Vehicle Care - Chevrolet Chevy Cruze Limited 2016 Owner's Manual

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Vehicle Care

Vehicle Care
General Information
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 219
California Proposition
65 Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
California Perchlorate
Materials Requirements . . . . . 219
Accessories and
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Vehicle Checks
Doing Your Own
Service Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Engine Compartment
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 227
Automatic Transmission
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Manual Transmission Fluid . . . 229
Hydraulic Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . 229
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Engine Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Engine Overheating . . . . . . . . . . 234
Overheated Engine Protection
Operating Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Brake Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Battery - North America . . . . . . 239
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . 239
Automatic Transmission Shift
Lock Control Function
Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Ignition Transmission Lock
Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Park Brake and P (Park)
Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . 240
Wiper Blade Replacement . . . . 241
Headlamp Aiming
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Bulb Replacement
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Headlamps, Front Turn Signal
and Parking Lamps . . . . . . . . . 242
Taillamps, Turn Signal,
Sidemarker, Stoplamps, and
Back-Up Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
License Plate Lamp . . . . . . . . . . 246
Replacement Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Electrical System
Electrical System Overload . . . 247
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 248
Engine Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Instrument Panel Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Wheels and Tires
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Winter Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Low-Profile Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Tire Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . 255
Tire Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Tire Terminology and
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Tire Pressure Monitor
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Tire Pressure Monitor
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Tire Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Tire Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
When It Is Time for New
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Different Size Tires and
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Uniform Tire Quality
Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Wheel Alignment and Tire
Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 271
Tire Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . 272