GMC 2016 Yukon - Driving Information

GMC Yukon/Yukon XL Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S/Canada-
9159297) - 2016 - crc - 5/13/15
188 Driving and Operating
Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Off-Road Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . 197
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . 198
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . 199
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . 205
Adjustable Throttle and Brake
Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Ignition Positions (Keyless
Access) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Ignition Positions (Key
Access) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Engine Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Active Fuel Management
®
. . . . 215
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 216
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Drive Systems
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Brakes
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . 227
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Magnetic Ride Control . . . . . . . . 230
Locking Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Automatic Level Control . . . . . . 230
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . 233
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance Systems . . . 240
Assistance Systems for
Parking or Backing . . . . . . . . . . 241
Assistance Systems for
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Front Automatic Braking (FAB)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Side Blind Zone
Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . 247
Lane Departure
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . 249
Fuel
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
California Fuel
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Fuels in Foreign Countries . . . 252
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
E85 or FlexFuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253