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not limit wheel spin, the Electronic
Limited-Slip Differential (eLSD) allows
increased vehicle agility, and more
effort is required to turn the steering
wheel. See“Limited-Slip Differential
(V-Series Only)” later in this section.
Adjust your driving accordingly.
Press
Yagain, or turn the ignition to
ACC/ACCESSORY and restart the
vehicle, to turn TCS back on. The
traction off light
iand StabiliTrak
OFF light
gwill go out in the
instrument cluster.
Caution
When traction control is turned off,
or Competitive Driving Mode is
active, it is possible to lose traction.
Performance Traction
Management (V-Series Only)
Performance Traction Management
(PTM) integrates the Traction Control,
StabiliTrak, and Selective Ride Control
systems to provide improved and
consistent performance when
cornering. The amount of available engine power is based on the mode
selected, track conditions, driver skill,
and the radius of each corner.
This light is on when the vehicle is in
the PTM mode.
To select this optional handling mode,
the vehicle mode must be Track. Then
quickly press
Yon the center
console two times. PERF TRAC 1 -
WET ACTIVE HANDLING ON displays
in the DIC.
When PTM is active, the up and down
buttons will no longer change Drive
Modes, but instead change PTM
modes.
To select a mode while in PTM, press
the Driver Mode Control/PTM buttons
on the center console.
To experience the performance benefit
of this system, after entering a curve
and at the point where normal acceleration occurs, fully push the
accelerator pedal. The PTM system
will modify the level of engine power
for a smooth and consistent
corner exit.
The PTM system contains five modes.
These modes are selected by pressing
the Driver Mode Control/PTM buttons
on the center console. Scroll up or
down through modes 1–5 by pressing
the MODE SELECT up and down
buttons The following is a DIC display
description and the recommended
usage of each mode:PERF TRAC 1
–WET ACTIVE
HANDLING ON
. Intended for all driver skill levels.
. Wet or damp conditions only —
not intended for use in heavy rain
or standing water.
. StabiliTrak is on and engine power
is reduced based on conditions.
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The Launch Control feature will
initially limit engine speed as the
driver rapidly applies the accelerator
pedal to wide open throttle. Allow the
engine rpm to stabilize. A smooth,
quick release of the brake pedal, while
maintaining the fully pressed
accelerator pedal, will manage
wheel slip.
After the vehicle is launched, the
system continues in Competitive
Driving Mode or Performance Traction
Management (V-Series).
Competitive Driving Mode, PTM, and
Launch Control are systems designed
for a closed course race track and not
intended for use on public roads. The
systems are not intended to
compensate for lack of driver
experience or familiarity with the race
track.Limited-Slip Differential
(Except V-Series)
If equipped, the mechanical
limited-slip differential can give more
traction on snow, mud, ice, sand,
or gravel. It works like a standard axle
most of the time, but when traction is
low, this feature allows the drive
wheel with the most traction to move
the vehicle. For vehicles with
limited-slip differential, driven under
severe conditions, the rear axle fluid
should be changed. SeeCompetitive
Driving Mode 0214 and Maintenance
Schedule 0324.
Limited-Slip Differential
(V-Series Only)
If equipped, the Electronic
Limited-Slip Differential (eLSD) is
automatically activated. eLSD actively
monitors vehicle sensors and driver
inputs to determine the amount of
change for the conditions. With eLSD,
the vehicle has:
.
Enhanced high-speed control. .
Improved traction through
corners, allowing more
acceleration.
. More precise steering.
. Increased vehicle agility.
. Integration with StabiliTrak.
For vehicles with eLSD, driven under
severe conditions, the rear axle fluid
should be changed. See Competitive
Driving Mode 0214 and Maintenance
Schedule 0324.
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Setting Cruise Control
If the
Jbutton is on when not in
use, SET− or +RES could get pressed
and go into cruise when not desired.
Keep the
Jbutton off when cruise is
not being used.
1. Press
J.
2. Get up to the desired speed.
3. Press and release SET−.
4. Remove your foot from the accelerator.
When the cruise control has been set
to the desired speed, a green cruise
control indicator appears on the
instrument cluster and a cruise set
speed message appears on the
Head-Up Display (HUD), if equipped.
Resuming a Set Speed
If the cruise control is set at a desired
speed and then the brakes are applied
or
*is pressed , the cruise control is
disengaged without erasing the set
speed from memory. Once the vehicle speed reaches about
40 km/h (25 mph) or more, press the
+RES up to the first detent briefly. The
vehicle returns to the previous set
speed.
Increasing Speed While Cruise
Control is at a Set Speed
If the cruise control system is already
activated:
.
Press and hold +RES up until the
desired speed is reached, then
release it.
. To increase vehicle speed in small
increments, briefly press +RES up
to the first detent. For each press,
the vehicle goes about 1 km/h
(1 mph) faster.
. To increase vehicle speed in larger
increments, briefly press +RES up
to the second detent. For each
press, the vehicle speed increases
to the next 5 km/h (5 mph) mark
on the speedometer.
The speedometer reading can be
displayed in either English or metric
units. See Instrument Cluster 0114.
The increment value used depends on
the units displayed. Reducing Speed While Cruise
Control is at a Set Speed
If the cruise control system is already
activated:
.
Press and hold SET− down until
the desired lower speed is reached,
then release it.
. To decrease the vehicle speed in
small increments, briefly press
SET− down to the first detent. For
each press, the vehicle goes about
1 km/h (1 mph) slower.
. To decrease the vehicle speed in
larger increments, briefly press
SET− down to the second detent.
For each press, the vehicle speed
decreases to the next 5 km/h
(5 mph) mark on the speedometer.
The cruise control system may
automatically brake to slow the
vehicle down (CTS model only).
The speedometer reading can be
displayed in either English or metric
units. See Instrument Cluster 0114.
The increment value used depends on
the units displayed.
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alerts will vary based on vehicle speed.
The faster the vehicle speed, the
farther away the alert will occur.
Consider traffic and weather
conditions when selecting the alert
timing. The range of selectable alert
timing may not be appropriate for all
drivers and driving conditions.
If your vehicle is equipped with
Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC),
changing the FCA timing setting
automatically changes the ACC
following gap setting (Far, Medium,
or Near).
Following Distance Indicator
The following distance to a moving
vehicle ahead in your path is indicated
in following time in seconds on the
Driver Information Center (DIC). See
Driver Information Center (DIC)0132.
The minimum following time is
0.5 seconds away. If there is no vehicle
detected ahead, or the vehicle ahead is
out of sensor range, dashes will be
displayed.
Unnecessary Alerts
FCA may provide unnecessary alerts
for turning vehicles, vehicles in other
lanes, objects that are not vehicles,
or shadows. These alerts are normal
operation and the vehicle does not
need service.
Cleaning the System
If the FCA system does not seem to
operate properly, cleaning the outside
of the windshield in front of the
rearview mirror, and cleaning the
front of the vehicle where radar
sensors are located, may correct the
issue.
Forward Automatic
Braking (FAB)
If the vehicle has Adaptive Cruise
Control (ACC), it also has FAB, which
includes Intelligent Brake Assist (IBA).
When the system detects a vehicle
ahead in your path that is traveling in
the same direction that you may be
about to crash into, it can provide a
boost to braking or automatically
brake the vehicle. This can help avoid
or lessen the severity of crashes when driving in a forward gear. Depending
on the situation, the vehicle may
automatically brake moderately or
hard. This forward automatic braking
can only occur if a vehicle is detected.
This is shown by the FCA vehicle
ahead indicator being lit. See
Forward
Collision Alert (FCA) System 0235.
The system works when driving in a
forward gear above 4 km/h (2 mph).
It can detect vehicles up to
approximately 60 m (197 ft).
{Warning
FAB is an emergency crash
preparation feature and is not
designed to avoid crashes. Do not
rely on FAB to brake the vehicle.
FAB will not brake outside of its
operating speed range and only
responds to detected vehicles.
FAB may not: . Detect a vehicle ahead on
winding or hilly roads.
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sensor matching process should also
be performed after replacing a spare
tire with a road tire containing the
TPMS sensor. The malfunction light
and the DIC message should go off at
the next ignition cycle. The sensors
are matched to the tire/wheel
positions, using a TPMS relearn tool,
in the following order: driver side
front tire, passenger side front tire,
passenger side rear tire, and driver
side rear. See your dealer for service or
to purchase a relearn tool.
There are two minutes to match the
first tire/wheel position, and
five minutes overall to match all four
tire/wheel positions. If it takes longer,
the matching process stops and must
be restarted.
The TPMS sensor matching process is:1. Set the parking brake.
2. Place the vehicle power mode in ON/RUN/START. See Ignition
Positions 0196.
3. Make sure the Tire Pressure info display option is turned on. The
info displays on the DIC can be turned on and off through the
Settings menu. See
Driver
Information Center (DIC) 0132.
4. Use the five-way DIC control on the right side of the steering
wheel to scroll to the Tire
Pressure screen under the DIC
info page. See Driver Information
Center (DIC) 0132.
5. Press and hold the SEL button in the center of the five-way DIC
control.
The horn sounds twice to signal
the receiver is in relearn mode
and the TIRE LEARNING ACTIVE
message displays on the DIC
screen.
6. Start with the driver side front tire.
7. Place the relearn tool against the tire sidewall, near the valve stem.
Then press the button to activate
the TPMS sensor. A horn chirp
confirms that the sensor
identification code has been
matched to this tire and wheel
position. 8. Proceed to the passenger side
front tire, and repeat Step 7.
9. Proceed to the passenger side rear tire, and repeat Step 7.
10. Proceed to the driver side rear tire, and repeat Step 7. The horn
sounds two times to indicate the
sensor identification code has
been matched to the driver side
rear tire, and the TPMS sensor
matching process is no longer
active. The TIRE LEARNING
ACTIVE message on the DIC
display screen goes off.
11. Shut the ignition off.
12. Set all four tires to the recommended air pressure level
as indicated on the Tire and
Loading Information label.
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344 INDEX
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
CoolantEngine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Engine Temperature Gauge . . . . . . 120
Engine Temperature WarningLight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172, 177
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 Engine Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Courtesy Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218 Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Cruise Control, Adaptive . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
D
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . . . . . 2
Data Collection
Infotainment System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Data Recorder Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . 159
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Differential, Limited-Slip . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Door
Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Ajar Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Rear Seat Pass-Through . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . . . . 338
Drive Systems All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206, 272
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . 227
Driver Information Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Driving
Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Competitive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
For Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 189
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Track Events and Competitive . . . 185
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Driving (cont'd)
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Dual Automatic Climate Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
E
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Electrical Equipment, Add-On . . . . . 246
Electrical SystemEngine Compartment Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . 278
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . 282
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Rear Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Check and Service EngineSoon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . . . . 250
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Coolant Temperature Gauge . . . . . 120
Coolant Temperature Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Cooling System Messages . . . . . . . . 140
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
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INDEX 347
Lights (cont'd)Engine Coolant Temperature
Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . . . . . 159
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Safety Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Service Electric Parking Brake . . . 126
StabiliTrak
®OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Limited-Slip Differential . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Low-Profile Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289 Lower Anchors and Tethers for
Children (LATCH System) . . . . . . . . . 89
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
M
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 Recommended Fluids andLubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . . . 123
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
Memory Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Messages Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Battery Voltage and Charging . . . . 138
Brake System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Engine Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Engine Oil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Fuel System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Key and Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Object Detection System . . . . . . . . . 142
Ride Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Safety Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 Messages (cont'd)
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Service Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Starting the Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Vehicle Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Mirror Rear Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Mirrors Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Automatic Dimming Rearview . . . . . 45
Convex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Tilt in Reverse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Mirrors, Interior Rearview . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Driver Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Monitor System, Tire Pressure . . . . . 292
N
Net, Convenience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195