Cadillac 2015 - CRC manual Vehicle Care 10-1

Vehicle Care 10-1

Vehicle Care

General Information

General Information . . . . . . . . . . 10-2

California Proposition

65 Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2

California Perchlorate

Materials Requirements . . . . 10-3

Accessories and

Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3

Vehicle Checks

Doing Your Own

Service Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3

Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-4

Engine Compartment

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-5

Engine Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-8

Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-9

Engine Oil Life System . . . . . 10-11

Automatic Transmission

Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-13

Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . 10-13

Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-14

Engine Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-16

Engine Overheating . . . . . . . . 10-19

Overheated Engine Protection

Operating Mode . . . . . . . . . . . 10-20 Power Steering Fluid

(LF3 and LFX

with AWD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-21 Power Steering Fluid (LFX

with FWD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-21 Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-22 Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-22 Brake Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-23 Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-24 All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-25 Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . 10-25 Automatic Transmission Shift

Lock Control Function

Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-26 Park Brake and P (Park)

Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . 10-26 Wiper Blade

Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-26 Windshield Replacement . . . 10-27

Headlamp Aiming

Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . 10-28

Bulb Replacement

Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . 10-28

High Intensity Discharge

(HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-28

LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-28

Back-Up Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-28

License Plate Lamp . . . . . . . . 10-29

Replacement Bulbs . . . . . . . . . 10-29

Electrical System

Electrical System

Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-30

Fuses and Circuit

Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-30

Engine Compartment Fuse

Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-31

Instrument Panel Fuse

Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-34

Rear Compartment Fuse

Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-36

Wheels and Tires

Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-38

All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-39

Winter Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-39

Summer Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-39

Tire Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . 10-40

Tire Designations . . . . . . . . . . . 10-42