coolant temperature CADILLAC ESCALADE 2017 4.G User Guide

Cadillac Escalade Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-MidEast-10293077) -
2017 - crc - 8/24/16
VEHICLE CARE 267
If Steam is Coming from the
Engine Compartment
{Warning
Steam from an overheated engine
can burn you badly, even if you just
open the hood. Stay away from the
engine if you see or hear steam
coming from it. Just turn it off and
get everyone away from the vehicle
until it cools down. Wait until there
is no sign of steam or coolant
before you open the hood.
If you keep driving when the engine
is overheated, the liquids in it can
catch fire. You or others could be
badly burned. Stop the engine if it
overheats, and get out of the
vehicle until the engine is cool.
If No Steam is Coming from the
Engine Compartment
The ENGINE OVERHEATED STOP
ENGINE or the ENGINE
OVERHEATED IDLE ENGINE message,
along with a low coolant condition,
can indicate a serious problem.If there is an engine overheat warning,
but no steam is seen or heard, the
problem may not be too serious.
Sometimes the engine can get a little
too hot when the vehicle:
.
Climbs a long hill on a hot day.
. Stops after high-speed driving.
. Idles for long periods in traffic.
. Tows a trailer; see Trailer
Towing 0247.
If the ENGINE OVERHEATED STOP
ENGINE or the ENGINE
OVERHEATED IDLE ENGINE message
appears with no sign of steam, try this
for a minute or so: 1. Turn the air conditioning off.
2. Turn the heater on to the highest temperature and to the highest
fan speed. Open the windows as
necessary.
3. When it is safe to do so, pull off the road, shift to P (Park) or
N (Neutral), and let the
engine idle.
If the engine coolant temperature
gauge is no longer in the overheat
zone or an overheat warning no longer displays, the vehicle can be driven.
Continue to drive the vehicle slowly
for about 10 minutes. Keep a safe
vehicle distance from the vehicle in
front. If the warning does not come
back on, continue to drive normally
and have the cooling system checked
for proper fill and function.
If the warning continues, pull over,
stop, and park the vehicle right away.
If there is still no sign of steam and
the vehicle is equipped with an engine
driven cooling fan, push down the
accelerator until the engine speed is
about twice as fast as normal idle
speed for at least five minutes while
the vehicle is parked. If the warning is
still there, turn off the engine and get
everyone out of the vehicle until it
cools down.
If there is no sign of steam, idle the
engine for five minutes while parked.
If the warning is still displayed, turn
off the engine until it cools down.Engine Fan
If the vehicle has electric cooling fans,
the fans may be heard spinning at low
speed during most everyday driving.

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The fans may turn off if no cooling is
required. Under heavy vehicle loading,
trailer towing, high outside
temperatures, or operation of the air
conditioning system, the fans may
change to high speed and an increase
in fan noise may be heard. This is
normal and indicates that the cooling
system is functioning properly. The
fans will change to low speed when
additional cooling is no longer
required.
The electric engine cooling fans may
run after the engine has been turned.
off. This is normal and no service is
required.
Washer Fluid
What to Use
When windshield washer fluid needs
to be added, be sure to read the
manufacturer's instructions before
use. Use a fluid that has sufficient
protection against freezing in an area
where the temperature may fall below
freezing.
Adding Washer Fluid
The vehicle has a low washer fluid
message on the DIC that comes on
when the washer fluid is low. The
message is displayed for 15 seconds at
the start of each ignition cycle. When
the WASHER FLUID LOW ADD FLUID
message displays, washer fluid will
need to be added to the windshield
washer fluid reservoir.
Open the cap with the washer symbol
on it. Add washer fluid until the tank
is full. SeeEngine Compartment
Overview 0257 for reservoir location.
Caution
.
Do not use washer fluid that
contains any type of water
repellent coating. This can
cause the wiper blades to
chatter or skip.
. Do not use engine coolant
(antifreeze) in the windshield
washer. It can damage the
windshield washer system
and paint.
. Do not mix water with
ready-to-use washer fluid.
Water can cause the solution
to freeze and damage the
washer fluid tank and other
parts of the washer system.
. When using concentrated
washer fluid, follow the
manufacturer instructions for
adding water.
. Fill the washer fluid tank only
three-quarters full when it is
very cold. This allows for
fluid expansion if freezing
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Cadillac Escalade Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-MidEast-10293077) -
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346 INDEX
Coolant (cont'd)Engine Temperature Gauge . . . . . . 127
Engine Temperature Warning
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173, 177
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 Engine Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Cornering Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Cruise Control, Adaptive . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
D
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . . . . . 2
Data Collection Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . 166
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Door
Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Ajar Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Door (cont'd)
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . . . . 341
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . 229
Driver Information Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Driving Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Characteristics and
Towing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
For Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 190
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Off-Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Winter Mode Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Dual Automatic Climate
Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
E
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . 132
Electrical Equipment, Add-On . . . . . 252
Electrical SystemEngine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283, 286
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Rear Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Engine
Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Check and Service EngineSoon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . . . . 257
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Coolant Temperature Gauge . . . . . 127
Coolant Temperature Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Cooling System Messages . . . . . . . . 146
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Fan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

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INDEX 347
Engine (cont'd)Oil Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . . . . 203
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . . . . 166
F
Fan Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Features
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Filter, Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . . . . . 168
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Fluid Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . 261 Fluid (cont'd)
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Four-Wheel Drive
Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Forward Automatic Braking . . . . . . . . 237
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209, 272
Front Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Front Seats Heated and Cooled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Economy Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Filling a Portable FuelContainer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 137
Management, Active . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Full-Size Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278 Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278 Fuses (cont'd)
Instrument Panel Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283, 286
Rear Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
G
Garage Door OpenerProgramming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Gauges
Engine Coolant Temperature . . . . 127
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Warning Lights andIndicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
General Information
Service and Maintenance . . . . . . . . 328
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Vehicle Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Glass Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

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INDEX 349
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Antilock Brake System (ABS)
Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Engine Coolant Temperature Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . . . . . 166
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Safety Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Service Electric Parking Brake . . . 133
Sport Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
StabiliTrak
®OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Winter Driving Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Locking Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219 Locks
Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Low-Profile Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH System) . . . . . . . . . 96
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
M
Magnetic Ride Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329 Recommended Fluids and
Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . . . 130
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Massage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Memory Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Messages
Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Battery Voltage and Charging . . . . 144
Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Engine Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Fuel System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Key and Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Object Detection System . . . . . . . . . 148
Ride Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Safety Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Service Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Starting the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Steering System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Vehicle Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Mirror Child-View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49