Driving And Operating - GMC Silverado 2022 Manual

Chevrolet/GMC Silverado/Sierra/Sierra Denali 2500 HD/3500 HD Owner
Manual (GMNA-Localizing-MidEast-16504136) - 2023 - CRC - 6/8/22

Driving and Operating

Driving Information
Driving for Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . 200
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Off-Road Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Truck-Camper Loading Information . . . . . 215
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Ignition Positions (Key Access) . . . . . . . . . 217
Ignition Positions (Keyless Access) . . . . . 219
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Engine Heater (Silverado) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Engine Heater (Sierra) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . 223
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Parking over Things That Burn . . . . . . . . . 225
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Running the Vehicle While Parked . . . . . 226
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Drive Systems
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Brakes
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/Electronic Stability
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Hill Descent Control (HDC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Locking Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Driving and Operating
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Assistance Systems for Parking or
Backing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Surround Vision System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Rear Cross Traffic Alert (RCTA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Assistance Systems for Driving . . . . . . . . 253
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) . . . 255
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . 256
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . 258
Fuel
Top Tier Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Recommended Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Filling the Tank (Pickup Model) . . . . . . . 260
Filling the Tank (Chassis Cab and Box
Delete Models) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Filling a Portable Fuel Container . . . . . . . 263
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