Cadillac XT6 - Driving and Operating

Cadillac XT6 Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-MidEast-14574703) - 2021 -
CRC - 7/15/20
DRIVING AND OPERATING 201
Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Driving for Better Fuel
Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Off-Road Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 210
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Stop/Start System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Active Fuel Management . . . . . . . . 220
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . 222
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Brakes
Electric Brake Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . . 228
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Adaptive Cruise Control
(Advanced) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . . . 244
Assistance Systems for Parking
or Backing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Rear Pedestrian Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Assistance Systems for
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Automatic Emergency
Braking (AEB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Front Pedestrian Braking (FPB)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Night Vision System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . 262
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . . 262
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . . . 264
Fuel
Top Tier Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Recommended Fuel (2.0L L4
Turbo Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Recommended Fuel (3.6L
V6 Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267