GMC Chevrolet Tahoe 2011 Owner's Manual page 281

Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
Off-Road Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . 9-17
Highway Hypnosis . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . 9-18
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-19
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . 9-21
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . 9-22
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . 9-27
Adjustable Throttle and Brake
Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-28
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-28
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . 9-29
Engine Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-31
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-32
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-32
Shifting Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . 9-34
Parking Over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-34
Active Fuel Management
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-35
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-36
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . 9-37
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-40
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-41
Drive Systems
Four-Wheel Drive (Two Speed
Automatic
Transfer Case) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-43
Four-Wheel Drive (Single
Speed Automatic
Transfer Case) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-47
Driving and Operating
Brakes
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-50
Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-51
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-51
Ride Control Systems
StabiliTrak
Locking Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . 9-54
®
. . . 9-34
Continuous Damping
Control (CDC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-54
Automatic Level Control . . . . . 9-54
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-55
Object Detection Systems
Ultrasonic Parking Assist . . . . 9-58
Side Blind Zone
Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-60
Rear Vision
Camera (RVC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-62
9-1
®
System . . . . . . . . . 9-52