Climate Controls; Driver Information Center (Dic) - GMC Hybrid 2006 Owner's Manual

Climate Controls

For more information on your vehicle's climate control
system, see "Climate Control System" in the owner
manual Index.
Air Conditioning Engine Start/Stop
Override
With the system in AUTO mode in warm or hot weather,
the engine may continue to run at a complete stop, or
it may re-start during a complete stop if the system
determines that it is necessary to run the air conditioning
compressor to cool the cabin and/or dehumidify the air.
The system may allow the engine to shut off if the cabin
temperature selected is met, but engine off time will
usually be short.
If you would like to get maximum engine off time in hot
weather, select manual operation for vent or bi-level
mode; this will prevent the system from keeping the
engine running at complete stops; however, this does
not provide maximum air conditioning performance.
Selecting a higher air conditioning temperature in hot
weather will maximize engine off time.
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Driver Information Center (DIC)

DIC Warnings and Messages
Warning messages are displayed on the DIC to notify the
driver that the status of the vehicle has changed and that
some action may be needed by the driver to correct the
condition. If there is more than one message that needs
to be displayed they will appear one after another. Some
messages may not require immediate action but you
should press the select button or the trip odometer reset
stem on the instrument panel cluster to acknowledge that
you received the message and clear it from the display.
Some messages cannot be cleared from the display
because they are more urgent; these messages require
action before they can be removed from the DIC display.
The following are the possible messages that can
be displayed and some information about them.
For information on other DIC messages, see "DIC
Warnings and Messages" in the owner manual Index.