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For 1990-2009 cars only

Reconfigurable Steering Wheel Controls (SWC) CTS

If your vehicle has this feature, it allows you to customize the four steering wheel controls to work with the OnStar® , the climate controls, audio, and traction control systems.


Object Number: 829335  Size: A2

The controls for this feature are located on the left spoke of the steering wheel.

If your vehicle has the base audio system, do the following:

  1. Access the main menu of the audio system by pressing the TUNE/SEL (SELECT) knob located at the lower right of the audio system.
  2. Scroll through the menu by turning the knob.
  3. When SETUP appears on the display, press the knob once to select it.
  4. Scroll through the SETUP menu by turning the knob.
  5. When CONFIGURE SWC KEYS appears on the display, press the knob once to select it.
  6. Scroll through the buttons (1, 2, 3 or 4). Press the knob to select the desired number.
  7. Choose a new function for the control by scrolling through the list of available functions.
  8. Once you have highlighted your choice, press the knob once to select it.
  9. The control you selected is now programmed with the function you selected.

  10. Press the CLR (CLEAR) button to exit each menu. To program another control, repeat the procedure.

If your vehicle has the Navigation system, do the following:

  1. Press the MAIN button located to the lower left of the display.
  2. Press the multi-function button next to the Setup prompt at the right of the display.
  3. Press the multi-function button next to Prog SWC located at the right of the screen.
  4. Turn the TUNE/SEL knob to scroll through the available functions.
  5. Once the function desired is highlighted, press and hold the multi-function button next to the control you want to program (1, 2, 3 or 4). The buttons are located at the right of the display.
  6. When a control is successfully programmed, the function you selected will appear next to the number of the control at the right of the display.

  7. Press the multi-function button next to the Back prompt to exit each menu. To program another control, repeat the procedure.

When a control is programmed with a function, that function cannot be used with any other control. It becomes available again only when another function is programmed to the control.