Cadillac Escalade Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
9159314) - 2016 - crc - 6/25/15
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Driving and Operating
Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Off-Road Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . 195
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . 196
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . 197
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . 202
Adjustable Throttle and Brake
Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Engine Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Active Fuel Management
®
. . . . 209
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 211
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Drive Systems
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Brakes
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . 221
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . 223
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Magnetic Ride Control . . . . . . . . 226
Locking Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Automatic Level Control . . . . . . 226
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . 229
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance Systems . . . 236
Assistance Systems for
Parking or Backing . . . . . . . . . . 237
Assistance Systems for
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Front Automatic Braking (FAB)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Side Blind Zone
Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . 246
Lane Departure
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . 248
Fuel
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
California Fuel
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Fuels in Foreign Countries . . . 251
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253