Cadillac 2010 Driving Information, Starting and Operating, Engine Exhaust, Automatic Transmission

Driving and Operating 8-1

Driving and

Operating

Driving Information

Driving for Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2

Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3 Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3 Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4 Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4 Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5 Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6 Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6 Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . 8-7 Highway Hypnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8 Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 8-8 Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9 If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . 8-11 Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . 8-11

Starting and Operating

New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . 8-17

Adjustable Throttle and

Brake Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-18

Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-18

Retained Accessory

Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-20

Starting the Gasoline

Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-20

Engine Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-22

Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-22

Shifting Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . 8-23

Parking Over Things

That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-24

Engine Exhaust

Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-24

Running the Vehicle While

Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-25

Automatic Transmission

Automatic Transmission . . . . . 8-25

Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-28

Fuel Economy Mode . . . . . . . . . 8-29

Drive Systems

All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-30

Brakes

Antilock Brake

System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-30

Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-31

Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-33

Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . 8-33

Ride Control Systems

Traction Control

System (TCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-34

StabiliTrak® System . . . . . . . . . 8-35

Limited-Slip Rear Axle . . . . . . . 8-37

Selective Ride Control . . . . . . . 8-37

Cruise Control

Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-37

Object Detection Systems

Ultrasonic Parking Assist . . . . 8-40

Rear Vision

Camera (RVC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-43

Fuel

Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-46

Recommended Fuel . . . . . . . . . 8-47

Gasoline Specifications . . . . . . 8-47

California Fuel

Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-48

Fuels in Foreign Countries . . . 8-48

Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-48

Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-50

Filling a Portable Fuel

Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-51