Cadillac 2014 ELR Owner's Manual

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Black plate (42,1)Cadillac ELR Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada-6081525) -2014 - crc - 10/8/139-42 Driving and OperatingThe speedometer reading can bedisplayed in either English or metricunits. See Instrument Cluster onpage 5-7. The increment value useddepends on the units displayed.Selecting the Follow DistanceWhen a slower moving vehicle isdetected ahead within the selectedfollowing gap, ACC will adjust thevehicle's speed and attempt tomaintain the follow distance gapselected.Press 3 on the steering wheel toadjust the following gap. Whenpressed, the current gap settingdisplays briefly on the instrumentcluster.Subsequent presses cycle the gapbutton through three settings: Far,Medium, or Near. The gap settingwill be maintained until it ischanged.Since each gap setting correspondsto a following time (Far, Medium,or Near), the following distance willvary based on vehicle speed. Thefaster the vehicle speed, the furtherback your vehicle will follow avehicle detected ahead. Considertraffic and weather conditions whenselecting the following gap. Therange of selectable gaps may not beappropriate for all drivers anddriving conditions.Changing the gap settingautomatically changes the alerttiming sensitivity (Far, Medium,or Near) for the Forward CollisionAlert (FCA) feature. See ForwardCollision Alert (FCA) System onpage 9-50.Alerting the DriverIf ACC is engaged, driver actionmay be required when ACC cannotapply sufficient braking because ofapproaching a vehicle too rapidly.When this condition occurs, six redlights will flash on the windshieldand either eight beeps will soundfrom the front, or both sides of theSafety Alert Seat will pulse fivetimes. See Collision/Detectionsystems under VehiclePersonalization on page 5-52.See Defensive Driving on page 9-5.Approaching and Following aVehicleThe vehicle ahead symbol is inthe DIC.The vehicle ahead symbol onlydisplays when a vehicle is detectedin your vehicle’s path moving in thesame direction.