Cadillac Escalade Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
11349344) - 2018 - crc - 6/21/17
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DRIVING AND OPERATING
Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Off-Road Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 187
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Adjustable Throttle and Brake
Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
Engine Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Active Fuel Management . . . . . . . . 200
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . 202
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Drive Systems
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . . 211
Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Ride Control Systems
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Magnetic Ride Control . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Locking Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Automatic Level Control . . . . . . . . . 218
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . 220
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . . . 228
Assistance Systems for Parking
or Backing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Braking (FAB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . 239
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . . 239
Lane Departure
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . . . 241
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
California Fuel Requirements . . . . 244
Fuels in Foreign Countries . . . . . . . 244
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246