Driving and operating 9-87 – CHEVROLET 2011 Suburban User Manual

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Chevrolet Tahoe/Suburban Owner Manual - 2011

Driving and Operating

9-87

Trailer Brake Control Panel

A. Manual Trailer Brake Apply

Lever

B. Trailer Gain Adjustment Buttons

The ITBC system has a control
panel located on the instrument
panel to the left of the steering
column. The control panel allows
adjustment to the amount of output,
referred to as trailer gain, available
to the electric trailer brakes and
allows manual application the trailer

brakes. The Trailer Brake Control
Panel is used along with the Trailer
Brake Display Page on the DIC to
adjust and display power output to
the trailer brakes.

Trailer Brake DIC Display Page

The ITBC system displays
messages into the vehicle’s Driver
Information Center (DIC). See
Driver Information Center (DIC) on
page 5‑27
for more information.

The display page indicates Trailer
Gain setting, power output to the
electric trailer brakes, trailer
connection and system operational
status.

The Trailer Brake Display Page can
be displayed by performing any of
the following actions:

.

Scrolling through the DIC menu
pages using the odometer trip
stem or the DIC Vehicle
Information button (if equipped).

.

Pressing a Trailer Gain
button – If the Trailer Brake
Display Page is not currently
displayed, pressing a Trailer
Gain button will first recall the
current Trailer Gain setting. After
the Trailer Brake Display Page is
displayed, each press and
release of the gain buttons will
then cause the Trailer Gain
setting to change.

.

Activating the Manual Trailer
Brake Apply lever

.

Connecting a trailer equipped
with electric trailer brakes

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.

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