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Chevrolet Equinox Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
10446639) - 2018 - crc - 10/24/16
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Driving and Operating
Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Driver Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Driving Environment . . . . . . . . . . 197
Vehicle Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Off-Road Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . 205
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . 206
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . 208
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . 212
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Engine Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Diesel Particulate Filter
Diesel Particulate Filter . . . . . . . 222
Diesel Exhaust Fluid
Diesel Exhaust Fluid . . . . . . . . . . 223
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 228
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Brakes
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . 234
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . 235
Ride Control Systems
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance Systems . . . 241
Assistance Systems for
Parking or Backing . . . . . . . . . . 242
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Braking (FAB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . 249
Lane Departure
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . 251
Fuel
Fuel (Gasoline) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
California Fuel Requirements
(Gasoline) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
(Gasoline) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Fuel for Diesel Engines . . . . . . . 255