Cadillac CTS/CTS-V Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
9159276) - 2016 - crc - 10/5/15
Driving and Operating
187
Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Track Events and Competitive
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . 195
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . 196
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . 198
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . 202
Carbon Fiber . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Engine Coolant Heater . . . . . . . 207
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 211
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Brakes
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . 215
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . 218
Competitive Driving Mode
(V-Sport and
V-Series Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Limited-Slip Differential
(Except V-Sport and
V-Series) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Limited-Slip Differential
(V-Sport and
V-Series Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . 228
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance Systems . . . 235
Assistance Systems for
Parking or Backing . . . . . . . . . . 236
Assistance Systems for
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Front Automatic Braking (FAB)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Side Blind Zone
Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . 247
Lane Departure
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . 249
Fuel
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
California Fuel
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Fuels in Foreign Countries . . . 252
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
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