Buick Cascada Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S.-9967834) - 2017 - crc -
7/18/16
Driving and Operating
217
Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . 221
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . 222
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . 223
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . 227
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 234
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Brakes
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . 237
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . 239
Ride Control Systems
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Driver Assistance Systems
Parking or Backing . . . . . . . . . . 244
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Fuel
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
California Fuel
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Fuels in Foreign Countries . . . 250
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Trailer Towing
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Conversions and Add-Ons