
Cadillac XT5 Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-MidEast-14590488) - 2021 -
CRC - 7/15/20
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DRIVING AND OPERATING
Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Off-Road Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 205
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Stop/Start System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Active Fuel Management . . . . . . . . 215
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . 217
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Electric Brake Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . . 223
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Ride Control Systems
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
(Advanced) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . . . 239
Assistance Systems for Parking
or Backing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Rear Pedestrian Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Assistance Systems for
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Braking (AEB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Front Pedestrian Braking (FPB)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Night Vision System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . 256
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . . 257
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . . . 258
Fuel
Top Tier Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Recommended Fuel (2.0L L4
Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260