Cadillac Escalade ESV Owner's Manual page 330

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Service and Maintenance
CHECKING THE FLUID LEVEL
NOTICE
Too much or too little fluid can
damage your transmission.
CAUTION
When you add fluid to the
automatic transmission, make
sure not to overfill it. Overfilling
will result in leakage on hot
engine or exhaust system parts,
and might start a fire.
NOTICE
Too little fluid could cause the
transmission to overheat.
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Check the fluid level carefully to be
sure you get an accurate reading.
The vehicle must be on a level
surface.
The engine must be running
and the transmission must be in
P (Park).
Then, before checking the fluid
level, further prepare your vehicle
as follows:
1. Set the parking brake.
2. With your foot on the brake
pedal, move the shift lever
through each gear range,
pausing for about 3 seconds in
each range. Then position the
shift lever in P (Park).
Do not release the brake pedal.
3. Run the engine at idle speed
(500-800 rpm) for at least one
minute.
Slowly release the brake pedal.
4. To determine whether to
proceed with the cold check
procedure or the hot check
procedure, following, press
the trip/fuel information
button located on the
instrument panel to display
the transmission temperature
reading on the Driver
Information Center.
Make sure the engine is
running when you check
the transmission temperature
using the Driver Information
Center.
See the following under
"Driver Information Center"
in Section 1 for more
information:
- Trip/Fuel Information Menu
TRANS TEMP (transmission
temperature)