Driving And Operating - Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD 2023 Owner's Manual

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Driving and Operating

Driving and Operating
Driving Information
Driving for Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . 201
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Impaired Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Off-Road Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Truck-Camper Loading Information . . . . . 216
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Ignition Positions (Key Access) . . . . . . . . . 218
Ignition Positions (Keyless Access) . . . . . 220
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Engine Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . 224
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Parking over Things That Burn . . . . . . . . 226
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Running the Vehicle While Parked . . . . . 227
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Drive Systems
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Brakes
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/Electronic Stability
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Hill Descent Control (HDC) . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Locking Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Assistance Systems for Parking or
Backing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Surround Vision System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Rear Cross Traffic Alert (RCTA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Assistance Systems for Driving . . . . . . . . 254
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Automatic Emergency
Braking (AEB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . 259
Fuel
Top Tier Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Recommended Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Fuels in Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
E85 or FlexFuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Filling the Tank (Pickup Models) . . . . . . . 262
Filling the Tank (Chassis Cab and Box
Delete Models) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Filling a Portable Fuel Container . . . . . . 264
Trailer Towing
General Towing Information . . . . . . . . . . . 265