Parking Brake - Cadillac CTS-V 2009 Owner's Manual

Up-Shift Light
When this light comes on, you can shift to the next
higher gear if weather, road, and traffic conditions allow.
For the best fuel economy, accelerate slowly and
shift when the light comes on.
While you accelerate, it is normal for the light to go on
and off if you quickly change the position of the
accelerator. Ignore the light when you downshift.
CTS-V vehicles use tracer lights around the outside of
the tachometer as a performance up-shift light.
These tracers flash to indicate when to shift to the next
higher gear to avoid the engine speed limit. See
Tachometer on page 3-34 for more information.
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CTS vehicles with a manual
transmission have an
economy up-shift light on
the instrument panel. This
light shows when to shift to
the next higher gear for the
best fuel economy.
Skip Shift (CTS-V)
Under light acceleration, the transmission will only
allow you to shift from 1 (First) to 4 (Fourth). Shifts from
1 (First) to 2 (Second) or 3 (Third) are not allowed.
This helps improve fuel mileage.
Under harder acceleration, Skip Shift is disabled, and
the driver has all gears available.

Parking Brake

To set the parking brake, hold the brake pedal down,
then push the parking brake pedal down.
The parking brake pedal is
located on the lower portion
of the instrument panel to
the left of the steering
wheel.