Cadillac Escalade Owner Manual (GMNA-Localising-Europe-11374166) -
2018 - crc - 7/14/17
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DRIVING AND OPERATING
Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Off-Road Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 195
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Run-In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Adjustable Throttle and Brake
Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Active Fuel Management . . . . . . . . 207
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . 209
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Drive Systems
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . . 218
Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Ride Control Systems
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Magnetic Ride Control . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Locking Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Automatic Level Control . . . . . . . . . 225
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . 228
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . . . 236
Assistance Systems for Parking
or Reversing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Braking (FAB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . 246
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . . 246
Lane Departure
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . . . 248
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Trailer Towing
General Towing Information . . . . 253
Driving Characteristics and