Cadillac CTS/CTS-V Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-Europe-9367723) -2016 - CRC - 10/9/15Driving and Operating 179Driving andOperatingDriving InformationDistracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . 180Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 181Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 182Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183Track Events and CompetitiveDriving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . 187Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . 188Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . 189Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 190Starting and OperatingNew Vehicle Run-In . . . . . . . . . . 194Carbon Fibre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . 196Retained AccessoryPower (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . 199Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200Parking over ThingsThat Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200Engine ExhaustEngine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201Running the Vehicle WhileParked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201Automatic TransmissionAutomatic Transmission . . . . . . 202Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204Drive SystemsAll-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205BrakesAntilock BrakeSystem (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . 207Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209Ride Control SystemsTraction Control/ElectronicStability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . 211Competitive Driving Mode . . . . 214Limited-Slip Differential(Except V-Series) . . . . . . . . . . . 217Limited-Slip Differential(V-Series Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217Cruise ControlCruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . 220Driver Assistance SystemsDriver Assistance Systems . . . 227Assistance Systems forParking or Reversing . . . . . . . . 228Assistance Systems forDriving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233Forward Collision Alert (FCA)System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234Front Automatic Braking (FAB)System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236Side Blind ZoneAlert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . 238Lane DepartureWarning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . 240FuelFuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243Filling a Portable FuelContainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
