Cadillac 2016 ELR - 170 Driving and Electric Vehicle Operating Modes Cruise Control; Default Chapter; Driving and Operating

Cadillac ELR Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S/Canada-9087644) -
2016 - crc - 4/20/15
170 Driving and Operating
Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . 174
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . 175
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . 177
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . 180
Power Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Starting and Stopping the
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Electric Vehicle Operating
Modes
System Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Electric Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Extended Range Mode . . . . . . . 185
Driver Selected Operating
Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Out of Fuel/Engine
Unavailable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Maintenance Modes . . . . . . . . . . 188
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Electric Drive Unit
Electric Drive Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Brakes
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . 193
Regenerative Braking . . . . . . . . 195
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . 198
Competitive Driving Mode . . . . 199
Continuous Damping
Control (CDC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . 202
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance Systems . . . 210
Assistance Systems for
Parking or Backing . . . . . . . . . . 210
Assistance Systems for
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Front Automatic Braking (FAB)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Side Blind Zone
Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . 217
Lane Departure
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Charging
Plug-In Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Delayed Charging Override . . . 222
Charging Status Feedback . . . 222
Charge Cord . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Utility Interruption of
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Electrical Requirements for
Battery Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Fuel
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229