Cadillac XT4 2023 - Driving and Operating 227

Cadillac XT4 Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
16412876) - 2023 - CRC - 3/25/22
Driving and Operating 227
Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Driver Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Driving Environment . . . . . . 229
Vehicle Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Driving for Better Fuel
Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . 229
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . 230
Impaired Driving . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . 231
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . 232
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Off-Road Driving . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . 238
Hill and Mountain
Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . 241
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . 242
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . 246
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . 247
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . 248
Stop/Start System . . . . . . . . 249
Winter Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Engine Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . 254
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . 254
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Active Fuel
Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . 255
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Running the Vehicle
While Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Automatic Transmission
Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Brakes
Electric Brake Boost . . . . . 264
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Electric Parking Brake . . . 264
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . 266
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/
Electronic Stability
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . 269
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Adaptive Cruise Control
(Advanced) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Driver Assistance
Systems
Driver Assistance
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Assistance Systems for
Parking or Backing . . . . . . 286
Rear Vision
Camera (RVC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Surround Vision
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Automatic Parking
Assist (APA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Reverse Automatic
Braking (RAB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Rear Pedestrian Alert . . . . 296
Rear Cross Traffic Alert
(RCTA) System . . . . . . . . . . . 297