2022 CADILLAC XT5 ABS

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2 INTRODUCTION
Helm, Incorporated
Attention: Customer Service
47911 Halyard Drive
Plymouth, MI 48170
USA
Using this Manual
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the vehicle, use the Index in the back
of the manual. It is an alphabetical
list of what is in the manual and the
page number where it can be found.
Danger, Warning, and
Caution
Warning messages found on vehicle
labels and in this manual describe
hazards and what to do to avoid or
reduce them.
{Danger
Danger indicates a hazard with a
high level of risk which will result
in serious injury or death.
{Warning
Warning indicates a hazard that
could result in injury or death.
Caution
Caution indicates a hazard that
could result in property or vehicle
damage.
A circle with a slash through it is a
safety symbol which means“Do not,”
“Do not do this,” or“Do not let this
happen.”
Symbols
The vehicle has components and
labels that use symbols instead of
text. Symbols are shown along with
the text describing the operation or information relating to a specific
component, control, message, gauge,
or indicator.
M:
Shown when the owner’s manual
has additional instructions or
information.
*: Shown when the service manual
has additional instructions or
information.
0: Shown when there is more
information on another page —
“see page.”
Vehicle Symbol Chart
Here are some additional symbols that
may be found on the vehicle and what
they mean. See the features in this
manual for information.
u: Air Conditioning System
G:Air Conditioning Refrigerant Oil
9:Airbag Readiness Light
!:Antilock Brake System (ABS)
$:Brake System Warning Light
9:Dispose of Used Components
Properly

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KEYS, DOORS, AND WINDOWS 17
Keyless Access
If equipped, the RKE transmitter must
be within 1 m (3 ft) of the liftgate or
door being opened.
To lock or unlock the vehicle from the
driver door:
.Press the button on the driver door
handle once to unlock the driver
door only.
.Press the button again within
five seconds to unlock all doors.
.Press the button a third time to lock
all doors.
To lock or unlock the vehicle from any
passenger door:
.Press the button on the passenger
door handle. This will lock or
unlock all doors.
See Remote Keyless Entry (RKE) System
Operation 07.
Driver Door Key Lock Cylinder
Access (In Case of Dead Battery)
To access the driver door key lock
cylinder: 1. Pull the door handle (1) to the open position and hold it open
until the cap removal is complete.
2. Insert the key into the slot (3) on the bottom of the cap (2) and lift
the key upward. 3. Move the cap (2) rearward and
remove.
4. Use the key in the cylinder.
To replace the cap: 1. Pull the door handle (1) to the open position and hold it open
until the cap installation is
complete.
2. Insert the two tabs (6) at the backof the cap between the seal (5) and
the metal base (4).

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INSTRUMENTS AND CONTROLS 95
Instruments and
Controls
Controls
Steering Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . 96
Steering Wheel Controls . . . . . . . . . . 96
Heated Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Windshield Wiper/Washer . . . . . . . . 97
Rear Window Wiper/Washer . . . . . . 99
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Power Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Wireless Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Warning Lights, Gauges, and
Indicators
Warning Lights, Gauges, andIndicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Fuel Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Engine Coolant Temperature Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Seat Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Airbag Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . 109 Passenger Airbag Status
Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Malfunction Indicator Lamp (Check Engine Light) . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Brake System Warning Light . . . . 112
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . 113
Service Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Antilock Brake System (ABS) Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Performance Shifting Light . . . . . . 114
All-Wheel-Drive Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) Light . . . 114
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . . . . 115
Pedestrian Ahead Indicator . . . . . . 115
Traction Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
StabiliTrak OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Traction Control System (TCS)/ StabiliTrak Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Engine Coolant Temperature Warning Light
(Uplevel Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Driver Mode Control Light . . . . . . . 116
Tire Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Engine Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . 117
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 118
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 Cruise Control Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Door Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Information Displays
Driver Information
Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Head-Up Display (HUD) . . . . . . . . . 121
Vehicle Messages
Vehicle Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Engine Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . 125
Vehicle Speed Messages . . . . . . . . . 126
Vehicle Personalization
Vehicle Personalization . . . . . . . . . . 126
Universal Remote System
Universal Remote System . . . . . . . . 130
Universal Remote System Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Universal Remote System Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

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Electric Parking Brake
Light
MetricEnglish Base Level
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 0239.
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.

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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.
SeeBrake System Warning Light 0112.
Performance Shifting Light
If equipped, this light may display
green when Sport Mode is activated
and certain driving conditions are
met. Sport Mode detects when the
vehicle is being driven in a sporty
manner, and adjusts the shifting of
the gears accordingly. See Driver Mode
Control 0243.
All-Wheel-Drive Light
All-Wheel-Drive
LightFront-Wheel-Drive Light
If equipped, the corresponding light
comes on when an All-Wheel Drive
(AWD) mode or Front-Wheel-Drive
mode is selected. See Driver Mode
Control 0243.
If the light turns amber, there may be
a malfunction. See your dealer.
Lane Keep Assist (LKA)
Light
If equipped, this light is white if LKA
is turned on, but not ready to assist.
This light is green if LKA is turned on
and is ready to assist.
LKA may assist by gently turning the
steering wheel if the vehicle
approaches a detected lane marking.
The LKA light is amber when
assisting.
This light flashes amber as a Lane
Departure Warning (LDW) alert, to
indicate that the lane marking has
been unintentionally crossed. If the
system detects that the vehicle has
been steered intentionally across a
lane marker, the LDW may not be
given. Do not expect the LDW to
occur when intentionally crossing the
lane marker.
LKA will not assist or alert if the turn
signal is active in the direction of lane
departure, or if LKA detects that you
are accelerating, braking, or actively
steering.
See Lane Keep Assist (LKA) 0277.

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DRIVING AND OPERATING 209
Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Driving for Better FuelEconomy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Impaired Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Off-Road Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . 218
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Stop/Start System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Engine Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Active Fuel Management . . . . . . . . 231
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . 233
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Drive Systems
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Brakes
Electric Brake Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . . 239
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/ElectronicStability Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Adaptive Cruise Control (Advanced) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . . . 256
Assistance Systems for Parkingor Backing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . . . . 257
Surround Vision System . . . . . . . . . 258
Park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Automatic Parking Assist (APA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Reverse Automatic Braking (RAB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
Rear Pedestrian Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Rear Cross Traffic Alert (RCTA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Assistance Systems for Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Front Pedestrian Braking (FPB) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Night Vision System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . 275
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . . 275

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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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Winter Driving
Driving on Snow or IceCaution
To avoid damage to the wheels and
brake components, always clear
snow and ice from inside the
wheels and underneath the vehicle
before driving.
Snow or ice between the tires and the
road creates less traction or grip, so
drive carefully. Wet ice can occur at
about 0 °C (32 °F) when freezing rain
begins to fall. Avoid driving on wet ice
or in freezing rain until roads can be
treated.
For Slippery Road Driving:
.Accelerate gently. Accelerating too
quickly causes the wheels to spin
and makes the surface under the
tires slick.
.Turn on Traction Control. See
Traction Control/Electronic Stability
Control 0241.
.Antilock Brake System (ABS)
improves vehicle stability during
hard stops, but the brakes should be applied sooner than when on dry
pavement. See
Antilock Brake System
(ABS) 0239.
.Allow greater following distance and
watch for slippery spots. Icy patches
can occur on otherwise clear roads
in shaded areas. The surface of a
curve or an overpass can remain icy
when the surrounding roads are
clear. Avoid sudden steering
maneuvers and braking while
on ice.
.Turn off cruise control.
.Select All-Wheel Drive (AWD) Mode
for vehicles equipped with AWD.
Select Snow/Ice Mode for FWD only
vehicles. See Driver Mode Control
0 243 and
All-Wheel Drive 0238.
Blizzard Conditions
Stop the vehicle in a safe place and
signal for help. Stay with the vehicle
unless there is help nearby. If possible,
use Roadside Service. See Roadside
Service 0401. To get help and keep
everyone in the vehicle safe:
.Turn on the hazard warning
flashers.
.Tie a red cloth to an outside mirror.
{Warning
Snow can trap engine exhaust
under the vehicle. This may cause
exhaust gases to get inside. Engine
exhaust contains carbon monoxide
(CO), which cannot be seen or
smelled. It can cause
unconsciousness and even death.
If the vehicle is stuck in snow:
.Clear snow from the base of the
vehicle, especially any blocking
the exhaust pipe.
.Open a window about 5 cm (2 in)
on the vehicle side that is away
from the wind, to bring in
fresh air.
.Fully open the air outlets on or
under the instrument panel.
.Adjust the climate control
system to circulate the air inside
the vehicle and set the fan speed
to the highest setting. See
“Climate Control Systems.”
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