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Cadillac ATS Owner Manual - 2013 - crc - 6/5/12
Driving and Operating 9-1
Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Racing or Other Competitive
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . 9-7
Highway Hypnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 9-8
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . 9-10
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . 9-11
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . 9-15
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-16
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . 9-18
Engine Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-19
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-20
Shifting Into Park (Automatic
Transmission) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-20
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . 9-21
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-23
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-23
Automatic Transmissio n
Automatic Transmission . . . . . 9-24
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-25
Manual Transmission
Manual Transmission . . . . . . . . 9-27
Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-28
Brakes
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-28
Parking Brake (Electric) . . . . . . 9-29
Parking Brake (Manual) . . . . . . 9-31
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-32
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . 9-32
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control
System (TCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-33
StabiliTrak
®
System . . . . . . . . . 9-34
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . 9-36
Limited-Slip Rear Axle . . . . . . . 9-37
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-37
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . 9-40
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-48
Assistance Systems for
Parking or Backing . . . . . . . . . 9-49
Assistance Systems for
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-52
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-53
Active Emergency Braking
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-55
Side Blind Zone
Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-57
Lane Departure
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-59
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