GMC TERRAIN 2018 - Driving and; Driving and Operating

GMC Terrain/Terrain Denali Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/
Mexico-10664916) - 2018 - crc - 4/7/17
Driving and Operating 165
Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Driver Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Driving Environment . . . . . . . . . . 166
Vehicle Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Off-Road Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . 174
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . 175
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . 177
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . 181
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Engine Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Diesel Particulate Filter
Diesel Particulate Filter . . . . . . . 193
Diesel Exhaust Fluid
Diesel Exhaust Fluid . . . . . . . . . . 194
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 199
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Brakes
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . 206
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . 208
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Hill Descent Control (HDC) . . . 211
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . 212
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance Systems . . . 217
Assistance Systems for
Parking or Backing . . . . . . . . . . 218
Assistance Systems for
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Forward Automatic
Braking (FAB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Side Blind Zone
Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . 227
Lane Departure
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . 229
Fuel
Fuel (Gasoline) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
California Fuel Requirements
(Gasoline) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Fuels in Foreign Countries
(Gasoline) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232