Cadillac Escalade Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
15567102) - 2022 - CRC - 8/16/21
DRIVING AND OPERATING
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Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Impaired Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Off-Road Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 238
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Stop/Start System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Dynamic Fuel Management . . . . . 250
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . 251
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Drive Systems
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Electric Brake Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . . 261
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Automatic Vehicle
Hold (AVH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Ride Control Systems
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Magnetic Ride Control . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Locking Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Four Corner Air Suspension
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Adaptive Cruise Control
(Advanced) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Super Cruise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . . . 301
Assistance Systems for Parking
or Backing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . . . . 303
Surround Vision System . . . . . . . . . 303
Park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Automatic Parking
Assist (APA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Braking (RAB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Rear Pedestrian Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Rear Cross Traffic Alert (RCTA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318