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Vehicle Care 10-1
Vehicle Care Vehicle Checks Doing Your Own
Service Work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2
Engine Compartment
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-4
Automatic Transmission
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-6
Drive Motor/Generator Control
Module (DMCM) Coolant
Surge Tank
Pressure Cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-9
Drive Motor/Generator Control
Module (DMCM) Cooling
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-9
Power Steering Fluid . . . . . . . 10-13
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-13
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . 10-14
Electrical System High Voltage Devices and
Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-15
Fuses and Circuit
Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-15
Engine Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-15 Wheels and Tires Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-17
Tire Pressure Monitor
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-18
Tire Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-22
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . 10-23
Tire Sealant and
Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . . . 10-24
Storing the Tire Sealant and
Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . . . 10-31
Jump Starting Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-31
Towing Recreational Vehicle
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-36
Appearance Care Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-40
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Black plate (15,1)Cadillac Escalade Hybrid - 2011
Vehicle Care 10-15
Electrical System High Voltage Devices and
Wiring
{ WARNINGExposure to high voltage can
cause shock, burns, and even
death. The high voltage systems
in your vehicle can only be
serviced by technicians with
special training.
High voltage devices are
identified by labels. Do not
remove, open, take apart,
or modify these devices. High
voltage cable or wiring has
orange covering. Do not probe,
tamper with, cut, or modify high
voltage cable or wiring. Fuses and Circuit
Breakers The wiring circuits in the vehicle are
protected from short circuits by a
combination of fuses, circuit
breakers and fusible thermal links.
This greatly reduces the chance of
fires caused by electrical problems.
Be sure you replace a bad fuse with
a new one of the identical size and
rating.
If you ever have a problem on the
road and do not have a spare fuse,
you can borrow one that has the
same amperage. Just pick some
feature of the vehicle that you can
get along without, like the radio or
cigarette lighter, and use its fuse,
if it is the correct amperage.
Replace it as soon as you can.
The vehicle also has a special fuse
in the battery box for the 300-volt
batteries. If this fuse has failed and
needs to be replaced, the vehicle
will be disabled and you will need to have the vehicle repaired by your
dealer. Do not attempt to
self-service this fuse.
Engine Compartment
Fuse Block Hybrid Auxiliary Engine
Compartment Fuse Block The hybrid auxiliary engine
compartment fuse block is located
in the engine compartment near the
front of the vehicle. Lift the cover for
access to the fuse/relay block. See
Engine Compartment Overview on
page 10 ‑ 4 for more information on
its location. For more information on
the main underhood fuse block, see
“ Engine Compartment Fuse Block ”
in the owner manual.
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10-16 Vehicle Care
Fuses Usage
1 ACPO (SUV Only)
2 BECM FAN
3 ACCM Fuses Usage
4 CAB HTR PMP
5 EMPTY
6 COOL PUMP Fuses Usage
7 EPS
8 Drive Motor/Generator
Control Module 1
9 Drive Motor/Generator
Control Module 2
10 BECM
J ‐ Case Usage
FAN 1 Cooling Fan 1
TRANS
PUMP Auxiliary
Transmission
Fluid Pump
FAN 2 Cooling Fan 2
CAB
HTR PMP Cab Heater Pump
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INDEX i-1
AAppearance Care
Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-40
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . 9-7
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-6
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10
BBattery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-13
Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-31
Voltage and Charging
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Brakes
Regenerative Braking . . . . . . . . . 9-16
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
CCanadian Vehicle Owners . . . . . . . . . ii
Capacities and
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-2
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-15
Cleaning
Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-40 Climate Control Systems . . . . . . . 8-1
Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
Heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-1
Cluster, IP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Compressor Kit, Tire
Sealant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-24
Coolant Surge Tank
Pressure Cap, (DMCM) . . . . . . 10-9
Cooling System, (DMCM) . . . . . . 10-9
D Door
Ajar Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Drive Motor/Generator
Control Module (DMCM)
Coolant Surge Tank
Pressure Cap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-9
Drive Motor/Generator
Control Module (DMCM)
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-9
Driver Information
Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5 E Electrical System
Engine Compartment
Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-15
Fuses and Circuit
Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-15
Engine
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 10-4
Coolant Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 12-3
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . . 9-7
Engine Oil
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-17
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i-2 INDEX
FFlat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-23
Fluid
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . 10-6
Four-Wheel Drive
Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-11
Power Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-13
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . 10-14, 9-11
Fuel Economy Gauge . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Fuses
Engine Compartment
Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-15
Fuses and Circuit
Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-15
GGauges
Fuel Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3 H Heater
Engine Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Heating and Air Conditioning . . . 8-1
High Voltage Devices and
Wiring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-15
I Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii, 7-1
J Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-31
L Lights
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4 M Maintenance Schedule
Recommended Fluids and
Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11-2
Scheduled Maintenance . . . . . . 11-1
Transfer Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-11
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10
Messages
Battery Voltage and
Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Service Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
O Oil
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-4