Driving And Operating - Chevrolet Silverado 4500HD 2022 Manual

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Driving and Operating

Driving and Operating
Driving Information
Driving for Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . 187
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Impaired Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Off-Road Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Starting the Diesel Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Winter Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Engine Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . 203
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Parking over Things That Burn . . . . . . . . 205
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Running the Vehicle While Parked . . . . 206
Diesel Particulate Filter
Diesel Particulate Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Diesel Exhaust Fluid
Diesel Exhaust Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Drive Systems
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Brakes
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Exhaust Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/Electronic Stability
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Air Suspension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Driver Assistance Systems
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Fuel
Top Tier Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Fuel for Diesel Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Cold Weather Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Water in Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Running Out of Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Fuel Filter Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Filling a Portable Fuel Container . . . . . . . 232
Trailer Towing
General Towing Information . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Driving Characteristics and
Towing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Trailer Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Towing Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Conversions and Add-Ons
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . . . . . . . . 249
Adding a Snow Plow or Similar
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Power Take-Off (PTO) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252