Cadillac Escalade Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-MidEast-13566599) -
2020 - CRC - 5/29/19
DRIVING AND OPERATING
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Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Off-Road Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 175
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Adjustable Throttle and Brake
Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Active Fuel Management . . . . . . . . 187
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . 189
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Drive Systems
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . . 198
Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Ride Control Systems
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Magnetic Ride Control . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Locking Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Automatic Level Control . . . . . . . . . 205
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . 208
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . . . 216
Assistance Systems for Parking
or Backing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Braking (AEB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . 228
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . . 228
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . . . 230
Top Tier Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Recommended Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Trailer Towing