Driving And Operating - GMC YUKON 2017 Owner's Manual

Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Off-Road Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . 208
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . 209
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 211
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . 216
Adjustable Throttle and Brake
Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Ignition Positions (Key
Access) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Ignition Positions (Keyless
Access) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Engine Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Active Fuel Management
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 227
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Drive Systems
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Brakes
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . 238
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Driving and Operating
Magnetic Ride Control . . . . . . . . 241
Locking Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Automatic Level Control . . . . . . 241
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . 244
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Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance Systems . . . 251
Assistance Systems for
Parking or Backing . . . . . . . . . . 252
Assistance Systems for
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Forward Automatic
Braking (FAB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Side Blind Zone
Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . 259
Lane Departure
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . 261
Fuel
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
California Fuel
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Fuels in Foreign Countries . . . 264
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
E85 or FlexFuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
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