Driving And Operating - GMC 2011 Yukon XL Denali Owner's Manual

Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
Off-Road Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . 9-16
Highway Hypnosis . . . . . . . . . . . 9-17
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . 9-17
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . 9-20
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . 9-21
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . 9-26
Adjustable Throttle and Brake
Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-26
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . 9-28
Engine Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-29
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-30
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-31
Shifting Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . 9-32
Parking Over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-32
Active Fuel Management
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-33
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-34
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . 9-34
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-37
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-37

Driving and Operating

Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-39
Brakes
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-39
Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-40
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-41
Ride Control Systems
StabiliTrak
Locking Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . 9-43
Continuous Damping
Control (CDC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-44
®
. . . 9-33
Automatic Level Control . . . . . 9-44
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-45
Object Detection Systems
Ultrasonic Parking Assist . . . . 9-47
Side Blind Zone
Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-49
Rear Vision
Camera (RVC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-52
9-1
®
System . . . . . . . . . 9-41