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Cadillac Escalade Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
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242 Driving and Operating
Active Braking during lift throttle will be
engaged. This feature automatically applies
light braking to simulate heavy engine
braking of four-wheel-drive low. It also
applies light braking in D (Drive) until the
vehicle is at idle speeds. In L1 and L2 light
braking will typically bring the vehicle to a
stop. Active Braking during lift throttle also
reduces trailer braking.
Terrain mode automatically exits to Tour
mode if the brake temperatures become too
hot, electronic parking brake becomes
inoperable, or the vehicle cannot perform
braking or vehicle hold.
For more information on off-road driving,
seeOff-Road Driving 0209 and
Hill and Mountain Roads 0213. V Mode
If equipped, to activate V mode, press the V
mode button on the center console.
V Mode and My Mode
V mode and My mode is used to personalize
everyday driving. This mode allows the
driver to configure the vehicle system
settings to their driving preferences. My
mode will remain active every time the
vehicle is started. To customize V mode or
My mode, see
“Drive Mode Customization.”
Launch Control (V-Series Only)
Launch Control is available within V mode
only to allow high levels of vehicle
acceleration in a straight line. Launch Control is a form of traction control that
manages tire spin while launching the
vehicle. This feature is intended for use
during closed course race events where up
to 97 km (60 mph) are desirable. Launch
Control is only available when the following
criteria are met:
‐
V mode is selected.
‐ The vehicle is not moving.
‐ The steering wheel is pointing straight.
‐ The brake pedal is firmly pressed to the
floor, equivalent to a panic brake event.
‐ The accelerator pedal is rapidly applied to
wide open throttle. If the vehicle rolls due
to wide open throttle, release the
throttle, press the brake pedal more
firmly, and reapply the accelerator to
wide open throttle.
Launch Control will initially limit vehicle
speed as rapidly applying the accelerator
pedal to a wide open throttle. Allow the
engine rpm to stabilize and wait for the
traction control light to begin flashing –this
indicates that the vehicle is ready to launch.
A smooth, quick release of the brake pedal,
while maintaining the fully pressed
accelerator pedal, will manage wheel slip.

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Driving and Operating 299
Warning (Continued)
The LKA and LDW systems may not:
.Provide an alert or enough steering
assist to avoid a lane departure or
crash.
.Detect lane markings under poor
weather or visibility conditions. This
can occur if the windshield or
headlamps are blocked by dirt, snow,
or ice; if they are not in proper
condition; or if the sun shines directly
into the camera.
.Detect road edges.
.Detect lanes on winding or hilly roads.
If LKA only detects lane markings on one
side of the road, it will only assist or
provide an LDW alert when approaching
the lane on the side where it has
detected a lane marking. Even with LKA
and LDW, you must steer the vehicle.
Always keep your attention on the road
and maintain proper vehicle position
within the lane, or vehicle damage,
injury, or death could occur. Always keep
the windshield, headlamps, and camera (Continued)
Warning (Continued)
sensors clean and in good repair. Do not
use LKA in bad weather conditions or on
roads with unclear lane markings, such as
construction zones.
{Warning
Using LKA on slippery roads could cause
loss of control of the vehicle and a crash.
Turn the system off.
{Warning
LKA will not alert the driver if a towed
trailer crosses into an adjacent lane of
travel. Serious injury or property damage
may occur if the trailer moves into
another lane. Always monitor the trailer
position while towing to make sure it is
within the same lane as the tow vehicle.
How the System Works
LKA uses a camera sensor installed on the
windshield ahead of the rearview mirror to
detect lane markings. It may provide brief
steering assist if it detects an unintended lane departure. It may further provide an
audible alert or the driver seat may pulse
indicating that a lane marking has been
crossed. The system does not provide a Lane
Departure Warning (LDW) when
intentionally steering across a lane marker.
To turn LKA on and off, press
Aon the
center console. If equipped, the indicator
light on the button comes on when LKA is
on and turns off when LKA is disabled. On
some vehicles, a long press of over
three seconds is required to turn LKA off.
When on,
Ais white, if equipped,
indicating that the system is not ready
to assist.
Ais green if LKA is ready to
assist. LKA may assist by gently turning the
steering wheel if the vehicle approaches a
detected lane marking.
Ais amber when
assisting. It may also provide a Lane
Departure Warning (LDW) alert by flashing
Aamber if the vehicle crosses a
detected lane marking. Additionally, there
may be three beeps, or the driver seat may
pulse three times, on the right or left,
depending on the lane departure direction.

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448 Index
Apple CarPlay and Android Auto . . . . . . . . . .182
ArmrestStorage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Assistance Program, Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
Assistance Systems Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Parking and Backing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Audio Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Automatic Dimming Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Emergency Braking (AEB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Emergency Braking (AEB) Disabled
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Parking Assist (APA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Vehicle Hold Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Automatic Transmission
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229, 230
Automatic Vehicle Hold (AVH) . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Avoiding Untrusted Media Devices . . . . . . . .154
Axle Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356B
BatteryExterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . . . . . 143
Load Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Battery - North America . . . . . . . . . . . . 354, 398
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Bluetooth Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178, 179
Brake Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Pad Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
System Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Brake Pad Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352 Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Electric Brake Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 Automatic Emergency (AEB) . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Reverse Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Braking System
Front Pedestrian (FPB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Buckle To Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359 Bulb Replacement (cont'd)
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
C
Calibration Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
California
Perchlorate MaterialsRequirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
California Proposition 65 Warning . . . . . 1, 398
Camera Rear Vision (RVC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Capacities and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424
Carbon Monoxide Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Cargo Tie-Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Center Console
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

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456 Index
S
SafetyLocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Safety Defects Reporting Canadian Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 Buckle To Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
How to Wear Seat Belts Properly . . . . . . . 57
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Seats Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Heated and Ventilated, Front . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Heated, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Massage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Seats (cont'd)
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Second Row . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Third Row Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Second Row Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Securing Child Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87, 89
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Accessories and Modifications . . . . . . . . . 336
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422
Maintenance, General Information . . . . . 414
Parts Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
Services Special Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418
Servicing System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294 Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Special Application Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
StabiliTrak
OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Start Assist, Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Column Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Steps
Power Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Stop/Start System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Storage Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95