. . . 2We thank you for choosing aGeneral Motors product, and wewant to assure you of our continu-ing commitment to your motoringpleasure and satisfaction.This manual should be considereda permanent part of the vehicle.Keep it with the vehicle when sold,to provide the next owner withimportant operating, safety andmaintenance information.Environment-friendly and recycledmaterials were used in the devel-opment and manufacture of yourvehicle. The production methodsused to make your vehicle are alsoenvironment-friendly.Production waste is recycled, withsome of the waste material recov-ered for re-use. Water require-ments have been reduced to helpconserve natural resources.All information, illustrations andspecifications in this manual arebased on the latest product infor-mation available at the time ofprinting. We reserve the right tomake changes in the product with-out further notice.The illustrations throughout themanual are typical and are notintended to be exact representa-tions of any part of your vehicle.Please be aware that the vehicleyou purchased may not beequipped with each option that isexplained in this manual.This Owner’s Manual is supple-mented by a “Maintenance Sched-ule and Warranty and OwnerAssistance Information” booklet.Although we feel that this Owner’sManual is complete, in that itcovers the more important vehicleoperating information, it is mostvaluable when used with theMaintenance Schedule.Important Notes About this ManualAKENG44_Escalade Page 2 Wednesday, July 16, 2008 12:22 PM