2014 CADILLAC SRX steering wheel adjustment

Black plate (1,1)Cadillac SRX Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
6081464) - 2014 - CRC - 10/4/13
In Brief 1-1
In Brief
Instrument Panel
Instrument Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Initial Drive Information
Initial Drive Information . . . . . . . . 1-4
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE)System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Remote Vehicle Start . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7
Memory Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Heated and Ventilated Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
Head Restraint Adjustment . . . . 1-9
Safety Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10 Mirror Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10
Steering Wheel
Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
Throttle and Brake Pedal Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
Interior Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
Exterior Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
Windshield Wiper/Washer . . . . 1-13
Climate Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15
Vehicle Features
Steering Wheel Controls . . . . . 1-15
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-16
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . 1-17
Driver Information Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-17
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-17
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-17 Side Blind Zone
Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18
Ultrasonic Parking Assist . . . . 1-18
Active Emergency Braking
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18
Storage Compartments . . . . . . 1-18
Power Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19
Universal Remote System . . . 1-19
Performance and Maintenance
Traction Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19
Tire Pressure Monitor . . . . . . . . 1-20
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . 1-20
Driving for Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-21
Roadside Service . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-22
OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-22

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In Brief 1-3
1.Air Vents on page 8-7.
2. Turn Signal Lever. See Turn and
Lane-Change Signals on
page 6-6.
3. Cruise Control on page 9-33.
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System on page 9-49.
4. Instrument Cluster on page 5-10.
5. Steering Wheel Controls on
page 5-2.
Driver Information Center (DIC)
Controls. See Driver Information
Center (DIC) on page 5-26.
6. Windshield Wiper/Washer on
page 5-3.
Rear Window Wiper/Washer on
page 5-5.
7. Infotainment on page 7-1.
8. Light Sensor. See Twilight
Sentinel on page 6-5.
9. Dual Automatic Climate Control
System on page 8-1. 10.
Exterior Lamp Controls on
page 6-1.
Front Fog Lamps on page 6-7
(If Equipped).
Instrument Panel Illumination
Control on page 6-7.
11. Hood Release. See Hood on
page 10-4.
12. Data Link Connector (DLC) (Out of View). See Malfunction
Indicator Lamp on page 5-16.
13. Steering Wheel Adjustment on
page 5-2.
14. Horn on page 5-3.
15. Pedal Adjust Control (Out of View) (If Equipped). See
Adjustable Throttle and Brake
Pedal on page 9-15.
16. ENGINE START/STOP Button. SeeIgnition Positions on
page 9-15.
17. Hazard Warning Flashers on
page 6-6. 18.
Heated and Ventilated Front
Seats on page 3-8 (If
Equipped).
19. CD Player. See Infotainment
on page 7-1.
Blu-Ray
®Optical Drive (If
Equipped). See Infotainment
on page 7-1.
20. Parking Brake on page 9-28.
21. Shift Lever. See Automatic
Transmission on page 9-22.
22. Lane Departure Warning Button (If Equipped). See Lane
Departure Warning (LDW) on
page 9-55.
Parking Assist (If Equipped).
See Driver Assistance Systems
on page 9-44.
Economy Mode (If Equipped).
See Fuel Economy Mode on
page 9-25.
23. Front Storage on page 4-2 (If
Equipped).
24. Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control on page 9-30.

Black plate (11,1)Cadillac SRX Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
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In Brief 1-11
2. Press the arrows on the controlpad 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 equipped, 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 2-22.
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.
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.

Black plate (1,1)Cadillac SRX Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
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Instruments and Controls 5-1
Instruments and
Controls
Controls
Steering Wheel Adjustment . . . 5-2
Steering Wheel Controls . . . . . . 5-2
Heated Steering Wheel . . . . . . . 5-3
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Windshield Wiper/Washer . . . . . 5-3
Rear Window Wiper/Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5
Headlamp Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Power Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7
Cigarette Lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Ashtrays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8
Warning Lights, Gauges, and
Indicators
Warning Lights, Gauges, and Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-9
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . 5-10
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-11
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12 Fuel Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Engine Coolant Temperature
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-13
Safety Belt Reminders . . . . . . . 5-13
Airbag Readiness Light . . . . . . 5-14
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-15
Charging System Light . . . . . . 5-16
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-16
Brake System Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-19
Service Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
Antilock Brake System (ABS) Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-20
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . 5-21
Traction Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-21
StabiliTrak®OFF Light . . . . . . . 5-22
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak
®Light . . . . 5-22
Engine Coolant Temperature Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22
Tire Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . 5-23
Engine Oil Pressure Light . . . . 5-23 Fuel Economy Light . . . . . . . . . 5-24
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . 5-24
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-24
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . 5-25
Adaptive Forward Lighting
(AFL) Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-25
Front Fog Lamp Light . . . . . . . . 5-25
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . 5-25
Cruise Control Light . . . . . . . . . 5-26
Information Displays
Driver Information Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-26
Vehicle Messages
Vehicle Messages . . . . . . . . . . . 5-29
Battery Voltage and ChargingMessages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-29
Brake System Messages . . . . 5-29
Compass Messages . . . . . . . . . 5-30
Cruise Control Messages . . . . 5-30
Door Ajar Messages . . . . . . . . . 5-31
Engine Cooling System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-31
Engine Oil Messages . . . . . . . . 5-32
Engine Power Messages . . . . 5-32
Fuel System Messages . . . . . . 5-33
Key and Lock Messages . . . . . 5-33
Lamp Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-33

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5-2 Instruments and Controls
Object Detection SystemMessages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-34
Ride Control System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-37
Airbag System Messages . . . . 5-37
Security Messages . . . . . . . . . . 5-38
Service Vehicle Messages . . . 5-38
Starting the Vehicle
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-38
Tire Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-38
Transmission Messages . . . . . 5-39
Vehicle Reminder Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-39
Vehicle Speed Messages . . . . 5-39
Washer Fluid Messages . . . . . 5-39
Vehicle Personalization
Vehicle Personalization . . . . . . 5-40
Universal Remote System
Universal Remote System . . . 5-46
Universal Remote System Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-46
Universal Remote System Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-49
Controls
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.
Steering Wheel Controls
For vehicles with audio steering
wheel controls, some audio controls
can be adjusted at the steering
wheel.
g(Push to Talk):
For vehicles with
OnStar®or a Bluetooth system,
press to talk or interact with those
systems. See OnStar Overview on
page 14-1 or“Bluetooth” in the
infotainment manual.

Black plate (11,1)Cadillac SRX Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-
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INDEX i-11
StabiliTrakOFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-22
Start Assist, Hills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-30
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . 2-8
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . 10-23
Starting the Gasoline Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-17
Starting the Vehicle Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-38
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4 Fluid, Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-18
Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
Storage Areas Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Cargo Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Cargo Management System . . . 4-5
Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . 4-1
Storing the Tire Sealant and Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . 10-72 Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-25
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv
System
Active Emergency Braking . . . . 9-51
Forward CollisionAlert (FCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-49
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-1, 13-14
Roof Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Systems
Driver Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-44
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-12
Text Telephone (TTY) Users . . . 13-4
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . 2-18Immobilizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-18
Thigh Support Adjustment . . . . . . 3-5
Throttle, Adjustable . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-15
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6
Tires Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . 10-58
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-62
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-73
Compact Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-79 Tires (cont'd)
Designations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-46
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-59
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . 10-63
Inflation Monitor System . . . . 10-52
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-55
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-38
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-51
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-23
Pressure Monitor System . . . 10-51
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-56
Sealant and
Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . . . 10-65
Sealant and Compressor
Kit, Storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-72
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . . 10-44
Terminology and Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-46
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-60
Wheel Alignment and Tire Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-61
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . 10-62
When It Is Time for New
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-57
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-43