Chevrolet 2012 Tahoe Owner's manual

Seats and Restraint Systems

....................... 7

Front Seats

.............................................. 9

Rear Seats

............................................. 19

Safety Belts

............................................ 38

Child Restraints

...................................... 61

Airbag System

........................................ 90

Restraint System Check

....................... 108

Features and Controls

.............................. 111

Keys

..................................................... 113

Doors and Locks

.................................. 122

Windows

............................................... 132

Theft-Deterrent Systems

....................... 135

Starting and Operating Your Vehicle

..... 139

Mirrors

.................................................. 162

OnStar

®

System

................................... 173

Universal Home Remote System

.......... 177

Storage Areas

...................................... 190

Sunroof

................................................ 197

Instrument Panel

....................................... 199

Instrument Panel Overview

................... 202

Climate Controls

................................... 227

Warning Lights, Gages, and

Indicators

.......................................... 242

Driver Information Center (DIC)

............ 260

Audio System(s)

................................... 290

Driving Your Vehicle

................................. 355

Your Driving, the Road, and

Your Vehicle

..................................... 356

Towing

................................................. 417

Service and Appearance Care

.................. 441

Service

................................................. 444

Fuel

...................................................... 446

Checking Things Under the Hood

......... 456

Rear Axle

............................................. 496

Four-Wheel Drive

.................................. 497

Front Axle

............................................ 498

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Headlamp Aiming

................................. 499

Bulb Replacement

................................ 502

Windshield Wiper Blade

Replacement

..................................... 505

Tires

..................................................... 507

Appearance Care

.................................. 553

Vehicle Identiﬁcation

............................. 562

Electrical System

.................................. 563

Capacities and Speciﬁcations

................ 572

Maintenance Schedule

.............................. 575

Maintenance Schedule

.......................... 576

Customer Assistance Information

............. 597

Customer Assistance and Information

..... 598

Reporting Safety Defects

...................... 615

Index

.......................................................... 619

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GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem,

CHEVROLET, the CHEVROLET Emblem, and the

names TAHOE, SUBURBAN, and Z71 are

registered trademarks of General Motors

Corporation.

This manual includes the latest information at the

time it was printed. We reserve the right to

make changes in the product after that time

without notice. For vehicles ﬁrst sold in Canada,

substitute the name “General Motors of Canada

Limited” for Chevrolet Motor Division wherever it

appears in this manual.

This manual describes features that may be

available in this model, but your vehicle may not

have all of them. For example, more than one

entertainment system may be offered or your

vehicle may have been ordered without a front

passenger or rear seats.

Keep this manual in the vehicle, so it will be there

if you ever need it while you are on the road. If

you sell the vehicle, leave this manual with

the vehicle.

Canadian Owners

A French language copy of this manual can be

obtained from your dealer/retailer or from:

Helm, Incorporated

P.O. Box 07130

Detroit, MI 48207

Litho in U.S.A.

Part No. 15854794 C Third Printing

©

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How to Use This Manual

Many people read the owner manual from

beginning to end when they ﬁrst receive their new

vehicle. If this is done, it can help you learn

about the features and controls for the vehicle.

Pictures and words work together in the

owner manual to explain things.

Index

A good place to quickly locate information about

the vehicle is the Index in the back of the manual.

It is an alphabetical list of what is in the manual

and the page number where it can be found.

Safety Warnings and Symbols

There are a number of safety cautions in this

book. We use a box and the word CAUTION to

tell about things that could hurt you if you were to

ignore the warning.

{CAUTION:

These mean there is something that could

hurt you or other people.

In the caution area, we tell you what the hazard is.

Then we tell you what to do to help avoid or

reduce the hazard. Please read these cautions. If

you do not, you or others could be hurt.

You will also ﬁnd a

circle with a slash

through it in this book.

This safety symbol

means “Do Not,” “Do

Not do this” or “Do Not

let this happen.”

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Vehicle Damage Warnings

Also, in this manual you will ﬁnd these notices:

Notice: These mean there is something

that could damage your vehicle.

A notice tells about something that can damage

the vehicle. Many times, this damage would not be

covered by your vehicle’s warranty, and it could

be costly. But the notice will tell what to do to help

avoid the damage.

When you read other manuals, you might see

CAUTION and NOTICE warnings in different colors

or in different words.

There are also warning labels on the vehicle. They

use the same words, CAUTION or NOTICE.

Vehicle Symbols

The vehicle has components and labels that use

symbols instead of text. Symbols are shown along

with the text describing the operation or

information relating to a speciﬁc component,

control, message, gage, or indicator.

If you need help ﬁguring out a speciﬁc name of a

component, gage, or indicator, reference the

following topics:

• Seats and Restraint Systems in Section 1

• Features and Controls in Section 2

• Instrument Panel Overview in Section 3

• Climate Controls in Section 3

• Warning Lights, Gages, and Indicators in

Section 3

• Audio System(s) in Section 3

• Engine Compartment Overview in Section 5

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These are some examples of symbols that may be found on the vehicle:

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Front Seats ..................................................... 9

Manual Seats ................................................ 9

Power Seats ............................................... 10

Power Lumbar ............................................. 11

Heated Seats .............................................. 12

Memory Seat, Mirrors, and Pedals .............. 13

Reclining Seatbacks .................................... 15

Head Restraints .......................................... 18

Center Seat ................................................ 19

Rear Seats .................................................... 19

Heated Seats .............................................. 19

60/40 Split Bench Seat

(Second Row) .......................................... 20

Bucket Seats (Second Row) ........................ 26

Third Row Seat ........................................... 33

Safety Belts .................................................. 38

Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone ........... 38

Questions and Answers About

Safety Belts ............................................. 42

How to Wear Safety Belts Properly ............. 43

Driver Position ............................................. 43

Shoulder Belt Height Adjustment ................. 51

Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy .............. 52

Right Front Passenger Position ................... 52

Center Front Passenger Position ................. 53

Rear Seat Passengers ................................ 54

Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides ................ 56

Safety Belt Pretensioners ............................ 60

Safety Belt Extender ................................... 60

Child Restraints ............................................ 61

Older Children ............................................. 61

Infants and Young Children ......................... 64

Child Restraint Systems .............................. 68

Where to Put the Restraint .......................... 72

Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children

(LATCH) .................................................. 74

Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear

Seat Position ........................................... 82

Securing a Child Restraint in the Center

Front Seat Position .................................. 85

Securing a Child Restraint in the Right

Front Seat Position .................................. 85

Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems

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Airbag System .............................................. 90

Where Are the Airbags? .............................. 93

When Should an Airbag Inﬂate? .................. 96

What Makes an Airbag Inﬂate? ................... 98

How Does an Airbag Restrain? ................... 99

What Will You See After an Airbag

Inﬂates? ................................................... 99

Passenger Sensing System ....................... 101

Servicing Your Airbag-Equipped Vehicle .... 106

Adding Equipment to Your

Airbag-Equipped Vehicle ........................ 107

Restraint System Check ............................. 108

Checking the Restraint Systems ................ 108

Replacing Restraint System Parts After

a Crash ................................................. 109

Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems

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Front Seats

Manual Seats

{CAUTION:

You can lose control of the vehicle if you

try to adjust a manual driver’s seat while

the vehicle is moving. The sudden

movement could startle and confuse you,

or make you push a pedal when you do

not want to. Adjust the driver’s seat only

when the vehicle is not moving.

To move a manual seat

forward or rearward:

1. Lift the bar to unlock the seat.

2. Slide the seat to where you want it and

release the bar.

Try to move the seat with your body to be sure

the seat is locked in place.

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Power Seats

On a vehicle with power seats, the controls used

to operate them are located on the outboard

side of the seats. To adjust the seat, do any of the

following:

• Move the seat forward or rearward by sliding

the control forward or rearward.

• Raise or lower the front part of the seat

cushion by moving the front of the control up

or down.

• Raise or lower the rear part of the seat

cushion by moving the rear of the control up

or down.

• Raise or lower the entire seat by moving the

entire control up or down.

On seats with power reclining seatbacks, the

control is located behind the power seat control on

the outboard side of the seats. See “Power

Reclining Seatbacks” under Reclining Seatbacks

on page 15.

A vehicle with a memory function allows seat

settings to be saved and recalled. See Memory

Seat, Mirrors, and Pedals on page 13 for

more information.

Driver’s Seat with Power Seat Control, Power

Recline, and Power Lumbar shown

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Power Lumbar

If the seats have power lumbar, the controls used

to operate this feature are located on the

outboard side of the seats.

• To increase lumbar support, press and hold

the front of the control.

• To decrease lumbar support, press and hold

the rear of the control.

• To raise the height of the lumbar support,

press and hold the top of the control.

• To lower the height of the lumbar support,

press and hold the bottom of the control.

Release the control when the lower seatback

reaches the desired level of lumbar support.

Your vehicle may have a memory function which

allows seat settings to be saved and recalled.

See Memory Seat, Mirrors, and Pedals on page 13

for more information.

Keep in mind that as your seating position

changes, as it may during long trips, so should the

position of your lumbar support. Adjust the seat

as needed.

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Heated Seats

On vehicles with heated

front seats, the controls

are located on the

driver’s and passenger’s

doors, near the door

handle.

I(Heated Seatback): Press this button to turn

on the heated seatback.

The light on the button will come on to indicate

that the feature is working. Press the button

to cycle through the temperature settings of high,

medium, and low and to turn the heat to the

seatback off. Indicator lights below the button show

the level of heat selected: three for high, two for

medium, and one for low.

J(Heated Seat and Seatback): Press this

button to turn on the heated seat and seatback.

The light on the button will come on to indicate that

the feature is working. Press the button to cycle

through the temperature settings of high, medium,

and low and to turn the heat to the seat off.

Indicator lights above the button will show the level

of heat selected: three for high, two for medium,

and one for low.

The heated seats will be canceled ten seconds

after the ignition is turned off. If you want to

use the heated seat feature after you restart your

vehicle, you will need to press the appropriate

heated seat or seatback button again.

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Memory Seat, Mirrors, and Pedals

Your vehicle may have the memory package.

The controls for this

feature are located on

the driver’s door

panel, and are used to

program and recall

memory settings for the

driver’s seat, outside

mirrors, and the

adjustable throttle and

brake pedal.

To save your positions in memory, do the

following:

1. Adjust the driver’s seat, including the seatback

recliner and lumbar, both outside mirrors, and

the throttle and brake pedals to a comfortable

position.

See Outside Power Mirrors on page 170 and

Adjustable Throttle and Brake Pedal on

page 143 for more information.

Not all mirrors will have the ability to save and

recall their positions.

Not all adjustable throttles and brake pedals

will have the ability to save and recall

their positions.

2. Press and hold button 1 until two beeps are

heard indicating that the position has been

stored.

A second seating, mirror, and throttle and brake

pedal position can be programmed by repeating

the above steps and pressing button 2.

To recall the memory positions, the vehicle must be

in PARK (P). Press and release either button 1 or

button 2 corresponding to the desired driving

position. The seat, outside mirrors, and adjustable

throttle and brake pedals will move to the position

previously stored. You will hear a single beep.

If you use the remote keyless entry transmitter to

enter your vehicle and the remote recall memory

feature is on, automatic seat, adjustable mirror,

and adjustable pedal movements will occur.

See “MEMORY SEAT RECALL” under DIC Vehicle

Customization (With DIC Buttons) on page 280

for more information.

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To stop recall movement of the memory function

at any time, press one of the power seat controls,

memory buttons, power mirror buttons, or

adjustable pedal switch.

If something has blocked the driver’s seat and/or

the adjustable pedals while recalling a memory

position, the driver’s seat and/or the adjustable

pedals recall may stop working. If this happens,

remove the obstruction and press the appropriate

control for the area that is not responding for

two seconds. Try recalling the memory position

again by pressing the appropriate memory button.

If the memory position is still not recalling, see

your dealer for service.

Easy Exit Seat

The control for this feature is located on the

driver’s door panel between buttons 1 and 2.

With the vehicle in PARK (P), the driver’s seat exit

position can be recalled by pressing the exit

button. You will hear a single beep, and the

driver’s seat will move back.

If the easy exit seat feature is programmed in the

Driver Information Center (DIC), automatic

seat movement will occur when the key is removed

from the ignition. See “EASY EXIT SEAT” under

DIC Vehicle Customization (With DIC Buttons)

on page 280 for more information.

The memory seat and easy exit features can also

be programmed using the DIC.

For programming information, see DIC Vehicle

Customization (With DIC Buttons) on page 280.

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Reclining Seatbacks

Manual Reclining Seatbacks

{CAUTION:

You can lose control of the vehicle if you

try to adjust a manual driver’s seat while

the vehicle is moving. The sudden

movement could startle and confuse you,

or make you push a pedal when you do

not want to. Adjust the driver’s seat only

when the vehicle is not moving.

{CAUTION:

If the seatback is not locked, it could

move forward in a sudden stop or crash.

That could cause injury to the person

sitting there. Always push and pull on the

seatback to be sure it is locked.

If the seats have manual reclining seatbacks, the

lever used to operate them is located on the

outboard side of the seat(s).

To recline the seatback, do the following:

1. Lift the recline lever.

2. Move the seatback to the desired position,

then release the lever to lock the seatback

in place.

3. Push and pull on the seatback to make sure it

is locked.

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To return the seatback to an upright position, do

the following:

1. Lift the lever fully without applying pressure to

the seatback and the seatback will return to

the upright position.

2. Push and pull on the seatback to make sure it

is locked.

Power Reclining Seatbacks

If the seats have power reclining seatbacks, the

control used to recline them is located on the

outboard side of the seat behind the power seat

control.

• To recline the seatback, tilt the top of the

control rearward.

• To bring the seatback forward, tilt the top of

the control forward.

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{CAUTION:

Sitting in a reclined position when your

vehicle is in motion can be dangerous.

Even if you buckle up, your safety belts

cannot do their job when you are reclined

like this.

The shoulder belt cannot do its job. In a

crash, you could go into it, receiving neck

or other injuries.

The lap belt cannot do its job either. In a

crash the belt could go up over your

abdomen. The belt forces would be there,

not at your pelvic bones. This could cause

serious internal injuries.

For proper protection when the vehicle is

in motion, have the seatback upright.

Then sit well back in the seat and wear

your safety belt properly.

Do not have a seatback reclined if your vehicle is

moving.

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Head Restraints

Adjust the head restraint so that the top of the

restraint is at the same height as the top of

the occupant’s head. This position reduces the

chance of a neck injury in a crash.

Pull the head restraint up

to raise it. To lower the

head restraint, press the

release button (A),

located on the top of

the seatback, while

you push the head

restraint down.

The front seats may have head restraints that also

tilt forward and rearward.

To tilt the head restraint, grasp the top of the

restraint while pressing the button (B), located on

the inboard side of the head restraint, and

move it forward or rearward until the desired

locking position is reached. Try to move the head

restraint after the button is released to make

sure that it is locked in place.

The second row seats may have head rests that

can be adjusted up and down, but they do not tilt.

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Center Seat

Your vehicle may have a front center seat.

The seatback doubles as an armrest and

cupholder/storage area for the driver and

passenger when the center seat is not used. Do

not use it as a seating position when the seatback

is folded down.

For information on safety belts for this position,

see Center Front Passenger Position on page 53.

Rear Seats

Heated Seats

If the rear seats have

the heated seat feature,

the buttons used to

control this feature are

located on the Rear

Seat Audio (RSA) panel.

M (Heated Seat): To heat the seat cushion,

press the button with the heated seat symbol.

A heated seat symbol will be shown in the RSA

display to indicate that the feature is on. Press the

button to cycle through the temperature settings

of high, medium, and low, and to turn it off.

Driver’s Side RSA

Heated Seat Button

Only shown

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Indicator bars next to the symbol will designate

the level of heat selected: three for high, two

for medium, and one for low.

The heated seats will be canceled ten seconds

after the ignition is turned off. If the vehicle

is restarted, the heated seat button will need to be

pressed again to restart the feature.

60/40 Split Bench Seat

(Second Row)

If your vehicle has a 60/40 split bench, the seat(s)

can be folded for additional cargo space or

folded and tumbled for easy entry and exit to the

third row seats, if your vehicle has them. These

seats will have either the manual fold and tumble

feature or the automatic seat release fold and

tumble feature.

Manual Fold and Tumble Feature

Folding and Tumbling the Seat(s)

To fold and tumble the seat, do the following:

1. Make sure that there is nothing under, in front

of, or on the seat.

Notice: Folding a rear seat with the safety belts

still fastened may cause damage to the seat or

the safety belts. Always unbuckle the safety

belts and return them to their normal stowed

position before folding a rear seat.

2. Lift the lever, located on the outboard side of

the seat, to release the seatback.

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