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Cadillac SRX Owner Manual - 2013 - 1st crc - 7/2/12
Driving and Operating
9-1
Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Highway Hypnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 9-7
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 9-9
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . 9-10
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . 9-14
Adjustable Throttle and Brake
Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15
Starting the Gasoline
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-17
Engine Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-19
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-19
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . 9-20
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . 9-22
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24
Fuel Economy Mode . . . . . . . . . 9-25
Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-26
Brakes
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-26
Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-29
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . 9-29
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control
System (TCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-30
StabiliTrak
®
System . . . . . . . . . 9-31
Limited-Slip Rear Axle . . . . . . . 9-33
Selective Ride Control . . . . . . . 9-33
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-34
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . 9-36
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-43
Assistance Systems for
Parking or Backing . . . . . . . . . 9-44
Assistance Systems for
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-48
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-48
Active Emergency Braking
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-51
Side Blind Zone
Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-53
Lane Departure
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-54
Summary of Contents for 2011 SRX CROSSOVER
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