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Cadillac ELR Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S/Canada-9087644) -
2016 - crc - 9/17/15
76 Seats and Restraints
sensing system from properly
turning off the passenger airbag(s).
SeePassenger Sensing
System 070.
The vehicle has rollover roof-rail
airbags. See Different Size Tires
and Wheels 0287.
If you have to modify your vehicle
because you have a disability and
you have questions about whether
the modifications will affect the
vehicle's airbag system, or if you
have questions about whether the
airbag system will be affected if the
vehicle is modified for any other
reason, call Customer Assistance.
See Customer Assistance
Offices 0335.
Airbag System Check
The airbag system does not need
regularly scheduled maintenance or
replacement. Make sure the airbag
readiness light is working. See
Airbag Readiness Light 0111.
Caution
If an airbag covering is damaged,
opened, or broken, the airbag
may not work properly. Do not
open or break the airbag
coverings. If there are any
opened or broken airbag
coverings, have the airbag
covering and/or airbag module
replaced. For the location of the
airbags, see Where Are the
Airbags? 066. See your dealer
for service.
Replacing Airbag System
Parts after a Crash
{Warning
A crash can damage the airbag
systems in the vehicle.
A damaged airbag system may
not work properly and may not
protect you and your
passenger(s) in a crash, resulting
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Warning (Continued)
in serious injury or even death. To
help make sure the airbag
systems are working properly
after a crash, have them
inspected and any necessary
replacements made as soon as
possible.
If an airbag inflates, you will need to
replace airbag system parts. See
your dealer for service.
If the airbag readiness light stays on
after the vehicle is started or comes
on when you are driving, the airbag
system may not work properly. Have
the vehicle serviced right away. See
Airbag Readiness Light 0111.
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Warning (Continued)
back as it will go. It is better to
secure the child restraint in a
rear seat.
SeePassenger Sensing System
0 70 for additional information.
If the child restraint uses a top
tether, see Lower Anchors and
Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) 083 for top tether anchor
locations.
Do not secure a child seat in a
position without a top tether anchor
if a national or local law requires
that the top tether be anchored, or if
the instructions that come with the
child restraint say that the top strap
must be anchored.
In Canada, the law requires that
forward-facing child restraints have
a top tether, and that the tether be
attached. When using the lap-shoulder belt to
secure the child restraint in this
position, follow the instructions that
came with the child restraint and the
following instructions:
1. Move the seat rearward as far back as it will go and raise the
seat upward as far up as it will
go, before securing the
forward-facing child restraint.
See Power Seat Adjustment
0 52. Make sure the seatback
is in the upright position. See
Reclining Seatbacks 053.
When the passenger sensing
system has turned off the front
outboard passenger frontal
airbag and knee airbag, the off
indicator on the passenger
airbag status indicator should
light and stay lit when you start
the vehicle. See Passenger
Airbag Status Indicator 0112.
2. Put the child restraint on the seat.
3. Pick up the latch plate, and run the lap and shoulder portions
of the vehicle's safety belt through or around the restraint.
The child restraint instructions
will show you how.
Tilt the latch plate to adjust the
belt if needed.
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Instruments and Controls 97
Instruments and
Controls
Controls
Steering Wheel Adjustment . . . . 98
Steering Wheel Controls . . . . . . . 98
Heated Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . 98
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Pedestrian Safety Signal . . . . . . . 99
Windshield Wiper/Washer . . . . . . 99
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Power Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Wireless Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
Warning Lights, Gauges, and
Indicators
Warning Lights, Gauges, andIndicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Battery Gauge (High Voltage) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Fuel Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Driver Efficiency Gauge . . . . . . 109
Power Indicator Gauge . . . . . . . 109
Safety Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . 110 Airbag Readiness Light . . . . . . . 111
Passenger Airbag Status
Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Charging System Light (12-Volt Battery) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (Check Engine Light) . . . . . . . . 113
Brake System Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Service Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Antilock Brake System (ABS) Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . . 116
Traction Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
StabiliTrak®OFF Light . . . . . . . . 117
Traction Control System (TCS)/ StabiliTrak
®Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Engine Coolant Temperature Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Tire Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Engine Oil Pressure Light . . . . . 119
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . 119
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Vehicle Ready Light . . . . . . . . . . 120
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . 120
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . 120 Cruise Control Light . . . . . . . . . . 120
Door Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Information Displays
Center Stack Display . . . . . . . . . 121
Power Flows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Programmable Charging . . . . . . 123
Energy Information . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Driver Information
Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Vehicle Messages
Vehicle Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Battery and ChargingMessages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Brake System Messages . . . . . 135
Compass Messages . . . . . . . . . . 136
Cruise Control Messages . . . . . 136
Door Ajar Messages . . . . . . . . . . 137
Drive Mode Messages . . . . . . . . 137
Electric Drive Unit Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Engine Cooling System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Engine Oil Messages . . . . . . . . . 138
Fuel System Messages . . . . . . . 138
Key and Lock Messages . . . . . 139
Lamp Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Object Detection System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
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Propulsion PowerMessages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Ride Control System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Airbag System Messages . . . . 142
Security Messages . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Service Vehicle Messages . . . . 142
Starting the Vehicle
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Tire Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Vehicle Reminder Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Vehicle Speed Messages . . . . . 144
Washer Fluid Messages . . . . . . 144
Window Messages . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Vehicle Personalization
Vehicle Personalization . . . . . . . 145
Universal Remote System
Universal Remote System . . . . 152
Universal Remote System Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Universal Remote System Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Controls
Steering Wheel
Adjustment
Press the control to move the tilt
and telescoping steering wheel up
and down or forward and rearward.
Do not adjust the steering wheel
while driving.
To set the power tilt wheel memory
position, see Memory Seats 054.
Steering Wheel Controls
The infotainment system can be
operated by using the steering
wheel controls. See "Steering
Wheel Controls" in the infotainment
manual.
Heated Steering Wheel
((Heated Steering Wheel) : Press
to turn the heated steering wheel on
or off. A light next to the button
displays when the feature is
turned on.
The steering wheel takes about
three minutes to be fully heated.
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Horn
Pressaon the steering wheel pad
to sound the horn.
The pedestrian safety signal
provides a momentary soft-note
horn sound. See Pedestrian Safety
Signal 099.
Pedestrian Safety Signal
Your vehicle is equipped with an
automatic sound generation and a
manual alert.
The automatic sound is generated
to indicate the vehicle’ s presence to
pedestrians. The sound changes if
the vehicle is speeding up or
slowing down. It is activated when
the vehicle is shifted into a forward
gear or R (Reverse), up to 30 km/h
(19 mph).
An alert can also be sounded
manually while driving, such as in
parking lots. Use this feature to alert
people who may not hear your
vehicle approaching. At speeds less than 64 km/h
(40 mph), to manually sound the
pedestrian safety signal:
1. Pull the turn signal lever all the way toward you momentarily.
See Exterior Lamp Controls
0 156 andHeadlamp High/
Low-Beam Changer 0158. The
high-beam headlamps and
indicator light will turn on, and
a soft-note alert will
momentarily sound. When the
turn signal lever is released,
the high-beam headlamps and
indicator light will turn off.
2. Repeat for additional activations of the pedestrian
safety signal.
Windshield Wiper/Washer
With the ignition in ACC/
ACCESSORY or ON/RUN, move
the windshield wiper lever to select
the wiper speed.
HI : Use for fast wipes.
LO : Use for slow wipes.
INT (Intermittent Wipes/Rainsense
Wipe Sensitivity Control) : Move
the windshield wiper lever to INT.
Turn the
xINT band on the wiper
lever to adjust the sensitivity. To turn
the Rainsense feature on or off, see
“Rainsense Wipers” underVehicle
Personalization 0145.
When Rainsense is turned off, move
the lever up to INT for intermittent
wipes, then turn the
xINT band
up for more frequent wipes or down
for less frequent wipes.
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If the windshield wipers are in use
for about six seconds while driving,
the exterior lamps come on
automatically if the exterior lamp
control is in AUTO. The transition
time for the lamps coming on varies
based on wiper speed. See“Lights
On with Wipers” underAutomatic
Headlamp System 0158.
OFF : Use to turn the wipers off.
1X (Mist) : For a single wipe, briefly
move the wiper lever down. For
several wipes, hold the wiper
lever down.
Clear snow and ice from the wiper
blades and windshield before using
them. If frozen to the windshield,
carefully loosen or thaw them.
Damaged blades should be
replaced. See Wiper Blade
Replacement 0259.
Heavy snow or ice can overload the
wiper motor.
Wiper Parking
If the ignition is put in OFF while the
wipers are on LO, HI, or INT, they
will immediately stop. If the windshield wiper lever is then
moved to OFF before the driver
door is opened or within 10 minutes,
the wipers will restart and move to
the base of the windshield.
If the ignition is put in OFF while the
wipers are performing wipes due to
windshield washing or Rainsense,
the wipers continue to run until they
reach the base of the windshield.
The wiper arms can be moved
manually when the ignition is off for
replacing or cleaning under the
blades. The wiper arms will return to
their normal position when the
ignition is turned on.
Rainsense™
With Rainsense, a sensor near the
top center of the windshield detects
the amount of water on the
windshield and controls the
frequency of the windshield wiper.
Keep this area of the windshield
clear of debris to allow for best
system performance.
INT (Intermittent Wipes/Rainsense
Wipe Sensitivity Control) :
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.
This feature can be turned on or off,
see “Rainsense Wipers” under
Vehicle Personalization 0145
Wiper Arm Assembly Protection
When using an automatic car wash,
move the windshield wiper lever to
OFF. This disables the automatic
Rainsense windshield wipers.
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2. Remove all objects from thecharging pad. The system may
not charge if there are any
objects on the charging pad.
3. Place the mobile device face up on the
@symbol on the
charging pad.
4. The
~will display on theV
on the infotainment screen.
This indicates that the mobile
device is properly positioned
and charging. If a phone is
placed on the charging pad
and
~does not display,
remove the phone from the
pad, and wait three seconds
before placing/aligning the
phone on the pad again.
Keep the storage door closed while
driving.
Warning Lights,
Gauges, and
Indicators
Warning lights and gauges can
signal that something is wrong
before it becomes serious enough
to cause an expensive repair or
replacement. Paying attention to the
warning lights and gauges could
prevent injury.
Some warning lights come on briefly
when the propulsion system is
started to indicate they are working.
When one of the warning lights
comes on and stays on while
driving, or when one of the gauges
shows there may be a problem,
check the section that explains what
to do. Waiting to do repairs can be
costly and even dangerous.
Instrument Cluster
The instrument cluster displays a
preview of information that includes
electric range, charging, odometer,
and battery status. This happens
upon entry when the driver door is opened, and following the welcome
animation, before starting the
vehicle.
The CHARGING OVERRIDE/
INTERRUPT OCCURRED message
may display to indicate that a
charging override or interruption has
occurred due to one or more of the
following events:
.
Override of the charge settings
by the owner using OnStar.
. Unintended interruption of AC
power at the vehicle's
charge port.
. Interruption of charging by the
utility company using OnStar as
authorized by the vehicle owner.
There are several screens that will
display depending on the current
charging status.
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Reconfigurable Instrument
Cluster
There are four uplevel instrument
cluster display configurations to
choose from: Classic, Modern,
Classic Enhanced, or Modern
Enhanced.
Classic
Modern
Classic Enhanced
Modern Enhanced
Use the five-way control on the right
side of the steering wheel to move
between the different display zones
and scroll through the different
displays.
To change the cluster configuration:
1. Press
Sto access the cluster
applications. 2. Use
yorzto scroll through
the list until Display Layout is
highlighted. Then press SEL to
select it.
3. Each layout in the menu is represented by a small preview
image of the display layout.
Scroll up or down and highlight
the selection. Press SEL to
select the desired cluster
configuration.
4. Exit the Display Layout menu by pressing
S.
Cluster Menu
There is an interactive display area
in the center of the instrument
cluster.
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