Driving And Operating - GMC CHEVROLET Silverado 6500HD 2019 Owner's Manual

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Driving and Operating

Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Off-Road Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . 201
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . 202
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . 204
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . 207
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Starting the Diesel Engine . . . . 210
Engine Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Diesel Particulate Filter
Diesel Particulate Filter . . . . . . . 217
Diesel Exhaust Fluid
Diesel Exhaust Fluid . . . . . . . . . . 220
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 223
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Drive Systems
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Brakes
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Exhaust Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control
System (TCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Air Suspension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Driver Assistance Systems
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . 240
Fuel
Top Tier Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Fuel for Diesel Engines . . . . . . . 241
Biodiesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Cold Weather Operation . . . . . . 243
Water in Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Running Out of Fuel . . . . . . . . . . 246
Fuel Filter Replacement . . . . . . 247
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Trailer Towing
General Towing
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Driving Characteristics and
Towing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Trailer Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Towing Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Conversions and Add-Ons
Add-On Electrical
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266