Cadillac CTS-V 2019 - DRIVING AND OPERATING; Distracted Driving Awareness

Cadillac CTS/CTS-V Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-MidEast-12470572) -
2019 - crc - 6/21/18
172 DRIVING AND OPERATING
Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Track Events and Competitive
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 181
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Composite Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Stop/Start System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . 195
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Brakes
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . . 198
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Competitive Driving Mode . . . . . . . 205
Limited-Slip Differential . . . . . . . . . 208
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . 211
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . . . 219
Assistance Systems for Parking
or Backing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Assistance Systems for
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Forward Automatic
Braking (FAB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . 231
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . . 231
Lane Departure
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . . . 233
Fuel
Top Tier Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Recommended Fuel (LTG 2.0L L4
Turbo Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Recommended Fuel (LGX 3.6L
V6 Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Recommended Fuel (LF3 3.6L V6
Twin Turbo and LT4 6.2L
V8 Engines) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236