Driving And Operating - Cadillac CT4 2023 Owner's Manual

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Driving and Operating

Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Driving for Better Fuel
Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . 234
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . 235
Impaired Driving . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . 235
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . 237
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Track Events and
Competitive Driving
(V-Series and V-Series
Blackwing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . 251
Hill and Mountain
Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . 255
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . 255
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . 259
Composite Materials . . . . . 260
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . 263
Stop/Start System . . . . . . . . 264
Engine Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Shifting Into Park
(Mechanical Shifter) . . . . . 267
Shifting Into Park
(Electronic Shifter) . . . . . . 268
Shifting out of Park
(Mechanical Shifter) . . . . . 269
Shifting out of Park
(Electronic Shifter) . . . . . . 270
Parking (Manual
Transmission) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . 271
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Running the Vehicle
While Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission
(Mechanical Shifter) . . . . . 272
Automatic Transmission
(Electronic Shifter) . . . . . . 275
Manual Mode
(Mechanical Shifter) . . . . . 280
Manual Mode (Electronic
Shifter) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Manual Transmission
Manual Transmission . . . . . 283
Active Rev Match . . . . . . . . . 285
Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Brakes
Electric Brake Boost . . . . . 286
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Electric Parking Brake . . . 287
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . 289
Automatic Vehicle
Hold (AVH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/
Electronic Stability
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . 292
Competitive
Driving Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Limited-Slip
Differential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301