Vehicle Care - Chevrolet TRAX 2018 Owner's Manual

Vehicle Care

General Information
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 222
California Proposition
65 Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
California Perchlorate
Materials Requirements . . . . . 223
Accessories and
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Vehicle Checks
Doing Your Own
Service Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Engine Compartment
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 231
Automatic Transmission
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Manual Transmission Fluid . . . 233
Hydraulic Clutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . 233
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Engine Overheating . . . . . . . . . . 238
Power Steering Fluid (1.4L L4
Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Power Steering Fluid (1.8L L4
Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Brake Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Battery - North America . . . . . . 243
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . 244
Automatic Transmission Shift
Lock Control Function
Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Ignition Transmission Lock
Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Park Brake and P (Park)
Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . 245
Wiper Blade Replacement . . . . 245
Gas Strut(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Headlamp Aiming
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Bulb Replacement
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Headlamps, Front Turn Signal
and Parking Lamps . . . . . . . . . 249
Taillamps, Turn Signal,
Sidemarker, Stoplamps, and
Back-Up Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
License Plate Lamp . . . . . . . . . . 254
Electrical System
Electrical System Overload . . . 254
Vehicle Care
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 255
Engine Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Instrument Panel Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Rear Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Wheels and Tires
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Winter Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Tire Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . 264
Tire Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Tire Terminology and
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Tire Pressure Monitor
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Tire Pressure Monitor
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Tire Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Tire Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
When It Is Time for New
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Different Size Tires and
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Uniform Tire Quality
Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
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