keyless CADILLAC ATS 2018 Owner's Guide

Cadillac XTS Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada-12032610) -
2019 - crc - 8/22/18
160 LIGHTING
ON :Turns the lamp on.
Reading Lamps
There are reading lamps on the
overhead console and over the rear
passenger doors. These lamps come
on automatically when any door is
opened. To manually turn the reading
lamps on or off:
Pressmornnext to each overhead
console reading lamp.
Press the lamp lenses to turn the rear
passenger reading lamps on or off.
Lighting Features
Entry Lighting
Some exterior lamps and most of the
interior lights turn on briefly at night,
or in areas of limited lighting when
K
is pressed on the Remote Keyless
Entry (RKE) transmitter. See Remote
Keyless Entry (RKE) System Operation
0 27. When the driver door is opened,
all control lights, Driver Information
Center (DIC) lights, and door pocket
lights turn on. After about 30 seconds
the exterior lamps turn off, then the
remaining interior lights dim to off.
Entry lighting can be disabled
manually by turning the ignition on or
to ACC/ACCESSORY, or by pressing
Q
on the RKE transmitter.
This feature can be changed. See
“Vehicle Locator Lights” underVehicle
Personalization 0147.

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184 DRIVING AND OPERATING
Caution (Continued)
breaking-in guideline every
time you get new brake
linings.
Following break-in, engine speed
and load can be gradually
increased.
Ignition Positions
The vehicle has an electronic keyless
ignition with pushbutton start. The Remote Keyless Entry (RKE)
transmitter must be in the vehicle for
the system to operate. If the
pushbutton start is not working, the
vehicle may be near a strong radio
antenna signal causing interference to
the Keyless Access system. See
Remote
Keyless Entry (RKE) System Operation
0 27.
To shift out of P (Park), the vehicle
must be on and the brake pedal must
be applied.
Stopping the Engine/OFF (No
Indicator Lights) : When the vehicle
is stopped, press ENGINE START/
STOP once to turn the engine off.
If the vehicle is in P (Park), the
ignition will turn off, and Retained
Accessory Power (RAP) will remain
active. See Retained Accessory Power
(RAP) 0188.
If the vehicle is not in P (Park), the
ignition will return to ACC/
ACCESSORY and display the message
SHIFT TO PARK in the Driver
Information Center (DIC). When the
vehicle is shifted into P (Park), the
ignition will turn off. Do not turn the engine off when the
vehicle is moving. This will cause a
loss of power assist in the brake and
steering systems and disable the
airbags.
If the vehicle must be shut off in an
emergency:
1. Brake using a firm and steady pressure. Do not pump the
brakes repeatedly. This may
deplete power assist, requiring
increased brake pedal force.
2. Shift the vehicle to N (Neutral). This can be done while the
vehicle is moving. After shifting
to N (Neutral), firmly apply the
brakes and steer the vehicle to a
safe location.
3. Come to a complete stop, shift to P (Park), and turn the
ignition off.
4. Set the parking brake. See Electric Parking Brake 0194.

Cadillac XTS Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada-12032610) -
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186 DRIVING AND OPERATING
Caution
If you add electrical parts or
accessories, you could change the
way the engine operates. Any
resulting damage would not be
covered by the vehicle warranty. See
Add-On Electrical Equipment0235.
Starting Procedure 1. With the Keyless Access system, the RKE transmitter must be in
the vehicle. Press the ENGINE
START/STOP button with the
brake pedal applied. When the
engine begins cranking, let go of
the button.
The idle speed will go down as
the engine gets warm. Do not
race the engine immediately
after starting it.
If the RKE transmitter is not in
the vehicle, if there is
interference, or if the RKE
transmitter battery is low, the
Driver Information Center (DIC)
will display a message.
Caution
Cranking the engine for long
periods of time, by pressing
ENGINE START/STOP immediately
after cranking has ended, can
overheat and damage the cranking
motor, and drain the battery. Wait
at least 15 seconds between each
try, to let the cranking motor
cool down.
2. If the engine does not start after five to 10 seconds, especially in
very cold weather (below −18 °C
or 0 °F), it could be flooded with
too much gasoline. Try pushing
the accelerator pedal all the way
to the floor and holding it there
as you press ENGINE START/
STOP, for up to a maximum of
15 seconds. Wait at least
15 seconds between each try, to
allow the cranking motor to cool
down. When the engine starts,
let go of the button and the
accelerator. If the vehicle starts
briefly but then stops again, do the same thing. This clears the
extra gasoline from the engine.
Do not race the engine
immediately after starting it.
Operate the engine and
transmission gently until the oil
warms up and lubricates all
moving parts.
Engine Heater
{Warning
Do not plug in the engine block
heater while the vehicle is parked in
a garage or under a carport.
Property damage or personal injury
may result. Always park the vehicle
in a clear open area away from
buildings or structures.
The engine heater, if available, can
help in cold weather conditions at or
below −18 °C (0 °F) for easier starting
and better fuel economy during
engine warm-up. Plug in the engine
heater at least four hours before
starting the vehicle. An internal

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238 VEHICLE CARE
California Perchlorate
Materials Requirements
Certain types of automotive
applications, such as airbag initiators,
seat belt pretensioners, and lithium
batteries contained in Remote Keyless
Entry transmitters, may contain
perchlorate materials. Special
handling may be necessary. For
additional information, see
www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/
perchlorate.
Accessories and
Modifications
Adding non-dealer accessories or
making modifications to the vehicle
can affect vehicle performance and
safety, including such things as
airbags, braking, stability, ride and
handling, emissions systems,
aerodynamics, durability, and
electronic systems like antilock
brakes, traction control, and stability
control. These accessories or
modifications could even cause
malfunction or damage not covered by
the vehicle warranty.Damage to suspension components
caused by modifying vehicle height
outside of factory settings will not be
covered by the vehicle warranty.
Damage to vehicle components
resulting from modifications or the
installation or use of non-GM certified
parts, including control module or
software modifications, is not covered
under the terms of the vehicle
warranty and may affect remaining
warranty coverage for affected parts.
GM Accessories are designed to
complement and function with other
systems on the vehicle. See your
dealer to accessorize the vehicle using
genuine GM Accessories installed by a
dealer technician.
Also, see
Adding Equipment to the
Airbag-Equipped Vehicle 087.
Vehicle Checks
Doing Your Own
Service Work
{Warning
It can be dangerous to work on
your vehicle if you do not have the
proper knowledge, service manual,
tools, or parts. Always follow
owner’s manual procedures and
consult the service manual for your
vehicle before doing any
service work.
If doing some of your own service
work, use the proper service manual.
It tells you much more about how to
service the vehicle than this manual
can. To order the proper service
manual, see Publication Ordering
Information 0348.
This vehicle has an airbag system.
Before attempting to do your own
service work, see Servicing the
Airbag-Equipped Vehicle 087.

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INDEX 369
K
Keyless EntryRemote (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Lamps Cornering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . 157
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . . 156
Exterior Lighting BatterySaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Malfunction Indicator (Check Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Lane Departure Warning Light . . . . 134
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Lane Keep Assist Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 LATCH System
Replacing Parts after a Crash . . . . 101
LATCH, Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Level Control Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Lighter, Cigarette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Lighting Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Lights Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Antilock Brake System (ABS)Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Check Engine (Malfunction Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Engine Coolant Temperature Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 Lights (cont'd)
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . . . . . 156
Lane Departure Warning . . . . . . . . . 134
Lane Keep Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Seat Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Service Electric Parking Brake . . . 134
StabiliTrak OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Traction Control System
(TCS)/StabiliTrak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Limited-Slip Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Low-Profile Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Lower Anchors and Tethers for
Children (LATCH System) . . . . . . . . . 95
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

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INDEX 371
PowerDoor Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Protection, Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . . . . . . 188
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Steering Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Pregnancy, Using Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . 74
Privacy Vehicle Data Recording . . . . . . . . . . 350
Program Courtesy Transportation . . . . . . . . . 345
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Proposition 65 Warning,
California . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237, 258, 306, Back Cover
Publication Ordering Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
R
Radio Frequency Statement . . . . . . . . 349
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Rear Axle
Limited-Slip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Rear Climate Control System . . . . . . 168 Rear Seat Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Rear Seat Pass-Through Door . . . . . . . 68
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . . . . . . 211
Rear Window Sunshade . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Rearview Mirrors Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Recommended Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Records Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . . . . 310
Reimbursement Program, GM
Mobility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Remote Vehicle Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Replacement Parts
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Replacing LATCH System Parts
after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Replacing Seat Belt System
Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Reporting Safety Defects Canadian Government . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Restraints
Where to Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Reverse Tilt Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Ride Control Systems
Limited Slip Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Magnetic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Roads Driving, Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Roadside Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Roof Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . . . . . 338
Running the Vehicle While Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
S
Safety Defects ReportingCanadian Government . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350