Adaptive Cruise Control - Cadillac 2015 Escalade Owner's Manual

Using Cruise Control on Hills
How well the cruise control will work
on hills depends upon the vehicle
speed, load, and the steepness of
the hills. When going up steep hills,
you might have to step on the
accelerator pedal to maintain the
vehicle speed.
While going downhill vehicles with a
six-speed automatic transmission
have Cruise Grade Braking to help
maintain driver selected speed.
Cruise Grade Braking is enabled
when the vehicle is started and
cruise control is active. It is not
enabled in Range Selection Mode.
It assists in maintaining driver
selected speed when driving on
downhill grades by using the engine
and transmission to slow the
vehicle.
To disable and enable Cruise Grade
Braking for the current ignition key
cycle, press and hold the Tow/Haul
button for five seconds. A Driver
Information Centre (DIC) message
displays. See Transmission
Messages on page 5-43.
For other forms of Grade Braking,
see Automatic Transmission on
page 9-26, and Tow/Haul Mode on
page 9-31.
Ending Cruise Control
There are four ways to end cruise
control:
Step lightly on the brake pedal.
Press .
Shift the transmission to
N (Neutral).
To turn off cruise control,
press .
Erasing Speed Memory
The cruise control set speed is
erased from memory if
pressed or if the ignition is
turned off.
Driving and Operating

Adaptive Cruise Control

If equipped with Adaptive Cruise
Control (ACC), it allows the driver to
select the cruise control set speed
and following gap. Read this entire
section before using this system.
The following gap is the following
time between your vehicle and a
vehicle detected directly ahead in
your path, moving in the same
direction. If no vehicle is detected in
your path, ACC works like regular
cruise control. ACC uses camera
and radar sensors. See Declaration
of Conformity on page 13-1.
If a vehicle is detected in your path,
ACC can accelerate or moderately
decelerate to maintain the selected
following gap. To disengage ACC,
apply the brake. If ACC is
controlling your vehicle speed when
the traction control system (TCS) or
is
electronic stability control system
activates, the ACC may
automatically disengage. See
Traction Control/Electronic Stability
Control on page 9-37. When road
9-43