GMC Acadia/Acadia Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-MidEast-
11469024) - 2018 - crc - 6/23/17
Driving and Operating 191
Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Off-Road Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . 199
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . 200
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . 202
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . 206
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 212
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Brakes
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . 216
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . 218
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Hill Descent Control (HDC) . . . 220
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . 221
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . 225
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance Systems . . . 233
Assistance Systems for
Parking or Backing . . . . . . . . . . 234
Assistance Systems for
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Forward Automatic
Braking (FAB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Front Pedestrian Braking
(FPB) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Side Blind Zone
Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . 244
Lane Departure
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . 246
Fuel
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Trailer Towing
General Towing
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Driving Characteristics and
Towing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Trailer Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Towing Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
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