GMC XT5 2023 - Driving and Operating 233

Cadillac XT5 Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
16406251) - 2023 - CRC - 3/25/22
Driving and Operating 233
Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Driving for Better Fuel
Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . 235
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . 235
Impaired Driving . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . 236
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . 238
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Off-Road Driving . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . 243
Hill and Mountain
Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . 246
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . 247
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . 251
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . 252
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . 254
Stop/Start System . . . . . . . . 255
Engine Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . 258
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . 259
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Active Fuel
Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . 260
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Automatic Transmission
Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Brakes
Electric Brake Boost . . . . . 268
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Electric Parking Brake . . . 269
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . 271
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/
Electronic Stability
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . 273
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Adaptive Cruise Control
(Advanced) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Driver Assistance
Systems
Driver Assistance
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Assistance Systems for
Parking or Backing . . . . . . 290
Rear Vision
Camera (RVC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Surround Vision
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Automatic Parking
Assist (APA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Reverse Automatic
Braking (RAB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Rear Pedestrian Alert . . . 300
Rear Cross Traffic Alert
(RCTA) System . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Assistance Systems for
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302