CHEVROLET 2012 Suburban - Manual (Page 364)

Black plate (86,1) Chevrolet Tahoe/Suburban Owner Manual - 2012 - 2nd - 11/9/11
9-86 Driving and Operating
All DIC warning and service
messages must first be
acknowledged by the driver by
pressing the odometer trip stem or
the DIC Vehicle Information button
(if equipped) before the Trailer
Brake Display Page can be
displayed and Trailer Gain can be
adjusted.
TRAILER GAIN – This setting is
displayed anytime the Trailer Brake
Display Page is active. This setting
can be adjusted from 0.0 to 10.0
with either a trailer connected or
disconnected. To adjust the Trailer
Gain, press one of the Trailer Gain
adjustment buttons located on the
Trailer Brake Control Panel. Press
and hold a gain button to cause the
Trailer Gain to continuously adjust.
To turn the output to the trailer off,
adjust the Trailer Gain setting to
0.0 (zero).
0.0 (zero) gain is the factory default
setting. To properly adjust trailer
gain, see the Trailer Gain
Adjustment Procedure later
in this section.
TRAILER OUTPUT – This is
displayed any time a trailer with
electric brakes is connected. Output
to the electric brakes is based on
the amount of vehicle braking
present and relative to the Trailer
Gain setting. Output is displayed
from 0 to 10 bars for each gain
setting.
Non-hybrid vehicles with Trailer
Sway Control (TSC) or Hill Start
Assist (HSA), output to the electric
trailer brakes may be displayed
when the systems are active. See
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) on
page 9‑90 and Hill Start Assist
(HSA) on page 9‑47.
The Trailer Output will indicate
“- - - - - -“on the Trailer Brake
Display Page whenever the
following occur:
. No trailer is connected.
. A trailer without electric brakes
is connected (no DIC message
is displayed).
. A trailer with electric brakes
has become disconnected
(a CHECK TRAILER WIRING
message will also be displayed
on the DIC).
. There is a fault present in the
wiring to the electric trailer
brakes (a CHECK TRAILER
WIRING message will also be
displayed on the DIC).
. There is a fault in the ITBC
system (a SERVICE TRAILER
BRAKE SYSTEM message will
also be displayed in the DIC).