Chevrolet silverado 2012 Owner's Manual page 425

Vehicle Care
General Information
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 10-3
California Proposition
65 Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3
California Perchlorate
Materials Requirements . . . . 10-3
Accessories and
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-4
Vehicle Checks
Doing Your Own
Service Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-4
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-5
Engine Compartment
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-6
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-7
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . 10-10
Automatic Transmission Fluid
(4-Speed Transmission) . . . 10-11
Automatic Transmission
Fluid (6-Speed
Transmission) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-14
Manual Transmission
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-18
Hydraulic Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-18
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . 10-18
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-20
Engine Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-21
Engine Overheating . . . . . . . . 10-24
Overheated Engine
Protection
Operating Mode . . . . . . . . . . . 10-27
Engine Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-27
Power Steering Fluid . . . . . . . 10-28
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-29
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-30
Brake Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-31
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-33
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . 10-33
Front Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-35
Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-36
Noise Control System . . . . . . 10-37
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . 10-38
Automatic Transmission Shift
Lock Control Function
Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-39
Ignition Transmission Lock
Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-39
Park Brake and P (Park)
Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . 10-40
Wiper Blade
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-40
Glass Replacement . . . . . . . . 10-41
Vehicle Care
Headlamp Aiming
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . 10-41
Bulb Replacement
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 10-43
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-44
Headlamps, Front Turn
Signal, Sidemarker, and
Parking Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-44
Pick-Up Box Identification
and Fender Marker
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-45
Taillamps (Chassis Cab
Models) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-45
Taillamps, Turn Signal,
Stoplamps, and Back-Up
Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-46
Center High-Mounted
Stoplamp (CHMSL) and
Cargo Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-46
License Plate Lamp . . . . . . . . 10-47
Replacement Bulbs . . . . . . . . . 10-48
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