Driving And Operating - Chevrolet Equinox 2016 Manual

Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Off-Road Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . 151
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . 152
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . 154
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . 159
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Engine Coolant Heater . . . . . . . 162
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 166
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Fuel Economy Mode . . . . . . . . . 168
Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Brakes
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . 171
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Driver Assistance Systems
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . 175
Parking Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Driving and Operating
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Side Blind Zone
Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Lane Departure
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Fuel
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
California Fuel
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Fuels in Foreign Countries . . . 186
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
E85 or FlexFuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Trailer Towing
General Towing
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Driving Characteristics and
Towing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Trailer Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Towing Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . 195
Conversions and Add-Ons
Add-On Electrical
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
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