Cadillac XT5 2017 - Driving Information

Cadillac XT5 Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
9659146) - 2017 - crc - 11/20/15
182 Driving and Operating
Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . 186
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . 187
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . 189
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . 193
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Engine Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 201
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Brakes
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . 207
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . 209
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . 211
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . 215
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance Systems . . . 223
Assistance Systems for
Parking or Backing . . . . . . . . . . 223
Assistance Systems for
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Forward Automatic
Braking (FAB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Front Pedestrian Braking
(FPB) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Side Blind Zone
Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . 236
Lane Departure
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . 238
Fuel
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
California Fuel
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Fuels in Foreign Countries . . . 241
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243