Cadillac XT4 Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-MidEast-14584650) - 2021 -
CRC - 7/15/20
DRIVING AND OPERATING
191
Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Off-Road Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 200
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Stop/Start System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Engine Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Active Fuel Management . . . . . . . . 212
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . 213
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Brakes
Electric Brake Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . . 219
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Ride Control Systems
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
(Advanced) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . . . 235
Assistance Systems for Parking
or Backing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Rear Pedestrian Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Assistance Systems for
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Braking (AEB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Front Pedestrian Braking (FPB)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . 250
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . . 250
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . . . 252
Top Tier Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Recommended Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Trailer Towing