Black plate (32,1)Cadillac Escalade/Escalade ESV Owner Manual - 2010Active Fuel Management™Vehicles with V8 engines may have Active FuelManagement™. This system allows the engine tooperate on either all or half of its cylinders, dependingon the driving conditions.When less power is required, such as cruising at aconstant vehicle speed, the system will operate in thehalf cylinder mode, allowing the vehicle to achievebetter fuel economy. When greater power demands arerequired, such as accelerating from a stop, passing,or merging onto a freeway, the system will maintainfull-cylinder operation.If the vehicle has an Active Fuel Management™indicator, see DIC Operation and Displays onpage 4‑42 for more information on using this display .Automatic Transmission OperationIf the vehicle is a Two-mode Hybrid, see the Two-modeHybrid manual for more information.The vehicle has a Hydra-Matic ® 6L80 automatictransmission, and has an electronic shift positionindicator within the instrument panel cluster. Theelectronic shift position indicator displays when the shiftlever is moved out of P (Park).There are several different positions for the shift lever.P (Park): This position locks the rear wheels. It is thebest position to use when you start the engine becausethe vehicle cannot move easily.3-32InformationProvidedby:
