Cadillac 2014 Cadillac CTS - Driving and Operating

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Cadillac CTS Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
6081492) - 2014 - CRC 1st Edition - 7/2/13
Driving and Operating 9-1
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Track Events and Competitive
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . 9-7
Highway Hypnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 9-8
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . 9-10
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . 9-11
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . 9-15
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-16
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . 9-18
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-19
Engine Coolant Heater . . . . . . . 9-20
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-20
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . 9-21
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-23
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . 9-23
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-25
Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27
Brakes
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . 9-28
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-29
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-30
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . 9-32
Competitive Driving Mode
(LF3 Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-33
Limited-Slip Differential
(LF3 Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-34
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-34
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . 9-37
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-45
Assistance Systems for
Parking or Backing . . . . . . . . . 9-46
Assistance Systems for
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-52
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-52
Active Emergency Braking
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-55
Side Blind Zone
Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-57
Lane Departure
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-58