remote start CADILLAC CTS 2014 Owner's Guide

Black plate (4,1)Cadillac CTS Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
6081492) - 2014 - CRC 2nd Edition - 11/18/13
14-4 OnStar
OnStar Mobile App
Download the OnStar RemoteLink
mobile app to select Apple
®,
Android™, and BlackBerry®devices
to check vehicle fuel level, oil life,
or tire pressure; to start the vehicle
(if equipped) or unlock it; or to
connect to an OnStar Advisor. For
OnStar RemoteLink information and
compatibility, see www.onstar.com
(U.S.) or www.onstar.ca (Canada).
Hands-Free Calling
1. Press=. System responds:
“OnStar ready.”
2. Say “Call.”System responds:
“Please say the name or number
to call.”
3. Say the entire number without pausing, including a “1”and the
area code. System responds:
“OK calling.”
Calling 911 Emergency
1. Press=. System responds:
“OnStar ready,” followed by
a tone.
2. Say “Call.”System responds:
“Please say the name or number
to call.”
3. Say “911”without pausing.
System responds: “911.”
4. Say “Call.”System responds:
“OK, dialing 911.”
Retrieve My Number
1. Press=. System responds:
“OnStar ready.”
2. Say “My number.” System
responds: “Your OnStar
Hands-Free Calling number is,”
then says the number.
End a Call
Press=. System responds: “Call
ended.”
Store a Name Tag for Speed
Dialing
1. Press=. System responds:
“OnStar ready.”
2. Say “Store.” System responds:
“Please say the number you
would like to store.”
3. Say the entire number without pausing. System responds:
“Please say the name tag.”
4. Pick a name tag. System responds: “About to store <name
tag>. Does that sound OK?”
5. Say “Yes”or say “No”to try
again. System responds: “OK,
storing <name tag>.”
Place a Call Using a Stored
Number
1. Press=. System responds:
“OnStar ready.”
2. Say “Call <name tag>.” System
responds: “OK, calling
<name tag>.”

Black plate (6,1)Cadillac CTS Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
6081492) - 2014 - CRC 2nd Edition - 11/18/13
i-6 INDEX
HeaterEngine Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-19
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . 5-28
High-Speed Operation . . . . . . . . 10-50
Highway Hypnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 9-8
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-4
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
I
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-16
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18
IndicatorVehicle Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24
Infants and Young Children, Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-37
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . 13-15
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Instrument Panel Storage Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Interior Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . 2-21
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
J
Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-64
K
Key and Lock Messages . . . . . . . 5-40
Keyless Entry Remote (RKE) System . . . . . . . . 2-3
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-1
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . 10-44
Lamps Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . . 6-4
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-1
Exterior Lamps OffReminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-3
Exterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9
License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-30
Malfunction Indicator . . . . . . . . . 5-19 Lamps (cont&#39;d)
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-41
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-29
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-58
Lane Departure Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
LATCH System
Replacing Parts after aCrash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-48
LATCH, Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . 3-42
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-30
Light Adaptive Forward Lighting(AFL) Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-28
Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23
Lighting Adaptive Forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-30

Black plate (9,1)Cadillac CTS Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
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INDEX i-9
Power (cont&#39;d)Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . 9-19
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21
Pregnancy, Using Safety Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
Privacy Radio FrequencyIdentification (RFID) . . . . . . . 13-15
Program Courtesy Transportation . . . . . . 13-7
Proposition 65 Warning, California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2
R
Radio FrequencyIdentification (RFID) . . . . . . . . 13-15
Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-15
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
Rear Climate Control System . . . 8-6
Rear Seat Pass-Through Door . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10 Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Rearview Mirrors
Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21 Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Recommended Fluids and
Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-13
Records Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-16
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-67
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2, 2-3
Remote Vehicle Start . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Replacement Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . 10-31
Replacement Parts Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-34
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11-14
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . 3-34
Replacing LATCH System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . 3-48
Replacing Safety Belt System Parts after a Crash . . . 3-21
Reporting Safety Defects Canadian Government . . . . . . 13-12
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-12
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . 13-12
Restraints Where to Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-41 Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-19
Reverse Tilt Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20
Ride Control Systems Enhanced TractionSystem (ETS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-34
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-44
Roads Driving, Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7
Roadside Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-5
Roof Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-55
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . 12-4
Run-Flat Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-42
Running the Vehicle While Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22
S
Safety Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
How to Wear Safety BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-45

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i-10 INDEX
Safety Belts (cont&#39;d)Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-17
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . 3-21
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . 3-20
Safety Defects Reporting Canadian Government . . . . . . 13-12
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-12
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . 13-12
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . 13-7
Seats
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Heated and Ventilated Front . . . 3-8
Heated, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-12
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . 3-4
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-6
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . 3-3
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Securing Child Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-49, 3-51 Security
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-28
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-45
OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-2
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . 10-3
Engine Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
Maintenance Records . . . . . . .11-16
Maintenance, General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-1
Parts Identification Label . . . . . 12-1
Publications Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13-11
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 13-7
Vehicle Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-45
Service Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . 3-33
Shift Lock Control Function Check, Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-27 Shifting
Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-20
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-56
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
StabiliTrak OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . 2-9
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . 10-27
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . 1-4, 9-17
Starting the Vehicle Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-46
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4 Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3

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i-12 INDEX
Turn and Lane-ChangeSignals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
U
Uniform Tire Quality
Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-59
Universal Remote System . . . . . 5-55 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-57
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-55
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
V
Vehicle Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
IdentificationNumber (VIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-11
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-36
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-48
Reminder Messages . . . . . . . . . . 5-47
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-9 Vehicle (cont&#39;d)
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
Speed Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-47
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-66
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . . 5-24
Vehicle Care Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-48
Vehicle Diagnostics OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-5
Ventilation, Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-8
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24
W
Warning Brake System Light . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22
Lane Departure (LDW) . . . . . . . 9-58
Warning Lights, Gauges, and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv Cautions and Danger . . . . . . . . . . . .iv
Hazard Flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-22 Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-47 Wheels
Alignment and Tire
Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-61
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-59
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-61
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-57
Where to Put the Restraint . . . . 3-41
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21 Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-21
Windshield
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-29
Wiper/Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9
Winter Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-42
Wiper Blade Replacement . . . . 10-28