Cadillac 2015 - CRC manual Driving and Operating

Driving and Operating 9-1

Driving and

Operating

Driving Information

Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2 Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3 Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3 Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3 Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3 Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4 Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5 Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5 Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . 9-6 Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 9-7 Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8 If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 9-9 Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . 9-10

Starting and Operating

New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . 9-15

Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15

Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . 9-17

Engine Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18

Retained Accessory

Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-19

Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-20 Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . 9-21 Parking over Things

That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21

Engine Exhaust

Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22

Running the Vehicle While

Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22

Automatic Transmission

Automatic Transmission . . . . . 9-23 Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-25

Drive Systems

All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-25

Brakes

Antilock Brake

System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-26

Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . 9-27

Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-28

Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . 9-29

Ride Control Systems

Traction Control/Electronic

Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-29

Magnetic Ride Control . . . . . . . 9-31

Limited-Slip Rear Axle . . . . . . . 9-31

Automatic Level Control . . . . . 9-32

Cruise Control

Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-32 Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . 9-35

Driver Assistance Systems

Driver Assistance

Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-43 Assistance Systems for

Parking or Backing . . . . . . . . . 9-44 Assistance Systems for

Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-50 Forward Collision Alert (FCA)

System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-50 Active Emergency Braking

System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-52 Side Blind Zone

Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-54 Lane Departure

Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-56 Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . 9-57

Fuel

Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-59

California Fuel

Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-60

Fuels in Foreign Countries . . . 9-61