Driving And Operating - Cadillac CT4 2023 Owner's Manual

Driving and Operating

Driving Information
Driving for Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . 180
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Impaired Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Track Events and Competitive Driving
(V-Series and V-Series Blackwing) . . . . 183
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Composite Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Stop/Start System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Engine Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . 205
Shifting Into Park (Mechanical
Shifter) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Shifting Into Park (Electronic
Shifter) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Shifting out of Park (Mechanical
Shifter) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Shifting out of Park (Electronic
Shifter) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Parking (Manual Transmission) . . . . . . . . 208
Parking over Things That Burn . . . . . . . . 208
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Running the Vehicle While Parked . . . . 209
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission (Mechanical
Shifter) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Automatic Transmission (Electronic
Shifter) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Manual Mode (Mechanical Shifter) . . . . . 215
Manual Mode (Electronic Shifter) . . . . . . 216
Manual Transmission
Manual Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Active Rev Match . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Brakes
Electric Brake Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . 220
Driving and Operating
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Automatic Vehicle Hold (AVH) . . . . . . . . . 222
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/Electronic Stability
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Competitive Driving Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Limited-Slip Differential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Adaptive Cruise Control (Advanced) . . . 234
Super Cruise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Assistance Systems for Parking or
Backing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Surround Vision System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Reverse Automatic Braking (RAB) . . . . . . 262
Rear Cross Traffic Alert (RCTA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Assistance Systems for Driving . . . . . . . . 263
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
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