Driving And Operating - Cadillac CTS Owner's Manual

Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Track Events and Competitive
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . 187
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . 188
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . 189
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Run-In . . . . . . . . . . 194
Carbon Fibre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 202
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Brakes
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . 207
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . 211
Competitive Driving Mode . . . . 214
Limited-Slip Differential
(Except V-Series) . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Limited-Slip Differential
(V-Series Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Driving and Operating
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . 220
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance Systems . . . 227
Assistance Systems for
Parking or Reversing . . . . . . . . 228
Assistance Systems for
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Front Automatic Braking (FAB)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Side Blind Zone
Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . 238
Lane Departure
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . 240
Fuel
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
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