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Black plate (17,1)Cadillac Escalade/Escalade ESV Owner Manual - 2013 - CRC 2nd Edition - 10/
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Black plate (10,1)Cadillac Escalade/Escalade ESV Owner Manual - 2013 - CRC 2nd Edition - 10/
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i-10 INDEX
Reporting Safety DefectsCanadian Government . . . . . . 13-18
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-19
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . 13-18
Restraints Where to Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-47
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-26
Ride Control Systems Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33
Road Sensing Suspension . . . 9-40
Road Sensing Suspension . . . . 9-40
Roads Driving, Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10
Roadside Service . . . . . . . 13-7, 13-10
Roof Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-53
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . 12-4
Running the Vehicle While Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-29S
Safety Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
How to Wear Safety BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-17
Lap Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-24
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-18
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . 3-26
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . 3-24
Safety Defects Reporting Canadian Government . . . . . . 13-18
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-19
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . 13-18
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . 3-25
Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-15
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 13-13
Sealant Kit, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-62
Seats
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Heated and Ventilated Front . . . 3-7 Seats (cont'd)
Heated, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . 3-4
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . 3-3
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Second Row . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Third Row Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-13
Second Row Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Secondary Latch System . . . . . 10-79
Securing Child
Restraints . . . . . . . . 3-56, 3-57, 3-60
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-35
OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-2
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Service Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . 10-3
Engine Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16

Black plate (12,1)Cadillac Escalade/Escalade ESV Owner Manual - 2013 - CRC 2nd Edition - 10/
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i-12 INDEX
Tires (cont'd)Pressure Monitor System . . . 10-49
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-53
Sealant and
Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . . . 10-62
Sealant and Compressor Kit, Storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-69
Secondary Latch System . . . 10-79
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . 10-42
Terminology and Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-44
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-58
Wheel Alignment and Tire
Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-59
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . 10-59
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-54
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-42
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-33
Tow/Haul Mode Light . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
Towing Driving Characteristics . . . . . . . . 9-57
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-63
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 9-56
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . 10-87 Towing (cont'd)
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-59
Trailer Sway Control (TSC) . . . 9-67
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-87
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak
®Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21
Road Sensing Suspension . . . 9-40
Trailer
Sway Control (TSC) . . . . . . . . . . 9-67
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-59
Transmission Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-29
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-9
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-36
Transportation Program, Courtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-13
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Turn and Lane-Change
Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-7
U
Ultrasonic Parking Assist . . . . . . 9-44
Uniform Tire QualityGrading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-58
Universal Remote System . . . . . 5-46 Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-51
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-46
Updates Map Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-99
Using This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
V
Vehicle Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
IdentificationNumber (VIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-1
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-28
Personalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-37
Positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-97
Reminder Messages . . . . . . . . . . 5-37