Cadillac XT5 2017 Owner's Manual page 171

170 DRIVING AND OPERATING
Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 174
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Run-In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . 187
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Brakes
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . . 192
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . 200
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . . . 207
Assistance Systems for Parking
or Reversing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Assistance Systems for
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Forward Automatic
Braking (FAB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Front Pedestrian Braking (FPB)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . 220
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . . 220
Lane Departure
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . . . 222
Fuel
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Trailer Towing
General Towing Information . . . . 226
Driving Characteristics and
Towing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Trailer Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Towing Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . . . . 233
Conversions and Add-Ons
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . 234