Stabilitrak System - Chevrolet 2008 Silverado 1500 Pickup Owner's Manual

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StabiliTrak System
Your vehicle may have the StabiliTrak
combines antilock brake, traction and stability control
systems and helps the driver maintain directional control
of the vehicle in most driving conditions.
When you first start your vehicle and begin to drive away,
the system performs several diagnostic checks to ensure
there are no problems. You may hear or feel the system
working. This is normal and does not mean there is a
problem with your vehicle. The system should initialize
before the vehicle reaches 20 mph (32 km/h). In some
cases, it may take approximately two miles of driving
before the system initializes.
If the system fails to turn on or activate, the StabiliTrak
light along with one of the following messages will be
displayed on the Driver Information Center (DIC):
TRACTION CONTROL OFF, SERVICE TRACTION
CONTROL, STABILITRAK OFF, SERVICE
STABILITRAK. If these DIC messages appear, make
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sure the StabiliTrak system has not been turned
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off using the StabiliTrak
4-6
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system which
on/off button.
Then turn the steering wheel clockwise from the nine
o'clock position to the three o'clock position. If this clears
the message(s), your vehicle does not need servicing. If
this does not clear the message(s), then turn the vehicle
off, wait 15 seconds, and then turn it back on again to
reset the system. If any of these messages still appear on
the Driver Information Center (DIC), your vehicle should
be taken in for service. For more information on the DIC
messages, see Driver Information Center (DIC) on
page 3-56.
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You may also feel or hear the system working; this is
normal.
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The StabiliTrak light will
flash on the instrument
panel cluster when
the system is both on and
activated.