Cadillac Escalade Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
12460268) - 2019 - CRC - 4/18/18
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DRIVING AND OPERATING
Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
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 Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Adjustable Throttle and Brake
Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Engine Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Active Fuel Management . . . . . . . . 209
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . 210
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Drive Systems
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Brakes
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . . 219
Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Ride Control Systems
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Magnetic Ride Control . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Locking Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Automatic Level Control . . . . . . . . . 226
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . 229
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . . . 237
Assistance Systems for Parking
or Backing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Braking (FAB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . 248
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . . 248
Lane Departure
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . . . 251
Top Tier Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Recommended Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Fuels in Foreign Countries . . . . . . . 254
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254