Cadillac XT4 2020 - DRIVING AND OPERATING

Cadillac XT4 Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-MidEast-13527545) - 2020 -
CRC - 9/16/19
152 DRIVING AND OPERATING
Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Driving for Better Fuel
Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Off-Road Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 161
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Stop/Start System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Engine Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Active Fuel Management . . . . . . . . 175
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . 177
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Brakes
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . . 184
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . 192
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . . . 200
Assistance Systems for Parking
or Backing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Rear Pedestrian Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Assistance Systems for
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Automatic Emergency
Braking (AEB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Front Pedestrian Braking (FPB)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . 216
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . . 216
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . . . 218
Fuel
Top Tier Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Recommended Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223