Driving And Operating - Cadillac CTS 2014 Owner's Manual

Cadillac CTS Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-MidEast-6882317) - 2014 -
CRC - 9/19/13
Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
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 . . . . . . . . . . 9-12
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . 9-18
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-19
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . 9-21
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-23
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . 9-25
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-26
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-26
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . 9-27
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-30
Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-32
Brakes
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-32
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . 9-34
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-36
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-36
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . 9-39
Limited-Slip Differential . . . . . . 9-40
Black plate (1,1)

Driving and Operating

Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-41
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . 9-44
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-56
Assistance Systems for
Parking or Backing . . . . . . . . . 9-57
Assistance Systems for
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-65
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-65
Active Emergency Braking
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-69
Side Blind Zone
Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-71
Lane Departure
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-74
Fuel
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-76
Recommended Fuel . . . . . . . . . 9-76
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-78
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-78
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-80
9-1