Driving And Operating - Cadillac CTS 2013 Owner's Manual

Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Competitive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Highway Hypnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 9-6
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 9-8
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Run-In . . . . . . . . . . 9-11
Ignition Positions (Key
Access) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-12
Ignition Positions (Keyless
Access) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-14
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . 9-15
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-17
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . 9-19
Parking (Manual Gearbox) . . . 9-19
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-20
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-20
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . 9-21
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-23
Manual Gearbox
Manual Gearbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-25
Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27
Brakes
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27
Parking Brake (Manual) . . . . . . 9-28
Parking Brake (Electric) . . . . . . 9-29
Brake Assist
(Except CTS-V) . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-31

Driving and Operating

Ride Control Systems
Traction Control
System (TCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-32
StabiliTrak® System . . . . . . . . . 9-33
Competitive Driving Mode . . . 9-34
Magnetic Ride Control . . . . . . . 9-34
Limited-Slip Rear Axle . . . . . . . 9-35
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-35
Object Detection Systems
Ultrasonic Parking Assist . . . . 9-37
Side Blind Zone
Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-39
Rear Vision
Camera (RVC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-41
Fuel
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-43
Recommended Fuel . . . . . . . . . 9-43
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-44
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-44
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-46
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