Chevrolet Tahoe Owner's Manual page 265

Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Off-Road Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . 9-10
Highway Hypnosis . . . . . . . . . . . 9-11
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . 9-11
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-12
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . 9-14
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . 9-15
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . 9-20
Adjustable Throttle and Brake
Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-20
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . 9-22
Engine Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-25
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-25
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . 9-26
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27
Active Fuel Management
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-28
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-28
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . 9-29
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-32
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-33
Drive Systems
Four-Wheel Drive (Two Speed
Automatic
Transfer Case) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-34
Four-Wheel Drive (Single
Speed Automatic
Transfer Case) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-38
Driving and Operating
Brakes
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-40
Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-41
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-42
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . 9-42
Ride Control Systems
StabiliTrak
®
. . . 9-27
Locking Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . 9-46
Continuous Damping
Control (CDC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-46
Automatic Level Control . . . . . 9-46
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-47
Object Detection Systems
Ultrasonic Parking Assist . . . . 9-49
Side Blind Zone
Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-51
Rear Vision
Camera (RVC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-53
Fuel
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-57
Recommended Fuel . . . . . . . . . 9-57
Gasoline Specifications . . . . . . 9-58
California Fuel
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-58
9-1
®
System . . . . . . . . . 9-43