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Cadillac ELR Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S/Canada-9087644) -
2016 - crc - 9/17/15
Customer Information 345
Vehicle Data
Recording and
Privacy
The vehicle has a number of
computers that record information
about the vehicle’s performance and
how it is driven. For example, the
vehicle uses computer modules to
monitor and control engine and
electric drive unit performance, to
monitor the conditions for airbag
deployment and to deploy them in a
crash, and, if equipped, to provide
antilock braking to help the driver
control the vehicle. These modules
may store data to help the dealer
technician service the vehicle.
Some modules may also store data
about how the vehicle is operated,
such as rate of fuel consumption or
average speed. These modules may
retain personal preferences, such as
radio presets, seat positions, and
temperature settings.
Event Data Recorders
This vehicle is equipped with an
event data recorder (EDR). The
main purpose of an EDR is to
record, in certain crash or near
crash-like situations, such as an air
bag deployment or hitting a road
obstacle, data that will assist in
understanding how a vehicle’s
systems performed. The EDR is
designed to record data related to
vehicle dynamics and safety
systems for a short period of time,
typically 30 seconds or less. The
EDR in this vehicle is designed to
record such data as:
.How various systems in your
vehicle were operating;
. Whether or not the driver and
passenger safety belts were
buckled/fastened;
. How far (if at all) the driver was
depressing the accelerator and/
or brake pedal; and,
. How fast the vehicle was
traveling. These data can help provide a
better understanding of the
circumstances in which crashes and
injuries occur.
Note
EDR data are recorded by your
vehicle only if a non-trivial crash
situation occurs; no data are
recorded by the EDR under normal
driving conditions and no personal
data (e.g., name, gender, age, and
crash location) are recorded.
However, other parties, such as law
enforcement, could combine the
EDR data with the type of
personally identifying data routinely
acquired during a crash
investigation.
To read data recorded by an EDR,
special equipment is required, and
access to the vehicle or the EDR is
needed. In addition to the vehicle
manufacturer, other parties, such as
law enforcement, that have the
special equipment, can read the
information if they have access to
the vehicle or the EDR.
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Index 357
IndexA
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . . . 204
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . 234
Additional Information OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Additional Maintenance and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Adjustments Lumbar, Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Thigh Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . . . 246
Air Filter, Passenger
Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Airbag System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
How Does an Airbag
Restrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Passenger Sensing System . . . . 70
What Makes an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
What Will You See after an Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
When Should an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Airbag System (cont'd)
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . . 66
Airbags Adding Equipment to the
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Passenger Status Indicator . . . .112
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Servicing Airbag-Equipped Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Alarm Vehicle Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Alert Lane Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Side Blind Zone (SBZA) . . . . . . 218
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . 195 Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Appearance Care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Assistance Systems for Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Assistance Systems for Parking and Backing . . . . . . . . . . 212
Automatic Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
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362 Index
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . . . 274
LampsCourtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . 158
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Exterior Lamps OffReminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Exterior Lighting Battery
Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Malfunction Indicator . . . . . . . . . .113
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . 218
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Lane Departure Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
LATCH System Replacing Parts after a
Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
LATCH, Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 Lifting the Vehicle, Tires . . . . . . . . 237
Light
Ready Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Vehicle Ready . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Lighting Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 160
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Antilock Brake System
(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . .114
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . .115
Engine Coolant Temperature Warning . . . . . . . .118
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . .119
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 158
Lane Departure Warning . . . . . . .116
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Safety Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . .110
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119 Lights (cont'd)
Service Electric Parking
Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
StabiliTrak
®OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak
®. . . . . . . . . . .117
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Locks
Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 119
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
M
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Maintenance and Care Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Maintenance Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 318
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Index 363
Maintenance Schedule (cont'd)Recommended Fluids and
Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . 113
Memory Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Messages
Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Drive Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Electric Drive Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Engine Cooling System . . . . . . . 137
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Fuel System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Key and Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Object Detection System . . . . . 140
Propulsion Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Ride Control System . . . . . . . . . . 142
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Service Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Starting the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Vehicle Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Messages (cont'd)
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Mirrors
Automatic DimmingRearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Tilt in Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . 46
Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Driver Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Extended Range . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Modes Driver Selected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Monitor System, Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
N
NavigationOnStar®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . 182
O
Object Detection System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Oil Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 245
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Older Children, Restraints . . . . . . . 77
Online Owner Center . . . . . . . . . . . 336
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
OnStar
®Additional
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
OnStar
®Connections . . . . . . . . . . . 349
OnStar®Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
OnStar®Emergency . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
OnStar®Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
OnStar®Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
OnStar®Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Ordering
Service Publications . . . . . . . . . . 342
Out of Fuel/Engine Unavailable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
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364 Index
OutletsPower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
P
Park Shifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Parking Brake and P (Park)Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . 258
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 187
Parking or Backing Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 212
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Passenger Compartment Air
Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . 70
Pedestrian Safety Signal . . . . . . . . 99
Perchlorate Materials Requirements, California . . . . . . 236
Personalization Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Plug-In Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Power Button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Flows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121 Power (cont'd)
Indicator Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Protection, Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . 185
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Pregnancy, Using Safety Belts . . . 62
Privacy
Vehicle Data Recording . . . . . . . 345
Program Courtesy Transportation . . . . . . 339
Programmable Charging . . . . . . . . 123
Proposition
65 Warning,
California . . . . . . . . . . . .236, 256, 299
Propulsion Power Messages . . . 141
R
Radio Frequency Statement . . . . 343
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Ready Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Rearview Mirrors
Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327 Records
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . 306
Regenerative Braking . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Replacement Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Replacement Parts
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . . . 76
Replacing LATCH System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Replacing Safety Belt System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Reporting Safety Defects Canadian Government . . . . . . . . 344
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Requirements
Electrical Battery Charging . . . 229
Restraints Where to Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Reverse Tilt Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
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Index 365
Ride Control SystemsMessages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Roads Driving, Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Roadside Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . . 332
Running the Vehicle While Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
S
Safety Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
How to Wear Safety BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . . . 64
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . 62
Safety Defects Reporting
Canadian Government . . . . . . . . 344
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
Safety Signal Pedestrian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . 339
Sealant Kit, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292 Seats
Easy Entry Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Heated Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . . 52
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . 52
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Securing Child Restraints . . . . 89, 91
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . 239
Engine Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . 329
Maintenance, General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Parts Identification Label . . . . . 330
Publications Ordering
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . 339 Service (cont'd)
Vehicle Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Service Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Services Special Application . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . 218
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Special Application Services . . . . 324
Specifications and
Capacities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
StabiliTrak OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Start Remote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Starting and Stopping the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Starting the Vehicle Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Status Screens Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
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