Vehicle Care; General Information; Requirements - GMC Sierra 2023 Manual

Vehicle Care

General Information

General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
California Perchlorate Materials
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Vehicle Checks
Doing Your Own Service Work . . . . . . . . . 110
Engine Compartment Overview . . . . . . . . . 111
Battery - North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Headlamp Aiming
Front Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Wheels and Tires
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Tire Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Tire Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Tire Terminology and Definitions . . . . . . 120
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Tire Pressure Monitor System . . . . . . . . . . 123
Tire Pressure Monitor Operation . . . . . . . 123
Tire Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Tire Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . 128
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Different Size Tires and Wheels . . . . . . . 130
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . . . . . . . . 130
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Tire Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Jump Starting
Jump Starting - North America . . . . . . . . 142
Towing the Vehicle
Transporting a Disabled Vehicle . . . . . . . 145
Vehicle Care
General Information
For service and parts needs, visit your
dealer. You will receive genuine GM parts
and GM-trained and supported service
people.
Genuine GM parts have one of these marks:
California Perchlorate Materials

Requirements

Certain types of automotive applications,
such as airbag initiators, seat belt
pretensioners, and lithium batteries
contained in electronic keys, may contain
perchlorate materials. Perchlorate Material
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