Cadillac CTS-V 2019 Owner's Manual

Contents

172 DRIVING AND OPERATINGDriving andOperatingDriving InformationDistracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175Track Events and CompetitiveDriving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . 180Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 181Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . . . . 183Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183Starting and OperatingNew Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . . 187Composite Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189Stop/Start System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190Retained AccessoryPower (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192Parking over ThingsThat Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193Engine ExhaustEngine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194Running the Vehicle WhileParked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194Automatic TransmissionAutomatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . 195Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197Drive SystemsAll-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198BrakesAntilock Brake System (ABS) . . . . 198Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . 199Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . . 200Ride Control SystemsTraction Control/ElectronicStability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202Competitive Driving Mode . . . . . . . 205Limited-Slip Differential . . . . . . . . . 208Cruise ControlCruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . 211Driver Assistance SystemsDriver Assistance Systems . . . . . . . 219Assistance Systems for Parkingor Backing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220Assistance Systems forDriving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227Forward Collision Alert (FCA)System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227Forward AutomaticBraking (FAB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . 231Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . . 231Lane DepartureWarning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . . . 233FuelTop Tier Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235Recommended Fuel (LTG 2.0L L4Turbo Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235Recommended Fuel (LGX 3.6LV6 Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235Recommended Fuel (LF3 3.6L V6Twin Turbo and LT4 6.2LV8 Engines) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236