2011 CADILLAC ESCALADE ESV navigation

Black plate (19,1)Cadillac Escalade/Escalade ESV Owner Manual - 2011
Customer Information 13-19
OnStar ®
If the vehicle is equipped with an
active OnStar system, that system
may also record data in crash or
near crash ‐ like situations. The
OnStar Terms and Conditions
provides information on data
collection and use and is available
in the OnStar glove box kit, at
www.onstar.com (U.S.) or
www.onstar.ca (Canada), or by
pressing the
Q button and
speaking to an advisor.
Navigation System If the vehicle has a navigation
system, use of the system may
result in the storage of destinations,
addresses, telephone numbers, and
other trip information. See Using the
Navigation System on page 7 ‑ 60 for
information on stored data and for
deletion instructions. Radio Frequency
Identification (RFID) RFID technology is used in some
vehicles for functions such as tire
pressure monitoring and ignition
system security, as well as in
connection with conveniences
such as key fobs for remote door
locking/unlocking and starting, and
in-vehicle transmitters for garage
door openers. RFID technology in
GM vehicles does not use or record
personal information or link with
any other GM system containing
personal information. Radio Frequency
Statement This vehicle has systems that
operate on a radio frequency that
comply with Part 15 of the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC)
rules and with Industry Canada
Standards RSS ‐ 210/220/310.
Operation is subject to the following
two conditions:
1. The device may not cause
interference.
2. The device must accept any
interference received, including
interference that may cause
undesired operation of the
device.
Changes or modifications to any of
these systems by other than an
authorized service facility could void
authorization to use this equipment.

Black plate (3,1)Cadillac Escalade/Escalade ESV Owner Manual - 2011
INDEX i-3Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Configure Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-83
Continuous Damping
Control (CDC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-50
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
Coolant
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-16
Engine Temperature
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-14
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-16
Engine Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33
Courtesy Transportation
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-11
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-51
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . 13-6
Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-5
Text Telephone (TTY)
Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-6
Customer Information
Service Publications
Ordering Information . . . . . . 13-15
Customer Satisfaction
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-1, 13-3 D Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . 13-12
Danger, Warnings, and
Cautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . 13-18
Database Coverage
Explanations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-99
Daytime Running
Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-6
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Destination, Navigation . . . . . . . . 7-69
Devices, Auxiliary . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-31
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10
Door
Ajar Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-32
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . 10-28, 9-45
Driver Information
Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-26 Driving
Characteristics and
Towing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-71
Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Drunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Highway Hypnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-20
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 9-20
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 9-23
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
Off-Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-21
Driving for Better Fuel
Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-23
Dual Automatic Climate
Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
DVD
Rear Seat
Entertainment
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-33, 7-43
DVD/CD Player . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-19

Black plate (8,1)Cadillac Escalade/Escalade ESV Owner Manual - 2011
i-8 INDEX
NNavigation
Destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-69
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-64
Using the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-60
Vehicle Data Recording
and Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13-19
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . 9-30
OObject Detection System
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-36
Object Detection, Side Blind
Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . 9-56
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
Off-Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7
Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
Oil
Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-7
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . 10-10
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-34
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24 Older Children, Restraints . . . . . 3-51
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . 13-6
OnStar ®
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-24
Ordering
Service Publications . . . . . . . . 13-15
Outlets
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Overheated Engine
Protection
Operating Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-22
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . 10-20
Overview, Infotainment
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-3
P Park
Shifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-36
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-37
Park Tilt Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18
Parking
Assist, Ultrasonic . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-54
Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-46
Brake and P (Park)
Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . 10-32
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 9-38 Passenger Airbag Status
Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Passenger Sensing System . . . 3-44
Perchlorate Materials
Requirements, California . . . . . 10-3
Personalization
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-40
Phone
Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-103
Power
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-7
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-16
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Protection, Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-12
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . 9-35
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-3
Steering Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-23
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20
Power Assist Steps . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Pregnancy, Using Safety
Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-32
Privacy
Radio Frequency
Identification (RFID) . . . . . . . 13-19
Problems with Route
Guidance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-97

Black plate (11,1)Cadillac Escalade/Escalade ESV Owner Manual - 2011
INDEX i-11Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Fluid, Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-23
Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Steps
Power Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13
Storage
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Storage Areas
Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-23
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
Symbols, Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . 7-64
System
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2
Roof Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
System Needs Service, If . . . . . . 7-98 T Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . 13-6
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . 2-15
Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14
Third-Row Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-14
Throttle, Adjustable . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-31
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Tires
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . 10-61
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-66
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-68
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-49
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-62
Full-Size Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-81
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . 10-66
Inflation Monitor System . . . . 10-56
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-58
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-39
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-54
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23
Pressure Monitor System . . . 10-54
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-59
Secondary Latch System . . . 10-79
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . 10-48 Tires (cont.)
Terminology and
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-49
Uniform Tire Quality
Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-63
Wheel Alignment and Tire
Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-65
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . 10-65
When It Is Time for New
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-60
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-43
Tow/Haul Mode Light . . . . . . . . . . 5-23
Towing
Driving Characteristics . . . . . . . . 9-71
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-78
General Information . . . . . . . . . . 9-70
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . 10-87
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-74
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-87
Traction
Road Sensing Suspension . . . 9-50
Trailer Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-74
Transmission
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-40
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-11
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-40