Cadillac 2012 CTS - Manuel (Page 257)

Black plate (1,1) Cadillac CTS/CTS-V Owner Manual (Include Mex) - 2012
Driving and Operating 9-1
Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Competitive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . 9-7
Highway Hypnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 9-8
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . 9-11
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . 9-12
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . 9-16
Ignition Positions
(Key Access) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-17
Ignition Positions
(Keyless Access) . . . . . . . . . . . 9-19
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . 9-21
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-23
Engine Coolant Heater . . . . . . . 9-23
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . 9-26
Parking (Manual
Transmission) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-26
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-27
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-28
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . 9-28
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-30
Manual Transmission
Manual Transmission . . . . . . . . 9-32
Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-35
Brakes
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-35
Parking Brake (Manual) . . . . . . 9-36
Parking Brake (Electric) . . . . . . 9-37
Brake Assist
(Except CTS-V) . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-39
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control
System (TCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-40
StabiliTrak ® System . . . . . . . . . 9-41
Competitive Driving Mode . . . 9-42
Magnetic Ride Control . . . . . . . 9-42
Limited-Slip Rear Axle . . . . . . . 9-43
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-43
Object Detection Systems
Ultrasonic Parking Assist . . . . 9-46
Side Blind Zone
Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-47
Rear Vision
Camera (RVC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-50