Cadillac 2015 SRX Owner's Manual page 180

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
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 9-5
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 9-7
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Run-In . . . . . . . . . . 9-13
Adjustable Throttle and Brake
Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-13
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-14
Starting the Petrol Engine . . . 9-15
Engine Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-17
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . 9-19
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-20
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . 9-22
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24
Fuel Economy Mode . . . . . . . . . 9-25
Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-26
Brakes
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-26
Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-29
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . 9-29
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-30
Limited-Slip Rear Axle . . . . . . . 9-32
Selective Ride Control . . . . . . . 9-32
Driving and Operating
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-33
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . 9-35
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-43
Assistance Systems for
Parking or Reversing . . . . . . . 9-44
Assistance Systems for
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-47
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-47
Active Emergency Braking
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-49
Side Blind Zone
Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-51
Lane Departure
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-53
Fuel
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-55
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-55
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-56
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-57
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