Driving And Operating - GMC Yukon XL 2015 Owner's Manual

Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Off-Road Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . 9-10
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . 9-11
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-12
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . 9-13
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . 9-14
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . 9-19
Adjustable Throttle and Brake
Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-20
Ignition Positions (Key
Access) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-20
Ignition Positions (Keyless
Access) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . 9-24
Engine Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-26
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . 9-29
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-29
Active Fuel Management
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-30
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-31
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . 9-31
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-34
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-35
Drive Systems
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-36
Brakes
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-41
Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-42
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-43
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . 9-43

Driving and Operating

Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-44
Hill Descent
Control (HDC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-46
Magnetic Ride Control . . . . . . . 9-47
Locking Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . 9-47
Automatic Level Control . . . . . 9-47
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. . . 9-30
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-48
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . 9-51
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-58
Assistance Systems for
Parking or Backing . . . . . . . . . 9-59
Assistance Systems for
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-62
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-62
Active Emergency Braking
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-64
Side Blind Zone
Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-65
Lane Change Alert . . . . . . . . . . . 9-66
Lane Departure
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-68
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