Chevrolet Volt 2013 Owner's Manual page 187

Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Driving for Better Energy
Efficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . 9-7
Highway Hypnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 9-8
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . 9-11
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . 9-11
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . 9-16
Power Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-16
Starting and Stopping the
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-17
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-19
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-19
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . 9-20
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-20
Electric Vehicle Operating
Modes
System Operation . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21
Electric Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21
Extended Range Mode . . . . . . 9-21
Driver Selected Operating
Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22
Out of Fuel/Engine
Unavailable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24
Maintenance Modes . . . . . . . . . 9-25
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-26
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27
Driving and Operating
Electric Drive Unit
Electric Drive Unit . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27
Brakes
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-29
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . 9-30
Regenerative Braking . . . . . . . . 9-32
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control
System (TCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-32
Electronic Stability
Control (ESC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-34
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-35
Object Detection Systems
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-38
Ultrasonic Parking Assist . . . . 9-40
Rear Vision
Camera (RVC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-42
Lane Departure
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-44
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