Cadillac ATS 2018 - Driving and; Driving and Operating

Cadillac ATS/ATS-V Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
11349135) - 2018 - crc - 5/8/17
DRIVING AND OPERATING 173
Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Off-Road Recover y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Track Events and Competitive
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 183
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Composite Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Engine Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Retained Accessor y
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Shifting Into Park (Automatic
Transmission) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Parking (Manual
Transmission) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . 198
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Manual Transmission
Manual Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Active Rev Match . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Brakes
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . . 204
Parking Brake (Electric) . . . . . . . . . . 205
Parking Brake (Manual) . . . . . . . . . . 207
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Competitive Driving Mode
(FE3 Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Limited-Slip Rear Axle (Except
V-Series) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Limited-Slip Rear Axle
(V-Series Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . 220
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . . . 227
Assistance Systems for Parking
or Backing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Assistance Systems for
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Forward Automatic
Braking (FAB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . 236
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . . 236
Lane Departure
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . . . 238