Cadillac CTS-V 2018 - Distracted Driving

Cadillac CTS/CTS-V Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
11349156) - 2018 - CRC - 5/9/17
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 Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Track Events and Competitive
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 182
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 Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . 197
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Brakes
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . . 201
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Competitive Driving Mode
(V-Sport Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Limited-Slip Differential . . . . . . . . . 211
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . 214
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . . . 222
Assistance Systems for Parking
or Backing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Assistance Systems for
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Forward Automatic
Braking (FAB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . 233
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . . 233
Lane Departure
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . . . 235
Vehicle-to-Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Fuel
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
California Fuel Requirements . . . . 240
Fuels in Foreign Countries . . . . . . . 241
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Trailer Towing
General Towing Information . . . . 243
Driving Characteristics and
Towing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243