Cadillac 2015 Escalade - Driving and

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Cadillac Escalade Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-Europe-8087695) -
2015 - CRC - 12/4/14
Driving and Operating 9-1
Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Off-Road Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . 9-9
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . 9-10
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . 9-12
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . 9-13
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Run-In . . . . . . . . . . 9-18
Adjustable Throttle and Brake
Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-19
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . 9-21
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . 9-23
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24
Active Fuel Management
®
. . . 9-25
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-25
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-26
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . 9-26
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-29
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-31
Drive Systems
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-32
Brakes
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-33
Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-34
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . 9-35
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-36
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . 9-37
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-37
Magnetic Ride Control . . . . . . . 9-39
Locking Front Axle . . . . . . . . . . . 9-40
Automatic Level Control . . . . . 9-40
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-41
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . 9-43
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-51
Assistance Systems for
Parking or Reversing . . . . . . . 9-52
Assistance Systems for
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-57
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-57
Active Emergency Braking
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-60
Side Blind Zone
Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-62
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . 9-62
Lane Departure
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-64