Cadillac XTS Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-MidEast-10292881) - 2017 -
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SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE 289
oil life system is reset accidentally,
service the vehicle within 5 000 km/
3,000 mi since the last service. Reset
the oil life system when the oil is
changed. SeeEngine Oil Life
System 0230.
Tire Rotation and Required
Services Every 12 000 km/
7,500 mi
Rotate the tires, if recommended for
the vehicle, and perform the following
services. See Tire Rotation0262.
. Check engine oil level and oil
life percentage. If needed, change
engine oil and filter, and reset oil
life system. See Engine Oil0228
and Engine Oil Life System 0230.
. Check engine coolant level. See
Engine Coolant 0234.
. Check windshield washer fluid
level. See Washer Fluid 0239.
. Visually inspect windshield wiper
blades for wear, cracking,
or contamination. See Exterior
Care 0278. Replace worn or
damaged wiper blades. See Wiper
Blade Replacement 0244. .
Check tire inflation pressures. See
Tire Pressure 0256.
. Inspect tire wear. See Tire
Inspection 0262.
. Visually check for fluid leaks.
. Inspect engine air cleaner filter.
See Engine Air Cleaner/Filter 0231.
. Inspect brake system. See Exterior
Care 0278.
. Visually inspect steering,
suspension, and chassis
components for damaged, loose,
or missing parts or signs of wear.
See Exterior Care 0278.
. Check restraint system
components. See Safety System
Check 068.
. Visually inspect fuel system for
damage or leaks.
. Visually inspect exhaust system
and nearby heat shields for loose
or damaged parts.
. Lubricate body components. See
Exterior Care 0278.
. Check starter switch. See Starter
Switch Check 0243. .
Check automatic transmission
shift lock control function. See
Automatic Transmission Shift Lock
Control Function Check 0243.
. Check parking brake and
automatic transmission park
mechanism. See Park Brake and
P (Park) Mechanism Check 0243.
. Check accelerator pedal for
damage, high effort, or binding.
Replace if needed.
. Visually inspect gas strut for signs
of wear, cracks, or other damage.
Check the hold open ability of the
strut. See your dealer if service is
required.
. Inspect sunroof track and seal,
if equipped. See Sunroof047.
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INDEX 311
Replacement Parts (cont'd)Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Replacing LATCH System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Replacing Safety Belt System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Restraints Where to Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Reverse Tilt Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Ride Control Systems Limited Slip Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Magnetic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Roads Driving, Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Roof Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . . . . . 301
Running the Vehicle While Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182S
Safety Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
How to Wear Safety BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Replacing after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Safety Kit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Seats Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Heated and Ventilated Front . . . . . . . 58
Heated, Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . 54
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . 53
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Securing Child Restraints . . . . . . . 94, 95
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Service (cont'd)
Accessories and
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Doing Your Own Work . . . . . . . . . . . 223
Engine Soon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Maintenance Records . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Maintenance, General
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Parts Identification Label . . . . . . . . 298
Vehicle Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Service Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Services Special Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293
Servicing the Airbag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Shift Lock Control Function Check, Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . 210
Signals, Turn and Lane-Change . . . . 154
Spare Tire Compact . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Special Application Services . . . . . . . 293
Specifications and Capacities . . . . . . 299
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
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312 INDEX
StabiliTrakOFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Start Assist, Hill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Start Vehicle, Remote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Starter Switch Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Starting the Vehicle Messages . . . . . 142
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Fluid, Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Heated Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Storage Areas Armrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Cargo Management System . . . . . . 102
Center Console . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Glove Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Instrument Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Storage Compartments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Stuck Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Summer Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Sun Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Sunshade Rear Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 System
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) . . . . 206
Infotainment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158, 303
Systems Driver Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
T
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Theft-Deterrent Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Thigh Support Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . 55
Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254All-Season . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Chains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Compact Spare . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Low Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256, 257
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Pressure Monitor Operation . . . . . . 259
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . . . . 258
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Wheel Alignment and TireBalance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265 Tires (cont'd)
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
When It Is Time for New
Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Towing Driving Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Traction Control System (TCS)/
StabiliTrak
®Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Limited-Slip Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Traction Control/Electronic
Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Trailer Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Transmission Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . 154