Driving and Operating 8-1
Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Driving for Better Fuel
Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7
Competitive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . 8-8
Highway Hypnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 8-9
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-10
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . 8-12
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . 8-12
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . 8-17
Ignition Positions
(Key Access) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-18
Ignition Positions
(Keyless Access) . . . . . . . . . . . 8-19
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-19
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . 8-20
Engine Coolant Heater . . . . . . . 8-22
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-22
Shifting Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . 8-23
Parking (Manual
Transmission) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-24
Parking Over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-24
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-25
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-25
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . 8-26
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-28
Manual Transmission
Manual Transmission . . . . . . . . 8-30
Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-32
Brakes
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-33
Parking Brake (Manual) . . . . . . 8-34
Parking Brake (Electric) . . . . . . 8-35
Brake Assist
(Except CTS-V) . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-37
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control
System (TCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-37
StabiliTrak System . . . . . . . . . . . 8-38
Competitive Driving Mode . . . 8-40
Magnetic Ride Control . . . . . . . 8-40
Limited-Slip Rear Axle . . . . . . . 8-41
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-41
Object Detection Systems
Ultrasonic Parking Assist . . . . 8-44
Rear Vision
Camera (RVC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-46
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