Cadillac 2010 SRX Crossover Owner's Manual

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Instruments and Controls 4-33Battery VoltageThis display, available on somevehicles, shows the current batteryvoltage. If the voltage is in thenormal range, the value will display.For example, the display may readBattery Voltage 15.0 Volts. Thevehicle's charging system regulatesvoltage based on the state ofthe battery. The battery voltagecan fluctuate while viewing thisinformation on the DIC. This isnormal. See Charging System Lighton page 4‑20 for more information.If there is a problem with the batterycharging system, the DIC willdisplay a message. See BatteryVoltage and Charging Messages onpage 4‑33.Blank DisplayThis display shows no information.CompassThe vehicle may have a compassdisplay in the Driver InformationCenter (DIC). See Compass onpage 4‑10.Vehicle MessagesMessages are displayed on theDIC to notify the driver that thestatus of the vehicle has changedand that some action may beneeded by the driver to correct thecondition. Multiple messages mayappear one after another.Some messages may not requireimmediate action, but you canpress SET to acknowledge thatyou received the messages and toclear them from the display. Somemessages cannot be cleared fromthe DIC display because they aremore urgent. These messagesrequire action before they can becleared. You should take anymessages that appear on thedisplay seriously and rememberthat clearing the messages will onlymake the messages disappear, notcorrect the problem. You will findthe possible messages that can bedisplayed and some informationabout them grouped by subject inthe following information.Battery Voltage andCharging MessagesBattery Saver ActiveThis message displays whenthe vehicle has detected that thebattery voltage is dropping beyonda reasonable point. The batterysaver system starts reducing certainfeatures of the vehicle that you maybe able to notice. At the point thatfeatures are disabled, this messageis displayed. It means that thevehicle is trying to save the chargein the battery. Turn off unnecessaryaccessories to allow the battery torecharge.Low BatteryThis message is displayed when thebattery voltage is low. See Batteryon page 9‑27 for more information.