Driving And Operating - Chevrolet Suburban2013 Owner's Manual

Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Off-Road Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . 9-10
Highway Hypnosis . . . . . . . . . . . 9-11
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . 9-11
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-12
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . 9-14
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . 9-15
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . 9-19
Adjustable Throttle and Brake
Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-20
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-20
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . 9-22
Engine Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-23
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . 9-26
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27
Active Fuel Management
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-28
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . 9-28
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-31
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-32
Drive Systems
Four-Wheel Drive (Two Speed
Automatic
Transfer Case) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-33
Four-Wheel Drive (Single
Speed Automatic
Transfer Case) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-38
I n f o r ma t i o n P r o v i d e d b y :

Driving and Operating

Brakes
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-40
Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-41
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-41
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . 9-41
®
. . . 9-27
Ride Control Systems
StabiliTrak
Locking Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . 9-45
Continuous Damping
Control (CDC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-45
Automatic Level Control . . . . . 9-45
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-46
Object Detection Systems
Ultrasonic Parking Assist . . . . 9-48
Side Blind Zone
Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-49
Rear Vision
Camera (RVC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-52
Fuel
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-55
Recommended Fuel . . . . . . . . . 9-56
Gasoline Specifications . . . . . . 9-56
California Fuel
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-56
9-1
®
System . . . . . . . . . 9-42