2021 CADILLAC XT6 brakes

Cadillac XT6 Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada-14574701) -
2021 - CRC - 2/8/21
118 INSTRUMENTS AND CONTROLS
English Uplevel
This light comes on when the parking
brake is applied. If the light continues
flashing after the parking brake is
released, or while driving, there is a
problem with the Electric Parking
Brake system. A message may also
display in the Driver Information
Center (DIC).
If the light does not come on,
or remains flashing, see your dealer.
Service Electric Parking
Brake Light
This light should come on briefly
when the vehicle is turned on. If it
does not come on, have it fixed so it
will be ready to warn if there is a
problem. For vehicles with the
reconfigurable cluster, this light may
not come on when the vehicle is
started.
If this light stays on or comes on
while driving, there is a problem with
the Electric Parking Brake (EPB). Take
the vehicle to a dealer as soon as
possible. In addition to the parking
brake, other safety functions that
utilize the EPB may also be degraded.
A message may also display in the
Driver Information Center (DIC). See
Electric Parking Brake 0246.
Antilock Brake System
(ABS) Warning Light
This warning light should come on
briefly when the vehicle is turned on.
If the light does not come on, have it
fixed so it will be ready to warn if
there is a problem.
If the light comes on while driving,
safely stop as soon as it is possible
and turn off the vehicle. Then turn on
the vehicle again to reset the system.
If the ABS warning light stays on,
or comes on again while driving, the
vehicle needs service. A chime may
also sound when the light stays on.
If the ABS warning light is the only
light on, the vehicle has regular
brakes, but ABS is not functioning.
If both the ABS warning light and the
brake system warning light are on,
ABS is not functioning and there is a
problem with the regular brakes. See
your dealer for service.
See Brake System Warning Light 0117.

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pressingV. The messages that require
immediate action cannot be cleared
until that action is performed.
All messages should be taken
seriously; clearing the message does
not correct the problem.
If a SERVICE message appears, see
your dealer.
Follow the instructions given in the
messages. The system displays
messages regarding the following
topics:
.Service Messages
.Fluid Levels
.Vehicle Security
.Brakes
.Steering
.Ride Control Systems
.Driver Assistance Systems
.Cruise Control
.Lighting and Bulb Replacement
.Wiper/Washer Systems
.Doors and Windows
.Seat Belts
.Airbag Systems
.Engine and Transmission
.Tire Pressure
.Battery
Engine Power Messages
ENGINE POWER IS REDUCED
This message displays when the
vehicle's propulsion power is reduced.
A reduction in propulsion power can
affect the vehicle's ability to
accelerate. If this message is on, but
there is no observed reduction in
performance, proceed to your
destination. Under certain conditions
the performance may be reduced the
next time the vehicle is driven. The
vehicle may be driven while this
message is on, but maximum
acceleration and speed may be
reduced. Anytime this message stays
on, or displays repeatedly, the vehicle
should be taken to your dealer for
service as soon as possible.
Under certain operating conditions,
propulsion will be disabled. Try
restarting after the ignition has been
off for 30 seconds.
Vehicle Speed Messages
SPEED LIMITED TO
XXX KM/H (MPH)
This message shows that the vehicle
speed has been limited to the speed
displayed. The limited speed is a
protection for various propulsion and
vehicle systems, such as lubrication,
thermal, brakes, suspension, Teen
Driver if equipped, or tires.
Vehicle Personalization
The following are all possible vehicle
personalization features. Depending
on the vehicle, some may not be
available.
For System, Apps, and Personal
features and functions, see Settings
0 188.
To access the vehicle
personalization menu: 1. Touch the Settings icon on the Home Page of the infotainment
display.
2. Touch Vehicle to display a list of available options.

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.Lane Change Alert
.Rear Camera Park Assist Symbols
.Rear Cross Traffic Alert
Alert Type
This setting specifies the type of alert
provided from driver assistance
systems to help avoid crashes, either
Beeps or Safety Alert Seat vibration
pulses.
Touch Beeps or Safety Alert Seat.
Forward Collision System
This setting can alert of a potential
crash with a detected vehicle ahead
and can apply brakes to help reduce a
collision’s severity.
Touch Off, Alert, or Alert and Brake.
Front Pedestrian Detection
This feature may help avoid or reduce
the harm caused by front-end crashes
with nearby pedestrians.
See Front Pedestrian Braking (FPB)
System 0276.
Select Off, Alert, or Alert and Brake. Rear Pedestrian Detection
This setting specifies if alerts will
display when the vehicle detects
pedestrians behind when in
R (Reverse). See
Rear Pedestrian Alert
0 271.
Touch Off, Alert, or Alert and Brake.
Adaptive Cruise Go Notifier
This setting determines if an alert will
appear when Adaptive Cruise Control
brings the vehicle to a complete stop
and the vehicle ahead of you starts
moving again. See Adaptive Cruise
Control (Advanced) 0254.
Touch Off or On.
Lane Change Alert
This setting specifies if an alert will
display on the outside mirror to help
you avoid crashing into a vehicle in
your blind spot, or rapidly
approaching your blind spot, during a
lane change maneuver. See Lane
Change Alert (LCA) 0281.
Touch Off or On. Rear Camera Park Assist Symbols
This setting enables the Rear Camera
Park Assist Symbols. See
Assistance
Systems for Parking or Backing 0264.
Touch Off or On.
Rear Cross Traffic Alert
This setting specifies if an alert will
display when the vehicle detects
approaching rear cross traffic when in
R (Reverse). See Assistance Systems for
Parking or Backing 0264.
Touch Off or On.
Comfort and Convenience
Touch and the following may display:
.Chime Volume
.Hands Free Liftgate/Trunk Control
.Reverse Tilt Mirror
.Remote Mirror Folding
.Rain Sense Wipers
.Auto Wipe in Reverse Gear

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.The gap setting for the Forward
Collision Alert and Adaptive Cruise
Control, if equipped, cannot be
changed.
.When trying to change a safety
feature that is not configurable in
Teen Driver, the DIC displays a
message indicating that Teen Driver
is active and the action is not
available.
.Super Cruise, if equipped, is not
available.
.Enhanced Low Fuel Warning (if
equipped)–When the vehicle is low
on fuel, the low fuel light on the
instrument cluster flashes and the
DIC low fuel warning cannot be
dismissed.
.Do not tow a trailer.
Report Card
The vehicle owner must secure the
driver’s consent to record certain
vehicle data when the vehicle is driven
with a registered Teen Driver key.
There is one Report Card per vehicle.
Data is only recorded when a
registered Teen Driver key is used to
operate the vehicle. The Report Card data is collected from
the time Teen Driver is activated or
the last time the Report Card was
reset. The following items may be
recorded:
.Distance Driven
–the total distance
driven.
.Maximum Speed –the maximum
vehicle speed detected.
.Overspeed Warnings –the number
of times the speed warning setting
was exceeded.
.Wide Open Throttle –the number
of times the accelerator pedal was
pressed nearly all the way down.
.Forward Collision Alerts –the
number of times the driver was
notified when approaching a vehicle
ahead too quickly and at potential
risk for a crash.
.Forward Automatic Braking, also
called Automatic Emergency
Braking (if equipped) –the number
of times the vehicle detected that a
forward collision was imminent and
applied the brakes.
.Reverse Automatic Braking (if
equipped) –the number of times
the vehicle detected that a rearward
collision was imminent and applied
the brakes.
.Traction Control –the number of
times the Traction Control System
activated to reduce wheel spin or
loss of traction.
.Stability Control –the number of
events which required the use of
electronic stability control.
.Antilock Braking System Active –
The number of Antilock Brake
System activations.
.Tailgating Alerts –the number of
times the driver was alerted for
following a vehicle ahead too
closely.
Report Card Data
Cumulative Data is saved for all trips
until the Report Card is reset or until
the maximum count is exceeded.
If the maximum count is exceeded for
a Report Card line item, that item will
no longer be updated in the Report
Card until it is reset. Each item will

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Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Driving for Better FuelEconomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Impaired Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Off-Road Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 226
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Stop/Start System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Engine Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237 Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Active Fuel Management . . . . . . . . 238
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . 240
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Brakes
Electric Brake Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . . 246
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/ElectronicStability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Adaptive Cruise Control (Advanced) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . . . 263
Assistance Systems for Parkingor Backing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Rear Pedestrian Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Assistance Systems for Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
Front Pedestrian Braking (FPB) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Night Vision System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . 280
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . . 281
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . . . 282
Surround Vision Recorder . . . . . . . 284
Fuel
Top Tier Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Recommended Fuel (2.0L L4 Turbo Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Recommended Fuel (3.6L V6 Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287

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(60 mph) travels 20 m (66 ft), which
could be a lot of distance in an
emergency.
Helpful braking tips to keep in mind
include:
.Keep enough distance between you
and the vehicle in front of you.
.Avoid needless heavy braking.
.Keep pace with traffic.
If the engine ever stops while the
vehicle is being driven, brake normally
but do not pump the brakes. Doing so
could make the pedal harder to push
down. If the engine stops, there will
be some power brake assist but it will
be used when the brake is applied.
Once the power assist is used up, it
can take longer to stop and the brake
pedal will be harder to push.
Steering
Electric Power Steering
Caution
To avoid damage to the steering
system, do not drive over curbs,
parking barriers, or similar objects (Continued)
Caution (Continued)
at speeds greater than 3 km/h
(1 mph). Use care when driving over
other objects such as lane dividers
and speed bumps. Damage caused
by misuse of the vehicle is not
covered by the vehicle warranty.
The vehicle has electric power
steering. It does not have power
steering fluid. Regular maintenance is
not required.
If power steering assist is lost due to a
system malfunction, the vehicle can
be steered, but may require increased
effort. If the steering assist is used for an
extended period of time while the
vehicle is not moving, power assist
may be reduced.
If the steering wheel is turned until it
reaches the end of its travel and is
held against that position for an
extended period of time, power
steering assist may be reduced.
Normal use of the power steering
assist should return when the system
cools down.
See your dealer if there is a problem.
Curve Tips
.Take curves at a reasonable speed.
.Reduce speed before entering a
curve.
.Maintain a reasonable steady speed
through the curve.
.Wait until the vehicle is out of the
curve before accelerating gently into
the straightaway.
Steering in Emergencies
.There are some situations when
steering around a problem may be
more effective than braking.

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.Holding both sides of the steering
wheel allows you to turn
180 degrees without removing
a hand.
.The Antilock Brake System (ABS)
allows steering while braking.
Off-Road Recovery
The vehicle's right wheels can drop off
the edge of a road onto the shoulder
while driving. Follow these tips:1. Ease off the accelerator and then, if there is nothing in the way, steer
the vehicle so that it straddles the
edge of the pavement. 2. Turn the steering wheel about
one-eighth of a turn, until the right
front tire contacts the
pavement edge.
3. Turn the steering wheel to go straight down the roadway.
Loss of Control
Skidding
There are three types of skids that
correspond to the vehicle's three
control systems:
.Braking Skid —wheels are not
rolling.
.Steering or Cornering Skid —too
much speed or steering in a curve
causes tires to slip and lose
cornering force.
.Acceleration Skid —too much
throttle causes the driving wheels
to spin.
Defensive drivers avoid most skids by
taking reasonable care suited to
existing conditions, and by not
overdriving those conditions. But
skids are always possible. If the vehicle starts to slide, follow
these suggestions:
.Ease your foot off the accelerator
pedal and steer the way you want
the vehicle to go. The vehicle may
straighten out. Be ready for a
second skid if it occurs.
.Slow down and adjust your driving
according to weather conditions.
Stopping distance can be longer and
vehicle control can be affected when
traction is reduced by water, snow,
ice, gravel, or other material on the
road. Learn to recognize warning
clues
—such as enough water, ice,
or packed snow on the road to
make a mirrored surface —and
slow down when you have any
doubt.
.Try to avoid sudden steering,
acceleration, or braking, including
reducing vehicle speed by shifting
to a lower gear. Any sudden changes
could cause the tires to slide.
Remember: Antilock brakes help avoid
only the braking skid.

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Environmental Concerns
.Always use established trails, roads,
and areas that have been set aside
for public off-road recreational
driving and obey all posted
regulations.
.Do not damage shrubs, flowers,
trees, or grasses or disturb wildlife.
.Do not park over things that burn.
SeeParking over Things That Burn
0 238.
Driving on Hills
Driving safely on hills requires good
judgment and an understanding of
what the vehicle can and cannot do.
{Warning
Many hills are simply too steep for
any vehicle. Driving up hills can
cause the vehicle to stall. Driving
down hills can cause loss of control.
Driving across hills can cause a
rollover. You could be injured or
killed. Do not drive on steep hills. Before driving on a hill, assess the
steepness, traction, and obstructions.
If the terrain ahead cannot be seen,
get out of the vehicle and walk the hill
before driving further.
When driving on hills:
.Use a low gear and keep a firm grip
on the steering wheel.
.Maintain a slow speed.
.When possible, drive straight up or
down the hill.
.Slow down when approaching the
top of the hill.
.Use headlamps even during the day
to make the vehicle more visible.
{Warning
Driving to the top of a hill at high
speed can cause a crash. There
could be a drop-off, embankment,
cliff, or even another vehicle. You
could be seriously injured or killed.
As you near the top of a hill, slow
down and stay alert.
.Never go downhill forward or
backward with the transmission in
N (Neutral). The brakes could
overheat and you could lose control.
.When driving down a hill, keep the
vehicle headed straight down. Use a
low gear because the engine will
work with the brakes to slow the
vehicle and help keep the vehicle
under control.
{Warning
Heavy braking when going down a
hill can cause your brakes to
overheat and fade. This could cause
loss of control and you or others
could be injured or killed. Apply the
brakes lightly when descending a
hill and use a low gear to keep
vehicle speed under control.
If the vehicle stalls on a hill: 1. Apply the brakes to stop the vehicle, and then apply the parking
brake.