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Cadillac Escalade Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
13690472) - 2021 - CRC - 5/15/20
VEHICLE CARE 353
Vehicle Care
General Information
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
California Proposition
65 Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
California Perchlorate Materials
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Accessories and
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Vehicle Checks
Doing Your Own
Service Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Engine Compartment
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Automatic Transmission
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Engine Air Filter Life System . . . . 362
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . 362
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Engine Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Engine Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Brake Pad Life System . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Brake Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Battery - North America . . . . . . . . . 371
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Front Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Park Brake and P (Park)
Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Wiper Blade Replacement . . . . . . . 373
Glass Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Windshield Replacement . . . . . . . . 374
Gas Strut(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Headlamp Aiming
Front Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . 375
Bulb Replacement
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
Electrical System
Electrical System Overload . . . . . . 376
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . . . . 376
Engine Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . 380
Rear Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Wheels and Tires
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Winter Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Low-Profile Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
All-Terrain Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Tire Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Tire Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
Tire Terminology and
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
Tire Pressure for High-Speed
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Tire Pressure Monitor System . . . 393
Tire Pressure Monitor
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
Tire Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
Tire Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
When It Is Time for New
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Different Size Tires and
Wheels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . 401
Wheel Alignment and Tire
Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
Tire Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
Tire Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404
Full-Size Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415
Jump Starting
Jump Starting - North
America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416

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