Driving on Snow or IceMost of the time, those places where your tires meetthe road probably have good traction.However, if there is snow or ice between your tires andthe road, you can have a very slippery situation. Youwill have a lot less traction, or grip, and will need to bevery careful.What is the worst time for this? Wet ice. Very coldsnow or ice can be slick and hard to drive on. But wetice can be even more trouble because it may offerthe least traction of all. You can get wet ice when it isabout freezing (32°F; 0°C) and freezing rain beginsto fall. Try to avoid driving on wet ice until salt andsand crews can get there.Whatever the condition — smooth ice, packed, blowing,or loose snow — drive with caution.Traction control improves your ability to accelerate whendriving on a slippery road. Even though your vehiclehas a traction control system, you will want to slow downand adjust your driving to the road conditions. Undercertain conditions, you may want to turn the tractioncontrol system off, such as when driving through deepsnow and loose gravel, to help maintain vehiclemotion at lower speeds. SeeTraction Control System(TCS) (CTS) on page 4-8 orTraction Control System(TCS) (CTS-V) on page 4-10. Also seeStabilitrak®System on page 4-11,If You Are Stuck: In Sand, Mud,Ice or Snow on page 4-32, “Winter Tires” underTireson page 5-54, and “Winter Driving Mode Button” underAutomatic Transmission Operation on page 2-26.4-29
