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Cadillac CT6 Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada-9235592) -
2016 - crc - 11/6/15
Service and Maintenance 351Lamps
Properly working headlamps,
taillamps, and brake lamps are
important to see and be seen on
the road.
.
Signs that the headlamps need
attention include dimming, failure
to light, cracking, or damage.
The brake lamps need to be
checked periodically to ensure
that they light when braking.
.
With a multi-point inspection,
your dealer can check the lamps
and note any concerns.
Shocks and Struts
Shocks and struts help aid in control
for a smoother ride.
.
Signs of wear may include
steering wheel vibration, bounce/
sway while braking, longer
stopping distance, or uneven
tire wear.
.
As part of the multi-point
inspection, trained dealer
technicians can visually inspect
the shocks and struts for signs of leaking, blown seals,
or damage, and can advise
when service is needed.
Tires
Tires need to be properly inflated,
rotated, and balanced. Maintaining
the tires can save money and fuel,
and can reduce the risk of tire
failure.
.
Signs that the tires need to be
replaced include three or more
visible treadwear indicators; cord
or fabric showing through the
rubber; cracks or cuts in the
tread or sidewall; or a bulge or
split in the tire.
.
Trained dealer technicians can
inspect and recommend the right
tires. Your dealer can also
provide tire/wheel balancing
services to ensure smooth
vehicle operation at all speeds.
Your dealer sells and services
name brand tires.
Vehicle Care
To help keep the vehicle looking like
new, vehicle care products are
available from your dealer. For information on how to clean and
protect the vehicle ’ s interior and
exterior, see Interior Care 0 338 and
Exterior Care 0 333 .
Wheel Alignment
Wheel alignment is critical for
ensuring that the tires deliver
optimal wear and performance.
.
Signs that the alignment may
need to be adjusted include
pulling, improper vehicle
handling, or unusual tire wear.
.
Your dealer has the required
equipment to ensure proper
wheel alignment.
Windshield
For safety, appearance, and the
best viewing, keep the windshield
clean and clear.
.
Signs of damage include
scratches, cracks, and chips.
.
Trained dealer technicians can
inspect the windshield and
recommend proper replacement
if needed.

Cadillac CT6 Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada-9235592) -
2016 - crc - 11/6/15
Index 389Fuel (cont'd)
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . 138
Requirements, California . . . . . 253
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Fuses
Engine Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 290
Instrument Panel Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Rear Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
G Garage Door Opener . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Gauges
Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Engine Coolant
Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 126
Engine Oil Temperature . . . . . . . 127
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Gauges (cont'd)
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Voltmeter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Warning Lights and
Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
General Information
Service and Maintenance . . . . . 342
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
H Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . 173
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Head-up Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Headlamps
Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Daytime Running
Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . 139
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 172
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . 139
Heated
Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 Heated and Ventilated Front
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Heated and Ventilated Rear
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Heated Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Heater
Engine Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Heating and Air
Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178, 185
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
High-Speed Operation . . . . . . . . . . 308
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 196
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . 216
Hood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
How to Wear Safety Belts
Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
I Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Indicator
Pedestrian Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Vehicle Ahead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Infants and Young Children,
Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . 118, 121

Cadillac CT6 Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada-9235592) -
2016 - crc - 11/6/15
390 Index Instrument Panel
Storage Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Instrument Panel Overview . . . . . . . 6
Interior Rearview Mirrors . . . . . . . . . 49
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
J Jump Starting - North
America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
K Key and Lock Messages . . . . . . . . 150
Keyless Entry
Remote (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . 29
Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
L Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . . . 301
Lamps
Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . 172
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Exterior Lamps Off
Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Exterior Lighting Battery
Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Malfunction Indicator . . . . . . . . . 132
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 Lamps (cont'd)
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . 246
Lane Departure
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . 248
Lane Keep Assist Light . . . . . . . . . 135
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
LATCH System
Replacing Parts after a
Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
LATCH, Lower Anchors and
Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Light, Auto Stop Mode . . . . . . . . . . 139
Lighting
Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 174
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Antilock Brake System
(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . 133
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Lights (cont'd)
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . 134
Engine Coolant
Temperature Warning . . . . . . . 137
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . 138
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 172
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Safety Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . 129
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Service Electric Parking
Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
StabiliTrak ®
OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Traction Control System
(TCS)/StabiliTrak ®
. . . . . . . . . . 137
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Locks
Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 138

Cadillac CT6 Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada-9235592) -
2016 - crc - 11/6/15
Index 391Low-Profile Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Lower Anchors and Tethers
for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . 60, 68
Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
M Maintenance
Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Maintenance and Care
Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 344
Recommended Fluids and
Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 132
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Massage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Memory Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Messages
Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Battery Voltage and
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Engine Cooling System . . . . . . . 149 Messages (cont'd)
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Fuel System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Key and Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Object Detection System . . . . . 151
Ride Control System . . . . . . . . . . 154
Safety Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Service Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Starting the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Steering System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Vehicle Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Mirror
Rear Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Mirrors
Automatic Dimming
Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Mirrors (cont'd)
Tilt in Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . 49
Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Driver Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Monitor System, Tire
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
N Navigation
OnStar ®
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Net, Convenience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Night Vision System . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
O Object Detection System
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Off-Road
Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Oil
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 272
Engine Oil Pressure Gauge . . . 126
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . . . 88

Cadillac CT6 Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada-9235592) -
2016 - crc - 11/6/15
392 Index Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . . 364
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
OnStar ®
Additional
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
OnStar ®
Connections . . . . . . . . . . . 377
OnStar ®
Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
OnStar ®
Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
OnStar ®
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
OnStar ®
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
OnStar ®
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Ordering
Service Publications . . . . . . . . . . 370
Outlets
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
P Park
Shifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Parking
Brake and P (Park)
Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . 286
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 209
Parking or Backing
Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 231
Passenger Airbag Status
Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Passenger Compartment Air
Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . 82
Pedestrian Ahead Indicator . . . . . 136
Perchlorate Materials
Requirements, California . . . . . . 262
Personalization
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Power
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Protection, Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . 206
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Pregnancy, Using Safety Belts . . . 74
Premium Care Maintenance
Cadillac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Privacy
Vehicle Data Recording . . . . . . . 372
Program
Courtesy Transportation . . . . . . 367
Proposition
65 Warning,
California . . . . . . . . . . . .262, 284, 327 R Radio Frequency Statement . . . . 371
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Rear Camera Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Rear Seat Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Rear Seat Pass-Through Door . . . 69
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Heated and Ventilated . . . . . . . . . . 69
Rear Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Rear Window Sunshade . . . . . . . . . 54
Rearview Mirrors
Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Recommended Fluids and
Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Recorder
Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Records
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . 331
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Remote Vehicle Start . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Replacement Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Replacement Parts
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . . . 87