Cadillac CTS 2012 - Driving and Operating

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Cadillac CTS/CTS-V Owner Manual (Mid-East) - 2012
Driving and Operating 8-1
Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Driving for Better Fuel
Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-4
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-5
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-6
Competitive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . 8-7
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 . . . . . . . . 8-11
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
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . 8-21
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-23
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-24
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . 8-25
Parking (Manual
Transmission) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-26
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-26
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-26
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-27
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . 8-28
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-30
Manual Transmission
Manual Transmission . . . . . . . . 8-32
Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-34
Brakes
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-34
Parking Brake (Manual) . . . . . . 8-36
Parking Brake (Electric) . . . . . . 8-37
Brake Assist
(Except CTS-V) . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-40
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control
System (TCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-40
StabiliTrak
®
System . . . . . . . . . 8-41
Competitive Driving Mode . . . 8-42
Magnetic Ride Control . . . . . . . 8-43
Limited-Slip Rear Axle . . . . . . . 8-43
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-44
Object Detection Systems
Ultrasonic Parking Assist . . . . 8-46
Side Blind Zone
Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-48
Rear Vision
Camera (RVC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-51