Cadillac XTS 2019 Owner's Manual page 162

Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 166
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . 178
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Brakes
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . . 181
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Magnetic Ride Control . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Limited-Slip Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Automatic Level Control . . . . . . . . . 186
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . 189
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . . . 196
DRIVING AND OPERATING
Assistance Systems for Parking
or Backing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Assistance Systems for
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Forward Automatic
Braking (FAB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . 206
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . . 206
Lane Departure
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Fuel
Top Tier Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Recommended Fuel (LFX 3.6L
V6 Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Recommended Fuel (LF3 3.6L V6
Twin Turbo Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Trailer Towing
General Towing Information . . . . 213
Driving Characteristics and
Towing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Trailer Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Towing Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
161