2021 CADILLAC ESCALADE lights

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.Remote Mirror Folding
.Rain Sense Wipers
.Auto Wipe in Reverse Gear
.Extended Hill Start Assist
Chime Volume
This sets the chime volume level.
Touch the controls on the
infotainment display to adjust the
volume.
Power Liftgate
This allows the driver to decide what
happens when pressing the Power
Liftgate switch. .
Touch Open Fully, Open to Custom
Height, or Off.
Hands Free Liftgate/Trunk Control
This allows the liftgate to be operated
hands free. See Liftgate020.
Touch Off, Open and Close,
or Open Only.
Reverse Tilt Mirror
When on, the driver, passenger,
or both driver and passenger outside
mirrors will tilt downward when the
vehicle is shifted into R (Reverse) to improve visibility of the ground near
the rear wheels. They may move from
their tilted position when the vehicle
is shifted out of R (Reverse) or turned
off. See
Reverse Tilt Mirrors 033.
Touch Off, On - Driver and Passenger,
On - Driver, or On - Passenger.
Remote Mirror Folding
This allows the outside mirrors to be
folded in when the remote key
Q
button is pressed and held. Pressing
Kunfolds the mirrors. See Folding
Mirrors 032.
Touch Off or On.
Rain Sense Wipers
This setting automatically turns on
the windshield wipers when moisture
is detected and the wiper switch is in
intermittent mode.
Touch Disabled or Enabled.
Auto Wipe in Reverse Gear
This setting automatically turns on
the rear window wiper when the
vehicle is shifted to R (Reverse) and
moisture is detected.
Touch Off or On. Extended Hill Start Assist
This setting prevents the vehicle from
rolling backward on a steep hill if the
brake pedal is not depressed.
Touch Extended Hold or
Standard Hold.
Lighting
Touch and the following may display:
.Ambient Lighting
.Vehicle Locator Lights
.Exit Lighting
.Left or Right Hand Traffic
.Advanced Forward Lighting
.Daytime Tail Lights
.Automatic High Beam Assist
.Surround View Lighting
Ambient Lighting
This setting provides the ability to
customize the color and intensity of
the interior accent lighting.
Touch Off or On.

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Vehicle Locator Lights
This setting briefly turns on the
exterior lights when
Kis pressed on
the remote key.
Touch Off or On.
Exit Lighting
This setting specifies how long the
headlamps stay on after the vehicle is
turned off and exited.
Touch Off, 30 Seconds, 60 Seconds,
or 120 Seconds.
Left or Right Hand Traffic
This setting specifies the behavior of
the Advanced Forward Lighting
system based on which side of the
road the vehicle drives on.
Touch Left Hand Traffic or Right
Hand Traffic.
Advanced Forward Lighting
This setting automatically adjusts
headlights at corners and curves to
provide greater road illumination.
Touch Off, Curve Lighting,
or Intelligent Low Beam Lighting. Daytime Tail Lights
This setting turns on the tail lights
during daytime driving to improve the
visibility of the vehicle to other
drivers.
Touch Off or On.
Automatic High Beam Assist
This setting specifies how the high
beams adjust based on vehicle
environment .
Touch IntelliBeam or Adaptive
Headlight System .
Surround View Lighting
This setting turns on vehicle side
lights to improve image quality when
using the Surround View camera
system.
Touch Off or On.
Power Door Locks
Touch and the following may display:
.Auto Door Unlock
.Delayed Door Lock
Auto Door Unlock
This setting allows selection of which
doors will automatically unlock when
the vehicle is shifted into P (Park).
Touch Off, All Doors, or Driver Door.
Delayed Door Lock
This setting will lock the vehicle a
short time after all the doors are
closed.
Touch Off or On.
Remote Lock, Unlock, and Start
Touch and the following may display:
.Remote Unlock Light Feedback
.Remote Lock Feedback
.Remote Door Unlock
.Relock Remotely Unlocked Doors
.Remote Start Auto Cool Seats
.Remote Start Auto Heat Seats
.Remote Window Operation
.Passive Door Unlock
.Passive Door Lock
.Remote Left in Vehicle Alert
.Remote Removed From Vehicle
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Remote Unlock Light Feedback
This setting will flash the exterior
lamps when unlocking the vehicle
with the remote key.
Touch Off or Flash Lights.
Remote Lock Feedback
This setting provides what type of
feedback is given when locking the
vehicle with the remote key.
Touch Off, Lights and Horn, Lights
Only, or Horn Only.
Remote Door Unlock
This setting allows selection of which
doors will unlock when pressing
Kon
the remote key.
Touch All Doors or Driver Door.
Relock Remotely Unlocked Doors
This setting secures the vehicle if
doors are not opened within
30 seconds of using the remote key to
unlock doors.
Touch Off or On. Remote Start Auto Cool Seats
This setting will automatically turn on
the cooled seats when using remote
start on warm days. See
Heated and
Ventilated Front Seats 048 and
Remote Vehicle Start 014.
Touch Off or On.
Remote Start Auto Heat Seats
This setting will automatically turn on
the heated seats when using remote
start on cold days. See Heated and
Ventilated Front Seats 048 and
Remote Vehicle Start 014.
If equipped with Auto Heated Steering
Wheel, this feature will turn on when
the Remote Start Auto Heated Seats
turn on.
Touch Off or On.
Remote Window Operation
This setting enables remote operation
of the windows with the remote key.
See Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System
Operation 07.
Touch Off or On. Passive Door Unlock
This setting specifies which doors will
unlock when using the button on the
driver door handle to unlock the
vehicle.
Touch Off, All Doors, or Driver
Door Only.
Passive Door Lock
This setting specifies if the vehicle will
automatically lock or lock and provide
an alert after all the doors are closed
while walking away from the vehicle
with the remote key. See
Remote
Keyless Entry (RKE) System Operation
0 7.
Touch Off, On with Horn Chirp, or On.
Remote Left in Vehicle Alert
This setting sounds an alert when the
remote key is left in the vehicle that is
not running.
Touch Off or On.
Remote Removed From Vehicle
Alert
This setting beeps the horn three
times if exiting a running vehicle with
the remote key.

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Lighting
Exterior Lighting
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . . 149
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . 151
Headlamp High/Low-BeamChanger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Daytime Running Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Automatic Headlamp System . . . 152
Hazard Warning Flashers . . . . . . . . 153
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Cornering Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Interior Lighting
Instrument Panel Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Interior Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Reading Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Lighting Features
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Battery Load Management . . . . . . 155
Battery Power Protection . . . . . . . . 156
Exterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Exterior Lighting
Exterior Lamp Controls
The exterior lamp control is on the
turn signal lever.
Turn the control to the following
positions:
O:Turns the exterior lamps off and
deactivates the AUTO mode. Turn to
Oagain to reactivate the AUTO mode.
In Canada, the headlamps will
automatically reactivate when the
vehicle is shifted out of P (Park).
AUTO : Automatically turns the
exterior lamps on and off, depending
on outside lighting.
;: Turns on the parking lamps
including all lamps, except the
headlamps.
2: Turns on the headlamps together
with the parking lamps and
instrument panel lights.
IntelliBeam System
If equipped, this system turns the
vehicle's high-beam headlamps on and
off according to surrounding traffic
conditions.
The system turns the high-beam
headlamps on when it is dark enough
and there is no other traffic present.
This light
bcomes on in the
instrument cluster when the
IntelliBeam system is enabled.

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Exterior Lamps Off
Reminder
If a door is open, a reminder chime
sounds when the headlamps or
parking lamps are manually turned on
and the ignition is off. To turn off the
chime, turn the exterior lamp control
to off or AUTO and then back on,
or close and re-open the door. In the
AUTO mode, the headlamps turn off
once the ignition is off or remain on
until the headlamp delay ends (if
enabled in the DIC). See“Exit
Lighting” underVehicle Personalization
0 138.
Headlamp High/Low-Beam
Changer
Push the turn signal lever away from
you and release to turn the high
beams on.
To return to low beams, push the
lever again or pull it toward you and
release.
When the high-beam headlamps are
on, this indicator light on the
instrument cluster will also be on.
Flash-to-Pass
This feature lets you use the
high-beam headlamps to signal a
driver in front of you that you want to
pass. It works even if the headlamps
are in the automatic position.
To use it, pull the turn signal lever
toward you, then release it.
The high beam headlamps will stay on
as long as you hold the lever toward
you. The high-beam indicator on the
instrument cluster will come on.
Release the lever to return to normal
operation.
Daytime Running
Lamps (DRL)
DRL can make it easier for others to
see the front of the vehicle during the
day. Fully functional DRL are required
on all vehicles first sold in Canada.
The DRL system comes on when the
following conditions are met:
.The ignition is on.
.The exterior lamp control is
in AUTO.
.The light sensor determines it is
daytime.
When the DRL system is on, only the
DRL are on. The taillamps, sidemarker
lamps, instrument panel lights, and
other lamps will not be on.
When it begins to get dark, the
automatic headlamp system switches
from DRL to the headlamps.
To turn off the DRL, turn the exterior
lamp control to
Oand then release.
For vehicles first sold in Canada, off
will only work when the vehicle is
parked.

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Automatic Headlamp
System
When it is dark enough outside, the
automatic headlamp system turns on
the headlamps at the normal
brightness, along with the taillamps,
sidemarker, parking lamps, and the
instrument panel lights. The radio
lights will also be dim.
To turn off the automatic headlamp
system, turn the exterior lamp control
to
Pand then release it.
The vehicle has a light sensor on the
top of the instrument panel that
controls the automatic headlampsystem. Do not cover the sensor,
otherwise the headlamps may come
on when they are not needed.
The system may also turn on the
headlamps when driving through a
parking garage, heavy overcast
weather, or a tunnel. This is normal.
There is a delay in the transition
between the daytime and nighttime
operation of the automatic headlamp
system so that driving under bridges
or bright overhead street lights does
not affect the system. The automatic
headlamp system is only affected
when the light sensor detects a
change in lighting lasting longer than
the delay.
If the vehicle is started in a dark
garage, the automatic headlamp
system will come on immediately.
Once the vehicle leaves the garage,
there is a slight delay for the
automatic headlamp system to change
if it is bright enough outside. During
that delay, the instrument cluster may
not be as bright as usual. Make sure
the instrument panel brightness
control is in the full bright position.
See
Instrument Panel Illumination
Control 0154.
To idle the vehicle with the automatic
headlamp system off, turn the control
to the off position.
The headlamps will also stay on after
you exit the vehicle.
The regular headlamp system can be
turned on when needed.
Lights On with Wipers
If the windshield wipers are activated
in daylight with the engine on, and
the exterior lamp control is in AUTO,
the headlamps, parking lamps, and
other exterior lamps come on. The
transition time for the lamps coming
on varies based on wiper speed. When
the wipers are not operating, these
lamps turn off. Move the exterior
lamp control to
Por;to disable
this feature.

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the dome lamp override is activated.
Press OFF
jagain to deactivate
this feature and the indicator light will
turn off. The dome lamps will come
on when any door is opened,
Kon the
remote key is pressed, or when the
ignition is switched off.
Reading Lamps
There are reading lamps in the
overhead console and the headliner,
if equipped.
These lamps come on automatically
when any door is opened,
Kon the
remote key is pressed, or when the
ignition is switched off.
To operate, the ignition must be on or
in ACC/ACCESSORY or using Retained
Accessory Power (RAP).
Press the lens on each reading lamp to
turn it on and off.
Lighting Features
Entry Lighting
Some exterior lamps turn on briefly at
night, or in areas with limited lighting,
when
Kis pressed on the remote key.
After about 30 seconds the exterior
lamps turn off when any door is
opened, the unlock button on the
remote key is pressed, or when the
ignition is switched off. All interior
lights turn on and then the dome and
remaining interior lamps dim to off
after 20 seconds. Entry lighting feature for exterior
lighting can be changed by Vehicle
Locator Lights. See Vehicle Locator
Lights under
Vehicle Personalization
0 138.
Exit Lighting
Some exterior lamps come on at night,
or in areas with limited lighting, when
the driver door is opened after the
ignition is turned off. The dome lamp
comes on after the ignition is turned
off. The exterior lamps and dome
lamp remain on after the door is
closed for a set amount of time, then
automatically turn off.
The exterior lamps turn off
immediately by turning the exterior
lamp control off.
The exit lighting for exterior lights can
be changed. See Vehicle Personalization
0 138.
Battery Load Management
The vehicle has Electric Power
Management (EPM), which estimates
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Caution (Continued)
.Do not tow a trailer during
break-in. SeeTrailer Towing 0334
for the trailer towing capabilities
of the vehicle and more
information.
Following break-in, engine speed
and load can be gradually
increased.
Ignition Positions
Vehicles equipped with Keyless Access
have pushbutton starting. The Remote Key must be in the
vehicle for the system to operate.
If the pushbutton start is not working,
the vehicle may be near a strong radio
antenna signal causing interference to
the Keyless Access system. See
Remote
Keyless Entry (RKE) System Operation
0 7.
To shift out of P (Park), the ignition
must be on or in Service Mode, and
the brake pedal must be applied.
{Warning
Turning off the vehicle while
moving may cause loss of power
assist in the brake and steering
systems and disable the airbags.
While driving, only shut the vehicle
off in an emergency.
Stopping the Engine/LOCK/OFF (No
Indicator Lights) : When the vehicle
is stopped, press ENGINE START/
STOP once to turn the engine off.
If the vehicle is in P (Park), the
ignition will turn off, and Retained
Accessory Power (RAP) will remain
active. See Retained Accessory Power
(RAP) 0248. If the vehicle is not in P (Park), the
ignition will return to ACC/
ACCESSORY and display the message
SHIFT TO PARK in the Driver
Information Center (DIC). When the
vehicle is shifted into P (Park), the
ignition system will turn off.
The vehicle may have an electric
steering column lock. The lock is
activated when the ignition is turned
off and either front door is opened.
A sound may be heard as the lock
actuates or releases. The steering
column lock may not release with the
wheels turned off center. If this
happens, the vehicle may not start.
Move the steering wheel from left to
right while attempting to start the
vehicle. If this does not work, the
vehicle needs service.
If the vehicle must be shut off in an
emergency:
1. Brake using a firm and steady pressure. Do not pump the brakes
repeatedly. This may deplete power
assist, requiring increased brake
pedal force.