Cadillac CT5 Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada-14584312) -
2021 - crc - 7/7/20
DRIVING AND OPERATING 207
Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Driving for Better Fuel
Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Impaired Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Off-Road Recover y . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Track Events and Competitive
Driving (V-Series Only) . . . . . . . . . 212
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 216
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Composite Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Stop/Start System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Engine Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Active Fuel Management . . . . . . . . 229
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . 230
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Brakes
Electric Brake Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . . 236
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Automatic Vehicle
Hold (AVH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Competitive Driving Mode . . . . . . . 246
Limited-Slip Differential . . . . . . . . . 248
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Adaptive Cruise Control
(Advanced) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Super Cruise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . . . 274
Assistance Systems for Parking
or Backing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Rear Pedestrian Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Assistance Systems for
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Automatic Emergency
Braking (AEB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Front Pedestrian Braking (FPB)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . 290
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . . 290
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . . . 292
Surround Vision Recorder . . . . . . . 294