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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . 9-19
Highway Hypnosis . . . . . . . . . . . 9-20
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . 9-20
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . 9-23
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . 9-25
Truck-Camper Loading
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-32
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . 9-34
Adjustable Throttle and Brake
Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-35
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-35
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . 9-37
Fast Idle System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-39
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-40
Engine Coolant Heater . . . . . . . 9-40
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-41
Shifting Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . 9-43
Parking Over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-43
Active Fuel Management
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-44
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-45
Automatic Transmission . . . . . 9-46
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-50
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-51
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-54
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-68
Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-69
Brake Assist (Except With
4.3L V6 Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-69
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . 9-70
StabiliTrak
Locking Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . 9-73
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-73
Ultrasonic Parking Assist . . . . 9-76
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. . . 9-44
Rear Vision
Camera (RVC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-78
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-84
Recommended Fuel . . . . . . . . . 9-84
Gasoline Specifications
(U.S. and Canada Only) . . . . 9-85
California Fuel
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-85
Fuels in Foreign Countries . . . 9-86
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-86
Fuel E85 (85% Ethanol) . . . . . 9-87
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-88
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-90
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System . . . . . . . . . 9-70