tire pressures before each trip when the If the trailer begins to sway, tires are cool. Low trailer tire reduce vehicle speed by pressure is a leading cause of trailer gradually removing your foot from tire blow-outs. the accelerator. Then pull over to Trailer tires deteriorate over time. check the trailer and vehicle to The trailer tire sidewall will show the help correct possible causes, week and year the tire was including an improperly or manufactured. Many trailer tire overloaded trailer, unrestrained manufacturers recommend cargo, improper trailer hitch replacing tires more than six configuration, or improperly years old. If TSC is enabled, the Traction inflated or incorrect vehicle or Overloading is another leading Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak/ trailer tires. See Towing cause of trailer tire blow-outs. Never ESC warning light will flash on the Equipment 0 278 for trailer ratings instrument cluster. Reduce vehicle load your trailer with more weight and hitch setup than the tires are designed to speed by gradually removing your recommendations. foot from the accelerator. If trailer support. The load rating is located sway continues, StabiliTrak/ESC on the trailer tire sidewall. can reduce engine torque to help GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Driving and Operating 283 Always know the maximum speed Conversions and rating for the trailer tires before Caution driving. This may be significantly Add-Ons lower than the vehicle tire speed Some electrical equipment can rating. The speed rating may be on Add-On Electrical damage the vehicle or cause the trailer tire sidewall. If the speed components to not work and rating is not shown, the default Equipment would not be covered by the trailer tire speed rating is 105 km/h vehicle warranty. Always check (65 mph). { Warning with your dealer before adding electrical equipment. The Data Link Connector (DLC) is used for vehicle service and Emission Inspection/Maintenance Add-on equipment can drain the testing. See Malfunction vehicle's 12-volt battery, even if the vehicle is not operating. Indicator Lamp (Check Engine Light) 0 136. A device connected The vehicle has an airbag system. to the DLC — such as an Before attempting to add anything aftermarket fleet or electrical to the vehicle, see driver-behavior tracking device — Servicing the Airbag-Equipped 0 may interfere with vehicle Vehicle 89 and Adding Equipment systems. This could affect vehicle to the Airbag-Equipped Vehicle 0 operation and cause a crash. 90. Such devices may also access information stored in the vehicle’s systems. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

284 Vehicle Care Starter Switch Check ...... 305 Winter Tires ...... 320 Vehicle Care Automatic Transmission Shift Summer Tires ...... 320 Lock Control Function Tire Sidewall Labeling ...... 321 Check ...... 305 Tire Designations ...... 323 General Information Park Brake and P (Park) Tire Terminology and General Information ...... 285 Mechanism Check ...... 305 Definitions ...... 324 California Proposition Wiper Blade Replacement . . . . 306 Tire Pressure ...... 326 65 Warning ...... 285 Windshield Replacement . . . . . 307 Tire Pressure for High-Speed California Perchlorate Gas Strut(s) ...... 307 Operation ...... 328 Materials Requirements . . . . . 286 Tire Pressure Monitor Accessories and Headlamp Aiming System ...... 328 Modifications ...... 286 Headlamp Aiming ...... 308 Tire Pressure Monitor Vehicle Checks Bulb Replacement Operation ...... 329 Doing Your Own Bulb Replacement ...... 309 Tire Inspection ...... 333 Service Work ...... 286 Halogen Bulbs ...... 309 Tire Rotation ...... 334 Hood ...... 287 LED Lighting ...... 309 When It Is Time for New Engine Compartment License Plate Lamp ...... 309 Tires ...... 335 Overview ...... 288 Buying New Tires ...... 335 Engine Oil ...... 291 Electrical System Different Size Tires and Engine Oil Life System ...... 293 Electrical System Overload . . . 310 Wheels ...... 337 Automatic Transmission Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 310 Uniform Tire Quality Fluid ...... 294 Engine Compartment Fuse Grading ...... 337 Engine Air Cleaner/Filter ...... 295 Block ...... 311 and Tire Cooling System ...... 296 Instrument Panel Fuse Balance ...... 339 Engine Overheating ...... 300 Block ...... 314 Wheel Replacement ...... 339 Washer Fluid ...... 301 Rear Compartment Fuse Tire Chains ...... 340 Brakes ...... 302 Block ...... 316 If a Tire Goes Flat ...... 341 Tire Sealant and ...... 303 Wheels and Tires Battery - ...... 304 Compressor Kit ...... 342 Tires ...... 319 All-Wheel Drive ...... 305 All-Season Tires ...... 320 GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Vehicle Care 285 Storing the Tire Sealant and General Information California Proposition Compressor Kit ...... 348 Tire Changing ...... 349 For service and parts needs, visit 65 Warning Compact Spare Tire ...... 355 your dealer. You will receive genuine GM parts and GM-trained { Warning Jump Starting and supported service people. Jump Starting - North Most motor vehicles, including America ...... 356 Genuine GM parts have one of this one, as well as many of its these marks: Towing the Vehicle service parts and fluids, contain Towing the Vehicle ...... 359 and/or emit chemicals known to Recreational Vehicle the State of California to cause Towing ...... 359 cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm. Engine Appearance Care exhaust, many parts and Exterior Care ...... 363 systems, many fluids, and some Interior Care ...... 368 component wear by-products Floor Mats ...... 371 contain and/or emit these chemicals. For more information go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov/ passenger-vehicle.

See Battery - North America 0 304 and Jump Starting - North America 0 356 and the back cover. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

286 Vehicle Care California Perchlorate Damage to suspension components Vehicle Checks caused by modifying vehicle height Materials Requirements outside of factory settings will not be Certain types of automotive covered by the vehicle warranty. Doing Your Own applications, such as airbag Damage to vehicle components Service Work initiators, seat belt pretensioners, resulting from modifications or the and lithium batteries contained in installation or use of non-GM { Warning Remote Keyless Entry transmitters, certified parts, including control may contain perchlorate materials. module or software modifications, is It can be dangerous to work on Special handling may be necessary. not covered under the terms of the your vehicle if you do not have For additional information, see vehicle warranty and may affect the proper knowledge, service www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/ remaining warranty coverage for manual, tools, or parts. Always perchlorate. affected parts. follow owner’s manual procedures and consult the service manual Accessories and GM Accessories are designed to complement and function with other for your vehicle before doing any Modifications systems on the vehicle. See your service work. Adding non-dealer accessories or dealer to accessorize the vehicle making modifications to the vehicle using genuine GM Accessories If doing some of your own service can affect vehicle performance and installed by a dealer technician. work, use the proper service safety, including such things as Also, see Adding Equipment to the manual. It tells you much more airbags, braking, stability, ride and Airbag-Equipped Vehicle 0 90. about how to service the vehicle handling, emissions systems, than this manual can. To order the aerodynamics, durability, and proper service manual, see electronic systems like antilock Publication Ordering Information brakes, traction control, and stability 0 399. control. These accessories or This vehicle has an airbag system. modifications could even cause Before attempting to do your own malfunction or damage not covered service work, see Servicing the by the vehicle warranty. Airbag-Equipped Vehicle 0 89. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Vehicle Care 287 If equipped with remote vehicle Hood 2. At the front of the vehicle, pull start, open the hood before up on the center of the hood, performing any service work to To open the hood: and push the secondary hood prevent remote starting the vehicle release to the right. accidentally. See Remote Vehicle 0 3. After you have partially lifted Start 35. the hood, gas struts will Keep a record with all parts receipts automatically take over to lift and list the mileage and the date of and hold the hood in the fully any service work performed. See open position. Maintenance Records 0 385. 1. Pull the hood release handle Before closing the hood, be sure all with this symbol on it. It is filler caps are on properly. Caution under the instrument panel on Pull the hood down to close. Lower Even small amounts of the driver side of the vehicle. the hood until the lifting pressure of contamination can cause damage the strut is reduced. Then allow the to vehicle systems. Do not allow hood to fall and latch into place contaminants to contact the fluids, under its own weight. Check to reservoir caps, or dipsticks. make sure the hood is closed. If the hood does not fully latch, gently push the hood down at the front and center of the hood until it is completely latched. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

288 Vehicle Care Engine Compartment Overview

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Vehicle Care 289 1. Engine Air Cleaner/Filter 0 295. 2. Engine Oil Fill Cap. See Engine Oil 0 291. 3. Engine Oil Dipstick. See Engine Oil 0 291. 4. Engine Cooling Fan (Out of View). See Cooling System 0 296. 5. Windshield Washer Fluid Reservoir. See Washer Fluid 0 301. 6. Brake Fluid Reservoir. See Brake Fluid 0 303. 7. Battery - North America 0 304. 8. Engine Coolant Surge Tank and Pressure Cap. See Cooling System 0 296. 9. Positive (+) Battery Terminal (Under Cover). See Jump Starting - North America 0 356. 10. Engine Compartment Fuse Block 0 311. 11. Remote Negative (-) Battery Terminal. See Jump Starting - North America 0 356. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

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Vehicle Care 291 1. Engine Air Cleaner/Filter 0 295. Engine Oil Checking Engine Oil 2. Engine Oil Fill Cap. See To ensure proper engine Check the engine oil level regularly, 0 Engine Oil 291. performance and long life, careful every 650 km (400 mi), especially 3. Engine Oil Dipstick. See attention must be paid to engine oil. prior to a long trip. The engine oil Engine Oil 0 291. Following these simple, but dipstick handle is a loop. See important steps will help protect Engine Compartment Overview 4. Engine Cooling Fan (Out of your investment: 0 288 for the location. View). See Cooling System 0 296. . Use engine oil approved to the proper specification and of the { Warning 5. Windshield Washer Fluid proper viscosity grade. See Reservoir. See Washer Fluid The engine oil dipstick handle Selecting the Right Engine Oil 0 “ ” may be hot; it could burn you. 301. in this section. 6. Brake Fluid Reservoir. See Use a towel or glove to touch the . Check the engine oil level Brake Fluid 0 303. dipstick handle. regularly and maintain the 7. Battery - North America 0 304. proper oil level. See “Checking If a low oil Driver Information Center 8. Engine Coolant Surge Tank Engine Oil” and “When to Add Engine Oil” in this section. (DIC) message displays, check the and Pressure Cap. See oil level. Cooling System 0 296. . Change the engine oil at the appropriate time. See Engine Oil Follow these guidelines: 9. Positive (+) Battery Terminal. 0 See Jump Starting - North Life System 293. . To get an accurate reading, park America 0 356. . Always dispose of engine oil the vehicle on level ground. Check the engine oil level after 10. Engine Compartment Fuse properly. See “What to Do with 0 Used Oil” in this section. the engine has been off for at Block 311. least two hours. Checking the 11. Remote Negative (-) Battery engine oil level on steep grades Terminal. See Jump Starting - or too soon after engine shutoff North America 0 356. can result in incorrect readings. Accuracy improves when GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

292 Vehicle Care checking a cold engine prior to starting. Remove the dipstick Caution (Continued) and check the level. operating range, i.e., the engine . If unable to wait two hours, the has so much oil that the oil level engine must be off for at least gets above the cross-hatched 15 minutes if the engine is area that shows the proper warm, or at least 30 minutes if 3.6L V6 Engine operating range, the engine could the engine is not warm. Pull out If the oil is below the cross-hatched be damaged. You should drain the dipstick, wipe it with a clean area at the tip of the dipstick and out the excess oil or limit driving paper towel or cloth, then push it the engine has been off for at least of the vehicle and seek a service back in all the way. Remove it 15 minutes, add 1 L (1 qt) of the professional to remove the again, keeping the tip down, and recommended oil and then recheck check the level. excess amount of oil. the level. See “Selecting the Right When to Add Engine Oil Engine Oil” later in this section for an explanation of what kind of oil to See Engine Compartment Overview 0 use. For engine oil crankcase 288 for the location of the engine capacity, see Capacities and oil fill cap. Specifications 0 387. Add enough oil to put the level somewhere in the proper operating Caution range. Push the dipstick all the way back in when through. 2.5L L4 Engine Do not add too much oil. Oil levels above or below the Selecting the Right Engine Oil acceptable operating range Selecting the right engine oil shown on the dipstick are harmful depends on both the proper oil to the engine. If you find that you specification and viscosity grade. have an oil level above the See Recommended Fluids and 0 (Continued) Lubricants 383. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Vehicle Care 293 Specification For the 3.6L V6 engine, use SAE What to Do with Used Oil 5W-30 viscosity grade engine oil. Use full synthetic engine oils that Used engine oil contains certain Cold Temperature Operation: In an meet the dexos1 specification. elements that can be unhealthy for area of extreme cold, where the Engine oils that have been your skin and could even cause temperature falls below −29 °C approved by GM as meeting the cancer. Do not let used oil stay on (−20 °F), an SAE 0W-30 oil may be dexos1 specification are marked your skin for very long. Clean your used. An oil of this viscosity grade with the dexos1 approved logo. See skin and nails with soap and water, will provide easier cold starting for www.gmdexos.com. or a good hand cleaner. Wash or the engine at extremely low properly dispose of clothing or rags temperatures. containing used engine oil. See the When selecting an oil of the manufacturer's warnings about the appropriate viscosity grade, it is use and disposal of oil products. recommended to select an oil of the Used oil can be a threat to the correct specification. See environment. If you change your Specification earlier in this section. “ ” own oil, be sure to drain all the oil Engine Oil Additives/Engine from the filter before disposal. Never Caution Oil Flushes dispose of oil by putting it in the trash or pouring it on the ground, Failure to use the recommended Do not add anything to the oil. The into sewers, or into streams or engine oil or equivalent can result recommended oils meeting the bodies of water. Recycle it by taking in engine damage not covered by dexos1 specification are all that is it to a place that collects used oil. the vehicle warranty. needed for good performance and engine protection. Engine Oil Life System Viscosity Grade Engine oil system flushes are not recommended and could cause When to Change Engine Oil For the 2.5L L4 engine, use SAE engine damage not covered by the 0W-20 viscosity grade engine oil. This vehicle has a computer system vehicle warranty. that indicates when to change the engine oil and filter. This is based on a combination of factors which GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

294 Vehicle Care include engine revolutions, engine If the system is ever reset If the CHANGE ENGINE OIL SOON temperature, and miles driven. accidentally, the oil must be message comes back on when the Based on driving conditions, the changed at 5 000 km (3,000 mi) vehicle is started, the engine oil life mileage at which an oil change is since the last oil change. system has not been reset. Repeat indicated can vary considerably. For Remember to reset the oil life the procedure. the oil life system to work properly, system whenever the oil is changed. the system must be reset every time Automatic Transmission the oil is changed. How to Reset the Engine Oil Life System Fluid When the system has calculated It is not necessary to check the that oil life has been diminished, it Reset the system whenever the transmission fluid level. indicates that an oil change is engine oil is changed so that the A transmission fluid leak is the only necessary. A CHANGE ENGINE system can calculate the next reason for fluid loss. If a leak OIL SOON message comes on. engine oil change. To reset the occurs, take the vehicle to the Change the oil as soon as possible system: dealer and have it repaired as soon within the next 1 000 km (600 mi). 1. Display the REMAINING OIL as possible. It is possible that, if driving under LIFE on the DIC. the best conditions, the oil life See Driver Information Center Change the fluid at the intervals system might indicate that an oil (DIC) (Base and Midlevel) listed in Maintenance Schedule change is not necessary for up to a 0 145 or Driver Information 0 375, and be sure to use the year. The engine oil and filter must Center (DIC) (Uplevel) 0 148. transmission fluid listed in be changed at least once a year Recommended Fluids and and, at this time, the system must 2. Press and hold V on the DIC Lubricants 0 383. be reset. Your dealer has trained while the Oil Life display is service people who will perform this active. The oil life will change Caution work and reset the system. It is also to 100%. important to check the oil regularly Use of the incorrect automatic over the course of an oil drain transmission fluid may damage interval and keep it at the proper the vehicle, and the damage may level. (Continued) GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Vehicle Care 295 How to Inspect the Engine Air To inspect or replace the air cleaner/ Caution (Continued) Cleaner/Filter filter: not be covered by the vehicle Do not start the engine or have the warranty. Always use the correct engine running with the engine air automatic transmission fluid. See cleaner/filter housing open. Before Recommended Fluids and removing the engine air cleaner/ Lubricants 0 383. filter, make sure that the engine air cleaner/filter housing and nearby components are free of dirt and The transmission fluid will not reach debris. Remove the engine air the end of the dipstick unless the cleaner/filter. Lightly tap and shake transmission is at operating the engine air cleaner/filter (away temperature. If you need to check from the vehicle), to release loose the transmission fluid level, take the dust and dirt. Inspect the engine air vehicle to your dealer. cleaner/filter for damage, and 2.5L L4 Engine replace if damaged. Do not clean 1. Remove the five screws and lift Engine Air Cleaner/Filter the engine air cleaner/filter or the cover out of the assembly. The engine air cleaner/filter is in the components with water or engine compartment on the compressed air. 2. Inspect or replace the engine passenger side of the vehicle. See air cleaner/filter. Engine Compartment Overview 3. Lower the cover and secure 0 288 for location. with the five screws. When to Inspect the Engine Air Cleaner/Filter For intervals on changing and inspecting the engine air cleaner/ filter, see Maintenance Schedule 0 375. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

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not start the engine or drive the vehicle with the air cleaner/filter off, as flames may be present if the engine backfires.

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If the air cleaner/filter is off, dirt 3.6L V6 Engine can easily get into the engine, 2.5L L4 Engine which could damage it. Always 1. Remove the five screws and lift 1. Engine Cooling Fan (Out the cover out of the assembly. have the air cleaner/filter in place when driving. of View) 2. Inspect or replace the engine 2. Engine Coolant Surge Tank air cleaner/filter. and Pressure Cap 3. Lower the cover and secure Cooling System with the five screws. The cooling system allows the engine to maintain the correct { Warning working temperature.

Operating the engine with the air cleaner/filter off can cause you or others to be burned. Use caution when working on the engine. Do (Continued) GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Vehicle Care 297 What to Use { Warning

Do not touch heater or radiator { Warning hoses, or other engine parts. Do not touch heater or radiator They can be very hot and can hoses, or other engine parts. burn you. Do not run the engine if They can be very hot and can there is a leak; all coolant could burn you. Do not run the engine if leak out. That could cause an there is a leak; all coolant could engine fire and can burn you. Fix leak out. That could cause an any leak before driving the engine fire and can burn you. Fix vehicle. any leak before driving the 3.6L V6 Engine vehicle. Engine Coolant 1. Engine Cooling Fan (Out of View) The cooling system in the vehicle is Use a 50/50 mixture of clean, 2. Engine Coolant Surge Tank filled with DEX-COOL engine drinkable water and DEX-COOL and Pressure Cap coolant. This coolant needs to be coolant. This mixture: checked and replaced at . Gives freezing protection down appropriate intervals. See to −37 °C (−34 °F), outside { Warning Maintenance Schedule 0 375. temperature. An underhood electric fan can The following explains the cooling . Gives boiling protection up to start up even when the engine is system and how to check and add 129 °C (265 °F), engine coolant when it is low. If there is a not running and can cause injury. temperature. Keep hands, clothing, and tools problem with engine overheating, away from any underhood see Engine Overheating 0 300. . Protects against rust and electric fan. corrosion. . Will not damage aluminum parts. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

298 Vehicle Care . Helps keep the proper engine Checking Coolant How to Add Coolant to the temperature. The vehicle must be on a level Coolant Surge Tank surface when checking the coolant Caution level. { Warning Do not use anything other than a Spilling coolant on hot engine mix of DEX-COOL coolant that parts can burn you. Coolant meets GM Standard contains ethylene glycol and it will GMW3420 and clean, drinkable burn if the engine parts are hot water. Anything else can cause enough. damage to the engine cooling system and the vehicle, which would not be covered by the vehicle warranty. { Warning Steam and scalding liquids from a Never dispose of engine coolant by hot cooling system are under putting it in the trash, pouring it on pressure. Turning the pressure the ground, or into sewers, streams, Check to see if coolant is visible in cap, even a little, can cause them or bodies of water. Have the coolant the coolant surge tank. If the coolant to come out at high speed and changed by an authorized service inside the coolant surge tank is you could be burned. Never turn center, familiar with legal boiling, do not do anything else until the cap when the cooling system, requirements regarding used it cools down. See Engine including the pressure cap, is hot. coolant disposal. This will help 0 Overheating 300. Wait for the cooling system and protect the environment and your pressure cap to cool. health. The coolant surge tank is located in the engine compartment on the driver side of the vehicle. See Engine Compartment Overview 0 288. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Vehicle Care 299 and DEX-COOL coolant. Be sure { Warning the cooling system, including the coolant surge tank pressure cap, is Plain water, or other liquids such cool before you do it. as alcohol, can boil before the proper coolant mixture will. With plain water or the wrong mixture, the engine could get too hot but there would not be an overheat warning. The engine could catch fire and you or others could be burned. 1. Remove the coolant surge tank pressure cap when the cooling 3. Fill the coolant surge tank with system, including the coolant the proper mixture to the Caution surge tank pressure cap and indicated level mark. upper radiator hose, is no longer hot. 4. With the coolant surge tank Failure to follow the specific pressure cap off, start the coolant fill procedure could cause Turn the pressure cap slowly engine and let it run until you the engine to overheat and could counterclockwise about can feel the upper radiator cause system damage. If coolant one-quarter of a turn. If you hose getting hot. Watch out for is not visible in the surge tank, hear a hiss, wait for that to the engine cooling fan. contact your dealer. stop. This will allow any pressure still left to be vented By this time, the coolant level out the discharge hose. inside the coolant surge tank If no problem is found, check to see may be lower. If the level is if coolant is visible in the coolant 2. Keep turning the pressure cap lower, add more of the proper surge tank. If coolant is visible but slowly and remove it. mixture to the coolant surge the coolant level is not at or above tank until the level reaches the the indicated mark, add a 50/ indicated level mark. 50 mixture of clean, drinkable water GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

300 Vehicle Care 5. Replace the pressure cap The vehicle may also display a If Steam Is Coming from the tightly. message on the Driver Information Engine Compartment 6. Verify coolant level after the Center (DIC). engine is shut off and the If the decision is made not to lift the { Warning coolant is cold. If necessary, hood when this warning appears, repeat coolant fill procedure get service help right away. See Steam and scalding liquids from a Steps 1–6. Roadside Assistance Program hot cooling system are under 0 pressure. Turning the pressure If the coolant still is not at the 394. proper level when the system If the decision is made to lift the cap, even a little, can cause them cools down again, see your hood, make sure the vehicle is to come out at high speed and dealer. parked on a level surface. Then you could be burned. Never turn check to see if the engine cooling the cap when the cooling system, Caution fan is running. If the engine is including the pressure cap, is hot. overheating, the fan should be Wait for the cooling system and If the pressure cap is not tightly running. If it is not, do not continue pressure cap to cool. installed, coolant loss and engine to run the engine. Have the vehicle damage may occur. Be sure the serviced. If No Steam Is Coming from cap is properly and tightly the Engine Compartment secured. Caution If an engine overheat warning is Do not run the engine if there is a displayed but no steam can be seen Engine Overheating leak in the engine cooling system. or heard, the problem may not be too serious. Sometimes the engine The vehicle has several indicators This can cause a loss of all can get a little too hot when the to warn of the engine overheating. coolant and can damage the system and vehicle. Have any vehicle: There is an engine coolant leaks fixed right away. . Climbs a long hill on a hot day. temperature gauge on the instrument cluster. See Engine . Stops after high-speed driving. 0 Coolant Temperature Gauge 133. . Idles for long periods in traffic. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Vehicle Care 301 If the overheat warning is displayed If there is no sign of steam, idle the Open the cap with the washer with no sign of steam: engine for three minutes while symbol on it. Add washer fluid until 1. Turn the air conditioning off. parked. If the warning is still the tank is full. See Engine displayed, turn off the engine until it Compartment Overview 0 288 for 2. Turn the heater on to the cools down. reservoir location. highest temperature and to the highest fan speed. Open the Washer Fluid Caution windows as necessary. 3. When it is safe to do so, pull off What to Use . Do not use washer fluid that the road, shift to P (Park) or When windshield washer fluid is contains any type of water N (Neutral), and let the needed, be sure to read the repellent coating. This can engine idle. manufacturer's instructions before cause the wiper blades to chatter or skip. If the engine coolant temperature use. If operating the vehicle in an gauge is no longer in the area where the temperature may fall . Do not use engine coolant overheated area, the vehicle can be below freezing, use a fluid that has (antifreeze) in the driven. Continue to drive the vehicle sufficient protection against windshield washer. It can slowly for about 10 minutes. Keep a freezing. damage the windshield safe distance from the vehicle in Adding Washer Fluid washer system and paint. front. If the warning does not come . Do not mix water with back on, continue to drive normally ready-to-use washer fluid. and have the cooling system Water can cause the checked for proper fill and function. solution to freeze and If the warning continues, pull over, damage the washer fluid stop, and park the vehicle tank and other parts of the right away. washer system. (Continued) GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

302 Vehicle Care proper sequence to torque Caution (Continued) { Warning specifications. See Capacities and Specifications 0 387. . When using concentrated The brake wear warning sound washer fluid, follow the means that soon the brakes will Brake pads should be replaced as manufacturer instructions for not work well. That could lead to complete sets. adding water. a crash. When the brake wear Brake Pedal Travel . Fill the washer fluid tank warning sound is heard, have the See your dealer if the brake pedal only three-quarters full when vehicle serviced. does not return to normal height, it is very cold. This allows or if there is a rapid increase in for fluid expansion if pedal travel. This could be a sign freezing occurs, which could that brake service may be required. damage the tank if it is Caution completely full. Continuing to drive with worn-out Replacing Brake System Parts brake pads could result in costly Always replace brake system parts Brakes brake repair. with new, approved replacement parts. If this is not done, the brakes pads have built-in wear Some driving conditions or climates may not work properly. The braking indicators that make a high-pitched performance expected can change warning sound when the brake pads can cause a brake squeal when the brakes are first applied or lightly in many other ways if the wrong are worn and new pads are needed. replacement brake parts are The sound can come and go or can applied. This does not mean something is wrong with the brakes. installed or if parts are improperly be heard all the time when the installed. vehicle is moving, except when Properly torqued wheel nuts are applying the brake pedal firmly. necessary to help prevent brake pulsation. When tires are rotated, inspect brake pads for wear and evenly tighten wheel nuts in the GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Vehicle Care 303 Brake Fluid . A fluid leak in the brake When the brake fluid falls to a low hydraulic system. Have the level, the brake warning light comes brake hydraulic system fixed. on. See Brake System Warning With a leak, the brakes will not Light 0 138. work well. Brake fluid absorbs water over time Always clean the brake fluid which degrades the effectiveness of reservoir cap and the area around the brake fluid. Replace brake fluid the cap before removing it. at the specified intervals to prevent The brake master cylinder reservoir increased stopping distance. See Do not top off the brake fluid. 0 is filled with GM approved DOT 3 Adding fluid does not correct a leak. Maintenance Schedule 375. brake fluid as indicated on the If fluid is added when the linings are What to Add reservoir cap. See Engine worn, there will be too much fluid Compartment Overview 0 288 for when new brake linings are Use only GM approved DOT 3 the location of the reservoir. installed. Add or remove fluid, as brake fluid from a clean, sealed container. See Recommended Checking Brake Fluid necessary, only when work is done 0 on the brake hydraulic system. Fluids and Lubricants 383. With the vehicle in P (Park) on a level surface, the brake fluid level { Warning { Warning should be between the minimum and maximum marks on the brake If too much brake fluid is added, it The wrong or contaminated brake fluid reservoir. can spill on the engine and burn, fluid could result in damage to the brake system. This could result in There are only two reasons why the if the engine is hot enough. You brake fluid level in the reservoir may or others could be burned, and the loss of braking leading to a go down: the vehicle could be damaged. possible injury. Always use the proper GM approved brake fluid. . Normal brake lining wear. When Add brake fluid only when work is new linings are installed, the done on the brake hydraulic fluid level goes back up. system. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

304 Vehicle Care It has an Absorbed Glass Mat See California Proposition Caution (AGM) 12-volt battery. Installation of 65 Warning 0 285 and the back a standard 12-volt battery will result cover. If brake fluid is spilled on the in reduced 12-volt battery life. vehicle's painted surfaces, the Vehicle Storage paint finish can be damaged. When using a 12-volt battery Immediately wash off any painted charger on the 12-volt AGM battery, { Warning surface. some chargers have an AGM battery setting on the charger. Batteries have acid that can burn If available, use the AGM setting on you and gas that can explode. Battery - North America the charger, to limit charge voltage You can be badly hurt if you are to 14.8 volts. The original equipment battery is not careful. See Jump Starting - maintenance free. Do not remove North America 0 356 for tips on the cap and do not add fluid. { Warning working around a battery without getting hurt. Refer to the replacement number on WARNING: Battery posts, the original battery label when a terminals, and related new battery is needed. For accessories contain lead and lead Infrequent Usage: Remove the replacement of the battery, see your compounds, chemicals known to black, negative (−) cable from the dealer. the State of California to cause battery to keep the battery from running down. Stop/Start System cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm. Batteries also Extended Storage: Remove the If equipped with the 2.5L L4 engine, contain other chemicals known to black, negative (−) cable from the the vehicle has a Stop/Start system the State of California to cause battery or use a battery trickle to shut off the engine to help cancer. WASH HANDS AFTER charger. conserve fuel. See Starting the Engine 0 223. HANDLING. For more information go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov/ passenger-vehicle. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Vehicle Care 305 All-Wheel Drive Do not use the accelerator 2. Apply the parking brake. Be pedal, and be ready to turn off ready to apply the regular Transfer Case the engine immediately if it brake immediately if the vehicle Under normal driving conditions, starts. begins to move. transfer case fluid does not require 3. Try to start the engine in each 3. With the engine off, turn the maintenance unless there is a fluid gear. The vehicle should start ignition on, but do not start the leak or unusual noise. If required, only in P (Park) or N (Neutral). engine. Without applying the have the transfer case serviced by If the vehicle starts in any other regular brake, try to move the your dealer. position, contact your dealer for shift lever out of P (Park) with service. normal effort. If the shift lever Starter Switch Check moves out of P (Park), contact Automatic Transmission your dealer for service. { Warning Shift Lock Control Park Brake and P (Park) Function Check When you are doing this Mechanism Check inspection, the vehicle could { Warning move suddenly. If the vehicle { Warning moves, you or others could be When you are doing this injured. inspection, the vehicle could When you are doing this check, move suddenly. If the vehicle the vehicle could begin to move. 1. Before starting this check, be moves, you or others could be You or others could be injured sure there is enough room injured. and property could be damaged. around the vehicle. Make sure there is room in front of the vehicle in case it begins to 2. Apply both the parking brake 1. Before starting this check, be roll. Be ready to apply the regular and the regular brake. sure there is enough room brake at once should the vehicle around the vehicle. It should be begin to move. parked on a level surface. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

306 Vehicle Care Park on a fairly steep hill, with the proper windshield wiper blade vehicle facing downhill. Keeping length and type, see Maintenance your foot on the regular brake, set Replacement Parts 0 384. the parking brake. . To check the parking brake's Caution holding ability: With the engine running and the transmission in Allowing the wiper arm to touch N (Neutral), slowly remove foot the windshield when no wiper pressure from the regular brake blade is installed could damage pedal. Do this until the vehicle is the windshield. Any damage that held by the parking brake only. occurs would not be covered by the vehicle warranty. Do not allow . To check the P (Park) the wiper arm to touch the mechanism's holding ability: 2. Lift up on the latch in the With the engine running, shift to windshield. middle of the wiper blade P (Park). Then release the where the wiper arm attaches. parking brake followed by the Front Wiper Blade 3. With the latch open, pull the regular brake. Replacement wiper blade down toward the windshield far enough to Contact your dealer if service is To replace the wiper blade required. release it from the J-hooked assembly: end of the wiper arm. Wiper Blade Replacement 1. Pull the windshield wiper 4. Remove the wiper blade. assembly away from the Windshield wiper blades should be windshield. 5. Reverse Steps 1–3 for wiper inspected for wear or cracking. blade replacement. It is a good idea to clean or replace the wiper blade assembly on a regular basis or when worn. For GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Vehicle Care 307 Rear Wiper Blade Replacement Windshield Replacement { Warning To remove the wiper blade: Driver Assistance Systems If the gas struts that hold open 1. Lift the wiper arm away from If the windshield needs to be the window. The rear wiper arm the hood, trunk, and/or liftgate fail, replaced and the vehicle is will only lift off the glass at a you or others could be seriously equipped with a front camera sensor small angle to allow for wiper injured. Take the vehicle to your for the Driver Assistance Systems, a dealer for service immediately. blade removal. The rear wiper GM replacement windshield is arm will not lock in a service up Visually inspect the gas struts for recommended. The replacement position so care should be signs of wear, cracks, or other windshield must be installed taken when replacing the rear according to GM specifications for damage periodically. Check to wiper blade. proper alignment. If it is not, these make sure the hood/trunk/liftgate systems may not work properly, they is held open with enough force. may display messages, or they may If struts are failing to hold the not work at all. See your dealer for hood/trunk/liftgate, do not proper windshield replacement. operate. Have the vehicle serviced. Gas Strut(s) 2. Push the release lever to This vehicle is equipped with gas disengage the hook and push strut(s) to provide assistance in Caution the wiper arm toward the lifting and holding open the hood/ Do not apply tape or hang any center of the vehicle and out of trunk/liftgate system in full open the blade assembly. position. objects from gas struts. Also do not push down or pull on gas 3. Push the new blade assembly struts. This may cause damage to securely on the wiper arm until the vehicle. the release lever clicks into place. See Maintenance Schedule 0 375. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

308 Vehicle Care Headlamp Aiming Headlamp aim has been preset and should need no further adjustment. If the vehicle is damaged in a crash, the headlamp aim may be affected. If adjustment to the headlamps is necessary, see your dealer.

Hood Liftgate

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Vehicle Care 309 Bulb Replacement LED Lighting For the proper type of replacement This vehicle has several LED lamps. bulbs, or any bulb changing For replacement of any LED lighting procedure not listed in this section, assembly, contact your dealer. contact your dealer. License Plate Lamp Caution To replace one of these bulbs: Do not replace incandescent bulbs with aftermarket LED replacement bulbs. This can cause damage to the vehicle 3. Turn the bulb socket (1) electrical system. counterclockwise to remove it from the lamp assembly (3). Halogen Bulbs 4. Pull the bulb (2) straight out of the bulb socket. { Warning 5. Push the replacement bulb straight into the bulb socket Halogen bulbs have pressurized and turn the bulb socket gas inside and can burst if you Passenger Side Shown, Driver clockwise to install into the drop or scratch the bulb. You or Side Similar lamp assembly. others could be injured. Be sure 1. Push the left end of the lamp 6. Turn the lamp assembly into to read and follow the instructions assembly toward the right. the liftgate, engaging the clip on the bulb package. 2. Turn the lamp assembly down side first. to remove it from the liftgate. 7. Push on the lamp side opposite the clip until the lamp assembly snaps into place. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

310 Vehicle Care Electrical System Headlamp Wiring Fuses and Circuit An electrical overload may cause Breakers the lamps to go on and off, or in Electrical System The wiring circuits in the vehicle are some cases to remain off. Have the Overload protected from short circuits by a headlamp wiring checked right away combination of fuses and circuit The vehicle has fuses and circuit if the lamps go on and off or breakers. This greatly reduces the breakers to protect against an remain off. electrical system overload. chance of damage caused by Windshield Wipers electrical problems. When the current electrical load is If the wiper motor overheats due to too heavy, the circuit breaker opens { Danger and closes, protecting the circuit heavy snow or ice, the windshield wipers will stop until the motor cools until the current load returns to Fuses and circuit breakers are and will then restart. normal or the problem is fixed. This marked with their ampere rating. greatly reduces the chance of circuit Although the circuit is protected Do not exceed the overload and fire caused by from electrical overload, overload specified amperage rating when electrical problems. due to heavy snow or ice may replacing fuses and circuit Fuses and circuit breakers protect cause wiper linkage damage. breakers. Use of an oversized power devices in the vehicle. Always clear ice and heavy snow fuse or circuit breaker can result from the windshield before using the in a vehicle fire. You and others Replace a bad fuse with a new one windshield wipers. of the identical size and rating. could be seriously injured or If the overload is caused by an killed. If there is a problem on the road and electrical problem and not snow or a fuse needs to be replaced, the ice, be sure to get it fixed. same amperage fuse can be To check a fuse, look at the borrowed. Choose some feature of silver-colored band inside the fuse. the vehicle that is not needed to use If the band is broken or melted, and replace it as soon as possible. replace the fuse. Be sure to replace a bad fuse with a new one of the identical size and rating. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Vehicle Care 311 Fuses of the same amperage can To remove the fuse block cover, be temporarily borrowed from Caution press the clips on the cover and lift another fuse location, if a fuse goes it straight up. Do not pull the engine out. Replace the fuse as soon as The vehicle may not be equipped possible. compartment fuse block lever, since it is intended only for with all of the fuses, relays, and features shown. Engine Compartment service purposes. If pulled, Fuse Block vehicle malfunction may occur. The underhood fuse block is in the engine compartment, on the driver side of the vehicle. Caution Spilling liquid on any electrical component on the vehicle may damage it. Always keep the covers on any electrical component. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

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Fuses Usage F1 Antilock brake system F2 Starter 1 F3 DC DC transformer 1 F4 – F5 – F6 – F7 DC DC transformer 2 F8 Starter 3 F9 – F10 – F11 – F12 Front wiper F13 Starter 2 F14 LED/Automatic headlamp leveling F15 Rear wiper 1 F16 – F17 – F18 Automatic headlamp leveling module GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

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Fuses Usage Fuses Usage Fuses Usage F19 – F34 Horn F49 Interior rearview mirror/Trailer F20 – F35 – F50 Fuel system control F21 – F36 Headlamp module F22 Electronic brake high-beam left control module F37 Headlamp F51 Heated steering wheel F23 Parking/Trailer high-beam right lamps F38 Automatic headlamp F52 Air conditioning F24 Right trailer leveling motor stoplamp/Turn F39 Transmission control F53 Transmission range signal lamp module 1 control module F25 Steering column lock F40 Left rear bus F54 Coolant pump electrical center/ F55 F26 – – Ignition F27 Left trailer stoplamp/ F56 – Turn signal lamp F41 Instrument cluster F57 Engine control F42 Heating, ventilation, module/Ignition F28 – and air conditioning F58 Transmission control F29 – F43 Head-up display module/Ignition F30 Washer pump F44 – F59 Engine control F31 Headlamp low-beam module battery right F45 – F60 Transmission control F46 – F32 Headlamp module 2 low-beam left F47 – F61 O2 sensor 1/ F33 Fog lamps F48 Rear wiper 2 Aeroshutter GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

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Fuses Usage Relays Usage Instrument Panel Fuse F62 Engine control K1 Starter 1 Block module – odd K2 Run/Crank F63 O2 sensor 2 K3 Starter 3 F64 Engine control K4 LED/Automatic module – even headlamps F65 Engine control K5 – module powertrain 1 K6 Coolant pump F66 Engine control module powertrain 2 K7 Engine control module F67 Powertrain TRCM K8 Air conditioning F68 – K9 – F69 – K10 Starter 2 The instrument panel fuse block is F70 – inside the center console on the passenger side of the vehicle. F71 – See the fuse block cover for specific F72 – fuse information. F73 – Open the fuse panel door, F74 – or remove the panel from the F75 – passenger side by pulling it out. F76 – F77 – GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

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Fuses Usage F1 Body control module 6 F2 Diagnostic link/ Central gateway module F3 Electric steering column lock F4 – F5 Logistics To reinstall the door, push the door F6 Heating, back into its original location. ventilation, and air conditioning F7 Body control module 3 F8 Head-up display F9 Front passenger heated seat F10 Airbag/Seat belt F11 Electronic precision The vehicle may not be equipped shift with all of the fuses, relays, and F12 Amplifier features shown. F13 Body control module 7 GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/28/18

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Fuses Usage Fuses Usage Circuit Usage F14 Driver heated seat F28 Heating, Breakers F15 Instrument panel ventilation, and air F40 – conditioning switch bank F41 – display F16 Sunroof F42 Auxiliary power F29 Radio F17 Body control outlet/Lighter module 1 F30 Steering wheel adjustment controls Rear Compartment Fuse F18 Instrument cluster F31 Front blower Block F19 – F32 DC AC inverter F20 Rear seat entertainment F33 Driver power seat F21 Body control F34 Passenger module 4 power seat F22 Infotainment USB F35 Battery IEC 1 feed data/Aux jack F36 Electric power F23 Body control steering module 2 F37 Rear seat F24 USB charger/ entertainment/USB Wireless charging charge/Wireless charging module F25 Park aid F38 Body control The rear compartment fuse block is F26 CIM module 8 behind a trim panel on the driver F27 Video side of the rear storage F39 – compartment. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

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Fuses Usage F3 Driver seat belt motor F4 Rear blower F5 Rear drive control F6 Passenger seat belt motor F7 Right window F8 Rear defogger Remove the side bin, load floor, and F9 Left window foam. See Cargo Management F10 – System 0 114. F11 Trailer reverse Remove the trim plate to access the fuse block. F12 – The label for this fuse block is in the F13 – spare tire area, on the foam under F14 – the cargo floor. F15 – F16 – F17 Camera F18 Trailer module Fuses Usage F19 Ventilated seats F1 – F20 – F2 Trailer battery 1 GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

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Fuses Usage Fuses Usage Fuses Usage F21 Trailer connector F37 – F54 External object calculating/Side F22 – F38 Window module blind zone alert F23 – F39 Rear closure F55 – F24 Passenger window F40 Memory seat switch module F56 Universal remote system/Rain F25 – F41 Automatic sensor occupancy sensor F26 Trailer brake F57 Theft deterrent F27 Driver ventilated F42 Trailer battery 2 seat/Lumbar F43 – Circuit Usage Breakers F28 Passive entry/ F44 – Passive start F45 Liftgate motor CB1 – F29 – F46 Rear heated seats CB2 – F30 Canister vent CB3 Rear auxiliary power F47 – outlet F31 – F48 Glass break sensor F32 Heated mirror F49 – Relays Usage F33 – F50 – K1 – F34 Liftgate module F51 – K2 – F35 Fuel system control F52 Active dampening module system module F36 Passenger F53 Rear parking aid ventilated seat/ module/Video/USB Lumbar GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

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Wheels and Tires Warning (Continued) Warning (Continued) Tires . Underinflated tires pose . Replace any tires that Every new GM vehicle has the same danger as have been damaged by high-quality tires made by a overloaded tires. The impacts with potholes, leading tire manufacturer. See resulting crash could curbs, etc. the warranty manual for cause serious injury. . Improperly repaired tires information regarding the tire Check all tires frequently can cause a crash. Only warranty and where to get to maintain the the dealer or an service. For additional recommended pressure. authorized tire service information refer to the tire Tire pressure should be center should repair, manufacturer. checked when the tires replace, dismount, and are cold. mount the tires. { Warning . Overinflated tires are . Do not spin the tires in more likely to be cut, . Poorly maintained and excess of 56 km/h punctured, or broken by (35 mph) on slippery improperly used tires are a sudden impact — such dangerous. surfaces such as snow, as when hitting a pothole. mud, ice, etc. Excessive . Overloading the tires can Keep tires at the spinning may cause the cause overheating as a recommended pressure. tires to explode. result of too much . Worn or old tires can flexing. There could be a cause a crash. If the See Tire Pressure for blowout and a serious tread is badly worn, High-Speed Operation 0 328 for crash. See Vehicle Load replace them. inflation pressure adjustment for Limits 0 217. (Continued) high-speed driving. (Continued) GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

320 Vehicle Care All-Season Tires Winter Tires Winter tires with the same speed rating as the original equipment tires This vehicle may come with This vehicle was not originally may not be available for H, V, W, Y, all-season tires. These tires are equipped with winter tires. Winter and ZR speed rated tires. If winter designed to provide good overall tires are designed for increased tires with a lower speed rating are performance on most road surfaces traction on snow and ice-covered chosen, never exceed the tire's and weather conditions. Original roads. Consider installing winter maximum speed capability. equipment tires designed to GM's tires on the vehicle if frequent specific tire performance criteria driving on ice or snow covered Summer Tires have a TPC specification code roads is expected. See your dealer molded onto the sidewall. Original for details regarding winter tire This vehicle may come with high equipment all-season tires can be availability and proper tire selection. performance summer tires. These identified by the last two characters Also, see Buying New Tires 0 335. tires have a special tread and compound that are optimized for of this TPC code, which will With winter tires, there may be maximum dry and wet road be “MS.” decreased dry road traction, performance. This special tread and Consider installing winter tires on increased road noise, and shorter compound will have decreased the vehicle if frequent driving on tread life. After changing to winter performance in cold climates, and snow or ice-covered roads is tires, be alert for changes in vehicle on ice and snow. It is recommended expected. All-season tires provide handling and braking. that winter tires be installed on the adequate performance for most If using winter tires: vehicle if frequent driving at winter driving conditions, but they temperatures below approximately may not offer the same level of . Use tires of the same brand and 5 °C (40 °F) or on ice or snow traction or performance as winter tread type on all four wheel covered roads is expected. See tires on snow or ice-covered roads. positions. 0 0 Winter Tires 320. See Winter Tires 320. . Use only radial ply tires of the same size, load range, and speed rating as the original equipment tires. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Vehicle Care 321 Tire Sidewall Labeling (2) TPC Spec (Tire Caution Performance Criteria Useful information about a tire is High performance summer tires Specification) : Original molded into its sidewall. The equipment tires designed to have rubber compounds that lose examples show a typical flexibility and may develop GM's specific tire performance passenger vehicle tire and a criteria have a TPC specification surface cracks in the tread area compact spare tire sidewall. at temperatures below −7 °C (20 ° code molded onto the sidewall. F). Always store high GM's TPC specifications meet or performance summer tires exceed all federal safety indoors and at temperatures guidelines. above −7 °C (20 °F) when not in (3) DOT (Department of use. If the tires have been Transportation) : The subjected to −7 °C (20 °F) or less, let them warm up in a heated Department of Transportation space to at least 5 °C (40 °F) for (DOT) code indicates that the 24 hours or more before being tire is in compliance with the installed or driving a vehicle on U.S. Department of which they are installed. Do not Transportation Motor Vehicle apply heat or blow heated air Safety Standards. Passenger (P-Metric) Tire Example directly on the tires. Always DOT Tire Date of inspect tires before use. See Tire (1) Tire Size : The tire size is a Manufacture : The last four 0 Inspection 333. combination of letters and digits of the TIN indicate the tire numbers used to define a manufactured date. The first two particular tire's width, height, digits represent the week (01– aspect ratio, construction type, 52) and the last two digits, the and service description. See the year. For example, the third “Tire Size” illustration later in this section. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

322 Vehicle Care week of the year 2010 would resistance. For more information speeds over 80 km/h (50 mph). have a four-digit DOT date see Uniform Tire Quality The compact spare tire is for of 0310. Grading 0 337. emergency use when a regular (4) Tire Identification Number (7) Maximum Cold Inflation road tire has lost air and gone (TIN) : The letters and numbers Load Limit : Maximum load that flat. If the vehicle has a compact following the DOT (Department can be carried and the spare tire, see Compact Spare Tire 0 355 and If a Tire Goes of Transportation) code are the maximum pressure needed to 0 Tire Identification Number (TIN). support that load. Flat 341. The TIN shows the (3) Tire Identification Number manufacturer and plant code, (TIN) : The letters and numbers tire size, and date the tire was following the DOT (Department manufactured. The TIN is of Transportation) code are the molded onto both sides of the Tire Identification Number (TIN). tire, although only one side may The TIN shows the have the date of manufacture. manufacturer and plant code, (5) Tire Ply Material : The type tire size, and date the tire was of cord and number of plies in manufactured. The TIN is the sidewall and under the tread. molded onto both sides of the tire, although only one side may (6) Uniform Tire Quality have the date of manufacture. Grading (UTQG) : Tire Compact Spare Tire Example (4) Maximum Cold Inflation manufacturers are required to (1) Tire Ply Material : The type Load Limit : Maximum load that grade tires based on three of cord and number of plies in can be carried and the performance factors: treadwear, the sidewall and under the tread. traction, and temperature maximum pressure needed to (2) Temporary Use Only : The support that load. compact spare tire or temporary use tire should not be driven at GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Vehicle Care 323 (5) Tire Inflation : The Tire Designations (3) Aspect Ratio : A two-digit temporary use tire or compact number that indicates the tire spare tire should be inflated to Tire Size height-to-width measurements. 420 kPa (60 psi). For more The following is an example of a For example, if the tire size information on tire pressure and typical passenger vehicle aspect ratio is 60, as shown in inflation see Tire Pressure tire size. item 3 of the illustration, it would 0 326. mean that the tire's sidewall is (6) Tire Size : A combination of 60 percent as high as it is wide. letters and numbers define a (4) Construction Code : A letter tire's width, height, aspect ratio, code is used to indicate the type construction type, and service of ply construction in the tire. description. The letter T as the The letter R means radial ply first character in the tire size (1) Passenger (P-Metric) Tire : construction; the letter D means means the tire is for temporary The United States version of a diagonal or bias ply use only. metric tire sizing system. The construction; and the letter B (7) TPC Spec (Tire letter P as the first character in means belted-bias ply Performance Criteria the tire size means a passenger construction. Specification) : Original vehicle tire engineered to (5) Diameter : Diameter of equipment tires designed to standards set by the U.S. Tire the wheel in inches. GM's specific tire performance and Rim Association. (6) Service Description : These criteria have a TPC specification (2) Tire Width : The three-digit characters represent the load code molded onto the sidewall. number indicates the tire section index and speed rating of the GM's TPC specifications meet or width in millimeters from tire. The load index represents exceed all federal safety sidewall to sidewall. the load carrying capacity a tire guidelines. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

324 Vehicle Care is certified to carry. The speed Belt : A rubber coated layer of maximum capacity of fuel, oil, rating is the maximum speed a cords between the plies and the and coolant, but without tire is certified to carry a load. tread. Cords may be made from passengers and cargo. steel or other reinforcing DOT Markings : A code molded Tire Terminology and materials. into the sidewall of a tire Definitions Bead : The tire bead contains signifying that the tire is in Air Pressure : The amount of steel wires wrapped by steel compliance with the U.S. air inside the tire pressing cords that hold the tire onto Department of Transportation outward on each square inch of the rim. (DOT) Motor Vehicle Safety the tire. Air pressure is Bias Ply Tire : A pneumatic tire Standards. The DOT code expressed in kPa (kilopascal) in which the plies are laid at includes the Tire Identification or psi (pounds per square inch). alternate angles less than Number (TIN), an alphanumeric designator which can also Accessory Weight : The 90 degrees to the centerline of the tread. identify the tire manufacturer, combined weight of optional production plant, brand, and accessories. Some examples of Cold Tire Pressure : The date of production. optional accessories are amount of air pressure in a tire, automatic transmission, power measured in kPa (kilopascal) GVWR : Gross Vehicle Weight windows, power seats, and air Rating. See Vehicle Load Limits or psi (pounds per square inch) 0 conditioning. before a tire has built up heat 217. Aspect Ratio : The relationship from driving. See Tire Pressure GAWR FRT : Gross Axle Weight of a tire's height to its width. 0 326. Rating for the front axle. See 0 Curb Weight : The weight of a Vehicle Load Limits 217. motor vehicle with standard and GAWR RR : Gross Axle Weight optional equipment including the Rating for the rear axle. See Vehicle Load Limits 0 217. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Vehicle Care 325 Intended Outboard Sidewall : Maximum Loaded Vehicle Passenger (P-Metric) Tire : A The side of an asymmetrical tire Weight : The sum of curb tire used on passenger and that must always face outward weight, accessory weight, some light duty trucks and when mounted on a vehicle. vehicle capacity weight, and multipurpose vehicles. Kilopascal (kPa) : The metric production options weight. Recommended Inflation unit for air pressure. Normal Occupant Weight : The Pressure : Vehicle Light Truck (LT-Metric) Tire : A number of occupants a vehicle manufacturer's recommended tire used on light duty trucks and is designed to seat multiplied by tire inflation pressure as shown 68 kg (150 lb). See Vehicle Load on the tire placard. some multipurpose passenger 0 0 vehicles. Limits 217. See Tire Pressure 326 and Vehicle Load Limits 0 217. Load Index : An assigned Occupant Distribution : number ranging from 1 to 279 Designated seating positions. Radial Ply Tire : A pneumatic that corresponds to the load Outward Facing Sidewall : The tire in which the ply cords that carrying capacity of a tire. side of an asymmetrical tire that extend to the beads are laid at has a particular side that faces 90 degrees to the centerline of Maximum Inflation Pressure : the tread. The maximum air pressure to outward when mounted on a which a cold tire can be inflated. vehicle. The side of the tire that Rim : A metal support for a tire The maximum air pressure is contains a whitewall, bears and upon which the tire beads molded onto the sidewall. white lettering, or bears are seated. manufacturer, brand, and/or Maximum Load Rating : The Sidewall : The portion of a tire model name molding that is between the tread and the bead. load rating for a tire at the higher or deeper than the same maximum permissible inflation moldings on the other sidewall pressure for that tire. of the tire. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

326 Vehicle Care Speed Rating : An government testing procedures. Tire Pressure alphanumeric code assigned to The ratings are molded into the a tire indicating the maximum sidewall of the tire. See Uniform Tires need the correct amount of speed at which a tire can Tire Quality Grading 0 337. air pressure to operate effectively. operate. Vehicle Capacity Weight : The Traction : The friction between number of designated seating { Warning the tire and the road surface. positions multiplied by The amount of grip provided. 68 kg (150 lb) plus the rated Neither tire underinflation nor cargo load. See Vehicle Load overinflation is good. Tread : The portion of a tire that 0 comes into contact with Limits 217. Underinflated tires, or tires the road. Vehicle Maximum Load on the that do not have enough air, can result in: Treadwear Indicators : Narrow Tire : Load on an individual tire bands, sometimes called wear due to curb weight, accessory . Tire overloading and bars, that show across the tread weight, occupant weight, and overheating which could of a tire when only 1.6 mm (1/ cargo weight. lead to a blowout. 16 in) of tread remains. See Vehicle Placard : A label . Premature or When It Is Time for New Tires permanently attached to a irregular wear. 0 335. vehicle showing the vehicle . Poor handling. capacity weight and the original UTQGS (Uniform Tire Quality . Reduced fuel economy. Grading Standards) : A tire equipment tire size and information system that provides recommended inflation pressure. Overinflated tires, or tires that consumers with ratings for a See “Tire and Loading have too much air, can tire's traction, temperature, and Information Label” under Vehicle result in: Load Limits 0 217. treadwear. Ratings are . Unusual wear. determined by tire (Continued) manufacturers using GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Vehicle Care 327 When to Check further adjustment is necessary. Warning (Continued) Check the tires once a month or If the inflation pressure is low, . Poor handling. more. Do not forget the compact add air until the recommended pressure is reached. If the . Rough ride. spare, if the vehicle has one. The cold compact spare tire inflation pressure is high, press . Needless damage from pressure should be at 420 kPa on the metal stem in the center road hazards. (60 psi). See Compact Spare of the tire valve to release air. Tire 0 355. Recheck the tire pressure with the tire gauge. The Tire and Loading How to Check Information label on the vehicle Put the valve caps back on the Use a good quality pocket-type indicates the original equipment valve stems to keep out dirt and gauge to check tire pressure. tires and the correct cold tire moisture and prevent leaks. Use Proper tire inflation cannot be inflation pressures. The only valve caps designed for the determined by looking at the tire. recommended pressure is the vehicle by GM. TPMS sensors Check the tire inflation pressure minimum air pressure needed to could be damaged and would when the tires are cold, meaning support the vehicle's maximum not be covered by the vehicle the vehicle has not been driven load carrying capacity. See warranty. Vehicle Load Limits 0 217. for at least three hours or no more than 1.6 km (1 mi). How the vehicle is loaded affects vehicle handling and ride Remove the valve cap from the comfort. Never load the vehicle tire valve stem. Press the tire with more weight than it was gauge firmly onto the valve to designed to carry. get a pressure measurement. If the cold tire inflation pressure matches the recommended pressure on the Tire and Loading Information label, no GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

328 Vehicle Care Tire Pressure for adjustment when driving the vehicle Each tire, including the spare (if at speeds of 160 km/h (100 mph) or provided), should be checked High-Speed Operation higher. Set the cold inflation monthly when cold and inflated to pressure to the maximum inflation the inflation pressure recommended { Warning pressure shown on the tire sidewall, by the vehicle manufacturer on the or 280 kPa (41 psi), whichever is vehicle placard or tire inflation Driving at high speeds, 160 km/h lower. Return the tires to the pressure label. (If your vehicle has (100 mph) or higher, puts recommended cold tire inflation tires of a different size than the size additional strain on tires. pressure when high-speed driving indicated on the vehicle placard or Sustained high-speed driving has ended. tire inflation pressure label, you causes excessive heat buildup See Vehicle Load Limits 0 217 and should determine the proper tire and can cause sudden tire failure. Tire Pressure 0 326. inflation pressure for those tires.) This could cause a crash, and The maximum load and inflation As an added safety feature, your you or others could be killed. pressure is molded on the tire vehicle has been equipped with a Some high-speed rated tires sidewall, in small letters, near the tire pressure monitoring system require inflation pressure rim flange. It will read something like (TPMS) that illuminates a low tire adjustment for high-speed this: Maximum load pressure telltale when one or more operation. When speed limits and 690 kg (1,521 lbs) 300 kPa (44 psi) of your tires is significantly road conditions allow the vehicle Max. Press. under-inflated. to be driven at high speeds, make Accordingly, when the low tire sure the tires are rated for Tire Pressure Monitor pressure telltale illuminates, you high-speed operation, are in System should stop and check your tires as excellent condition, and are set to soon as possible, and inflate them The Tire Pressure Monitor System the correct cold tire inflation to the proper pressure. Driving on a (TPMS) uses radio and sensor pressure for the vehicle load. significantly under-inflated tire technology to check tire pressure causes the tire to overheat and can levels. The TPMS sensors monitor lead to tire failure. Under-inflation Vehicles with 235/65R18, 235/ the air pressure in your tires and also reduces fuel efficiency and tire 55R20, 245/65R17, or 255/65R17 transmit tire pressure readings to a size tires require inflation pressure receiver located in the vehicle. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Vehicle Care 329 tread life, and may affect the of reasons, including the installation the tires and transmit the tire vehicle's handling and stopping of replacement or alternate tires or pressure readings to a receiver ability. wheels on the vehicle that prevent located in the vehicle. Please note that the TPMS is not a the TPMS from functioning properly. substitute for proper tire Always check the TPMS malfunction maintenance, and it is the driver's telltale after replacing one or more responsibility to maintain correct tire tires or wheels on your vehicle to pressure, even if under-inflation has ensure that the replacement or not reached the level to trigger alternate tires and wheels allow the illumination of the TPMS low tire TPMS to continue to function pressure telltale. properly. When a low tire pressure condition is detected, the TPMS illuminates Your vehicle has also been See Tire Pressure Monitor 0 the low tire pressure warning light equipped with a TPMS malfunction Operation 329. located on the instrument cluster. indicator to indicate when the See Radio Frequency Statement If the warning light comes on, stop system is not operating properly. 0 400. as soon as possible and inflate the The TPMS malfunction indicator is tires to the recommended pressure combined with the low tire pressure Tire Pressure Monitor shown on the Tire and Loading telltale. When the system detects a Operation Information label. See Vehicle Load malfunction, the telltale will flash for Limits 0 217. approximately one minute and then This vehicle may have a Tire remain continuously illuminated. Pressure Monitor System (TPMS). A message to check the pressure in This sequence will continue upon The TPMS is designed to warn the a specific tire displays in the Driver subsequent vehicle start-ups as driver when a low tire pressure Information Center (DIC). The low long as the malfunction exists. condition exists. TPMS sensors are tire pressure warning light and the mounted onto each tire and wheel DIC warning message come on at When the malfunction indicator is assembly, excluding the spare tire each ignition cycle until the tires are illuminated, the system may not be and wheel assembly. The TPMS inflated to the correct inflation able to detect or signal low tire sensors monitor the air pressure in pressure. Using the DIC, tire pressure as intended. TPMS pressure levels can be viewed. For malfunctions may occur for a variety GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

330 Vehicle Care additional information and details maintenance. See Tire Inspection TPMS Malfunction Light and about the DIC operation and 0 333, Tire Rotation 0 334 and Tires Message displays see Driver Information 0 319. Center (DIC) (Base and Midlevel) The TPMS will not function properly if one or more of the TPMS sensors 0 145 or Driver Information Center Caution (DIC) (Uplevel) 0 148. are missing or inoperable. When the system detects a malfunction, the Tire sealant materials are not all The low tire pressure warning light low tire pressure warning light the same. A non-approved tire may come on in cool weather when flashes for about one minute and the vehicle is first started, and then sealant could damage the TPMS then stays on for the remainder of turn off as the vehicle is driven. This sensors. TPMS sensor damage the ignition cycle. A DIC warning could be an early indicator that the caused by using an incorrect tire message also displays. The air pressure is getting low and sealant is not covered by the malfunction light and DIC warning needs to be inflated to the proper vehicle warranty. Always use only message come on at each ignition pressure. the GM approved tire sealant cycle until the problem is corrected. A Tire and Loading Information available through your dealer or Some of the conditions that can label, attached to your vehicle, included in the vehicle. cause these to come on are: shows the size of the original . One of the road tires has been equipment tires and the correct Factory-installed Tire Inflator Kits replaced with the spare tire. The inflation pressure for the tires when use a GM-approved liquid tire spare tire does not have a they are cold. See Vehicle Load sealant. Using non-approved tire TPMS sensor. The malfunction Limits 0 217, for an example of the sealants could damage the TPMS light and DIC message should Tire and Loading Information label sensors. See Tire Sealant and go off after the road tire is and its location. Also see Tire Compressor Kit 0 342 for replaced and the sensor Pressure 0 326. information regarding the inflator kit matching process is performed The TPMS can warn about a low materials and instructions. successfully. See “TPMS Sensor tire pressure condition but it does Matching Process” later in this not replace normal tire section. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Vehicle Care 331 . The TPMS sensor matching . Operating electronic devices or When the recommended process was not done or not being near facilities using radio pressure is reached, the horn completed successfully after wave frequencies similar to the sounds once and the turn rotating the tires. The TPMS could cause the TPMS signal lamp will stop flashing malfunction light and the DIC sensors to malfunction. and briefly turn solid. message should go off after If the TPMS is not functioning Repeat these steps for all successfully completing the properly it cannot detect or signal a underinflated tires that have sensor matching process. See low tire pressure condition. See illuminated the low tire pressure "TPMS Sensor Matching your dealer for service if the TPMS warning light. Process" later in this section. malfunction light and DIC message . One or more TPMS sensors are come on and stay on. { Warning missing or damaged. The malfunction light and the DIC Tire Fill Alert (If Equipped) Overinflating a tire could cause message should go off when the This feature provides visual and the tire to rupture and you or TPMS sensors are installed and audible alerts outside the vehicle to others could be injured. Do not the sensor matching process is help when inflating an underinflated exceed the maximum pressure performed successfully. See tire to the recommended cold tire listed on the tire sidewall. your dealer for service. pressure. See Tire Sidewall Labeling 0 321 . Replacement tires or wheels do When the low tire pressure warning and Vehicle Load Limits 0 217. not match the original equipment light comes on: tires or wheels. Tires and wheels 1. Park the vehicle in a safe, level If the tire is overinflated by more other than those recommended place. than 35 kPa (5 psi), the horn will could prevent the TPMS from sound multiple times and the turn functioning properly. See Buying 2. Set the parking brake firmly. signal lamp will continue to flash for New Tires 0 335. 3. Place the vehicle in P (Park). several seconds after filling stops. 4. Add air to the tire that is To release and correct the pressure, underinflated. The turn signal while the turn signal lamp is still lamp will flash. flashing, briefly press the center of GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

332 Vehicle Care the valve stem. When the . The battery of the TPMS sensor tire. See your dealer for service or recommended pressure is reached, is low. to purchase a relearn tool. A TPMS the horn sounds once. If the tire fill alert does not operate relearn tool can also be purchased. If the turn signal lamp does not flash due to TPMS interference, move the See Tire Pressure Monitor Sensor within 15 seconds after starting to vehicle about 1 m (3 ft) back or Activation Tool at inflate the tire, the tire fill alert has forward and try again. If the tire fill www.gmtoolsandequipment.com or not been activated or is not working. alert feature is not working, use a call 1-800-GM TOOLS (1-800-468-6657). If the hazard warning flashers are tire pressure gauge. There are two minutes to match the on, the tire fill alert visual feedback TPMS Sensor Matching will not work properly. first tire/wheel position, and Process five minutes overall to match all four The TPMS will not activate the tire Each TPMS sensor has a unique tire/wheel positions. If it takes fill alert properly under the following identification code. The identification longer, the matching process stops conditions: code needs to be matched to a new and must be restarted. . There is interference from an tire/wheel position after rotating the The TPMS sensor matching external device or transmitter. vehicle’s tires or replacing one or process is: more of the TPMS sensors. The . The air pressure from the TPMS sensor matching process 1. Set the parking brake. inflation device is not sufficient should also be performed after to inflate the tire. 2. Place the vehicle in Service replacing a spare tire with a road Mode. See Ignition Positions . There is a malfunction in tire containing the TPMS sensor. 0 221. the TPMS. The malfunction light and the DIC 3. Make sure the Tire Pressure message should go off at the next . There is a malfunction in the info page option is turned on. ignition cycle. The sensors are horn or turn signal lamps. The info pages on the DIC can matched to the tire/wheel positions, be turned on and off through . The identification code of the using a TPMS relearn tool, in the the Options menu. TPMS sensor is not registered to following order: driver side front tire, the system. passenger side front tire, passenger side rear tire, and driver side rear GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Vehicle Care 333 See Driver Information Center 8. Proceed to the passenger side Tire Inspection (DIC) (Base and Midlevel) front tire, and repeat the 0 145 or Driver Information procedure in Step 7. We recommend that the tires, 0 including the spare tire, if the Center (DIC) (Uplevel) 148. 9. Proceed to the passenger side 4. Use the DIC controls on the rear tire, and repeat the vehicle has one, be inspected right side of the steering wheel procedure in Step 7. for signs of wear or damage at least once a month. to scroll to the Tire Pressure 10. Proceed to the driver side rear screen under the DIC tire, and repeat the procedure Replace the tire if: info page. in Step 7. The horn sounds two . The indicators at three or V times to indicate the sensor 5. Press and hold in the center more places around the tire of the DIC controls. identification code has been matched to the driver side rear can be seen. The horn sounds twice to tire, and the TPMS sensor . There is cord or fabric signal the receiver is in relearn matching process is no longer mode and the TIRE showing through the tire's active. The TIRE LEARNING rubber. LEARNING ACTIVE message ACTIVE message on the DIC displays on the DIC display. display goes off. . The tread or sidewall is 6. Start with the driver side 11. Turn the vehicle off. cracked, cut, or snagged front tire. deep enough to show cord or 12. Set all four tires to the fabric. 7. Place the relearn tool against recommended air pressure the tire sidewall, near the valve level as indicated on the Tire . The tire has a bump, bulge, stem. Then press the button to and Loading Information label. or split. activate the TPMS sensor. A horn chirp confirms that the . The tire has a puncture, cut, sensor identification code has or other damage that cannot been matched to this tire and be repaired well because of wheel position. the size or location of the damage. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

334 Vehicle Care Tire Rotation Check that all wheel nuts are properly tightened. See “Wheel Tires should be rotated every Nut Torque” under Capacities 12 000 km (7,500 mi). See and Specifications 0 387. Maintenance Schedule 0 375. Tires are rotated to achieve a { Warning uniform wear for all tires. The first rotation is the most Rust or dirt on a wheel, or on the important. parts to which it is fastened, can make wheel nuts become loose Anytime unusual wear is after time. The wheel could come noticed, rotate the tires as soon off and cause a crash. When as possible, check for proper tire Use this rotation pattern when changing a wheel, remove any inflation pressure, and check for rotating the tires. rust or dirt from places where the damaged tires or wheels. If the If the vehicle has a compact wheel attaches to the vehicle. In unusual wear continues after the spare tire, do not include it in the an emergency, a cloth or a paper rotation, check the wheel towel can be used; however, use tire rotation. alignment. a scraper or wire brush later to See When It Is Time for New Adjust the front and rear tires to remove all rust or dirt. Tires 0 335 and Wheel the recommended inflation Replacement 0 339. pressure on the Tire and Lightly coat the center of the Loading Information label after wheel hub with wheel bearing the tires have been rotated. grease after a wheel change or See Tire Pressure 0 326 and 0 tire rotation to prevent corrosion Vehicle Load Limits 217. or rust build-up. Do not get Reset the Tire Pressure Monitor grease on the flat wheel System. See Tire Pressure mounting surface or on the Monitor Operation 0 329. wheel nuts or bolts. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Vehicle Care 335 When It Is Time for New The rubber in tires ages over time. of grease, gasoline, or other This also applies to the spare tire, substances that can deteriorate Tires if the vehicle has one, even if it is rubber. Factors such as maintenance, never used. Multiple factors Parking for an extended period can temperatures, driving speeds, including temperatures, loading cause flat spots on the tires that vehicle loading, and road conditions conditions, and inflation pressure may result in vibrations while affect the wear rate of the tires. maintenance affect how fast aging driving. When storing a vehicle for takes place. GM recommends that at least a month, remove the tires or tires, including the spare if raise the vehicle to reduce the equipped, be replaced after six weight from the tires. years, regardless of tread wear. The tire manufacture date is the last four digits of the DOT Tire Identification Buying New Tires Number (TIN) which is molded into GM has developed and matched one side of the tire sidewall. The specific tires for the vehicle. The first two digits represent the week original equipment tires installed (01–52) and the last two digits, the were designed to meet General year. For example, the third week of the year 2010 would have a Motors Tire Performance Criteria four-digit DOT date of 0310. Specification (TPC Spec) system rating. When Treadwear indicators are one way to Vehicle Storage replacement tires are needed, tell when it is time for new tires. Tires age when stored normally GM strongly recommends Treadwear indicators appear when mounted on a parked vehicle. Park buying tires with the same TPC the tires have only 1.6 mm (1/16 in) a vehicle that will be stored for at Spec rating. or less of tread remaining. least a month in a cool, dry, clean See Tire Inspection 0 333 and Tire GM's exclusive TPC Spec 0 area away from direct sunlight to Rotation 334. slow aging. This area should be free system considers over a dozen critical specifications that impact the overall performance of the GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

336 Vehicle Care vehicle, including brake system necessary to replace only one performance, ride and handling, axle set of worn tires, place the { Warning traction control, and tire new tires on the rear axle. Mixing tires of different sizes, pressure monitoring Winter tires with the same speed brands, or types may cause performance. GM's TPC Spec rating as the original equipment loss of control of the vehicle, number is molded onto the tire's tires may not be available for H, resulting in a crash or other sidewall near the tire size. If the V, W, Y and ZR speed rated vehicle damage. Use the tires have an all-season tread tires. Never exceed the winter correct size, brand, and type design, the TPC Spec number tires’ maximum speed capability of tires on all wheels. will be followed by MS for mud when using winter tires with a and snow. See Tire Sidewall lower speed rating. Labeling 0 321. { Warning GM recommends replacing worn { Warning tires in complete sets of four. Using bias-ply tires on the Uniform tread depth on all tires Tires could explode during vehicle may cause the wheel will help to maintain the improper service. Attempting rim flanges to develop cracks performance of the vehicle. to mount or dismount a tire after many miles of driving. Braking and handling could cause injury or death. A tire and/or wheel could fail performance may be adversely Only your dealer or authorized suddenly and cause a crash. affected if all the tires are not tire service center should Use only radial-ply tires with replaced at the same time. mount or dismount the tires. the wheels on the vehicle. If proper rotation and maintenance have been done, If the vehicle tires must be all four tires should wear out at replaced with a tire that does not about the same time. See Tire 0 have a TPC Spec number, make Rotation 334. However, if it is sure they are the same size, GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Vehicle Care 337 load range, speed rating, and control, electronic stability control, Traffic Safety Administration construction (radial) as the or All-Wheel Drive, the performance (NHTSA), which grades tires by original tires. of these systems can also be treadwear, traction, and affected. Vehicles that have a tire temperature performance. This applies only to vehicles sold in pressure monitoring system { Warning could give an inaccurate the United States. The grades low-pressure warning if non-TPC If different sized wheels are used, are molded on the sidewalls of Spec rated tires are installed. there may not be an acceptable most passenger car tires. The See Tire Pressure Monitor level of performance and safety if Uniform Tire Quality Grading System 0 328. tires not recommended for those (UTQG) system does not apply wheels are selected. This to deep tread, winter tires, The Tire and Loading increases the chance of a crash compact spare tires, tires with Information label indicates the and serious injury. Only use GM nominal rim diameters of original equipment tires on the specific wheel and tire systems 10 to 12 inches (25 to 30 cm), vehicle. See Vehicle Load Limits developed for the vehicle, and or to some limited-production 0 217. have them properly installed by a tires. GM certified technician. Different Size Tires and While the tires available on General Motors passenger cars Wheels See Buying New Tires 0 335 and and light trucks may vary with If wheels or tires are installed that Accessories and Modifications respect to these grades, they 0 are a different size than the original 286. must also conform to federal equipment wheels and tires, vehicle safety requirements and performance, including its braking, Uniform Tire Quality additional General Motors Tire ride and handling characteristics, Grading Performance Criteria (TPC) stability, and resistance to rollover may be affected. If the vehicle has The following information relates standards. electronic systems such as antilock to the system developed by the brakes, rollover airbags, traction United States National Highway GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

338 Vehicle Care Quality grades can be found norm due to variations in driving Temperature where applicable on the tire habits, service practices and The temperature grades are A sidewall between tread shoulder differences in road (the highest), B, and C, and maximum section width. For characteristics and climate. representing the tire's resistance example: Traction to the generation of heat and its ability to dissipate heat when Treadwear 200 Traction AA The traction grades, from Temperature A tested under controlled highest to lowest, are AA, A, B, conditions on a specified indoor All Passenger Car Tires Must and C. Those grades represent laboratory test wheel. Sustained Conform to Federal Safety the tire's ability to stop on wet high temperature can cause the Requirements In Addition To pavement as measured under material of the tire to degenerate These Grades. controlled conditions on and reduce tire life, and specified government test Treadwear excessive temperature can lead surfaces of asphalt and to sudden tire failure. The grade The treadwear grade is a concrete. A tire marked C may C corresponds to a level of comparative rating based on the have poor traction performance. performance which all wear rate of the tire when tested Warning: The traction grade passenger car tires must meet under controlled conditions on a assigned to this tire is based on under the Federal Motor Safety specified government test straight-ahead braking traction Standard No. 109. Grades B and course. For example, a tire tests, and does not include A represent higher levels of graded 150 would wear one and acceleration, cornering, performance on the laboratory one-half (1½) times as well on hydroplaning, or peak traction test wheel than the minimum the government course as a tire characteristics. graded 100. The relative required by law. Warning: The performance of tires depends temperature grade for this tire is upon the actual conditions of established for a tire that is their use, however, and may properly inflated and not depart significantly from the overloaded. Excessive speed, GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Vehicle Care 339 underinflation, or excessive Wheel Replacement loading, either separately or in { Warning Replace any wheel that is bent, combination, can cause heat cracked, or badly rusted or Using the wrong replacement buildup and possible tire failure. corroded. If wheel nuts keep coming wheels, wheel bolts, or wheel loose, the wheel, wheel bolts, and nuts can be dangerous. It could Wheel Alignment and Tire wheel nuts should be replaced. affect the braking and handling of Balance If the wheel leaks air, replace it. the vehicle. Tires can lose air, Some aluminum wheels can be and cause loss of control, causing The tires and wheels were aligned repaired. See your dealer if any of a crash. Always use the correct and balanced at the factory to these conditions exist. provide the longest tire life and best wheel, wheel bolts, and wheel overall performance. Adjustments to Your dealer will know the kind of nuts for replacement. wheel alignment and tire balancing wheel that is needed. are not necessary on a regular Each new wheel should have the basis. Consider an alignment check same load-carrying capacity, Caution if there is unusual tire wear or the diameter, width, offset, and be vehicle is significantly pulling to one mounted the same way as the one it The wrong wheel can also cause side or the other. Some slight pull to replaces. problems with bearing life, brake the left or right, depending on the cooling, speedometer or crown of the road and/or other road Replace wheels, wheel bolts, wheel nuts, or Tire Pressure Monitor odometer calibration, headlamp surface variations such as troughs aim, bumper height, vehicle or ruts, is normal. If the vehicle is System (TPMS) sensors with new ground clearance, and tire or tire vibrating when driving on a smooth GM original equipment parts. chain clearance to the body and road, the tires and wheels may need to be rebalanced. See your dealer chassis. for proper diagnosis. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

340 Vehicle Care Used Replacement Wheels Warning (Continued) Caution (Continued)

{ Warning cause loss of control and a crash. that are the proper size for the Use another type of traction tires. Install them on the tires of Replacing a wheel with a used device only if its manufacturer the front axle. Do not use chains one is dangerous. How it has recommends it for the vehicle's on the tires of the rear axle. been used or how far it has been tire size combination and road Tighten them as tightly as driven may be unknown. It could conditions. Follow that possible with the ends securely fail suddenly and cause a crash. manufacturer's instructions. To fastened. Drive slowly and follow When replacing wheels, use a avoid vehicle damage, drive slow the chain manufacturer's new GM original equipment and readjust or remove the instructions. If the chains contact wheel. traction device if it contacts the the vehicle, stop and retighten vehicle. Do not spin the wheels. If them. If the contact continues, Tire Chains traction devices are used, install slow down until it stops. Driving them on the front tires. too fast or spinning the wheels { Warning with chains on will damage the vehicle. If the vehicle has a tire size other Caution than 235/65R18, do not use tire chains. There is not enough If the vehicle is equipped with clearance. Tire chains used on a 235/65R18 size tires, use tire vehicle without the proper amount chains only where legal and only of clearance can cause damage when necessary. Use low profile to the brakes, suspension, chains that add no more than or other vehicle parts. The area 12 mm thickness to the damaged by the tire chains could and inner sidewall. Use chains (Continued) (Continued) GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Vehicle Care 341 If a Tire Goes Flat { Warning Warning (Continued) It is unusual for a tire to blow out while driving, especially if the tires Driving on a will cause anything else, you or others could are maintained properly. See Tires permanent damage to the tire. be badly injured or killed if the 0 319. If air goes out of a tire, it is Re-inflating a tire after it has been vehicle slips off the jack. If a jack much more likely to leak out slowly. driven on while severely is provided with the vehicle, only But if there is ever a blowout, here underinflated or flat may cause a use it for changing a flat tire. are a few tips about what to expect blowout and a serious crash. and what to do: Never attempt to re-inflate a tire If a tire goes flat, avoid further tire If a front tire fails, the flat tire that has been driven on while and wheel damage by driving slowly creates a drag that pulls the vehicle severely underinflated or flat. to a level place, well off the road, toward that side. Take your foot off Have your dealer or an authorized if possible. Turn on the hazard the accelerator pedal and grip the tire service center repair or warning flashers. See Hazard steering wheel firmly. Steer to replace the flat tire as soon as Warning Flashers 0 168. maintain lane position, and then possible. gently brake to a stop, well off the { Warning road, if possible. Changing a tire can be A rear blowout, particularly on a { Warning curve, acts much like a skid and dangerous. The vehicle can slip may require the same correction as Lifting a vehicle and getting under off the jack and roll over or fall used in a skid. Stop pressing the it to do maintenance or repairs is causing injury or death. Find a accelerator pedal and steer to dangerous without the level place to change the tire. To straighten the vehicle. It may be appropriate safety equipment and help prevent the vehicle from very bumpy and noisy. Gently brake training. If a jack is provided with moving: to a stop, well off the road, the vehicle, it is designed only for if possible. 1. Set the parking brake firmly. changing a flat tire. If it is used for (Continued) (Continued) GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

342 Vehicle Care When the vehicle has a flat tire (2), Warning (Continued) use the following example as a Warning (Continued) guide to assist you in the placement 2. Put an automatic of wheel blocks (1), if equipped. enter the vehicle. Engine exhaust transmission in P (Park) or a contains carbon monoxide (CO) in which cannot be seen or smelled. 1 (First) or R (Reverse). It can cause unconsciousness 3. Turn off the engine and do and even death. Never run the not restart while the vehicle engine in an enclosed area that is raised. has no fresh air ventilation. For more information, see Engine 4. Do not allow passengers to 0 remain in the vehicle. Exhaust 228. 5. Place wheel blocks, if equipped, on both sides of 1. Wheel Block (If Equipped) the tire at the opposite { Warning corner of the tire being 2. Flat Tire changed. The following information explains Overinflating a tire could cause how to repair or change a tire. the tire to rupture and you or others could be injured. Be sure This vehicle may come with a jack to read and follow the tire sealant and spare tire or a tire sealant and Tire Sealant and and compressor kit instructions compressor kit. To use the jacking Compressor Kit and inflate the tire to its equipment to change a spare tire recommended pressure. Do not safely, follow the instructions below. { Warning Then see Tire Changing 0 349. To exceed the recommended pressure. use the tire sealant and compressor Idling a vehicle in an enclosed kit, see Tire Sealant and area with poor ventilation is Compressor Kit 0 342. dangerous. Engine exhaust may (Continued) GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Vehicle Care 343 sealant and compressor kit to be { Warning effective. See Roadside Assistance Program 0 394. Storing the tire sealant and compressor kit or other Read and follow all of the tire equipment in the passenger sealant and compressor kit compartment of the vehicle could instructions. cause injury. In a sudden stop or The kit includes: collision, loose equipment could strike someone. Store the tire sealant and compressor kit in its original location. 9. Power Plug If this vehicle has a tire sealant and 10. Air Only Hose compressor kit, there may not be a Tire Sealant spare tire or tire changing equipment, and on some vehicles Read and follow the safe handling there may not be a place to store instructions on the label adhered to a tire. the tire sealant canister (4). The tire sealant and compressor Check the tire sealant expiration can be used to temporarily seal date on the tire sealant canister. punctures up to 6 mm (0.25 in) in 1. Sealant Canister Inlet Valve The tire sealant canister (4) should the tread area of the tire. It can also 2. Sealant/Air Hose be replaced before its expiration be used to inflate an 3. Base of Sealant Canister date. Replacement tire sealant underinflated tire. 4. Tire Sealant Canister canisters are available at your local dealer. If the tire has been separated from 5. On/Off Button the wheel, has damaged sidewalls, 6. Slot on Top of Compressor There is only enough sealant to seal or has a large puncture, the tire is 7. Pressure Deflation Button one tire. After usage, the tire sealant too severely damaged for the tire 8. Pressure Gauge canister must be replaced. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

344 Vehicle Care Using the Tire Sealant and 3. Place the compressor on the Compressor Kit to Temporarily ground near the flat tire. Seal and Inflate a Punctured Tire When using the tire sealant and compressor kit during cold temperatures, warm the kit in a heated environment for five minutes. This will help to inflate the tire faster. If a tire goes flat, avoid further tire and wheel damage by driving slowly 5. Slide the base of the tire to a level place. Turn on the hazard sealant canister (3) into the slot warning flashers. See Hazard on the top of the compressor 0 Warning Flashers 168. 4. Attach the air only hose (10) to (6) to hold it upright. 0 See If a Tire Goes Flat 341 for the sealant canister inlet Make sure the tire valve stem other important safety warnings. valve (1) by turning it clockwise is positioned close to the until tight. Do not remove any objects that ground so the hose will have penetrated the tire. reach it. 1. Remove the tire sealant 6. Remove the valve stem cap canister (4) and compressor from the flat tire by turning it from its storage location. See counterclockwise. Storing the Tire Sealant and Compressor Kit 0 348. 2. Remove the air only hose (10) and the power plug (9) from the bottom of the compressor. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Vehicle Care 345 9. Start the vehicle. The vehicle is on. Turn the compressor off must be running while using to get an accurate pressure the air compressor. reading. The compressor may 10. Press the on/off button (5) to be turned on/off until the turn the tire sealant and correct pressure is reached. compressor kit on. Caution The compressor will inject sealant and air into the tire. If the recommended pressure The pressure gauge (8) will cannot be reached after initially show a high pressure approximately 25 minutes, the while the compressor pushes vehicle should not be driven 7. Attach the sealant/air hose (2) the sealant into the tire. Once farther. The tire is too severely to the tire valve stem by turning the sealant is completely damaged and the tire sealant and it clockwise until tight. dispersed into the tire, the compressor kit cannot inflate the pressure will quickly drop and tire. Remove the power plug from 8. Plug the power plug (9) into the start to rise again as the tire the accessory power outlet and accessory power outlet in the inflates with air only. unscrew the inflating hose from vehicle. Unplug all items from 11. Inflate the tire to the the tire valve. See Roadside other accessory power outlets. 0 See Power Outlets 0 124. recommended inflation Assistance Program 394. pressure using the pressure If the vehicle has an accessory gauge (8). The recommended 12. Press the on/off button (5) to power outlet, do not use the inflation pressure can be found cigarette lighter. turn the tire sealant and on the Tire and Loading compressor kit off. If the vehicle only has a Information label. See Tire cigarette lighter, use the Pressure 0 326. The tire is not sealed and will cigarette lighter. continue to leak air until the The pressure gauge (8) may vehicle is driven and the Do not pinch the power plug read higher than the actual tire sealant is distributed in the tire. cord in the door or window. pressure while the compressor GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

346 Vehicle Care Therefore, Steps 13–21 must 19. Return the air only hose (10) Tire Sealant and Compressor be done immediately after and power plug (9) back to Kit without Sealant to Inflate a Step 12. their original storage location. Tire (Not Punctured).” Be careful while handling the If the tire pressure has fallen tire sealant and compressor kit more than 68 kPa (10 psi) as it could be warm after below the recommended usage. inflation pressure, stop driving 13. Unplug the power plug (9) from the vehicle. The tire is too the accessory power outlet in severely damaged and the tire the vehicle. sealant cannot seal the tire. 20. If the flat tire was able to inflate See Roadside Assistance 14. Turn the sealant/air hose (2) to the recommended inflation Program 0 394. counterclockwise to remove it pressure, remove the If the tire pressure has not from the tire valve stem. maximum speed label from the dropped more than 68 kPa sealant canister and place it in 15. Replace the tire valve (10 psi) from the recommended a highly visible location. stem cap. inflation pressure, inflate the 16. Remove the tire sealant Do not exceed the speed on tire to the recommended canister (4) from the slot on top this label until the damaged tire inflation pressure. is repaired or replaced. of the compressor (6). 24. Wipe off any sealant from the 17. Turn the air only hose (10) 21. Return the equipment to its wheel, tire, or vehicle. original storage location in the counterclockwise to remove it 25. Dispose of the used tire vehicle. from the tire sealant canister sealant canister (4) at a local inlet valve (1). 22. Immediately drive the vehicle dealer or in accordance with 18. Turn the sealant/air hose (2) 8 km (5 mi) to distribute the local state codes and practices. sealant in the tire. clockwise onto the sealant 26. Replace it with a new canister canister inlet valve (1) to 23. Stop at a safe location and available from your dealer. prevent sealant leakage. check the tire pressure. Refer to Steps 1–10 under “Using the GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Vehicle Care 347 27. After temporarily sealing a tire 4. Tire Sealant Canister 1. Remove the compressor from using the tire sealant and 5. On/Off Button its storage location. See compressor kit, take the 6. Slot on Top of Compressor Storing the Tire Sealant and vehicle to an authorized dealer 7. Pressure Deflation Button Compressor Kit 0 348. within 161 km (100 mi) of 8. Pressure Gauge 2. Remove the air only hose (10) driving to have the tire repaired and the power plug (9) from the or replaced. bottom of the compressor. Using the Tire Sealant and 3. Place the compressor on the Compressor Kit without ground near the flat tire. Sealant to Inflate a Tire (Not Make sure the tire valve stem Punctured) is positioned close to the The kit includes: ground so the hose will reach it. 4. Remove the valve stem cap from the flat tire by turning it counterclockwise. 9. Power Plug 5. Attach the air only hose (10) to 10. Air Only Hose the tire valve stem by turning it clockwise until tight. If a tire goes flat, avoid further tire and wheel damage by driving slowly 6. Plug the power plug (9) into the to a level place. Turn on the hazard accessory power outlet in the warning flashers. See Hazard vehicle. Unplug all items from Warning Flashers 0 168. other accessory power outlets. See Power Outlets 0 124. See If a Tire Goes Flat 0 341 for 1. Sealant Canister Inlet Valve other important safety warnings. If the vehicle has an accessory 2. Sealant/Air Hose power outlet, do not use the 3. Base of Sealant Canister cigarette lighter. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

348 Vehicle Care If the vehicle only has a reading. The compressor may 12. Turn the air only hose (10) cigarette lighter, use the be turned on/off until the counterclockwise to remove it cigarette lighter. correct pressure is reached. from the tire valve stem. Do not pinch the power plug 13. Replace the tire valve cord in the door or window. Caution stem cap. 7. Start the vehicle. The vehicle If the recommended pressure 14. Return the air only hose (10) must be running while using cannot be reached after and power plug (9) back to the air compressor. approximately 25 minutes, the their original storage location. 8. Press the on/off button (5) to vehicle should not be driven 15. Return the equipment to its turn the tire sealant and farther. The tire is too severely original storage location in the compressor kit on. damaged and the tire sealant and vehicle. The compressor will inflate the compressor kit cannot inflate the The tire sealant and compressor kit tire with air only. tire. Remove the power plug from has accessory adapters located in a the accessory power outlet and compartment on the bottom of its 9. Inflate the tire to the unscrew the inflating hose from recommended inflation housing that can be used to inflate the tire valve. See Roadside pressure using the pressure air mattresses, balls, etc. Assistance Program 0 394. gauge (8). The recommended inflation pressure can be found Storing the Tire Sealant on the Tire and Loading 10. Press the on/off button (5) to and Compressor Kit Information label. See Tire turn the tire sealant and The tire sealant and compressor kit Pressure 0 326. compressor kit off. is in a bag in the rear compartment The pressure gauge (8) may Be careful while handling the storage area. read higher than the actual tire compressor as it could be 1. Open the liftgate. See Liftgate pressure while the compressor warm after usage. 0 41. is on. Turn the compressor off 11. Unplug the power plug (9) from to get an accurate pressure the accessory power outlet in the vehicle. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

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2. Lift the load floor. 4. Turn the retainer nut 2. Lift the load floor. 3. Remove the cargo counterclockwise to remove the 3. Remove the cargo management system. See tire sealant and compressor management system. See Cargo Management System kit bag. Cargo Management System 0 114. 5. Remove the tire sealant and 0 114. compressor kit from the bag. To store the tire sealant and compressor kit, reverse the steps. Tire Changing Removing the Spare Tire and Tools To access the spare tire and tools: 1. Open the liftgate. See Liftgate 0 41. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

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4. Turn the wing nut (3) 2. Turn the wheel wrench 4. Position the jack lift head at the counterclockwise to remove the counterclockwise to loosen all jack location nearest the jack (1) and wheel wrench (2). the wheel nuts, but do not flat tire. Place the tool container near remove them yet. The jacking location is the tire being changed. 3. Place the jack near the flat tire. indicated by a half circle notch 5. Remove the spare tire and in the metal flange. The jack place it next to the tire being Caution must not be used in any other changed. position. Make sure that the jack lift head Removing the Flat Tire and is in the correct position or you { Warning Installing the Spare Tire may damage your vehicle. The 1. Do a safety check before repairs would not be covered by Getting under a vehicle when it is proceeding. See If a Tire Goes your warranty. lifted on a jack is dangerous. Flat 0 341. If the vehicle slips off the jack, you could be badly injured or (Continued) GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

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killed. Never get under a vehicle the vehicle, it is designed only for when it is supported only by changing a flat tire. If it is used for a jack. anything else, you or others could be badly injured or killed if the vehicle slips off the jack. If a jack is provided with the vehicle, only { Warning use it for changing a flat tire. Raising the vehicle with the jack improperly positioned can damage the vehicle and even Caution 5. Turn the wheel wrench make the vehicle fall. To help clockwise to raise the jack lift avoid personal injury and vehicle Using a jack to raise the vehicle head until the slots in the jack damage, be sure to fit the jack lift without positioning it correctly head fit into the metal flange head into the proper location could damage your vehicle. When behind the cut out on the before raising the vehicle. raising your vehicle on a jack, be plastic molding. Do not raise sure to position it correctly under the vehicle yet. the frame and avoid contact with 6. Put the compact spare tire the plastic molding. { Warning near you. 7. Turn the wrench clockwise in Lifting a vehicle and getting under the jack to raise the vehicle. it to do maintenance or repairs is Raise the vehicle far enough dangerous without the off the ground so that there is appropriate safety equipment and enough room for the spare tire training. If a jack is provided with to fit under the wheel well. (Continued) GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

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towel can be used; however, use Never use oil or grease on bolts a scraper or wire brush later to or nuts because the nuts might remove all rust or dirt. come loose. The vehicle's wheel could fall off, causing a crash.

12. Reinstall the wheel nuts. Tighten each nut by hand until the wheel is held against the hub. 8. Remove all of the wheel nuts. 13. Lower the vehicle by turning 9. Remove the flat tire. the jack handle counterclockwise. { Warning { Warning Rust or dirt on a wheel, or on the parts to which it is fastened, can Wheel nuts that are improperly or incorrectly tightened can cause make wheel nuts become loose 10. Remove any rust or dirt from the wheels to become loose or after time. The wheel could come the wheel bolts, mounting come off. The wheel nuts should off and cause a crash. When surfaces, and spare wheel. changing a wheel, remove any be tightened with a torque wrench 11. Place the compact spare tire to the proper torque specification rust or dirt from places where the on the wheel-mounting surface. wheel attaches to the vehicle. In after replacing. Follow the torque an emergency, a cloth or a paper specification supplied by the aftermarket manufacturer when (Continued) (Continued) GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

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using accessory locking wheel Wheel covers will not fit on the nuts. See Capacities and vehicle's compact spare. If you try Specifications 0 387 for original to put a wheel cover on the equipment wheel nut torque compact spare, the cover or the specifications. spare could be damaged.

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Improperly tightened wheel nuts 14. Tighten the wheel nuts firmly in Storing a jack, a tire, or other can lead to brake pulsation and a crisscross sequence, as equipment in the passenger rotor damage. To avoid expensive shown. compartment of the vehicle could brake repairs, evenly tighten the cause injury. In a sudden stop or 15. Lower the jack all the way and wheel nuts in the proper remove the jack from under the collision, loose equipment could sequence and to the proper vehicle. strike someone. Store all these in torque specification. See the proper place. Capacities and Specifications 16. Tighten the wheel nuts firmly 0 387 for the wheel nut torque with the wheel wrench. specification. When reinstalling the wheel cover or center cap on the full-size tire, tighten all six plastic caps hand snug with the aid of the wheel wrench and tighten them with the wheel wrench an additional one-quarter of a turn. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

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1. Remove the cable package 5. Hook the cable onto the from under the spare tire, jack, outside portion of the liftgate 1. Liftgate Hinges and tools. hinges. 2. Cable 2. Remove the small cap by 6. Hook the other end of the cable 3. Center of the Wheel tapping the back of the cap onto the outside portion of the 4. Door Striker with the extension of the shaft, liftgate hinge on the other side if the vehicle has aluminum of the vehicle. To store the flat tire: wheels. 7. Pull on the cable to make sure 3. Put the flat tire in the rear it is secure. storage area with the valve stem facing the rear of the vehicle. 4. Pull the cable through the door striker and the center of the wheel. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Vehicle Care 355 2. Lift the load floor. If this vehicle has a compact spare 3. Remove the cargo tire, it was fully inflated when new; management system. however, it can lose air over time. Check the inflation pressure 4. Put back the spare tire and all regularly. It should be 420 kPa tools as they were stored in the (60 psi). rear storage compartment. Stop as soon as possible and check 5. Install the cargo management that the spare tire is correctly system and load floor. inflated after being installed on the The compact spare is for temporary vehicle. The compact spare tire is use only. Replace the compact designed for temporary use only. spare tire with a full-size tire as The vehicle will perform differently 8. Make sure the metal tube is soon as you can. with the spare tire installed and it is centered at the striker. Push recommended that the vehicle the tube toward the front of the Compact Spare Tire speed be limited to 80 km/h (50 vehicle. mph). To conserve the tread of the spare tire, have the standard tire 9. Close the liftgate and make { Warning repaired or replaced as soon as sure it is fully latched. convenient and return the spare tire The compact spare is for temporary Driving with more than one to the storage area. use only. Replace the compact compact spare tire at a time could result in loss of braking and When using a compact spare tire, spare tire with a full-size tire as the ABS and Traction Control soon as you can. handling. This could lead to a crash and you or others could be systems may engage until the spare Storing the Compact Spare injured. Use only one compact tire is recognized by the vehicle, especially on slippery roads. Adjust Tire and Tools spare tire at a time. driving to reduce possible To store the spare tire and tools: wheel slip. 1. Open the liftgate. See Liftgate 0 41. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

356 Vehicle Care Performance of the All-Wheel Do not use the compact spare on Jump Starting Drive (AWD) system will be other vehicles. automatically reduced to protect the Do not mix the compact spare tire or Jump Starting - North system when using the compact wheel with other wheels or tires. spare. To restore the AWD and They will not fit. Keep the spare tire America prevent excessive wear on the and its wheel together. For more information about the clutch in the AWD, replace the vehicle battery, see Battery - North compact spare tire with a full-size America 0 304. tire as soon as possible. Caution If the battery has run down, try to Tire chains will not fit the compact Caution use another vehicle and some spare. Using them can damage jumper cables to start your vehicle. the vehicle and the chains. Do not When the compact spare is Be sure to use the following steps to use tire chains on the compact installed, do not take the vehicle do it safely. spare. through an automatic car wash with guide rails. The compact { Warning spare can get caught on the rails which can damage the tire, wheel, WARNING: Battery posts, and other parts of the vehicle. terminals, and related accessories contain lead and lead compounds, chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm. Batteries also contain other chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer. WASH HANDS AFTER (Continued) GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Vehicle Care 357 3. Good Battery Negative (-) Warning (Continued) Caution Terminal 4. Good Battery Positive (+) HANDLING. For more information Ignoring these steps could result Terminal go to www.P65Warnings.ca.gov/ in costly damage to the vehicle passenger-vehicle. that would not be covered by the The jump start positive (+) vehicle warranty. Trying to start Terminal (1) and the negative the vehicle by pushing or pulling it remote negative terminal (2) for the See California Proposition discharged battery are on the driver 0 will not work, and it could damage 65 Warning 285 and the back side of the vehicle. cover. the vehicle. The jump start positive (+) terminal (4) and negative (-) { Warning terminal (3) are on the battery of the Batteries can hurt you. They can vehicle providing the jump start. be dangerous because: 1. Check the other vehicle. . They contain acid that can It must have a 12-volt battery burn you. with a negative ground system. . They contain gas that can Caution explode or ignite. . They contain enough If the other vehicle does not have electricity to burn you. a 12-volt system with a negative ground, both vehicles can be If you do not follow these steps damaged. Only use a vehicle that exactly, some or all of these 1. Discharged Battery has a 12-volt system with a things can hurt you. Positive (+) Terminal negative ground for jump starting. 2. Discharged Battery Remote Negative (-) Terminal 2. Position the two vehicles so that they are not touching. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

358 Vehicle Care 3. Set the parking brake firmly and put the shift lever in { Warning { Warning P (Park) with an automatic transmission, or Neutral with a An electric fan can start up even Fans or other moving engine manual transmission. See when the engine is not running parts can injure you badly. Keep Shifting Into Park 0 226. and can injure you. Keep hands, your hands away from moving clothing, and tools away from any parts once the engine is running. Caution underhood electric fan. 5. Connect one end of the red If any accessories are left on or positive (+) cable to the plugged in during the jump { Warning positive (+) terminal on the starting procedure, they could be discharged battery. damaged. The repairs would not Using a match near a battery can 6. Connect the other end of the be covered by the vehicle cause battery gas to explode. red positive (+) cable to the warranty. Whenever possible, turn People have been hurt doing this, positive (+) terminal of the good off or unplug all accessories on and some have been blinded. battery. either vehicle when jump starting. Use a flashlight if you need more 7. Connect one end of the black light. negative (–) cable to the 4. Turn the ignition off. Turn off all Battery fluid contains acid that negative (–) terminal of the lights and accessories in both can burn you. Do not get it on good battery. vehicles, except the hazard you. If you accidentally get it in warning flashers if needed. 8. Connect the other end of the your eyes or on your skin, flush black negative (–) cable to the the place with water and get remote negative (–) terminal for medical help immediately. the discharged battery. 9. Start the engine in the vehicle with the good battery and run the engine at idle speed for at least four minutes. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Vehicle Care 359 10. Try to start the vehicle that had Towing the Vehicle Front Attachment Points the dead battery. If it will not start after a few tries, it probably needs service. Caution Incorrectly towing a disabled Caution vehicle may cause damage. The If the jumper cables are damage would not be covered by connected or removed in the the vehicle warranty. Do not lash wrong order, electrical shorting or hook to suspension may occur and damage the components. Use the proper vehicle. The repairs would not be straps around the tires to secure covered by the vehicle warranty. the vehicle. Do not drag a locked Always connect and remove the wheel/tire while loading the vehicle. Do not use a sling type jumper cables in the correct order, The vehicle is equipped with making sure that the cables do lift to tow the vehicle. This could damage the vehicle. specific attachment points to be not touch each other or other used by the towing provider. These metal. holes may be used to pull the GM recommends a flatbed tow truck vehicle from a flat road surface onto Jumper Cable Removal to transport a disabled vehicle. Use the flatbed tow truck. ramps to help reduce approach Reverse the sequence exactly when angles, if necessary. A towed Recreational Vehicle removing the jumper cables. vehicle should have its drive wheels Towing After starting the disabled vehicle off the ground. Contact Roadside and removing the jumper cables, Assistance or a professional towing Recreational vehicle towing means allow it to idle for several minutes. service if the disabled vehicle must towing the vehicle behind another be towed. vehicle, such as behind a motor home. The two most common types of recreational vehicle towing are GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

360 Vehicle Care known as dinghy towing and dolly . If the vehicle is ready to be Dinghy Towing (2.5L L4 towing. Dinghy towing is towing the towed. Just as preparing the Engine) vehicle with all four wheels on the vehicle for a long trip, make sure ground. Dolly towing is towing the the vehicle is prepared to be vehicle with two wheels on the towed. ground and two wheels up on a device known as a dolly. Caution Here are some important things to consider before recreational vehicle Use of a shield mounted in front towing: of the vehicle grille could restrict airflow and cause damage to the . Before towing the vehicle, transmission. The repairs would become familiar with the local not be covered by the vehicle laws that apply to recreational warranty. If using a shield, only vehicle towing. These laws may use one that attaches to the vary by region. towing vehicle. This vehicle was not designed or . The towing capacity of the intended to be dinghy towed. towing vehicle. Be sure to read the tow vehicle manufacturer's recommendations. . How far the vehicle will be towed. Some vehicles have restrictions on how far and how long they can tow. . The proper towing equipment. See your dealer or trailering professional for additional advice and equipment recommendations. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Vehicle Care 361 Dinghy Towing (3.6L For vehicles being dinghy towed, 3. Use a small screwdriver or tool V6 Engine) the vehicle should be run at the to press and hold the manual beginning of each day and at each release button on the rear right. RV fuel stop for about five minutes. 4. Put the vehicle in N (Neutral). This will ensure proper lubrication of transmission components. Caution To tow the vehicle from the front with all four wheels on the ground: If the vehicle is towed without 1. Position the vehicle that will be performing each of the steps towed and secure it to the listed under “Dinghy Towing,” the towing vehicle. automatic transmission could be damaged. Be sure to follow all steps of the dinghy towing procedure prior to and after towing the vehicle. If the vehicle is front-wheel drive, it can be dinghy towed from the front. These vehicles may also be towed by putting the front wheels on a Caution dolly. See “Dolly Towing” later in this section. If 105 km/h (65 mph) is exceeded while towing the vehicle, it could If the vehicle is all-wheel drive, it be damaged. Never exceed can be dinghy towed from the front. 105 km/h (65 mph) while towing These vehicles can also be towed the vehicle. by placing them on a platform trailer 2. Remove the shift lever boot by with all four wheels off of the pulling up on the rear of the ground. These vehicles cannot be trim plate. towed using a dolly. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

362 Vehicle Care Once the destination has been 4. Secure the vehicle to the dolly. Caution (Continued) reached: 5. Follow the dolly manufacturer's 1. Shift the vehicle to P (Park). spare tire. Towing with two instructions for preparing the 2. Reinstall the shift lever boot by different tire sizes on the front of vehicle and dolly for towing. inserting the front edge and the vehicle can cause severe 6. Release the parking brake. pressing the rear of the trim damage to the transmission. plate until it snaps into place. Towing the Vehicle from the Rear 3. Start the engine and let it idle Dolly Towing for more than three minutes before driving the vehicle.

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Too much or too little fluid can damage the transmission. Be sure that the transmission fluid is at the proper level before towing with all four wheels on the ground.

Caution To tow a vehicle from the front with the rear wheels on the ground: Do not tow a vehicle with the front 1. Put the front wheels on a dolly. drive wheels on the ground if one 2. Move the shift lever to P (Park). of the front tires is a compact See Shifting Into Park 0 226. (Continued) 3. Set the parking brake. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

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Appearance Care Caution (Continued) Exterior Care your dealer. Follow all manufacturer directions regarding Locks correct product usage, necessary Locks are lubricated at the factory. safety precautions, and Use a de-icing agent only when appropriate disposal of any absolutely necessary, and have the vehicle care product. locks greased after using. See Recommended Fluids and Lubricants 0 383. Caution Washing the Vehicle Caution Avoid using high-pressure To preserve the vehicle's finish, washes closer than 30 cm (12 in) Towing the vehicle from the rear wash it often and out of direct to the surface of the vehicle. Use could damage it. Also, repairs sunlight. of power washers exceeding would not be covered by the 8,274 kPa (1,200 psi) can result vehicle warranty. Never have the Caution in damage or removal of paint vehicle towed from the rear. Do not use petroleum-based, and decals. acidic, or abrasive cleaning agents as they can damage the vehicle's paint, metal, or plastic Caution parts. If damage occurs, it would not be covered by the vehicle Do not power wash any warranty. Approved cleaning component under the hood that products can be obtained from has this e symbol. (Continued) (Continued) GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

364 Vehicle Care have the damage assessed and Caution (Continued) repaired. Foreign materials such as Caution calcium chloride and other salts, ice This could cause damage that melting agents, road oil and tar, tree Machine compounding or would not be covered by the sap, bird droppings, chemicals from aggressive polishing on a vehicle warranty. industrial chimneys, etc., can basecoat/clearcoat paint finish damage the vehicle's finish if they may damage it. Use only If using an automatic car wash, remain on painted surfaces. Wash non-abrasive waxes and polishes follow the car wash instructions. The the vehicle as soon as possible. that are made for a basecoat/ windshield wiper and rear window If necessary, use non-abrasive clearcoat paint finish on the wiper, if equipped, must be off. cleaners that are marked safe for vehicle. Remove any accessories that may painted surfaces to remove foreign matter. be damaged or interfere with the car To keep the paint finish looking new, wash equipment. Occasional hand waxing or mild keep the vehicle garaged or Rinse the vehicle well, before polishing should be done to remove covered whenever possible. washing and after, to remove all residue from the paint finish. See your dealer for approved cleaning Protecting Exterior Bright Metal cleaning agents completely. If they Moldings are allowed to dry on the surface, products. they could stain. Do not apply waxes or polishes to Caution Dry the finish with a soft, clean uncoated plastic, vinyl, rubber, chamois or an all-cotton towel to decals, simulated wood, or flat paint Failure to clean and protect the avoid surface scratches and water as damage can occur. bright metal moldings can result spotting. in a hazy white finish or pitting. Finish Care This damage would not be covered by the vehicle warranty. Application of aftermarket clearcoat sealant/wax materials is not recommended. If painted surfaces are damaged, see your dealer to GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Vehicle Care 365 The bright metal moldings on the Cleaning Exterior Lamps/ . Aftermarket appearance caps or vehicle are aluminum, chrome, Lenses, Emblems, Decals, and covers while the lamps are or stainless steel. To prevent Stripes illuminated, due to excessive damage always follow these heat generated. cleaning instructions: Use only lukewarm or cold water, a soft cloth, and a car washing soap . Be sure the molding is cool to to clean exterior lamps, lenses, Caution the touch before applying any emblems, decals, and stripes. cleaning solution. Failure to clean lamps properly Follow instructions under "Washing can cause damage to the lamp the Vehicle" previously in this . Use only approved cleaning cover that would not be covered section. solutions for aluminum, chrome, by the vehicle warranty. or stainless steel. Some Lamp covers are made of plastic, cleaners are highly acidic or and some have a UV protective contain alkaline substances and coating. Do not clean or wipe them can damage the moldings. when dry. Caution . Always dilute a concentrated Do not use any of the following on cleaner according to the Using wax on low gloss black lamp covers: finish stripes can increase the manufacturer’s instructions. . Abrasive or caustic agents. gloss level and create a . Do not use cleaners that are not non-uniform finish. Clean low intended for automotive use. . Washer fluids and other cleaning agents in higher concentrations gloss stripes with soap and . Use a nonabrasive wax on the than suggested by the water only. vehicle after washing to protect manufacturer. and extend the molding finish. . Solvents, alcohols, fuels, Air Intakes or other harsh cleaners. Clear debris from the air intakes, . Ice scrapers or other hard items. between the hood and windshield, when washing the vehicle. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

366 Vehicle Care Shutter System a buildup of vehicle wash/wax treatments may cause wiper Caution streaking. Using petroleum-based tire Replace the wiper blades if they are dressing products on the vehicle worn or damaged. Damage can be may damage the paint finish and/ caused by extreme dusty or tires. When applying a tire conditions, sand, salt, heat, sun, dressing, always wipe off any snow, and ice. overspray from all painted Weatherstrips surfaces on the vehicle. Apply weatherstrip lubricant on weatherstrips to make them last Wheels and Wheel Trim longer, seal better, and not stick or Use a soft, clean cloth with mild squeak. Lubricate weatherstrips at soap and water to clean the wheels. The vehicle may have a shutter least once a year. Hot, dry climates After rinsing thoroughly with clean system designed to help increase may require more frequent water, dry with a soft, clean towel. fuel economy. Keep the shutter application. Black marks from A wax may then be applied. system clean for proper operation. rubber material on painted surfaces can be removed by rubbing with a Windshield and Wiper Blades clean cloth. See Recommended Caution Fluids and Lubricants 0 383. Clean the outside of the windshield Chrome wheels and chrome with glass cleaner. Tires wheel trim may be damaged if the vehicle is not washed after driving Clean rubber blades using a lint-free Use a stiff brush with tire cleaner to cloth or paper towel soaked with clean the tires. on roads that have been sprayed windshield washer fluid or a mild with magnesium chloride or detergent. Wash the windshield calcium chloride. These are used thoroughly when cleaning the on roads for conditions such as blades. Bugs, road grime, sap, and (Continued) GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Vehicle Care 367 disc brake pads for wear and rotors Underbody Maintenance Caution (Continued) for surface condition. Inspect all At least twice a year, spring and fall, other brake parts. dust and ice. Always wash the use plain water to flush any chrome with soap and water after Steering, Suspension, and corrosive materials from the exposure. Chassis Components underbody. Take care to thoroughly clean any areas where mud and Visually inspect steering, other debris can collect. suspension, and chassis Caution components for damaged, loose, Do not directly power wash the or missing parts or signs of wear at transfer case and/or front/rear axle To avoid surface damage on least once a year. output seals. High pressure water can overcome the seals and wheels and wheel trim, do not Inspect power steering for proper use strong soaps, chemicals, contaminate the fluid. Contaminated electrical connections, binding, fluid will decrease the life of the abrasive polishes, cleaners, cracks, chafing, etc. transfer case and/or axles and or brushes. Use only GM Visually check constant velocity joint should be replaced. approved cleaners. Do not drive boots and axle seals for leaks. the vehicle through an automatic Sheet Metal Damage car wash that uses silicone Body Component Lubrication If the vehicle is damaged and carbide tire/wheel cleaning Lubricate all key lock cylinders, requires sheet metal repair or brushes. Damage could occur hood hinges, liftgate hinges, and the replacement, make sure the body and the repairs would not be steel fuel door hinges, unless the repair shop applies anti-corrosion covered by the vehicle warranty. components are plastic. Applying material to parts repaired or silicone grease on weatherstrips replaced to restore corrosion Brake System with a clean cloth will make them protection. last longer, seal better, and not stick Original manufacturer replacement Visually inspect brake lines and or squeak. hoses for proper hook-up, binding, parts will provide the corrosion leaks, cracks, chafing, etc. Inspect protection while maintaining the vehicle warranty. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

368 Vehicle Care Finish Damage hand lotions, sunscreen, and insect . Do not use laundry detergents or repellent from all interior surfaces or dishwashing soaps with Quickly repair minor chips and permanent damage may result. degreasers. For liquid cleaners, scratches with touch-up materials use approximately 20 drops per available from your dealer to avoid Use cleaners specifically designed 3.8 L (1 gal) of water. corrosion. Larger areas of finish for the surfaces being cleaned to A concentrated soap solution will damage can be corrected in your prevent permanent damage. Apply create streaks and attract dirt. dealer's body and paint shop. all cleaners directly to the cleaning cloth. Do not spray cleaners on any Do not use solutions that contain Chemical Paint Spotting switches or controls. Remove strong or caustic soap. Airborne pollutants can fall upon cleaners quickly. . Do not heavily saturate the and attack painted vehicle surfaces Before using cleaners, read and upholstery when cleaning. causing blotchy, ring-shaped follow all safety instructions on the . Do not use solvents or cleaners discolorations, and small, irregular label. While cleaning the interior, containing solvents. dark spots etched into the paint open the doors and windows to get surface. See “Finish Care” proper ventilation. Interior Glass previously in this section. To prevent damage, do not clean To clean, use a terry cloth fabric dampened with water. Wipe droplets Interior Care the interior using the following cleaners or techniques: left behind with a clean dry cloth. To prevent dirt particle abrasions, If necessary, use a commercial . Never use a razor or any other regularly clean the vehicle's interior. glass cleaner after cleaning with sharp object to remove soil from plain water. Immediately remove any soils. any interior surface. Newspapers or dark garments can transfer color to the vehicle’s . Never use a brush with stiff interior. bristles. Use a soft bristle brush to remove . Never rub any surface dust from knobs and crevices on the aggressively or with too much instrument cluster. Using a mild pressure. soap solution, immediately remove GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Vehicle Care 369 Fabric/Carpet/Suede to a clean area frequently to Caution prevent forcing the soil in to the Start by vacuuming the surface fabric. To prevent scratching, never use using a soft brush attachment. If a abrasive cleaners on automotive rotating vacuum brush attachment is 4. Continue gently rubbing the glass. Abrasive cleaners or being used, only use it on the floor soiled area until there is no aggressive cleaning may damage carpet. Before cleaning, gently longer any color transfer from the rear window defogger. remove as much of the soil as the soil to the cleaning cloth. possible: 5. If the soil is not completely removed, use a mild soap Cleaning the windshield with water . Gently blot liquids with a paper during the first three to six months towel. Continue blotting until no solution followed only by plain of ownership will reduce tendency more soil can be removed. water. to fog. . For solid soils, remove as much If the soil is not completely as possible prior to vacuuming. removed, it may be necessary to Speaker Covers use a commercial upholstery To clean: Vacuum around a speaker cover cleaner or spot lifter. Test a small gently, so that the speaker will not 1. Saturate a clean, lint-free hidden area for colorfastness before be damaged. Clean spots with water colorfast cloth with water. using a commercial upholstery and mild soap. Microfiber cloth is cleaner or spot lifter. If ring recommended to prevent lint formation occurs, clean the entire Coated Moldings transfer to the fabric or carpet. fabric or carpet. Coated moldings should be cleaned. 2. Remove excess moisture by After cleaning, use a paper towel to . When lightly soiled, wipe with a gently wringing until water does blot excess moisture. sponge or soft, lint-free cloth not drip from the cleaning cloth. dampened with water. 3. Start on the outside edge of the . When heavily soiled, use warm soil and gently rub toward the soapy water. center. Fold the cleaning cloth GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

370 Vehicle Care Cleaning High Gloss Surfaces Instrument Panel, Leather, and Vehicle Information and Vinyl, Other Plastic Surfaces, Caution (Continued) Radio Displays Low Gloss Paint Surfaces, and the appearance and feel of Use a microfiber cloth on high gloss Natural Open Pore Wood leather or soft trim, and are not surfaces or vehicle displays. First, Surfaces recommended. use a soft bristle brush to remove Use a soft microfiber cloth dirt that can scratch the surface. dampened with water to remove Do not use cleaners that increase Then gently clean by rubbing with a dust and loose dirt. For a more gloss, especially on the instrument microfiber cloth. Never use window thorough cleaning, use a soft panel. Reflected glare can decrease cleaners or solvents. Periodically microfiber cloth dampened with a visibility through the windshield hand wash the microfiber cloth mild soap solution. under certain conditions. separately, using mild soap. Do not use bleach or fabric softener. Rinse Caution thoroughly and air dry before Caution next use. Soaking or saturating leather, Use of air fresheners may cause especially perforated leather, as permanent damage to plastics Caution well as other interior surfaces, and painted surfaces. If an air may cause permanent damage. Do not attach a device with a freshener comes in contact with Wipe excess moisture from these any plastic or painted surface in suction cup to the display. This surfaces after cleaning and allow may cause damage and would the vehicle, blot immediately and them to dry naturally. Never use clean with a soft cloth dampened not be covered by the vehicle heat, steam, or spot removers. Do warranty. with a mild soap solution. not use cleaners that contain Damage caused by air fresheners silicone or wax-based products. would not be covered by the Cleaners containing these vehicle warranty. solvents can permanently change (Continued) GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Vehicle Care 371 Cargo Cover and Floor Mats . Do not use a floor mat if the Convenience Net vehicle is not equipped with a floor mat retainer on the driver If equipped, wash with warm water { Warning side floor. and mild detergent. Do not use chlorine bleach. Rinse with cold If a floor mat is the wrong size or . Use the floor mat with the water, and then dry completely. is not properly installed, it can correct side up. Do not turn interfere with the pedals. it over. Care of Seat Belts Interference with the pedals can . Do not place anything on top of Keep belts clean and dry. cause unintended acceleration the driver side floor mat. and/or increased stopping distance which can cause a crash . Use only a single floor mat on { Warning the driver side. and injury. Make sure the floor Do not bleach or dye seat belt mat does not interfere with the . Do not place one floor mat on webbing. It may severely weaken pedals. top of another. the webbing. In a crash, they Button Retainer might not be able to provide Use the following guidelines for adequate protection. Clean and proper floor mat usage. rinse seat belt webbing only with mild soap and lukewarm water. . The original equipment floor Allow the webbing to dry. mats were designed for your vehicle. If the floor mats need replacing, it is recommended that GM certified floor mats be purchased. Non-GM floor mats may not fit properly and may interfere with the accelerator or brake pedal. Always check that the floor mats do not interfere with the pedals. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

372 Vehicle Care Some vehicles have floor mats with a button-type retainer. Removing and Replacing the Floor Mat 1. Pull up on the rear of the floor mat to unlock each retainer and remove. 2. Reinstall by lining up the floor mat retainer openings over the carpet retainers and snapping into position. 3. Make sure the floor mat is properly secured in place. Verify the floor mat does not interfere with the pedals. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Service and Maintenance 373 General Information for routine maintenance such as oil Service and changes and tire rotations and Maintenance Your vehicle is an important additional maintenance items like investment. This section describes tires, brakes, batteries, and wiper the required maintenance for the blades. General Information vehicle. Follow this schedule to help General Information ...... 373 protect against major repair Caution expenses resulting from neglect or Maintenance Schedule inadequate maintenance. It may Damage caused by improper Maintenance Schedule ...... 375 also help to maintain the value of maintenance can lead to costly the vehicle if it is sold. It is the Special Application Services repairs and may not be covered responsibility of the owner to have by the vehicle warranty. Special Application all required maintenance performed. Services ...... 380 Maintenance intervals, checks, Your dealer has trained technicians inspections, recommended fluids, Additional Maintenance who can perform required and lubricants are important to and Care maintenance using genuine keep the vehicle in good working Additional Maintenance replacement parts. They have condition. and Care ...... 380 up-to-date tools and equipment for fast and accurate diagnostics. Many Do not have chemical flushes that Recommended Fluids, dealers have extended evening and are not approved by GM Lubricants, and Parts Saturday hours, courtesy performed on the vehicle. The Recommended Fluids and transportation, and online use of flushes, solvents, cleaners, Lubricants ...... 383 scheduling to assist with service or lubricants that are not Maintenance Replacement needs. approved by GM could damage Parts ...... 384 the vehicle, requiring expensive Your dealer recognizes the repairs that are not covered by Maintenance Records importance of providing Maintenance Records ...... 385 competitively priced maintenance the vehicle warranty. and repair services. With trained technicians, the dealer is the place GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

374 Service and Maintenance The Tire Rotation and Required The Additional Required Services - Services are the responsibility of the Severe are for vehicles that are: Warning (Continued) vehicle owner. It is recommended to . Mainly driven in heavy city traffic have a trained technician do the have your dealer perform these in hot weather. services every 12 000 km/7,500 mi. work. See Doing Your Own 0 Proper vehicle maintenance helps to . Mainly driven in hilly or Service Work 286. keep the vehicle in good working mountainous terrain. condition, improves fuel economy, . Frequently towing a trailer. and reduces vehicle emissions. . Used for high speed or Because of the way people use competitive driving. vehicles, maintenance needs vary. There may need to be more . Used for taxi, police, or delivery frequent checks and services. The service. Additional Required Services - Refer to the information in the Normal are for vehicles that: Maintenance Schedule Additional . Carry passengers and cargo Required Services - Severe chart. within recommended limits on the Tire and Loading Information { Warning label. See Vehicle Load Limits 0 217. Performing maintenance work can be dangerous and can cause . Are driven on reasonable road serious injury. Perform surfaces within legal driving maintenance work only if the limits. required information, proper tools, . Use the recommended fuel. See and equipment are available. Recommended Fuel 0 268. If they are not, see your dealer to Refer to the information in the (Continued) Maintenance Schedule Additional Required Services - Normal chart. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Service and Maintenance 375 Maintenance filter must be changed at least once . Check engine oil level and oil a year and the oil life system must life percentage. If needed, Schedule be reset. Your trained dealer change engine oil and filter, and technician can perform this work. reset oil life system. Owner Checks and Services If the engine oil life system is reset See Engine Oil 0 291 and 0 At Each Fuel Stop accidentally, service the vehicle Engine Oil Life System 293. within 5 000 km/3,000 mi since the . Check engine coolant level. See . Check the engine oil level. See last service. Reset the oil life 0 Cooling System 0 296. Engine Oil 291. system when the oil is changed. 0 Once a Month See Engine Oil Life System 293. . Check windshield washer fluid level. See Washer Fluid 0 301. . Check the tire inflation Air Conditioning Desiccant . Check tire inflation pressures. pressures. See Tire Pressure (Replace Every Seven Years) 0 0 326. See Tire Pressure 326. The air conditioning system requires . Inspect tire wear. See Tire . Inspect the tires for wear. See maintenance every seven years. Inspection 0 333. Tire Inspection 0 333. This service requires replacement of . Check the windshield washer the desiccant to help the longevity . Visually check for fluid leaks. fluid level. See Washer Fluid and efficient operation of the air . Inspect engine air cleaner filter. 0 301. conditioning system. This service See Engine Air Cleaner/Filter can be complex. See your dealer. 0 295. Engine Oil Change Tire Rotation and Required . Inspect brake system. See When the CHANGE ENGINE OIL Services Every 12 000 km/ Exterior Care 0 363. SOON message displays, have the 7,500 mi engine oil and filter changed within . Visually inspect steering, the next 1 000 km/600 mi. If driven Rotate the tires, if recommended for suspension, and chassis under the best conditions, the the vehicle, and perform the components for damage, engine oil life system may not following services. See Tire including cracks or tears in the indicate the need for vehicle service Rotation 0 334. rubber boots, loose or missing for up to a year. The engine oil and GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

376 Service and Maintenance parts, or signs of wear at least . Lubricate body components. See . Check tire sealant expiration once a year. See Exterior Care Exterior Care 0 363. date, if equipped. See Tire 0 363. Sealant and Compressor Kit . Check starter switch. See Starter 0 . Inspect power steering for Switch Check 0 305. 342. proper attachment, connections, . Inspect sunroof track and seal, . Check automatic transmission 0 binding, leaks, cracks, shift lock control function. See if equipped. See Sunroof 53. chafing, etc. Automatic Transmission Shift . Visually inspect halfshafts and Lock Control Function Check drive shafts for excessive wear, 0 305. lubricant leaks, and/or damage . Check parking brake and including: tube dents or cracks, automatic transmission park constant velocity joint or mechanism. See Park Brake and looseness, P (Park) Mechanism Check cracked or missing boots, loose 0 305. or missing boot clamps, center bearing excessive looseness, . Check accelerator pedal for loose or missing fasteners, and damage, high effort, or binding. axle seal leaks. Replace if needed. . Check restraint system . Visually inspect gas strut for components. See Safety System signs of wear, cracks, or other Check 0 77. damage. Check the hold open ability of the strut. If the hold . Visually inspect fuel system for open ability is low, service the damage or leaks. gas strut. See Gas Strut(s) . Visually inspect exhaust system 0 307. and nearby heat shields for loose or damaged parts. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

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Maintenance Schedule

Additional Required 12 000 km/7,500 mi 24 000 km/15,000 mi 36 000 km/22,500 mi 48 000 km/30,000 mi 60 000 km/37,500 mi 72 000 km/45,000 mi 84 000 km/52,500 mi 96 000 km/60,000 mi 108 000 km/67,500 mi 120 000 km/75,000 mi 132 000 km/82,500 mi 144 000 km/90,000 mi 156 000 km/97,500 mi 180 000 km/112,500 mi Services - Normal 168 000 km/105,000 mi 192 000 km/120,000 mi 204 000 km/127,500 mi 216 000 km/135,000 mi 228 000 km/142,500 mi 240 000 km/150,000 mi

Rotate tires and perform Required Services. Check engine oil level and oil life percentage. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Change engine oil and filter, if needed. Replace passenger compartment air filter. (1) @ @ @ @ @ @ Inspect evaporative control system. (2) @ @ @ Replace engine air cleaner filter. (3) @ @ @ Replace spark plugs. Inspect spark plug wires. @ Drain and fill engine cooling system. (4) @ Visually inspect accessory drive belts. (5) @ Replace brake fluid. (6) Replace windshield wiper blades. (7) @@@@@@@@@@ Replace hood and/or body lift support gas struts. @ @ GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

378 Service and Maintenance Footnotes — Maintenance (5) Or every 10 years, whichever Schedule Additional Required comes first. Inspect for fraying, Services - Normal excessive cracking, or damage; (1) Or every two years, whichever replace, if needed. comes first. More frequent (6) Replace brake fluid every five passenger compartment air filter years. See Brake Fluid 0 303. replacement may be needed if (7) Or every 12 months, whichever driving in areas with heavy traffic, comes first. See Wiper Blade poor air quality, high dust levels, Replacement 0 306 or environmental allergens. Passenger compartment air filter replacement may also be needed if there is reduced airflow, window fogging, or odors. Your GM dealer can help determine when to replace the filter. (2) Visually check all fuel and vapor lines and hoses for proper attachment, connection, routing, and condition. (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) Or every five years, whichever comes first. See Cooling System 0 296. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

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Maintenance Schedule

Additional Required 12 000 km/7,500 mi 24 000 km/15,000 mi 36 000 km/22,500 mi 48 000 km/30,000 mi 60 000 km/37,500 mi 72 000 km/45,000 mi 84 000 km/52,500 mi 96 000 km/60,000 mi 108 000 km/67,500 mi 120 000 km/75,000 mi 132 000 km/82,500 mi 144 000 km/90,000 mi 156 000 km/97,500 mi 180 000 km/112,500 mi Services - Severe 168 000 km/105,000 mi 192 000 km/120,000 mi 204 000 km/127,500 mi 216 000 km/135,000 mi 228 000 km/142,500 mi 240 000 km/150,000 mi

Rotate tires and perform Required Services. Check engine oil level and oil life percentage. @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Change engine oil and filter, if needed. Replace passenger compartment air filter. (1) @ @ @ @ @ @ Inspect evaporative control system. (2) @ @ @ Replace engine air cleaner filter. (3) @ @ @ Change automatic transmission fluid. @ @ @ Replace spark plugs. Inspect spark plug wires. @ Drain and fill engine cooling system. (4) @ Visually inspect accessory drive belts. (5) @ Replace brake fluid. (6) Replace windshield wiper blades. (7) @@@@@@@@@@ Replace hood and/or body lift support gas struts. @ @

Footnotes — Maintenance driving in areas with heavy traffic, fogging, or odors. Your GM dealer Schedule Additional Required poor air quality, high dust levels, can help determine when to replace Services - Severe or environmental allergens. the filter. (1) Or every two years, whichever Passenger compartment air filter (2) Visually check all fuel and vapor comes first. More frequent replacement may also be needed if lines and hoses for proper passenger compartment air filter there is reduced airflow, window attachment, connection, routing, and replacement may be needed if condition. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

380 Service and Maintenance (3) Or every four years, whichever Special Application Additional comes first. If driving in dusty conditions, inspect the filter at each Services Maintenance and Care oil change or more often as needed. . Severe Commercial Use Your vehicle is an important (4) Or every five years, whichever Vehicles Only: Lubricate chassis investment and caring for it properly comes first. See Cooling System components every oil change. may help to avoid future costly 0 296. . Have underbody flushing service repairs. To maintain vehicle (5) Or every 10 years, whichever performed. See "Underbody performance, additional comes first. Inspect for fraying, Maintenance" in Exterior Care maintenance services may be excessive cracking, or damage; 0 363. required. replace, if needed. It is recommended that your dealer (6) Replace brake fluid every five perform these services — their years. See Brake Fluid 0 303. trained dealer technicians know your vehicle best. Your dealer can (7) Or every 12 months, whichever also perform a thorough comes first. See Wiper Blade assessment with a multi-point Replacement 0 306 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. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Service and Maintenance 381 . To avoid break-down or failure to . Trained dealer technicians have Lamps start the vehicle, maintain a access to tools and equipment Properly working headlamps, battery with full cranking power. to inspect the brakes and taillamps, and brake lamps are . Trained dealer technicians have recommend quality parts important to see and be seen on the diagnostic equipment to test engineered for the vehicle. the road. the battery and ensure that the Fluids . Signs that the headlamps need connections and cables are attention include dimming, failure corrosion-free. Proper fluid levels and approved fluids protect the vehicle’s systems to light, cracking, or damage. Belts and components. See The brake lamps need to be Recommended Fluids and checked periodically to ensure . Belts may need replacing if they 0 that they light when braking. squeak or show signs of Lubricants 383 for GM approved cracking or splitting. fluids. . With a multi-point inspection, . Engine oil and windshield your dealer can check the lamps . Trained dealer technicians have and note any concerns. access to tools and equipment washer fluid levels should be to inspect the belts and checked at every fuel fill. Shocks and Struts recommend adjustment or . Instrument cluster lights may Shocks and struts help aid in control replacement when necessary. come on to indicate that fluids for a smoother ride. may be low and need to be Brakes filled. . Signs of wear may include Brakes stop the vehicle and are steering wheel vibration, bounce/ crucial to safe driving. Hoses sway while braking, longer Hoses transport fluids and should stopping distance, or uneven . Signs of brake wear may include tire wear. chirping, grinding, or squealing be regularly inspected to ensure noises, or difficulty stopping. that there are no cracks or leaks. . As part of the multi-point With a multi-point inspection, your inspection, trained dealer dealer can inspect the hoses and technicians can visually inspect advise if replacement is needed. the shocks and struts for signs GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

382 Service and Maintenance of leaking, blown seals, Vehicle Care . Trained dealer technicians can or damage, and can advise To help keep the vehicle looking like inspect the windshield and when service is needed. new, vehicle care products are recommend proper replacement if needed. Tires available from your dealer. For information on how to clean and Tires need to be properly inflated, Wiper Blades protect the vehicle’s interior and rotated, and balanced. Maintaining exterior, see Interior Care 0 368 and Wiper blades need to be cleaned the tires can save money and fuel, Exterior Care 0 363. and kept in good condition to and can reduce the risk of tire provide a clear view. failure. Wheel Alignment . Signs of wear include streaking, . Signs that the tires need to be Wheel alignment is critical for skipping across the windshield, replaced include three or more ensuring that the tires deliver and worn or split rubber. visible treadwear indicators; cord optimal wear and performance. . Trained dealer technicians can or fabric showing through the . Signs that the alignment may check the wiper blades and rubber; cracks or cuts in the need to be adjusted include replace them when needed. tread or sidewall; or a bulge or pulling, improper vehicle split in the tire. handling, or unusual tire wear. . Trained dealer technicians can . Your dealer has the required inspect and recommend the right equipment to ensure proper tires. Your dealer can also wheel alignment. provide tire/wheel balancing services to ensure smooth Windshield vehicle operation at all speeds. For safety, appearance, and the Your dealer sells and services best viewing, keep the windshield name brand tires. clean and clear. . Signs of damage include scratches, cracks, and chips. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Service and Maintenance 383 Recommended Fluids, Lubricants, and Parts Recommended Fluids and Lubricants Usage Fluid/Lubricant Automatic Transmission DEXRON-VI Automatic Transmission Fluid. Engine Coolant 50/50 mixture of clean, drinkable water and use only DEX-COOL Coolant. See Cooling System 0 296. Engine Oil Engine oil meeting the dexos1 specification of the proper SAE viscosity grade. ACDelco dexos1 full synthetic is recommended. See Engine Oil 0 291. Hood Latch Assembly, Secondary Lubriplate Lubricant Aerosol (GM Part No. 89021668, in Latch, Pivots, Spring Anchor, and Canada 89021674) or lubricant meeting requirements of NLGI #2, Release Pawl Category LB or GC-LB. Hydraulic Brake System DOT 3 Hydraulic Brake Fluid (GM Part No. 19353126, in Canada 19299819). Key Lock Cylinders, Hood and Door Multi-Purpose Lubricant, Superlube (GM Part No. 12346241, in Hinges Canada 10953474). Weatherstrip Conditioning Weatherstrip lubricant (GM Part No. 3634770, in Canada 10953518) or equivalent. Windshield Washer Automotive windshield washer fluid that meets regional freeze protection requirements. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

384 Service and Maintenance Maintenance Replacement Parts Replacement parts identified below by name, part number, or specification can be obtained from your dealer. Part GM Part Number ACDelco Part Number Engine Air Cleaner/Filter 2.5L L4 Engine 23321606 A3212C 3.6L V6 Engine 15278634 A3083C Engine Oil Filter 2.5L L4 Engine 12640445 PF64 3.6L V6 Engine 19330000 PF63E Passenger Compartment Air Filter 13508023 CF185 Spark Plugs 2.5L L4 Engine 12627160 41-115 3.6L V6 Engine 12646780 41-130 Wiper Blades Front Driver – 60 cm (24 in) 23372088 — Front Passenger – 50 cm (20 in) 23360287 — Rear – 30 cm (12 in) 23299093 — GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Service and Maintenance 385 Maintenance Records After the scheduled services are performed, record the date, odometer reading, who performed the service, and the type of services performed in the boxes provided. Retain all maintenance receipts. Odometer Date Serviced By Services Performed Reading GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

386 Technical Data Vehicle Identification parts. See “Engine Specifications” Technical Data under Capacities and Specifications 0 Vehicle Identification 387 for the vehicle's engine code. Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) Vehicle Identification Service Parts Number (VIN) ...... 386 Identification Label Service Parts Identification There may be a label in the rear Label ...... 386 compartment, under the load floor, Vehicle Data inside the cargo storage shelf unit, Capacities and that contains the following Specifications ...... 387 information: Engine Drive Belt Routing . . . . 389 This legal identifier is in the front . Vehicle Identification corner of the instrument panel, on Number (VIN) the driver side of the vehicle. It can . Model designation be seen through the windshield from outside. The Vehicle Identification . Paint information Number (VIN) also appears on the . Production options and special Vehicle Certification and Service equipment Parts labels and certificates of title If there is no label, there is a and registration. barcode on the certification label on Engine Identification the center (B) pillar to scan for this same information. The eighth character in the VIN is the engine code. This code identifies the vehicle's engine, specifications, and replacement GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Technical Data 387 Vehicle Data Capacities and Specifications The following approximate capacities are given in metric and English conversions. See Recommended Fluids and Lubricants 0 383 for more information. Capacities Application Metric English Air Conditioning Refrigerant For the air conditioning system refrigerant type and charge amount, see the refrigerant label under the hood. See your dealer for more information. Cooling System 2.5L L4 Engine 9.2 L 9.7 qt 2.5L L4 Engine - with rear HVAC 10.7 L 11.3 qt 3.6L V6 Engine 11.4 L 12.0 qt 3.6L V6 Engine - with rear HVAC 12.9 L 13.7 qt Engine Oil with Filter 2.5L L4 Engine FWD 4.7 L 5.0 qt 2.5L L4 Engine AWD 5.7 L 6.0 qt 3.6L V6 Engine 5.7 L 6.0 qt GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

388 Technical Data

Capacities Application Metric English Fuel Tank FWD 73.4 L 19.4 gal AWD 82.1 L 21.7 gal Transfer Case Fluid 1.0 L 1.0 qt Wheel Nut Torque 190 Y 140 lb ft All capacities are approximate. When adding, be sure to fill to the approximate level, as recommended in this manual. Recheck fluid level after filling.

Engine Specifications Engine VIN Code Transmission Spark Plug Gap 2.5L L4 Engine A Automatic 0.95–1.10 mm (0.037– 0.043 in) 3.6L V6 Engine S Automatic 0.80–0.90 mm (0.031– 0.035 in) GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Technical Data 389 Engine Drive Belt Routing

2.5L L4 Engine

3.6L V6 Engine GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

390 Customer Information Reporting Safety Defects Customer Information Customer Reporting Safety Defects to Information the United States Government ...... 400 Customer Satisfaction Reporting Safety Defects to Procedure Customer Information the Canadian Your satisfaction and goodwill are Customer Satisfaction Government ...... 401 important to your dealer and to Procedure ...... 390 Reporting Safety Defects to GMC. Normally, any concerns with General Motors ...... 401 Customer Assistance the sales transaction or the Offices ...... 392 Vehicle Data Recording and operation of the vehicle will be Customer Assistance for Text resolved by your dealer's sales or Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . . 393 Privacy Vehicle Data Recording and service departments. Sometimes, Online Owner Center ...... 393 however, despite the best intentions GM Mobility Reimbursement Privacy ...... 402 Event Data Recorders ...... 402 of all concerned, misunderstandings Program ...... 394 can occur. If your concern has not Roadside Assistance OnStar ...... 403 Infotainment System ...... 403 been resolved to your satisfaction, Program ...... 394 the following steps should be taken: Scheduling Service Appointments ...... 396 STEP ONE : Discuss your concern Courtesy Transportation with a member of dealership Program ...... 396 management. Normally, concerns Collision Damage Repair . . . . . 397 can be quickly resolved at that level. Publication Ordering If the matter has already been Information ...... 399 reviewed with the sales, service, Radio Frequency or parts manager, contact the owner Statement ...... 400 of your dealership or the general manager. STEP TWO : If after contacting a member of dealership management, it appears your concern cannot be GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Customer Information 391 resolved by your dealership without STEP THREE — U.S. Owners : You may contact the BBB Auto Line further help, in the U.S., call Both General Motors and your Program using the toll-free 1-800-462-8782. In Canada, call dealer are committed to making telephone number or write them at General Motors of Canada sure you are completely satisfied the following address: Customer Care Centre at with your new vehicle. However, BBB Auto Line Program 1-800-263-3777 (English), if you continue to remain unsatisfied Council of Better Business Bureaus, or 1-800-263-7854 (French). after following the procedure Inc. We encourage you to call the outlined in Steps One and Two, you 3033 Wilson Blvd. toll-free number in order to give your can file with the Better Business Suite 600 inquiry prompt attention. Have the Bureau (BBB) Auto Line Program to Arlington, VA 22201 enforce your rights. following information available to Telephone: 1-800-955-5100 give the Customer Assistance The BBB Auto Line Program is an http://www.bbb.org/council/ representative: out-of-court program administered programs-services/ . Vehicle Identification by the Council of Better Business dispute-handling-and-resolution/ Number (VIN). This is available Bureaus to settle automotive bbb-auto-line disputes regarding vehicle repairs or from the vehicle registration or This program is available in all title, or the plate at the top left of the interpretation of the New Vehicle Limited Warranty. Although you may 50 states and the District of the instrument panel and visible Columbia. Eligibility is limited by through the windshield. be required to resort to this informal dispute resolution program prior to vehicle age, mileage, and other . Dealership name and location. filing a court action, use of the factors. General Motors reserves . Vehicle delivery date and program is free of charge and your the right to change eligibility present mileage. case will generally be heard within limitations and/or discontinue its 40 days. If you do not agree with the participation in this program. When contacting GMC, remember decision given in your case, you STEP THREE — Canadian that your concern will likely be may reject it and proceed with any resolved at a dealer's facility. That is Owners : In the event that you do other venue for relief available not feel your concerns have been why we suggest following Step One to you. first. addressed after following the procedure outlined in Steps One GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

392 Customer Information and Two, General Motors of Canada Mediation/Arbitration Program www.gmc.com Company wants you to be aware of c/o Customer Care Centre 1-800-GMC-8782 (1-800-462-8782) its participation in a no-charge General Motors of Canada 1-888-889-2438 (For Text Mediation/Arbitration Program. Company Telephone devices (TTYs)) General Motors of Canada Mail Code: CA1-163-005 Roadside Assistance: Company has committed to binding 1908 Colonel Sam Drive 1-888-881-3302 arbitration of owner disputes Oshawa, L1H 8P7 From U.S. Virgin Islands: involving factory-related vehicle Your inquiry should be accompanied service claims. The program by the Vehicle Identification 1-800-496-9994 provides for the review of the facts Number (VIN). involved by an impartial third party Canada arbiter, and may include an informal Customer Assistance General Motors of Canada hearing before the arbiter. The Company program is designed so that the Offices Customer Care Centre, Mail Code: entire dispute settlement process, GMC encourages customers to call CA1-163-005 from the time you file your complaint the toll-free number for assistance. 1908 Colonel Sam Drive to the final decision, should be However, if a customer wishes to Oshawa, Ontario L1H 8P7 completed in about 70 days. We write or e-mail GMC, the letter www.gmc.ca believe our impartial program offers should be addressed to: advantages over courts in most 1-800-263-3777 (English) jurisdictions because it is informal, United States and Puerto Rico 1-800-263-7854 (French) quick, and free of charge. 1-800-263-3830 (For Text GMC Customer Assistance Center Telephone Devices (TTYs)) For further information concerning P.O. Box 33172 Roadside Assistance: eligibility in the Canadian Motor Detroit, MI 48232-5172 1-800-268-6800 Vehicle Arbitration Plan (CAMVAP), call toll-free 1-800-207-0685, or call Overseas the General Motors Customer Care Please contact the local General Centre, 1-800-263-3777 (English), Motors Business Unit. 1-800-263-7854 (French), or write to: GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Customer Information 393 Customer Assistance for G : View maintenance schedules, GMC Centre (Canada) Text Telephone (TTY) alerts, and Vehicle Diagnostic www.gmcowner.ca Information. Schedule service Take a trip to the GMC Centre: Users appointments. To assist customers who are deaf, I . Chat live with online help : View and print dealer-recorded representatives. hard of hearing, or speech-impaired service records and self-recorded and who use Text Telephones service records. . Use the Vehicle Tools section. (TTYs), GMC has TTY equipment . Access third party enthusiast available at its Customer Assistance D : Select a dealer and view sites and social media networks. Center. Any TTY user in the U.S. locations, maps, phone numbers, can communicate with GMC by and hours. . Locate resources such as dialing: 1-888-889-2438. TTY users r : Track your vehicle’s warranty lease-end, financing, and in Canada can dial 1-800-263-3830. information. warranty information. J : View active recalls by Vehicle . Retrieve your favorite articles, Online Owner Center Identification Number (VIN). See quizzes, tips, and multimedia Online Owner Experience Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) galleries organized into the 0 Features and Auto Care (U.S.) my.gmc.com 386. H Sections. The GMC online owner experience : View GM Card, SiriusXM . Download the owner’s manual is a one-stop resource that allows Satellite radio (if equipped), and OnStar account information (if for your vehicle, quickly and interaction with GMC and keeps easily. important vehicle-specific equipped). information in one place. F : Chat live with online help . Find the GMC-recommended representatives. maintenance services for your Membership Benefits vehicle. E See my.gmc.com to register your : Download owner’s manuals vehicle. and view vehicle-specific how-to videos. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

394 Customer Information GM Mobility Roadside Assistance Coverage Reimbursement Program Program Services are provided for the duration of the vehicle's powertrain For U.S.-purchased vehicles, call warranty. 1-888-881-3302; (Text Telephone (TTY): 1-888-889-2438). In the U.S., anyone driving the vehicle is covered. In Canada, a For Canadian-purchased vehicles, person driving the vehicle without call 1-800-268-6800. permission from the owner is not Service is available 24 hours a day, covered. 365 days a year. This program is available to Roadside Assistance is not a part of qualified applicants for cost Calling for Assistance the New Vehicle Limited Warranty. reimbursement, up to certain limits, General Motors North America and of eligible aftermarket adaptive When calling Roadside Assistance, GMC reserve the right to make any equipment required for the vehicle, have the following information changes or discontinue the such as hand controls or a ready: Roadside Assistance program at wheelchair/scooter lift for the . Your name, home address, and any time without notification. vehicle. home telephone number General Motors North America and To learn about the GM Mobility . Telephone number of your GMC reserve the right to limit program, see www.gmmobility.com location services or payment to an owner or or call the GM Mobility Assistance driver if they decide the claims are . Location of the vehicle Center at 1-800-323-9935. Text made too often, or the same type of Telephone (TTY) users, call . Model, year, color, and license claim is made many times. 1-800-833-9935. plate number of the vehicle Services Provided General Motors of Canada also has . Odometer reading, Vehicle a Mobility program. See www.gm.ca Identification Number (VIN), and . Emergency Fuel Delivery: or call 1-800-GM-DRIVE delivery date of the vehicle Delivery of enough fuel for the (800-463-7483) for details. TTY vehicle to get to the nearest . Description of the problem users call 1-800-263-3830. service station. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Customer Information 395 . Lock-Out Service: Service to event, incidental expenses may Services Specific to unlock the vehicle if you are be reimbursed within the Canadian-Purchased Vehicles locked out. A remote unlock may Powertrain warranty period. be available if you have OnStar. Items considered are reasonable . Fuel Delivery: Reimbursement For security reasons, the driver and customary hotel, meals, is up to 7 L. Diesel fuel delivery must present identification rental car, or a vehicle being may be restricted. Propane and before this service is given. delivered back to the customer, other fuels are not provided through this service. . Emergency Tow from a Public up to 500 miles. Road or Highway: Tow to the . Lock-Out Service: Vehicle Services Not Included in registration is required. nearest GMC dealer for warranty Roadside Assistance service, or if the vehicle was in a . Trip Interruption Benefits and crash and cannot be driven. . Impound towing caused by Assistance: Must be over Assistance is not given when the violation of any laws 150 km from where your trip was vehicle is stuck in the sand, . Legal fines started to qualify. mud, or snow. Pre-authorization, original . Mounting, dismounting, . Flat Tire Change: Service to detailed receipts, and a copy of or changing of snow tires, the repair orders are required. change a flat tire with the spare chains, or other traction devices tire. The spare tire, if equipped, Once authorization has been must be in good condition and Service is not provided if a vehicle received, the Roadside properly inflated. It is the owner's is in an area that is not accessible Assistance advisor will help to responsibility for the repair or to the service vehicle or is not a make arrangements and explain replacement of the tire if it is not regularly traveled or maintained how to receive payment. covered by the warranty. public road, which includes ice and . Alternative Service: If winter roads. Off-road use is not assistance cannot be provided . Battery Jump Start: Service to covered. jump start a dead battery. right away, the Roadside Assistance advisor may give . Trip Interruption Benefits and permission to get local Assistance: If your trip is emergency road service. You will interrupted due to a warranty receive payment, up to $100, GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

396 Customer Information after sending the original receipt If your dealer requests you to bring furnished with each new vehicle to Roadside Assistance. the vehicle for service, you are provides detailed warranty coverage Mechanical failures may be urged to do so as early in the work information. covered, however any cost for day as possible to allow for parts and labor for repairs not same-day repair. Transportation Options covered by the warranty are the Warranty service can generally be owner responsibility. Courtesy Transportation completed while you wait. However, Program if you are unable to do so, your Scheduling Service dealer may offer the following To enhance your ownership transportation options: Appointments experience, we and our participating When the vehicle requires warranty dealers are proud to offer Courtesy Shuttle Service service, contact your dealer and Transportation, a customer support This includes one-way or round-trip request an appointment. By program for vehicles with the shuttle service within reasonable scheduling a service appointment Bumper-to-Bumper (Base Warranty time and distance parameters of and advising the service consultant Coverage period in Canada), your dealer's area. of your transportation needs, your extended powertrain, and/or dealer can help minimize your hybrid-specific warranties in both Public Transportation or Fuel inconvenience. the U.S. and Canada. Reimbursement If the vehicle cannot be scheduled Several Courtesy Transportation If overnight warranty repairs are into the service department options are available to assist in needed, and public transportation is immediately, keep driving it until it reducing inconvenience when used, the expense must be can be scheduled for service, warranty repairs are required. supported by original receipts and within the maximum amount allowed unless, of course, the problem is Courtesy Transportation is not a safety related. If it is, please call by GM for shuttle service. If U.S. part of the New Vehicle Limited customers arrange their own your dealership, let them know this, Warranty. A separate booklet and ask for instructions. transportation, limited entitled “Limited Warranty and reimbursement for reasonable fuel Owner Assistance Information” expenses may be available. Claim amounts should reflect actual costs GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Customer Information 397 and be supported by original Additional Program Collision Parts receipts. See your dealer for Information Genuine GM Collision parts are new information. All program options, such as shuttle parts made with the same materials Courtesy Rental Vehicle service, may not be available at and construction methods as the parts with which the vehicle was For an overnight warranty repair, the every dealer. Contact your dealer originally built. Genuine GM dealer may provide an available for specific availability. Collision parts are the best choice to courtesy rental vehicle or provide for General Motors reserves the right to ensure that the vehicle's designed reimbursement of a rental vehicle. unilaterally modify, change, appearance, durability, and safety Reimbursement is limited and must or discontinue Courtesy are preserved. The use of Genuine be supported by original receipts as Transportation at any time and to GM parts can help maintain the GM well as a signed and completed resolve all questions of claim New Vehicle Limited Warranty. rental agreement and meet state/ eligibility pursuant to the terms and provincial, local, and rental vehicle conditions described herein at its Recycled original equipment parts provider requirements. sole discretion. may also be used for repair. These Requirements vary and may include parts are typically removed from minimum age requirements, Collision Damage Repair vehicles that were total losses in insurance coverage, credit card, etc. prior crashes. In most cases, the Additional fees such as fuel usage If the vehicle is involved in a parts being recycled are from charges, taxes, levies, usage fees, collision and it is damaged, have the undamaged sections of the vehicle. excessive mileage, or rental usage damage repaired by a qualified A recycled original equipment GM beyond the completion of the repair technician using the proper part may be an acceptable choice to are also your responsibility. equipment and quality replacement maintain the vehicle's originally parts. Poorly performed collision designed appearance and safety It may not be possible to provide a repairs diminish the vehicle resale performance; however, the history of like vehicle as a courtesy rental. value, and safety performance can these parts is not known. Such parts be compromised in subsequent are not covered by the GM New collisions. Vehicle Limited Warranty, and any related failures are not covered by that warranty. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

398 Customer Information Aftermarket collision parts are also Insuring the Vehicle parts. Read the lease carefully, as available. These are made by you may be charged at the end of Protect your investment in the GM companies other than GM and may the lease for poor quality repairs. vehicle with comprehensive and not have been tested for the vehicle. collision insurance coverage. There As a result, these parts may fit If a Crash Occurs are significant differences in the poorly, exhibit premature durability/ quality of coverage afforded by If there has been an injury, call corrosion problems, and may not various insurance policy terms. emergency services for help. Do not perform properly in subsequent Many insurance policies provide leave the scene of a crash until all collisions. Aftermarket parts are not reduced protection to the GM matters have been taken care of. covered by the GM New Vehicle vehicle by limiting compensation for Move the vehicle only if its position Limited Warranty, and any vehicle damage repairs through the use of puts you in danger, or you are failure related to such parts is not aftermarket collision parts. Some instructed to move it by a police covered by that warranty. insurance companies will not officer. Repair Facility specify aftermarket collision parts. Give only the necessary information When purchasing insurance, we to police and other parties involved GM also recommends that you recommend that you ensure that the in the crash. choose a collision repair facility that vehicle will be repaired with GM For emergency towing see meets your needs before you ever original equipment collision parts. need collision repairs. Your dealer Roadside Assistance Program If such insurance coverage is not 0 394. may have a collision repair center available from your current with GM-trained technicians and insurance carrier, consider switching Gather the following information: state-of-the-art equipment, or be to another insurance carrier. able to recommend a collision repair . Driver name, address, and center that has GM-trained If the vehicle is leased, the leasing telephone number technicians and comparable company may require you to have . Driver license number equipment. insurance that ensures repairs with Genuine GM Original Equipment . Owner name, address, and Manufacturer (OEM) parts or telephone number Genuine Manufacturer replacement . Vehicle license plate number GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Customer Information 399 . Vehicle make, model, and original GM parts. Remember, Publication Ordering model year recycled parts will not be covered by Information . Vehicle Identification the GM vehicle warranty. Number (VIN) Insurance pays the bill for the repair, Service Manuals . Insurance company and policy but you must live with the repair. Service manuals have the diagnosis number Depending on your policy limits, and repair information on the your insurance company may engine, transmission, axle, . General description of the initially value the repair using suspension, brakes, electrical damage to the other vehicle aftermarket parts. Discuss this with system, steering system, body, etc. Choose a reputable repair facility the repair professional, and insist on that uses quality replacement parts. Genuine GM parts. Remember, Customer Literature if the vehicle is leased, you may be See “Collision Parts” earlier in this Owner’s manuals are written section. obligated to have the vehicle specifically for owners and are repaired with Genuine GM parts, If the airbag has inflated, see What intended to provide basic even if your insurance coverage operational information about the Will You See after an Airbag does not pay the full cost. Inflates? 0 84. vehicle. The owner’s manual If another party's insurance includes the Maintenance Schedule Managing the Vehicle Damage company is paying for the repairs, for all models. Repair Process you are not obligated to accept a Customer literature publications repair valuation based on that In the event that the vehicle requires available for purchase include insurance company's collision policy damage repairs, GM recommends owner’s manuals, warranty repair limits, as you have no that you take an active role in its manuals, infotainment manuals, and contractual limits with that company. repair. If you have a pre-determined portfolios. Portfolios include an In such cases, you can have control repair facility of choice, take the owner’s manual, warranty manual, of the repair and parts choices as vehicle there, or have it towed there. infotainment manual, if applicable, long as the cost stays within Specify to the facility that any and zip lock bag or pouch. reasonable limits. required replacement collision parts be original equipment parts, either new Genuine GM parts or recycled GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

400 Customer Information Current and Past Models Development (ISED) Canada's Reporting Safety RSP-100 / license-exempt RSS's / Service manuals and customer ICES-001. Defects literature are available for many current and past model year GM Operation is subject to the following vehicles. two conditions: Reporting Safety Defects To order, call 1-800-551-4123 1. The device may not cause to the United States Monday–Friday, 8:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. harmful interference. Government eastern time 2. The device must accept any If you believe that your vehicle For credit card orders only (VISA, interference received, including has a defect which could cause MasterCard, or Discover), see interference that may cause a crash or could cause injury or Helm, Inc. at: www.helminc.com. undesired operation of the death, you should immediately device. To order by mail, write to: inform the National Highway Changes or modifications to any of Helm, Incorporated Traffic Safety Administration these systems by other than an Attention: Customer Service (NHTSA) in addition to notifying authorized service facility could void 47911 Halyard Drive General Motors. authorization to use this equipment. Plymouth, MI 48170 If NHTSA receives similar Make checks payable in U.S. funds. complaints, it may open an investigation, and if it finds that Radio Frequency a safety defect exists in a group Statement of vehicles, it may order a recall and remedy campaign. This vehicle has systems that operate on a radio frequency that However, NHTSA cannot complies with Part 15/Part 18 of the become involved in individual Federal Communications problems between you, your Commission (FCC) rules and with dealer, or General Motors. Innovation, Science and Economic GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Customer Information 401 To contact NHTSA, you may call www.tc.gc.ca/rappels (French) In Canada, call 1-800-263-3777 the Vehicle Safety Hotline or write to: (English) or 1-800-263-7854 toll-free at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY: (French), or write: Transport Canada 1-800-424-9153); go to http:// General Motors of Canada www.safercar.gov; or write to: Motor Vehicle Safety Directorate Company Defect Investigations and Administrator, NHTSA Customer Care Centre, Mail Code: Recalls Division CA1-163-005 1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. 80 Noel Street 1908 Colonel Sam Drive , D.C. 20590 Gatineau, QC J8Z 0A1 Oshawa, Ontario L1H 8P7 You can also obtain other In Mexico, call 01-800-466-0812 or information about motor vehicle Reporting Safety Defects 01-800-466-0801. safety from http:// to General Motors In other Central America and www.safercar.gov. In addition to notifying NHTSA (or Caribbean Countries, call Transport Canada) in a situation like 52-722-236-0680. Reporting Safety Defects this, notify General Motors. to the Canadian In the U.S., call 1-800-GMC-8782 Government (1-800-462-8782), or write: If you live in Canada, and you GMC Customer Assistance Center believe that the vehicle has a P.O. Box 33172 safety defect, notify Transport Detroit, MI 48232-5172 Canada immediately, and notify General Motors of Canada Company. Call Transport Canada at 1-800-333-0510; go to: www.tc.gc.ca/recalls (English) GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

402 Customer Information Vehicle Data Event Data Recorders These data can help provide a better understanding of the Recording and This vehicle is equipped with an circumstances in which crashes and event data recorder (EDR). The injuries occur. Privacy main purpose of an EDR is to Note The vehicle has a number of record, in certain crash or near EDR data are recorded by your computers that record information crash-like situations, such as an air vehicle only if a non-trivial crash about the vehicle’s performance and bag deployment or hitting a road how it is driven. For example, the obstacle, data that will assist in situation occurs; no data are recorded by the EDR under normal vehicle uses computer modules to understanding how a vehicle’s driving conditions and no personal monitor and control engine and systems performed. The EDR is data (e.g., name, gender, age, and transmission performance, to designed to record data related to monitor the conditions for airbag vehicle dynamics and safety crash location) are recorded. However, other parties, such as law deployment and deploy them in a systems for a short period of time, enforcement, could combine the crash, and, if equipped, to provide typically 30 seconds or less. The EDR data with the type of antilock braking to help the driver EDR in this vehicle is designed to control the vehicle. These modules record such data as: personally identifying data routinely acquired during a crash may store data to help the dealer . How various systems in your investigation. technician service the vehicle. vehicle were operating; Some modules may also store data To read data recorded by an EDR, about how the vehicle is operated, . Whether or not the driver and special equipment is required, and such as rate of fuel consumption or passenger safety belts were access to the vehicle or the EDR is average speed. These modules may buckled/fastened; needed. In addition to the vehicle retain personal preferences, such as . How far (if at all) the driver was manufacturer, other parties, such as radio presets, seat positions, and depressing the accelerator and/ law enforcement, that have the temperature settings. or brake pedal; and, special equipment, can read the information if they have access to . How fast the vehicle was traveling. the vehicle or the EDR. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Customer Information 403 GM will not access these data or OnStar Terms and Conditions and share it with others except: with the Privacy Statement on the OnStar consent of the vehicle owner or, website. if the vehicle is leased, with the See OnStar Additional Information consent of the lessee; in response 0 406. to an official request by police or similar government office; as part of GM's defense of litigation through Infotainment System the discovery process; or, as If the vehicle is equipped with a required by law. Data that GM navigation system as part of the collects or receives may also be infotainment system, use of the used for GM research needs or may system may result in the storage of be made available to others for destinations, addresses, telephone research purposes, where a need is numbers, and other trip information. shown and the data is not tied to a See the infotainment manual for specific vehicle or vehicle owner. information on stored data and for deletion instructions. OnStar If the vehicle is equipped with OnStar and has an active service plan, additional data may be collected through the OnStar system. This includes information about the vehicle’s operation; collisions involving the vehicle; the use of the vehicle and its features; and, in certain situations, the location and approximate GPS speed of the vehicle. Refer to the GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

404 OnStar OnStar Overview Terms, Privacy Statement, and OnStar Software Terms for more details including system limitations at OnStar Overview www..com (U.S.) or www.onstar.ca (Canada). OnStar Overview ...... 404 The OnStar system status light is OnStar Services next to the OnStar buttons. If the Emergency ...... 405 status light is: Security ...... 406 = Voice Command Button . Solid Green: System is ready. OnStar Additional Information . Flashing Green: On a call. OnStar Additional Q Blue OnStar Button Information ...... 406 > Red Emergency Button . Red: Indicates a problem. This vehicle may be equipped with a . Off: System is off. Press Q comprehensive, in-vehicle system twice to speak with an OnStar that can connect to an OnStar Advisor. Advisor for Emergency, Security, Navigation, Connections, and Press Q or call 1-888-4ONSTAR Diagnostics Services. OnStar (1-888-466-7827) to speak to an services may require a paid service Advisor. plan and data plan. OnStar requires Functionality of the Voice Command the vehicle battery and electrical button may vary by vehicle and system, cellular service, and GPS region. satellite signals to be available and operating. OnStar acts as a link to existing emergency service providers. OnStar may collect information about you and your vehicle, including location information. See OnStar User GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

OnStar 405 Press = to: Press Q to connect to an OnStar Services . Open the OnStar app on the Advisor to: infotainment display. See the . Verify account information or Emergency infotainment manual for update contact information. Emergency Services require an information on how to use the . Get driving directions. active safety and security plan. With OnStar app. . Receive a Diagnostic check of Automatic Crash Response, built-in Or the vehicle's key operating sensors can automatically alert a . Make a call, end a call, systems. specially trained OnStar Advisor or answer an incoming call. who is immediately connected in to . Receive Roadside Assistance. the vehicle to help. . Give OnStar Hands-Free Calling . Manage Wi-Fi Settings, voice commands. Press > for a priority connection to if equipped. an OnStar Advisor who can contact . Give OnStar Turn-by-Turn emergency service providers, direct Navigation voice commands. Press > to get a priority connection to an OnStar Advisor available 24/ them to your exact location, and . Obtain and customize the Wi-Fi 7 to: relay important information. hotspot name or SSID and . Get help for an emergency. With OnStar Crisis Assist, specially password, if equipped. trained Advisors are available . Be a Good Samaritan or 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to respond to an AMBER Alert. provide a central point of contact, . Get assistance in severe assistance, and information during a weather or other crisis situations crisis. and find evacuation routes. With Roadside Assistance, Advisors can locate a nearby service provider to help with a flat tire, a battery jump, or an empty gas tank. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

406 OnStar Security OnStar Additional Reactivation for Subsequent Owners If equipped, OnStar provides these Information services: Press Q and follow the prompts to In-Vehicle Audio Messages . With Stolen Vehicle Assistance, speak to an Advisor as soon as OnStar Advisors can use GPS to Audio messages may play important possible. The Advisor will update pinpoint the vehicle and help information at the following times: vehicle records and explain OnStar or connected service options. authorities quickly recover it. . Prior to vehicle purchase. . With Remote Ignition Block, Press Q to set up an account. How OnStar Service Works if equipped, OnStar can block Automatic Crash Response, the engine from being restarted. . After change in ownership and at 90 days. Emergency Services, Crisis Assist, . With Stolen Vehicle Slowdown, Stolen Vehicle Assistance, Remote if equipped, OnStar can work Transferring Service Services, Roadside Assistance, and with law enforcement to Q Hands-Free Calling are available on gradually slow the vehicle down. Press to request account transfer most vehicles. Not all OnStar eligibility information. The Advisor services are available everywhere Theft Alarm Notification can cancel or change account or on all vehicles. For more If equipped, if the doors are locked information. information, a full description of and the vehicle alarm sounds, a Selling/Transferring the OnStar services, system limitations, notification by text, e-mail, or phone Vehicle and OnStar User Terms, Privacy call will be sent. If the vehicle is Statement, and Software Terms: stolen, an OnStar Advisor can work Call 1-888-4ONSTAR (1-888-466-7827) immediately to . Call 1-888-4ONSTAR with authorities to recover the (1-888-466-7827). vehicle. terminate your OnStar or connected services if the vehicle is disposed . See www.onstar.com (U.S.). of, sold, transferred, or if the . See www.onstar.ca (Canada). lease ends. . Call TTY 1-877-248-2080. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

OnStar 407 . Press Q to speak with an to the vehicle in a crash, or wireless access to all OnStar services, Advisor. phone network congestion or except Virtual Advisor and OnStar jamming — may prevent service. Turn-by-Turn Navigation. OnStar or connected services cannot work unless the vehicle is in See Radio Frequency Statement OnStar Personal Identification 0 a place where OnStar has an 400. Number (PIN) agreement with a wireless service Services for People with A PIN is needed to access some provider for service in that area. The Disabilities OnStar services. The PIN will need wireless service provider must also to be changed the first time when have coverage, network capacity, Advisors provide services to help speaking with an Advisor. To reception, and technology with physical disabilities and change the OnStar PIN, contact an compatible with OnStar or medical conditions. OnStar Advisor by pressing Q or connected services. Service Q involving location information about Press to help: calling 1-888-4ONSTAR. the vehicle cannot work unless GPS . Locate a gas station with an Warranty signals are available, unobstructed, attendant to pump gas. and compatible with the OnStar OnStar equipment may be . Find a hotel, restaurant, etc., hardware. OnStar or connected warranted as part of the vehicle that meets accessibility needs. services may not work if the OnStar warranty. . Provide directions to the closest equipment is not properly installed Languages or it has not been properly hospital or pharmacy in urgent maintained. If equipment or software situations. The vehicle can be programmed to is added, connected, or modified, respond in multiple languages. TTY Users OnStar or connected services may Press Q and ask for an Advisor. not work. Other problems beyond OnStar has the ability to Advisors are available in English, the control of OnStar — such as communicate to deaf, Spanish, and French. Available hills, tall buildings, tunnels, weather, hard-of-hearing, or speech-impaired languages may vary by country. electrical system design and customers while in the vehicle. The architecture of the vehicle, damage available dealer-installed TTY system can provide in-vehicle GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

408 OnStar Potential Issues A temporary loss of GPS can cause to function properly. These systems loss of the ability to send a may not operate if the battery is OnStar cannot perform Remote Turn-by-Turn Navigation route. The discharged or disconnected. Door Unlock or Stolen Vehicle Advisor may give a verbal route or Assistance after the vehicle has may ask for a call back after the Add-on Electrical Equipment been off continuously for 10 days vehicle is driven into an open area. without an ignition cycle. If the The OnStar system is integrated into the electrical architecture of the vehicle has not been started for Cellular and GPS Antennas 10 days, OnStar can contact vehicle. Do not add any electrical Cellular reception is required for equipment. See Add-On Electrical Roadside Assistance or a locksmith 0 to help gain access to the vehicle. OnStar to send remote signals to Equipment 283. Added electrical the vehicle. Do not place items over equipment may interfere with the Global Positioning or near the antenna to prevent operation of the OnStar system and System (GPS) blocking cellular and GPS signal cause it to not operate. reception. . Obstruction of the GPS can Vehicle Software Updates occur in a large city with tall Unable to Connect to OnStar OnStar or GM may remotely deliver buildings; in parking garages; Message software updates or changes to the around airports; in tunnels and vehicle without further notice or underpasses; or in an area with If there is limited cellular coverage consent. These updates or changes very dense trees. If GPS signals or the cellular network has reached may enhance or maintain safety, are not available, the OnStar maximum capacity, this message security, or the operation of the system should still operate to may come on. Press Q to try the vehicle or the vehicle systems. call OnStar. However, OnStar call again or try again after driving a Software updates or changes may could have difficulty identifying few miles into another cellular area. affect or erase data or settings that the exact location. Vehicle and Power Issues are stored in the vehicle, such as . In emergency situations, OnStar OnStar Hands-Free Calling name OnStar services require a vehicle can use the last stored GPS tags, saved navigation destinations, electrical system, wireless service, location to send to emergency or pre-set radio stations. Neither and GPS satellite technologies to be responders. OnStar nor GM is responsible for available and operating for features any affected or erased data or GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

OnStar 409 settings. These updates or changes the privacy of any information sent above copyright notice and this may also collect personal via wireless cellular communications permission notice appear in all information. Such collection is cannot be assured. Third parties copies. described in the OnStar privacy may unlawfully intercept or access THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED statement or separately disclosed at transmissions and private “AS IS,” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF the time of installation. These communications without consent. ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR updates or changes may also cause IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT a system to automatically OnStar - Software Acknowledgements LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES communicate with GM servers to OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS collect information about vehicle Certain OnStar components include FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE system status, identify whether libcurl and unzip software and other AND NONINFRINGEMENT OF updates or changes are available, third party software. Below are the THIRD PARTY RIGHTS. IN NO or deliver updates or changes. An notices and licenses associated with EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR active OnStar agreement constitutes libcurl and unzip and for other third COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE consent to these software updates party software please see http:// LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, or changes and agreement that opensource.lge.com/index DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, either OnStar or GM may remotely www.onstar.com/us/en/ WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF deliver them to the vehicle. CONTRACT, TORT OR Privacy libcurl: OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, COPYRIGHT AND PERMISSION OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION The complete OnStar Privacy NOTICE WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE Statement may be found at USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN www.onstar.com (U.S.), Copyright (c) 1996 - 2010, Daniel THE SOFTWARE. or www.onstar.ca (Canada). We Stenberg, . Except as contained in this notice, recommend that you review it. If you All rights reserved. have any questions, call the name of a copyright holder shall 1-888-4ONSTAR (1-888-466-7827) Permission to use, copy, modify, not be used in advertising or otherwise to promote the sale, use or press Q to speak with an and distribute this software for any purpose with or without fee is Advisor. Users of wireless hereby granted, provided that the communications are cautioned that GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

410 OnStar or other dealings in this Software Christian Spieler, Cosmin Truta, distribution. The sole exception without prior written authorization of Antoine Verheijen, Paul von Behren, to this condition is redistribution the copyright holder. Rich Wales, Mike White. of a standard UnZipSFX binary (including SFXWiz) as part of a unzip: This software is provided “as is,” without warranty of any kind, self-extracting archive; that is This is version 2005-Feb-10 of the express or implied. In no event shall permitted without inclusion of Info-ZIP copyright and license. The Info-ZIP or its contributors be held this license, as long as the definitive version of this document liable for any direct, indirect, normal SFX banner has not should be available at ftp:// incidental, special or consequential been removed from the binary ftp.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/ damages arising out of the use of or or disabled. license.html indefinitely. inability to use this software. 3. Altered versions–including, but Copyright (c) 1990-2005 Info-ZIP. All Permission is granted to anyone to not limited to, ports to new rights reserved. use this software for any purpose, operating systems, existing For the purposes of this copyright including commercial applications, ports with new graphical interfaces, and dynamic, and license, “Info-ZIP” is defined as and to alter it and redistribute it the following set of individuals: freely, subject to the following shared, or static library restrictions: versions–must be plainly Mark Adler, John Bush, Karl Davis, marked as such and must not Harald Denker, Jean-Michel Dubois, 1. Redistributions of source code be misrepresented as being Jean-loup Gailly, Hunter Goatley, Ed must retain the above copyright the original source. Such Gordon, Ian Gorman, Chris notice, definition, disclaimer, altered versions also must not Herborth, Dirk Haase, Greg Hartwig, and this list of conditions. be misrepresented as being Robert Heath, Jonathan Hudson, 2. Redistributions in binary form Info-ZIP releases–including, Paul Kienitz, David Kirschbaum, (compiled executables) must but not limited to, labeling of Johnny Lee, Onno der Linden, reproduce the above copyright the altered versions with the Igor Mandrichenko, Steve P. Miller, notice, definition, disclaimer, names “Info-ZIP” (or any Sergio Monesi, Keith Owens, and this list of conditions in variation thereof, including, but George Petrov, Greg Roelofs, Kai documentation and/or other not limited to, different Uwe Rommel, Steve Salisbury, materials provided with the capitalizations), “Pocket Dave Smith, Steven M. Schweda, UnZip,”“WiZ” or “MacZip” GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

OnStar 411 without the explicit permission of Info-ZIP. Such altered versions are further prohibited from misrepresentative use of the Zip-Bugs or Info-ZIP e-mail addresses or of the Info-ZIP URL(s). 4. Info-ZIP retains the right to use the names “Info-ZIP,”“Zip,” “UnZip,”“UnZipSFX,”“WiZ,” “Pocket UnZip,”“Pocket Zip,” and “MacZip” for its own source and binary releases. GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

412 Connected Services Connected Connected Services OnStar app on the infotainment display. For other vehicles press = Services Navigation as follows. Navigation requires a specific Cancel Route Connected Services OnStar or connected service plan. 1. Press =. System responds: Navigation ...... 412 Press Q to receive Turn-by-Turn “OnStar ready,” then a tone. Connections ...... 413 Diagnostics ...... 415 directions or have them sent to the 2. Say “Cancel route.” System vehicle’s navigation screen, responds: “Do you want to if equipped. cancel directions?” Turn-by-Turn Navigation 3. Say “Yes.” System responds: “OK, request completed, thank 1. Press Q to connect to an you, goodbye.” Advisor. Route Preview 2. Request directions to be downloaded to the vehicle. 1. Press =. System responds: 3. Follow the voice-guided “OnStar ready,” then a tone. commands. 2. Say “Route preview.” System responds with the next three Using Voice Commands maneuvers. During a Planned Route Repeat Functionality of the Voice Command button, if equipped, may vary by 1. Press =. System responds: vehicle and region. For some “OnStar ready,” then a tone. vehicles, press = to open the GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Connected Services 413 2. Say “Repeat.” System See www.onstar.com (U.S.) or Wi-Fi Hotspot (If Equipped) responds with the last direction www.onstar.ca (Canada). The vehicle may have a built-in given, then responds with Wi-Fi hotspot that provides access “OnStar ready,” then a tone. Connections to the Internet and web content at Get My Destination The following services help with 4G LTE speed. Up to seven mobile staying connected. devices can be connected. A data 1. Press =. System responds: plan is required. Use the in-vehicle “OnStar ready,” then a tone. For coverage maps, see controls only when it is safe to www.onstar.com (U.S.) or do so. 2. Say “Get my destination.” www.onstar.ca (Canada). System responds with the 1. To retrieve Wi-Fi hotspot address and distance to the Ensuring Security information, press = to open destination, then responds with . Change the default passwords the OnStar app on the “OnStar ready,” then a tone. for the Wi-Fi hotspot and infotainment display, then Send Destination to Vehicle myGMC mobile application. select Wi-Fi Hotspot. On some Make these passwords different vehicles, touch Wi-Fi or Wi-Fi Directions can be sent to the from each other and use a Settings on the screen. vehicle’s navigation screen, combination of letters, numbers, 2. The Wi-Fi settings will display if equipped. and symbols to increase the the Wi-Fi hotspot name (SSID), security. Press Q, then ask the Advisor to password, and on some download directions to the vehicle’s . Change the default name of the vehicles, the connection type navigation system, if equipped. After SSID (Service Set Identifier). (no Internet connection, 3G, the call ends, the navigation screen This is your network’s name that 4G, 4G LTE), and signal quality will provide prompts to begin driving is visible to other wireless (poor, good, excellent). directions. Routes that are sent to devices. Choose a unique name 3. To change the SSID or the navigation screen can only be and avoid family names or canceled through the navigation vehicle descriptions. password, press Q or call system. 1-888-4ONSTAR to connect with an Advisor. On some GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

414 Connected Services vehicles, the SSID and . Check the vehicle’s fuel level, oil power locks are required. Data rates password can be changed in life, or tire pressure, apply. See www.onstar.com for the Wi-Fi Hotspot menu. if factory-equipped with the Tire details and system limitations. Pressure Monitor System. After initial set-up, your vehicle’s Remote Services Wi-Fi hotspot will connect . Send destinations to the vehicle. automatically to your mobile Contact an OnStar Advisor to . Locate the vehicle on a map unlock the doors or sound the horn devices. Manage data usage by (U.S. market only). turning Wi-Fi on or off on your and flash the lamps. mobile device, using the myGMC . Turn the vehicle's Wi-Fi hotspot Marketplace mobile app, or by contacting an on/off, manage settings, and OnStar Advisor. On some vehicles, monitor data consumption, OnStar Advisors can provide offers Wi-Fi can also be managed from the if equipped. from restaurants and retailers on your route, help locate hotels, Wi-Fi Hotspot menu. . Locate a dealer and schedule or book a room. These services service. MyGMC Mobile App (If Available) vary by market. . Request roadside assistance. Download the myGMC mobile app OnStar Hands-Free Calling to compatible Apple and Android . Set a parking reminder with pin smartphones. GMC users can drop, take a photo, make a note, Make and receive calls with the access the following services from a and set a timer. built-in wireless calling service, smartphone: which requires available minutes. . Connect with GMC on social Functionality of the Voice Command . Remotely start/stop the vehicle, media. button may vary by vehicle and if factory-equipped. Features are subject to change. For region. For some vehicles, press = . Lock/unlock doors, if equipped myGMC mobile app information and to open the OnStar app on the with automatic locks. compatibility, see my.gmc.com. infotainment display, then select . Activate the horn and lamps. An active OnStar or connected Hands-Free calling. For other service plan may be required. vehicles press = as follows. A compatible device, factory-installed remote start, and GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/ Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Connected Services 415 Make a Call 2. Say “My number.” System responds: “Your OnStar 1. Press =. System responds: Hands-Free Calling number is,” “OnStar ready.” then says the number. 2. Say “Call.” System responds: End a Call “Call. Please say the name or number to call.” Press =. System responds: “Call 3. Say the entire number without ended.” pausing, including a “1” and the Verify Minutes and Expiration area code. System responds: “OK, calling.” Press = and say “Minutes” then Calling 911 Emergency “Verify” to check how many minutes remain and their expiration date. 1. Press =. System responds: “OnStar ready.” Diagnostics 2. Say “Call.” System responds: By monitoring and reporting on the “Call. Please say the name or vehicle's key systems, OnStar number to call.” Advanced Diagnostics, if equipped, provides a way to keep up on 3. Say “911” without pausing. maintenance. Capabilities vary by System responds: “911.” model. See www.onstar.com for 4. Say “Call.” System responds: details and system limitations. “OK, dialing 911.” Features are subject to change. For Retrieve My Number updates on feature capabilities, see my.gmc.com. Message and data 1. Press =. System responds: rates may apply. “OnStar ready.” GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/- Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

416 Index Index A Airbag System (cont'd) Accessories and When Should an Airbag Modifications ...... 286 Inflate? ...... 82 Accessory Power ...... 226 Where Are the Airbags? ...... 80 Adaptive Cruise Control ...... 243 Airbags Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . 283 Adding Equipment to the Additional Information Vehicle ...... 90 OnStar ...... 406 Passenger Status Indicator . . . 135 Additional Maintenance Readiness Light ...... 135 and Care ...... 380 Servicing Airbag-Equipped Adjustments Vehicles ...... 89 Lumbar, Front Seats ...... 59 System Check ...... 78 Agreements Alarm Trademarks and License . . . . . 196 Vehicle Security ...... 46 Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine ...... 295 Alert Air Conditioning ...... 198, 201 Lane Change ...... 264 Air Filter, Passenger Side Blind Zone (SBZA) ...... 263 Compartment ...... 204 All-Season Tires ...... 320 Air Vents ...... 203 All-Wheel Drive ...... 233, 305 Airbag System AM-FM Radio ...... 178 Check ...... 91 Antenna How Does an Airbag Multi-band ...... 181 Restrain? ...... 83 Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . 233 Passenger Sensing System . . . .85 Warning Light ...... 139 What Makes an Airbag Appearance Care Inflate? ...... 83 Exterior ...... 363 What Will You See after an Interior ...... 368 Airbag Inflates? ...... 84 GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/- Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Index 417 Apple CarPlay and B C Android Auto ...... 193 Battery Calibration ...... 122 Armrest Storage ...... 112 Exterior Lighting Battery California Assistance Program, Saver ...... 172 Perchlorate Materials Roadside ...... 394 Load Management ...... 171 Requirements ...... 286 Assistance Systems for Power Protection ...... 171 California Driving ...... 257 Battery - North America . . . .304, 356 Proposition Assistance Systems for Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . . 306 65 Warning ...... 285,304, 356, Parking and Backing ...... 253 Bluetooth Back Cover Audio Overview ...... 188, 189 Canadian Vehicle Owners ...... 2 Theft-Deterrent Feature ...... 174 Brake Capacities and Auto Stop Parking, Electric ...... 234 Specifications ...... 387 Stop/Start System ...... 224 System Warning Light ...... 138 Carbon Monoxide Automatic Brakes ...... 302 Engine Exhaust ...... 228 Dimming Mirrors ...... 50 Antilock ...... 233 Liftgate ...... 41 Door Locks ...... 39 Assist ...... 235 Winter Driving ...... 215 Forward Braking ...... 259 Fluid ...... 303 Cargo Headlamp System ...... 167 Braking ...... 207 Cover ...... 113 Transmission ...... 229 Automatic Forward ...... 259 Management System ...... 114 Transmission Fluid ...... 294 Braking System Tie-Downs ...... 113 Automatic Transmission Front Pedestrian (FPB) ...... 261 Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . 2 Manual Mode ...... 231 Break-In, New Vehicle ...... 221 Center Console Storage ...... 112 Shift Lock Control Function Bulb Replacement Chains, Tire ...... 340 Check ...... 305 Halogen Bulbs ...... 309 Charging System Light ...... 136 Auxiliary Headlamp Aiming ...... 308 Check Devices ...... 187 Headlamps ...... 309 Engine Light (Malfunction License Plate Lamps ...... 309 Indicator) ...... 136 Buying New Tires ...... 335 GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/- Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

418 Index Child Restraints Connections Customer Information Infants and Young Children . . . . .93 Connected Services ...... 413 Publications Ordering Lower Anchors and Tethers Control Information ...... 399 for Children ...... 99 Hill Descent ...... 238 Customer Satisfaction Older Children ...... 91 Traction and Electronic Procedure ...... 390 Securing ...... 106, 108 Stability ...... 236 D Systems ...... 96 Control Light Damage Repair, Collision ...... 397 Circuit Breakers ...... 310 Hill Descent ...... 140 Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . 2 Cleaning Control of a Vehicle ...... 207 Data Collection Exterior Care ...... 363 Convex Mirrors ...... 49 Infotainment System ...... 403 Interior Care ...... 368 Coolant OnStar ...... 403 Climate Control Systems Engine Temperature Gauge . . 133 Data Recorders, Event ...... 402 Dual Automatic ...... 198 Cooling ...... 198, 201 Daytime Running Rear ...... 201 Cooling System ...... 296 Lamps (DRL) ...... 166 Clock ...... 123 Courtesy Lamps ...... 169 Defensive Driving ...... 207 Cluster, Instrument ...... 127 Courtesy Transportation Delayed Locking ...... 39 Collision Damage Repair ...... 397 Program ...... 396 Devices Compact Spare Tire ...... 355 Cover Auxiliary ...... 187 Compartments Cargo ...... 113 Diagnostics Storage ...... 111 Cruise Control ...... 240 Connected Services ...... 415 Compass ...... 122 Light ...... 144 Distracted Driving ...... 206 Compressor Kit, Tire Sealant . . . 342 Cruise Control, Adaptive ...... 243 Dome Lamps ...... 169 Connected Services Customer Assistance ...... 393 Door Connections ...... 413 Offices ...... 392 Ajar Light ...... 145 Diagnostics ...... 415 Text Telephone (TTY) Delayed Locking ...... 39 Navigation ...... 412 Users ...... 393 Locks ...... 37 Power Locks ...... 39 GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/- Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Index 419 Drive Belt Routing, Engine ...... 389 Electrical Equipment, Engine (cont'd) Drive Systems Add-On ...... 283 Running While Parked ...... 229 All-Wheel Drive ...... 233, 305 Electrical System Starting ...... 223 Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . 251 Engine Compartment Fuse Entry Lighting ...... 170 Driver Information Block ...... 311 Equipment, Towing ...... 278 Center (DIC) ...... 145, 148 Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 310 Event Data Recorders ...... 402 Driver Mode Control ...... 239 Instrument Panel Fuse Exit Lighting ...... 171 Driving Block ...... 314 Extended Parking ...... 228 Assistance Systems ...... 257 Overload ...... 310 Extender, Seat Belt ...... 77 Characteristics and Rear Compartment Fuse Exterior Lamp Controls ...... 164 Towing Tips ...... 271 Block ...... 316 Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . 166 Defensive ...... 207 Emergency Exterior Lighting Battery Drunk ...... 207 OnStar ...... 405 Saver ...... 172 For Better Fuel Economy ...... 26 Engine F Hill and Mountain Roads ...... 215 Air Cleaner/Filter ...... 295 Features If the Vehicle is Stuck ...... 217 Check Light (Malfunction Memory ...... 12 Loss of Control ...... 209 Indicator) ...... 136 Filter, Off-Road ...... 209 Compartment Overview ...... 288 Engine Air Cleaner ...... 295 Off-Road Recovery ...... 208 Coolant Temperature Flash-to-Pass ...... 166 Vehicle Load Limits ...... 217 Gauge ...... 133 Flashers, Hazard Warning ...... 168 Wet Roads ...... 214 Cooling System ...... 296 Flat Tire ...... 341 Winter ...... 215 Drive Belt Routing ...... 389 Changing ...... 349 Dual Automatic Climate Exhaust ...... 228 Floor Mats ...... 371 Control System ...... 198 Heater ...... 225 Fluid Oil Life System ...... 293 E Automatic Transmission ...... 294 Oil Pressure Light ...... 142 Electric Parking Brake ...... 234 Brakes ...... 303 Overheating ...... 300 Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . 139 Washer ...... 301 Power Messages ...... 151 GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/- Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

420 Index Fog Lamps ...... 168 Fuses Glove Box ...... 111 Folding Mirrors ...... 49 Engine Compartment Fuse GM Mobility Reimbursement Forward Automatic Braking . . . . . 259 Block ...... 311 Program ...... 394 Forward Collision Alert Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 310 H (FCA) System ...... 257 Instrument Panel Fuse Halogen Bulbs ...... 309 Frequency Statement Block ...... 314 Hands-Free Phone ...... 194 Radio ...... 400 Rear Compartment Fuse Hazard Warning Flashers ...... 168 Front Fog Lamp Block ...... 316 Head Restraints ...... 56 Light ...... 144 G Headlamps Front Pedestrian Braking Garage Door Opener ...... 160 Aiming ...... 308 (FPB) System ...... 261 Programming ...... 160 Automatic ...... 167 Front Seats Gas Strut(s) ...... 307 Bulb Replacement ...... 309 Adjustment ...... 58 Gauges Daytime Running Heated and Ventilated ...... 64 Engine Coolant Lamps (DRL) ...... 166 Fuel Temperature ...... 133 Flash-to-Pass ...... 166 Additives ...... 269 Fuel ...... 132 High-Beam On Light ...... 144 Economy Driving ...... 26 Odometer ...... 131 High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 166 Filling a Portable Fuel Speedometer ...... 131 Lamps On Reminder ...... 144 Container ...... 270 Tachometer ...... 131 Heated Filling the Tank ...... 269 Trip Odometer ...... 131 Rear Seats ...... 69 Foreign Countries ...... 269 Warning Lights and Steering Wheel ...... 120 Gauge ...... 132 Indicators ...... 126 Heated and Ventilated Front Low Fuel Warning Light ...... 143 General Information Seats ...... 64 Prohibited Fuels ...... 268 Service and Maintenance . . . . . 373 Heated Mirrors ...... 49 Recommended ...... 268 Towing ...... 271 Heater Top Tier ...... 268 Vehicle Care ...... 285 Engine ...... 225 Heating ...... 198, 201 GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/- Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Index 421 High-Beam On Light ...... 144 J Lane Keep Assist Light ...... 140 High-Speed Operation ...... 328 Jump Starting - North Lap-Shoulder Belt ...... 74 Hill and Mountain Roads ...... 215 America ...... 356 LATCH System Hill Descent Control (HDC) . . . . . 238 Replacing Parts after a K Hill Descent Control Light ...... 140 Crash ...... 105 Keyless Entry Hill Start Assist (HSA) ...... 235 LATCH, Lower Anchors and Remote (RKE) System ...... 29 Home Page ...... 176 Tethers for Children ...... 99 Keys ...... 28 Hood ...... 287 LED Lighting ...... 309 Horn ...... 120 L Liftgate ...... 41 How to Wear Seat Belts Labeling, Tire Sidewall ...... 321 Lighting Properly ...... 72 Lamps Entry ...... 170 HVAC ...... 198, 201 Courtesy ...... 169 Exit ...... 171 Daytime Running (DRL) ...... 166 I Illumination Control ...... 169 Dome ...... 169 LED ...... 309 Ignition Positions ...... 221 Exterior Controls ...... 164 Lights Immobilizer ...... 48 Exterior Lamps Off Airbag Readiness ...... 135 Indicator Reminder ...... 166 Antilock Brake System Pedestrian Ahead ...... 141 Exterior Lighting Battery (ABS) Warning ...... 139 Vehicle Ahead ...... 140 Saver ...... 172 Brake System Warning ...... 138 Infants and Young Children, License Plate ...... 309 Charging System ...... 136 Restraints ...... 93 Malfunction Indicator Check Engine (Malfunction Information (Check Engine) ...... 136 Indicator) ...... 136 Publication Ordering ...... 399 On Reminder ...... 144 Cruise Control ...... 144 Infotainment ...... 173 Reading ...... 170 Door Ajar ...... 145 Infotainment System ...... 403 Lane Change Alert (LCA) ...... 264 Electric Parking Brake ...... 139 Instrument Cluster ...... 127 Lane Departure Engine Oil Pressure ...... 142 Interior Rearview Mirrors ...... 50 Warning (LDW) ...... 265 Flash-to-Pass ...... 166 Introduction ...... 2 Lane Keep Assist (LKA) ...... 266 Front Fog Lamp ...... 144 GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/- Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

422 Index Lights (cont'd) Lumbar Adjustment ...... 59 Mirrors (cont'd) High-Beam On ...... 144 Front Seats ...... 59 Tilt in Reverse ...... 50 High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 166 Mirrors, Interior Rearview ...... 50 M Hill Descent Control ...... 140 Mode ...... 239 Maintenance Lane Keep Assist ...... 140 Driver Control ...... 239 Records ...... 385 Low Fuel Warning ...... 143 Monitor System, Tire Maintenance and Care Seat Belt Reminders ...... 134 Pressure ...... 328 Additional ...... 380 Security ...... 144 Multi-band Antenna ...... 181 Maintenance Schedule ...... 375 Service Electric Parking Recommended Fluids and N Brake ...... 139 Lubricants ...... 383 Navigation StabiliTrak OFF ...... 141 Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 136 Connected Services ...... 412 Tire Pressure ...... 142 Manual Mode ...... 231 New Vehicle Break-In ...... 221 Tow/Haul Mode ...... 140 Memory Features ...... 12 Traction Control System O Memory Seats ...... 61 (TCS)/StabiliTrak ...... 142 Odometer ...... 131 Messages Traction Off ...... 141 Trip ...... 131 Engine Power ...... 151 Locks Off-Road ...... 209 Vehicle ...... 151 Automatic Door ...... 39 Driving ...... 209 Vehicle Speed ...... 151 Delayed Locking ...... 39 Recovery ...... 208 Mirrors Door ...... 37 Oil Automatic Dimming ...... 50 Lockout Protection ...... 40 Engine ...... 291 Automatic Dimming Power Door ...... 39 Engine Oil Life System ...... 293 Rearview ...... 50 Safety ...... 40 Pressure Light ...... 142 Convex ...... 49 Loss of Control ...... 209 Older Children, Restraints ...... 91 Folding ...... 49 Low Fuel Warning Light ...... 143 Online Owner Center ...... 393 Heated ...... 49 Lower Anchors and Tethers OnStar ...... 403 Manual Rearview ...... 50 for Children (LATCH OnStar Additional Power ...... 49 System) ...... 99 Information ...... 406 GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/- Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Index 423 OnStar Emergency ...... 405 Pedestrian Ahead Indicator . . . . . 141 Proposition OnStar Overview ...... 404 Perchlorate Materials 65 Warning, OnStar Security ...... 406 Requirements, California ...... 286 California ...... 285,304, 356, Operation Personalization Back Cover Fog Lamps ...... 168 Vehicle ...... 152 Publication Ordering Infotainment System ...... 176 Phone Information ...... 399 Outlets Apple CarPlay and R Power ...... 124 Android Auto ...... 193 Radio Frequency Statement . . . . 400 Overheating, Engine ...... 300 Bluetooth ...... 188, 189 Radio Reception ...... 180 Overview ...... 175 Hands-Free ...... 194 Radios Port P AM-FM Radio ...... 178 USB ...... 181 Park Satellite ...... 179 Power Shifting Into ...... 226 Reading Lamps ...... 170 Door Locks ...... 39 Shifting Out of ...... 227 Rear Climate Control System . . . 201 Mirrors ...... 49 Park Assist ...... 253 Rear Seats ...... 66 Outlets ...... 124 Parking Heated ...... 69 Protection, Battery ...... 171 Brake and P (Park) Rear Storage ...... 112 Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . 226 Mechanism Check ...... 305 Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . . 253 Seat Adjustment ...... 59 Extended ...... 228 Rear Window Washer/Wiper . . . . 121 Windows ...... 51 Over Things That Burn ...... 228 Rearview Mirrors ...... 50 Pregnancy, Using Seat Belts . . . . 76 Parking or Backing Automatic Dimming ...... 50 Privacy Assistance Systems ...... 253 Reclining Seatbacks ...... 59 Vehicle Data Recording ...... 402 Passenger Airbag Status Recommended Program Indicator ...... 135 Fuel ...... 268 Courtesy Transportation ...... 396 Passenger Compartment Air Recommended Fluids and Prohibited Fuels ...... 268 Filter ...... 204 Lubricants ...... 383 Passenger Sensing System . . . . . 85 GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/- Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

424 Index Records Roadside Assistance Seat Belts (cont'd) Maintenance ...... 385 Program ...... 394 Use During Pregnancy ...... 76 Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . 359 Roof Seats Reimbursement Program, Sunroof ...... 53 Adjustment, Front ...... 58 GM Mobility ...... 394 Roof Rack System ...... 117 Head Restraints ...... 56 Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) Rotation, Tires ...... 334 Heated and Ventilated Front . . . .64 System ...... 29 Routing, Engine Drive Belt ...... 389 Heated, Rear ...... 69 Remote Vehicle Start ...... 35 Running the Vehicle While Lumbar Adjustment, Front ...... 59 Replacement Parts Parked ...... 229 Memory ...... 61 Power Adjustment, Front ...... 59 Airbags ...... 91 S Maintenance ...... 384 Rear ...... 66 Safety Defects Reporting Replacing Airbag System ...... 91 Reclining Seatbacks ...... 59 Canadian Government ...... 401 Replacing LATCH System Third Row Seat ...... 70 General Motors ...... 401 Parts after a Crash ...... 105 Securing Child U.S. Government ...... 400 Replacing Seat Belt System Restraints ...... 106, 108 Safety Locks ...... 40 Parts after a Crash ...... 78 Security Safety System Check ...... 77 Reporting Safety Defects Light ...... 144 Satellite Radio ...... 179 Canadian Government ...... 401 OnStar ...... 406 Scheduling Appointments ...... 396 General Motors ...... 401 Vehicle ...... 46 Sealant Kit, Tire ...... 342 U.S. Government ...... 400 Vehicle Alarm ...... 46 Seat Belts ...... 71 Restraints Service ...... 204 Care ...... 77 Where to Put ...... 97 Accessories and Extender ...... 77 Retained Accessory Modifications ...... 286 How to Wear Seat Belts Power (RAP) ...... 226 Doing Your Own Work ...... 286 Properly ...... 72 Reverse Tilt Mirrors ...... 50 Maintenance Records ...... 385 Lap-Shoulder Belt ...... 74 Roads Maintenance, General Reminders ...... 134 Driving, Wet ...... 214 Information ...... 373 Replacing after a Crash ...... 78 Parts Identification Label . . . . . 386 GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/- Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Index 425 Service (cont'd) Starting the Engine ...... 223 System Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 396 Steering ...... 208 Forward Collision Service Electric Parking Heated Wheel ...... 120 Alert (FCA) ...... 257 Brake Light ...... 139 Wheel Adjustment ...... 119 Infotainment ...... 173, 403 Services Wheel Controls ...... 119 Roof Rack ...... 117 Special Application ...... 380 Stop/Start System ...... 224 Systems Servicing the Airbag ...... 89 Storage Driver Assistance ...... 251 Shift Lock Control Function Rear ...... 112 T Check, Automatic Storage Areas Tachometer ...... 131 Transmission ...... 305 Armrest ...... 112 Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . . 393 Shifting Cargo Cover ...... 113 Theft-Deterrent Systems ...... 48 Into Park ...... 226 Cargo Management System . . .114 Immobilizer ...... 48 Out of Park ...... 227 Center Console ...... 112 Third-Row Seats ...... 70 Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . 263 Glove Box ...... 111 Time ...... 123 Signals, Turn and Roof Rack System ...... 117 Tires ...... 319 Lane-Change ...... 168 Sunglasses ...... 111 All-Season ...... 320 Software Updates ...... 177 Storage Compartments ...... 111 Buying New Tires ...... 335 Spare Tire Storing the Tire Sealant and Chains ...... 340 Compact ...... 355 Compressor Kit ...... 348 Changing ...... 349 Special Application Services . . . . 380 Struts Compact Spare ...... 355 Specifications and Gas ...... 307 Designations ...... 323 Capacities ...... 387 Stuck Vehicle ...... 217 Different Size ...... 337 Speedometer ...... 131 Summer Tires ...... 320 If a Tire Goes Flat ...... 341 StabiliTrak Sun Visors ...... 52 Inspection ...... 333 OFF Light ...... 141 Sunglass Storage ...... 111 Pressure ...... 326, 328 Start Assist, Hill ...... 235 Sunroof ...... 53 Pressure Light ...... 142 Start Vehicle, Remote ...... 35 Symbols ...... 3 Pressure Monitor Operation . . 329 Starter Switch Check ...... 305 GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/- Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

426 Index Tires (cont'd) Towing (cont'd) Updates Pressure Monitor System . . . . . 328 Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . 281 Software ...... 177 Rotation ...... 334 Vehicle ...... 359 USB Port ...... 181 Sealant and Traction Using This Manual ...... 2 Compressor Kit ...... 342 Control System V Sealant and Compressor (TCS)/StabiliTrak Light ...... 142 Vehicle Kit, Storing ...... 348 Off Light ...... 141 Alarm System ...... 46 Sidewall Labeling ...... 321 Traction Control/Electronic Canadian Owners ...... 2 Terminology and Definitions . . 324 Stability Control ...... 236 Control ...... 207 Uniform Tire Quality Trademarks and License Identification Number (VIN) . . . 386 Grading ...... 337 Agreements ...... 196 Load Limits ...... 217 Wheel Alignment and Tire Trailer Messages ...... 151 Balance ...... 339 Sway Control (TSC) ...... 281 Personalization ...... 152 Wheel Replacement ...... 339 Towing ...... 275 Remote Start ...... 35 When It Is Time for New Transmission Security ...... 46 Tires ...... 335 Automatic ...... 229 Speed Messages ...... 151 Winter ...... 320 Fluid, Automatic ...... 294 Towing ...... 359 Top Tier Fuel ...... 268 Transportation Program, Vehicle Ahead Indicator ...... 140 Tow/Haul Mode ...... 232 Courtesy ...... 396 Vehicle Care Tow/Haul Mode Light ...... 140 Trip Odometer ...... 131 Storing the Tire Sealant Towing Turn and Lane-Change and Compressor Kit ...... 348 Driving Characteristics ...... 271 Signals ...... 168 Tire Pressure ...... 326 Equipment ...... 278 U Vehicle Data Recording and General Information ...... 271 Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . 337 Privacy ...... 402 Recreational Vehicle ...... 359 Universal Remote System ...... 160 Ventilation, Air ...... 203 Trailer ...... 275 Operation ...... 163 Visors ...... 52 Programming ...... 160 GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/- Mexico-12146149) - 2019 - crc - 3/27/18

Index 427 W Warning Brake System Light ...... 138 Caution and Danger ...... 2 Lane Departure (LDW) ...... 265 Warning Lights, Gauges, and Indicators ...... 126 Warnings Hazard Flashers ...... 168 Washer Fluid ...... 301 Wheels Alignment and Tire Balance . . 339 Different Size ...... 337 Replacement ...... 339 When It Is Time for New Tires ...... 335 Where to Put the Restraint ...... 97 Windows ...... 50 Power ...... 51 Windshield Replacement ...... 307 Wiper/Washer ...... 120 Winter Driving ...... 215 Winter Tires ...... 320 Wiper Blade Replacement ...... 306 Wipers Rear Washer ...... 121 Owner’s Manual Owner’s Acadia/Acadia Denali Denali Acadia/Acadia gmc.com (U.S.) gmccanada.ca (Canada)

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