CADILLAC SRX 2013 2.G User Guide

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In Brief 1-5
Press and holdLfor
three seconds to sound the panic
alarm.
Press
Lagain or start the vehicle
to cancel the panic alarm.
8: Press and hold to open or
close the liftgate.
Press the key release button near
the bottom of the transmitter to
remove the key. The key can be
used for the driver door and the
glove box.
See Keys on page 2‑2 andRemote
Keyless Entry (RKE) System
Operation on page 2‑3.
Remote Vehicle Start
If available, this feature allows the
engine to be started from outside of
the vehicle.
Starting the Vehicle
1. Press and releaseQon the
RKE transmitter. 2. Immediately press and hold
/
for at least two seconds until the
turn signal lamps flash.
When the vehicle starts, the parking
lamps will remain on as long as the
engine is running. The doors will be
locked and the climate control
system may come on.
The engine will continue to run for
10 minutes. Repeat the steps for a
10-minute time extension. Remote
start can be extended only once.
Canceling a Remote Start
To cancel a remote start, do any of
the following:
.Press and hold/until the
parking lamps turn off.
.Turn on the hazard warning
flashers.
.Turn the vehicle on and then off.
See Remote Vehicle Start on
page 2‑9.
Door Locks
Keyless Access
When the Remote Keyless Entry
(RKE) transmitter is within 1 m (3 ft)
of the driver door, pressing the lock/
unlock button on that door handle
will lock/unlock the doors. If the
lock/unlock button is pressed again
within five seconds, all passenger
doors will unlock. See Remote
Keyless Entry (RKE) System
Operation on page 2‑3.

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Remote Keyless Entry (RKE)
To lock or unlock the doors from
the outside, press
QorKon the
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE)
transmitter. See Remote Keyless
Entry (RKE) System Operation on
page 2‑3.
Key
To lock or unlock the door, use the
key in the driver door. Turn the key
counterclockwise once to unlock the
driver door; turning the key again
will unlock the passenger doors.
Inside the Vehicle
To unlock a door from the inside,
pull once on the door handle to
unlock it, and a second time to
open it.
Power Door Locks
There is a power door lock switch
on the front door panels.
Q: Press to lock the doors.
K: Press to unlock the doors.
See Power Door Locks on
page 2‑11.
Liftgate
Manual Liftgate Operation
For vehicles without keyless access,
unlock the vehicle before opening
the liftgate.
Press the touch pad in the handle of
the liftgate, above the license plate,
and lift up to open.
Do not press the touch pad while
closing the liftgate. This will cause
the liftgate to be unlatched.
Power Liftgate Operation
On vehicles with a power liftgate,
the switch is on the driver door. The
vehicle must be in P (Park) to use
the power feature. The taillamps
flash when the power liftgate
moves.

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Choose a power liftgate mode by
turning the dial on the switch until
the indicator lines up with the
desired position. Press the center of
the switch.
The three modes are:
MAX:The liftgate opens to the full
open height.
3/4: The liftgate opens to a reduced
height that can be set by the vehicle
operator in a range of approximately
three-quarters open to full open.
OFF: The liftgate only operates
manually in this position.
See Liftgate on page 2‑13.Windows
Press or pull the switch part of the
way to open or close the window.
Fully press the front of the
switch down and release it to
express-down the window. Fully pull
the switch up and release it to
express-up the window.
Press
v{to activate the window
lockout on the rear doors.
See Power Windows on page 2‑22.
Remote Window Operation
The vehicle may have remote
operating windows that will open
all the windows from outside the
vehicle by pressing and holding
K
on the Remote Keyless Entry (RKE)
transmitter.
SeePower Windows on page 2‑22.

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Seat Adjustment
Manual Seats
To adjust a manual seat:
1. Pull the handle at the front of theseat cushion.
2. Move the seat forward or rearward to adjust the seat
position.
3. Release the handle to stop the seat from moving. 4. Try to move the seat back and
forth to be sure it is locked in
place.
To raise or recline the seatback, use
the lever on the outboard side of
the seat.
See Seat Adjustment on page 3‑4
and Reclining Seatbacks on
page 3‑6.
Power Seats
1. Seat Position Control
2. Seatback Adjustment Control
3. Lumbar Adjustment Control To adjust a power seat, if equipped:
.Move the seat forward or
rearward by sliding the
control (1) forward or rearward.
.Raise or lower the front part of
the seat cushion by moving the
front of the control (1) up
or down.
.Raise or lower the entire seat by
moving the rear of the control (1)
up or down.
See
Power Seat Adjustment on
page 3‑4.
.Raise or recline the seatback by
tilting control (2) forward or
rearward.
See Reclining Seatbacks on
page 3‑6.
.Increase or decrease the lumbar
support by pressing and holding
the front or rear of control (3).
See Lumbar Adjustment on
page 3‑5.

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Memory Features
If equipped, the“1,” “2,”and MEM
buttons on the outboard side of the
driver seat are used to manually
save and recall the positions of the
driver seat, outside mirrors, and
adjustable throttle and brake pedal
positions.
See Memory Seats on page 3‑7 and
Vehicle Personalization on
page 5‑40.
Heated and Ventilated
Seats
Heated and Ventilated Seat
Buttons Shown, Heated Seat Buttons Similar
If available, the buttons are near the
climate controls on the center stack.
To operate, the ignition must be in
ON/RUN/START.
Press
MorLto heat the driver or
passenger seat. Press
Cor{, if available, to
ventilate the driver or passenger
seat. A ventilated seat has a fan
that pulls or pushes air through the
seat. The air is not cooled.
Press the button once for the
highest setting. With each press of
the button, the seat will change to
the next lower setting, and then to
the off setting. The indicator lights
next to the buttons indicate three for
the highest setting and one for the
lowest. If the front heated seats are
on high, the level may automatically
be lowered after approximately
30 minutes.
See Heated and Ventilated Front
Seats on page 3‑9.
The heated and ventilated front
seats can also be programmed to
come on during a remote start.
See Vehicle Personalization on
page 5‑40.

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Head Restraint
Adjustment
Do not drive until the head restraints
for all occupants are installed and
adjusted properly.
To achieve a comfortable seating
position, change the seatback
recline angle as little as necessary
while keeping the seat and the
head restraint height in the proper
position.
SeeHead Restraints on page 3‑2
and Seat Adjustment on page 3‑4.
Safety Belts
Refer to the following sections for
important information on how to use
safety belts properly:
.Safety Belts on page 3‑13.
.How to Wear Safety Belts
Properly on page 3‑14.
.Lap-Shoulder Belt on page 3‑15.
.Lower Anchors and Tethers for
Children (LATCH System) on
page 3‑41.
Passenger Sensing
System
United States
Canada and Mexico
The passenger sensing system
will turn off the front outboard
passenger frontal airbag under
certain conditions. No other airbag
is affected by the passenger
sensing system.

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The passenger airbag status
indicator will be visible on the
overhead console when the vehicle
is started. SeePassenger Sensing
System on page 3‑27.
Mirror Adjustment
Exterior
Manual Folding Mirrors Shown,
Power Folding Similar
To adjust the mirror:
1. Move the selector switch to L (Left) or R (Right) to choose the
driver or passenger mirror. 2. Press the arrows on the control
pad to move each mirror to the
desired position.
3. Return the selector switch to the center position.
See Folding Mirrors on page 2‑20.
Automatic Dimming Mirror
If the vehicle has the automatic
dimming mirror, the driver outside
mirror and the inside rearview mirror
automatically adjust for the glare of
headlamps behind you. See
Automatic Dimming Mirror on
page 2‑21 orAutomatic Dimming
Rearview Mirror on page 2‑21.
Steering Wheel
Adjustment
To adjust the steering wheel:
1. Pull the lever down.
2. Move the steering wheel up
or down.
3. Pull or push the steering wheel closer or away from you.
4. Pull the lever up to lock the steering wheel in place.
Do not adjust the steering wheel
while driving.

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Throttle and Brake Pedal
Adjustment
If the vehicle has this feature, the
position of the throttle and brake
pedals can be adjusted.
The switch used to adjust the
pedals is located on the right side of
the steering column, below the
wiper stalk. Pull the switch toward
you to move the pedals further from
the floor, or push the switch away
from you to move the pedals closer
to the floor.See
Adjustable Throttle and Brake
Pedal on page 9‑15.
Interior Lighting
Dome Lamps
The dome lamp controls are in the
overhead console.
To change the dome lamp settings,
press the following:
*: Turns the lamp off, even when
a door is open.
1: The lamp comes on when a
door is opened.
+: Turns the dome lamp on.
Reading Lamps
There are reading lamps on the
overhead console and over the rear
passenger doors. These lamps
come on when any door is opened.
To manually turn the reading lamps
on or off:
.For the overhead console
reading lamps, press the
mor
nnext to each lamp.
.For the rear passenger reading
lamps, press the lamp lens.
For more information on interior
lighting, see Instrument Panel
Illumination Control on page 6‑6.

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Exterior Lighting
The exterior lamp control is on the
instrument panel to the left of the
steering column.
There are four positions:
O:Briefly turn to this position to
turn the automatic light control off or
on again. AUTO:
Turns the headlamps on
automatically at normal brightness,
together with the parking lamps,
taillamps, license plate lamps, and
instrument panel lights.
;: Turns the parking lamps on
together with the taillamps, license
plate lamps, and instrument panel
lights.
3: Turns the headlamps on
together with the parking lamps,
taillamps, license plate lamps, and
instrument panel lights.
#: For vehicles with fog lamps,
press to turn the lamps on or off.
See:
.Exterior Lamp Controls on
page 6‑1
.Daytime Running Lamps (DRL)
on page 6‑2
Windshield Wiper/Washer
With the ignition in ACC/
ACCESSORY or ON/RUN/START,
move the windshield wiper lever to
select the wiper speed.
HI: Use for fast wipes.
LO: Use for slow wipes.

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INT:Use for intermittent
wipes. To adjust wipe frequency,
turn the
xINT band up for more
frequent wipes or down for less
frequent wipes. If the vehicle has
Rainsense™, see the following
Rainsense information.
OFF: Use to turn the wipers off.
8:For a single wipe, briefly move
the wiper lever down. For several
wipes, hold the wiper lever down.
Windshield Washer
Pull the windshield wiper lever
toward you to spray windshield
washer fluid and activate the wipers.
Rainsense™
For vehicles with Rainsense:
INT: Move the windshield wiper
lever to INT. Turn the
xINT band
on the wiper lever to adjust the
sensitivity.
.Turn the band up for more
sensitivity to moisture.
.Turn the band down for less
sensitivity to moisture.
.Move the windshield wiper lever
out of the INT position to
deactivate Rainsense.
Rear Window Wiper/Washer
The rear wiper controls are on the
end of the windshield wiper lever.
ON: Press the upper portion of the
button for continuous rear window
wipes.
OFF: The rear wiper turns off when
the button is returned to the middle
position.
INT: Press the lower portion of the
button to set a delay between
wipes.
a: Push the windshield wiper
lever forward to spray washer fluid
on the rear window.
See Windshield Wiper/Washer on
page 5‑3 andRear Window Wiper/
Washer on page 5‑5.