Chevrolet Trailblazer Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-SE Asia/CenAmer/
Carib-13517615) - 2020 - CRC - 3/22/19
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Driving and Operating
Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Driving Environment . . . . . . . . . . 187
Driving for Better Fuel
Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Off-Road Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . 195
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . 197
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . 198
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . 198
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Overrun Cut-Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Catalytic Converter . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 203
Transmission Display . . . . . . . . . 203
Selector Lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Electronic Driving
Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Fault . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Interruption of Power
Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Manual Transmission
Manual Transmission . . . . . . . . . 206
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . 211
Ride Control Systems
System (TCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Hill Descent Control (HDC) . . . 213
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Object Detection Systems
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Parking Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA)
(If equipped) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
(If equipped) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Fuel
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Fuel for Diesel Engines . . . . . . . 227
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Trailer Towing
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Towing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Trailer Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Towing Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . 236