Driving And Operating - Cadillac ATS 2017 Owner's Manual

Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Track Events and Competitive
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 216
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Composite Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Engine Coolant Heater . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Shifting Into Park (Automatic
Transmission) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . 231
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Manual Transmission
Manual Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Active Rev Match . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Brakes
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . . 237
Parking Brake (Electric) . . . . . . . . . . 238
Parking Brake (Manual) . . . . . . . . . . 240
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . . 241
DRIVING AND OPERATING
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Competitive Driving Mode
(FE4 Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Limited-Slip Rear Axle (Except
V-Series) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Limited-Slip Rear Axle
(V-Series Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . 252
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . . . 260
Assistance Systems for Parking
or Backing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Assistance Systems for
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Forward Automatic
Braking (FAB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . 268
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . . 268
Lane Departure
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . . . 270
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