Cadillac Escalade 2015 Owner's Manual page 212

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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-11
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-19
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-20
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . 9-22
Engine Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-23
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-25
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . 9-26
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27
Active Fuel Management
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-28
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . 9-28
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-31
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-33
Drive Systems
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-34
Brakes
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-38
Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-39
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . 9-39
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-41
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . 9-41
Driving and Operating
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-42
Magnetic Ride Control . . . . . . . 9-44
Locking Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . 9-44
Automatic Level Control . . . . . 9-44
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. . . 9-27
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-45
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . 9-48
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-55
Assistance Systems for
Parking or Backing . . . . . . . . . 9-56
Assistance Systems for
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-61
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-61
Active Emergency Braking
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-64
Side Blind Zone
Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-66
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . 9-66
Lane Departure
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-68
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