Driving And Operating - Chevrolet 2011 Volt Owner's Manual

Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Driving for Better Energy
Efficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . 9-9
Highway Hypnosis . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . 9-10
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-11
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . 9-13
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . 9-13
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . 9-18
Power Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18
Starting and Stopping the
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-19
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21
Shifting Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . 9-22
Parking Over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22
Electric Vehicle Operating
Modes
System Operation . . . . . . . . . . . 9-23
Electric Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-23
Extended Range Mode . . . . . . 9-23
Driver Selected Operating
Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24
Out of Fuel/Engine
Unavailable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-26
Maintenance Modes . . . . . . . . . 9-26
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-28
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-28
Electric Drive Unit
Electric Drive Unit . . . . . . . . . . . 9-29

Driving and Operating

Brakes
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-31
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . 9-32
Regenerative Braking . . . . . . . . 9-33
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control
System (TCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-34
Electronic Stability
Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-35
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-36
Object Detection Systems
Ultrasonic Parking Assist . . . . 9-39
Rear Vision
Camera (RVC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-41
Charging
Plug-In Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-44
Delayed Charging
Override . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-47
Charging Status
Feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-47
Charge Cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-49
Electrical Requirements for
Battery Charging . . . . . . . . . . . 9-51
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