Cadillac CTS Owner's Manual page 230

Warning (Continued)
vehicle. Always be prepared to stop
the vehicle during the parking
manoeuvre.
The system is available when the
vehicle speed is below 30 km/h
(18 mph). Press the APA button,
to enable the system to begin
searching for a space that is large
enough to park in. The system cannot
detect whether it is a legal parking
space. The vehicle may not align
properly to angled parking spots and
the system may have difficulty
sensing short curbs.
If the vehicle is equipped with
perpendicular parking mode, press
and hold the APA button during the
search process to switch the APA
parking mode between perpendicular
and parallel parking.
APA searches for parking spaces to
the right of the vehicle. To search for
a parking space to the left, turn on the
left turn signal.
After completely passing a large
,
enough space bordered by two
vehicles or other objects, an audible
beep occurs and a red symbol displays
in the DIC.
APA will instruct the vehicle to stop
once a large enough space is found.
Follow the instructions in the DIC.
When instructed to drive in reverse,
shift to R (Reverse) to engage
automatic steering. The steering wheel
DRIVING AND OPERATING
will briefly vibrate as a reminder to
remove hands from the steering
wheel. Check surroundings and
continue braking or accelerating as
needed, and be prepared to stop to
avoid vehicles, pedestrians, or objects.
If the vehicle is in R (Reverse), but
does not steer into the expected
space, this may be because the system
is manoeuvring the vehicle into a
previously detected space. The APA
system does not need service.
If the vehicle exceeds 10 km/h
(6 mph), APA is automatically
disengaged and automatic steering
will turn off. A DIC progress arrow
displays the status of the parking
manoeuvre. Depending on the space
size, additional manoeuvres may be
required, and there will be additional
instructions. When changing gears,
allow the automatic steering to
complete before continuing the
parking manoeuvre. Upon successful
completion of a manoeuvre, APA will
beep and display a PARKING
COMPLETE message. Place the vehicle
in P (Park).
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