Cadillac Escalade 2021 - Driving and; Driving and Operating

Cadillac Escalade Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
13690472) - 2021 - CRC - 5/15/20
DRIVING AND OPERATING 225
Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Driving for Better Fuel
Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Impaired Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Off-Road Recover y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Off-Road Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 234
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Stop/Start System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Retained Accessor y
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Dynamic Fuel Management . . . . . 246
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . 247
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Drive Systems
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Brakes
Electric Brake Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . . 256
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Automatic Vehicle
Hold (AVH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Magnetic Ride Control . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Locking Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Four Corner Air Suspension
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Adaptive Cruise Control
(Advanced) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Super Cruise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . . . 294
Assistance Systems for Parking
or Backing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Rear Pedestrian Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
Assistance Systems for
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Automatic Emergency
Braking (AEB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 307
Front Pedestrian Braking (FPB)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Night Vision System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . 313
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . . 313
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . . . 316
Fuel
Top Tier Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318