
Cadillac XTS Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-MidEast-9369806) - 2016 -
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300 Service and Maintenance
‐High use commercial vehicles
such as courier delivery
vehicles, private security patrol
vehicles or any vehicles that
operate on a 24 hour basis.
‐ Any vehicle consistently
operated in a high sand or
dust environment such as
those used on oil pipelines
and similar applications.
. Vehicles that are regularly used
for short trips of 6 kilometers
or less
If your vehicle has an Oil Life
Indicator, the indicator will show
you when to change the oil and
filter. Under severe conditions
the indicator may come on
before 10 000 km/6,000 mi. The
indicator won't detect dust in the
oil, so if you drive in a dusty
area you may have to change
the oil and filter sooner than
every 10 000 km/6,000 mi.
Note: All vehicles with
rear-wheel drive —change
driveline axle oil every
30 000 km/19,000 mi if vehicle is
used for towing purposes. * Footnote: Under extreme
driving conditions listed above, it
may be necessary to replace
your spark plugs at more
frequent intervals. For further
assistance in determining the
most suitable service
maintenance intervals for your
vehicle, please contact your
authorized GM Dealer.
Additional Required Services
–
Severe Service
Every 72 000 km/45,000 mi
. Automatic transmission fluid
change. See Automatic
Transmission Fluid 0237.
. Change rear axle fluid.

Cadillac XTS Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-MidEast-9369806) - 2016 -
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Index 311
Assistance Systems forParking and Backing . . . . . . . . . . 206
Automatic Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Level Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Automatic Transmission Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Shift Lock Control FunctionCheck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
B
Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248Exterior Lighting BatterySaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Jump Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Voltage and Charging Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . . 250
Brake Parking, Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
System Warning Light . . . . . . . . 121
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247 Brakes (cont'd)
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . 180
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 Back-up Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Headlamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
High Intensity Discharge(HID) Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
License Plate Lamps . . . . . . . . . 252
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
C
Calibration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Capacities and Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
Carbon Monoxide Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
Trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Cargo Management System . . . . . . . . . 101
Tie-Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Caution, Danger, and Warning . . . . 2
Center Console Storage . . . . . . . . . 99
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Charging Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . 119
Check
Malfunction IndicatorEngine Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Child Restraints Infants and Young Children . . . . . 82
Lower Anchors and Tethersfor Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93, 95
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Cigarette Lighter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Cleaning Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Climate Control Systems Dual Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Compact Spare Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Compartments Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

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312 Index
ControlTraction and Electronic
Stability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Coolant Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Engine Temperature Gauge . . .116
Engine TemperatureWarning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 Engine Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Courtesy Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Cover Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Cruise Control, Adaptive . . . . . . . . 198
D
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . 2
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . 308
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171 Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Door
Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Ajar Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Rear Seat Pass-Through . . . . . . . 62
Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . 307
Drive Systems All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . 189, 249
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . 205
Driver Information Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Driving Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 210
Characteristics and
Towing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
For Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . 25
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 175
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 176
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 Dual Automatic Climate
Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
E
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . 190
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . 122
Electrical Equipment,
Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Electrical System Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . 254
Instrument Panel Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Rear Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Check and Service EngineSoon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 230
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Coolant Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Coolant Temperature
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Cooling System Messages . . . 137

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Messages (cont'd)Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Mirrors Automatic Dimming
Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Folding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Tilt in Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Monitor System, Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
N
Net, Convenience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . 180
O
Object Detection SystemMessages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Oil Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Engine Oil Life System . . . . . . . 236
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 Older Children, Restraints . . . . . . . 80
Operating Mode
Overheated EngineProtection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Outlets Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Overheated Engine
Protection Operating Mode . . . . 244
Overheating, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
P
Park Shifting Into . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Shifting Out of . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Parking Brake and P (Park)Mechanism Check . . . . . . . . . . 249
Over Things That Burn . . . . . . . 185
Parking or Backing Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 206
Passenger Airbag Status
Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Passenger Compartment Air Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . 74
Personalization Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Power Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Power (cont'd)
Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Protection, Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Retained Accessory (RAP) . . . 184
Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Steering Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Pregnancy, Using Safety Belts . . . 67
Privacy
Vehicle Data Recording . . . . . . . 308
R
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Rear AxleLimited-Slip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Rear Climate Control System . . . 166
Rear Seat Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Rear Seat Pass-Through Door . . . 62
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Rear Window Sunshade . . . . . . . . . 46
Rearview Mirrors Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
Records
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303