Cadillac ATS 2018 Owner's Manual

Also see for ATS 2018: Owner's manual Convenience/personalization guide

Contents

DRIVING AND OPERATING 173Driving andOperatingDriving InformationDistracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177Track Events and CompetitiveDriving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . 182Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 183Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . . . . 184Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185Starting and OperatingNew Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . . 188Composite Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191Engine Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193Retained AccessoryPower (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194Shifting Into Park (AutomaticTransmission) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195Parking (ManualTransmission) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196Parking over ThingsThat Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196Engine ExhaustEngine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197Running the Vehicle WhileParked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197Automatic TransmissionAutomatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . 198Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200Manual TransmissionManual Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . 201Active Rev Match . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203Drive SystemsAll-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204BrakesAntilock Brake System (ABS) . . . . 204Parking Brake (Electric) . . . . . . . . . . 205Parking Brake (Manual) . . . . . . . . . . 207Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . . 207Ride Control SystemsTraction Control/ElectronicStability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210Competitive Driving Mode(FE3 Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214Limited-Slip Rear Axle (ExceptV-Series) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216Limited-Slip Rear Axle(V-Series Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216Cruise ControlCruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . 220Driver Assistance SystemsDriver Assistance Systems . . . . . . . 227Assistance Systems for Parkingor Backing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228Assistance Systems forDriving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232Forward Collision Alert (FCA)System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232Forward AutomaticBraking (FAB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . 236Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . . 236Lane DepartureWarning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . . . 238