
Cadillac CTS/CTS-V Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-Europe-11374014) -
2018 - crc - 9/14/17
DRIVING AND OPERATING
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Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Track Events and Competitive
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 182
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Run-In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Composite Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . 196
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . . 199
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Ride Control Systems
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Competitive Driving Mode . . . . . . . 206
Limited-Slip Differential
(V-Series Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . 212
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . . . 220
Assistance Systems for Parking
or Reversing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Braking (FAB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . 230
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . . 230
Lane Departure
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . . . 232
Fuel
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
General Towing Information . . . . 237
Driving Characteristics and
Towing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Trailer Towing (L4 Engine) . . . . . . 240
Trailer Towing (V-Series) . . . . . . . . 242