Cadillac SRX 2016 - Driving and; Driving and Operating

Cadillac SRX Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
9087647) - 2016 - crc - 5/4/15
Driving and Operating 175
Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 178
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . 179
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . 180
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . 182
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . 186
Adjustable Throttle and Brake
Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Starting the Gasoline
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Engine Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 194
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Fuel Economy Mode . . . . . . . . . 197
Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Brakes
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . 201
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Limited-Slip Rear Axle . . . . . . . . 203
Selective Ride Control . . . . . . . . 203
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . 206
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance Systems . . . 214
Assistance Systems for
Parking or Backing . . . . . . . . . . 214
Assistance Systems for
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Front Automatic Braking (FAB)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Side Blind Zone
Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Lane Departure
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Fuel
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
California Fuel
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Fuels in Foreign Countries . . . 226
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Trailer Towing
General Towing
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Driving Characteristics and
Towing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Trailer Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233