2023 CADILLAC CT4 automatic transmission fluid

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382 Vehicle Care
confirmation message
displays, select YES. The
oil life will change to 100%.
Be careful not to reset the
oil life display accidentally
at any time other than
after the oil is changed.
It cannot be reset
accurately until the next oil
change.
The oil life system can also be
reset as follows: 1. Using the DIC buttons, display REMAINING OIL
LIFE on the DIC. See Driver
Information Center (DIC)
(Base Level) 0129 or
Driver Information Center
(DIC) (Uplevel) 0132.
2. Fully press and release the accelerator pedal three
times within five seconds.
If the CHANGE ENGINE
OIL SOON message is not
on, the system is reset.
The system is reset when the
CHANGE ENGINE OIL SOON
message is off. If the CHANGE ENGINE OIL
SOON message comes back
on when the vehicle is started,
the engine oil life system has
not been reset. Repeat the
procedure.
Automatic
Transmission Fluid
How to Check Automatic
Transmission Fluid
It is not necessary to check
the transmission fluid level.
A transmission fluid leak is the
only reason for fluid loss. If a
leak occurs, take the vehicle to
your dealer and have it
repaired as soon as possible.
The vehicle is not equipped
with a transmission fluid level
dipstick. There is a special
procedure for checking and
changing the transmission
fluid. Because this procedure
is difficult, this should be done
at the dealer. Contact your
dealer for additional
information.
Caution
Use of the incorrect
automatic transmission fluid
may damage the vehicle, and
the damage may not be
covered by the vehicle
warranty. Always use the
correct automatic
transmission fluid. See
Recommended Fluids and
Lubricants
0474.
Change the fluid and filter at
the intervals listed in
Maintenance Schedule 0469,
and be sure to use the fluid
listed in Recommended Fluids
and Lubricants 0474.
Manual Transmission
Fluid
It is not necessary to check
the manual transmission fluid
level. A transmission fluid leak
is the only reason for fluid
loss. If a leak occurs, take the
vehicle to your dealer and
have it repaired as soon as

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Vehicle Storage
{Warning
Batteries have acid that can
burn you and gas that can
explode. You can be badly
hurt if you are not careful.
See Jump Starting - North
America0447 for tips on
working around a battery
without getting hurt.
Infrequent Usage: Remove the
black, negative (−) cable from
the battery to keep the
battery from running down.
Extended Storage: Remove
the black, negative (−) cable
from the battery or use a
battery trickle charger.
All-Wheel Drive
If the vehicle is equipped with
All-Wheel-Drive (AWD), this is
an additional system that
needs lubrication.
Transfer Case
Under normal driving
conditions, transfer case fluid
does not require maintenance
unless there is a fluid leak or
unusual noise. If required, have
the transfer case serviced by
your dealer.
Park Brake and
P (Park) Mechanism
Check
{Warning
When you are doing this
check, the vehicle could
begin to move. You or
others could be injured and
property could be damaged.
Make sure there is room in
front of the vehicle in case it
begins to roll. Be ready to
apply the regular brake at
once should the vehicle
begin to move. Park on a fairly steep hill, with
the vehicle facing downhill.
Keeping your foot on the
regular brake, set the parking
brake.
.To check the parking brake's
holding ability: With the
engine running and the
transmission in N (Neutral),
slowly remove foot pressure
from the regular brake pedal.
Do this until the vehicle is
held by the parking
brake only.
.Automatic transmission
vehicles only: To check the
P (Park) mechanism's holding
ability: With the engine
running, shift to P (Park).
Then release the parking
brake followed by the
regular brake.
Contact your dealer if service
is required.

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Service and Maintenance 471
Severe Conditions
Requiring More Frequent
Maintenance*
.Public service, military,
or commercial use vehicles
to include the following:
‐Ambulances, police cars,
and emergency rescue
vehicles.
‐ Civilian vehicles such as
light duty pick-up trucks,
SUVs, and passenger cars
that are used in military
applications.
‐ Recovery vehicles such as
tow trucks and flatbed
single vehicle carriers or
any vehicle that is
consistently used in towing
trailers or other loads.
‐ High use commercial
vehicles such as courier
delivery vehicles, private
security patrol vehicles,
or any vehicles that
operate on a 24–hour
basis. ‐
Any vehicle consistently
operated in a high sand or
dust environment such as
those used on oil pipelines
and similar applications.
.Vehicles that are regularly
used for short trips of 6 km
(4 mi) or less.
The oil life indicator will show
you when to change the oil
and filter. Under severe
conditions the indicator may
come on before 12 000 km
(7,500 mi).
* Footnote: Under extreme
driving conditions listed
above, it may be necessary
to replace your spark plugs
at more frequent intervals.
For further assistance in
determining the most
suitable service maintenance
intervals for your vehicle,
please contact your
authorized GM Dealer. Extreme service is for
vehicles mainly driven
off-road in four-wheel drive
or used in farming, mining,
forestry, or snow plowing.Additional Required
Services
—Severe Service
Every 72 000 km (45,000 mi)
.Change automatic
transmission fluid and filter.
.Change transfer case fluid,
if equipped with AWD. Do
not directly power wash the
transfer case and/or front/
rear axle output seals. High
pressure water can
overcome the seals and
contaminate the transfer
case fluid. Contaminated
fluid will decrease the life of
the transfer case and/or
axles and should be
replaced.
.Change rear axle fluid, with
limited slip differential. Do
not directly power wash the
transfer case and/or front/
rear axle output seals. High

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474 Service and Maintenance
Recommended Fluids, Lubricants, and Parts
Recommended Fluids and Lubricants
Fluids and lubricants identified below by name or specification, including fluids or lubricants not
listed here, can be obtained from your dealer.Usage Fluid/Lubricant
Automatic Transmission (8-SpeedTransmission) DEXRON-HP Automatic Transmission Fluid.
Automatic Transmission (10-Speed Transmission) DEXRON ULV Automatic Transmission Fluid.
Chassis Lubrication Chassis lubricant meeting requirements of NLGI #2, Category LB or GC-LB. Engine Coolant 50/50 mixture of clean, drinkable water and use only DEX-COOL Coolant. See Cooling System0386.
Engine Oil Engine oil meeting the dexos1 specification of the proper SAE viscosity grade.
ACDelco dexos1 full synthetic is recommended. See Engine Oil 0378.
Hood Latch Assembly, Secondary Latch, Pivots, Spring Anchor, and Release Pawl Lubriplate Lubricant Aerosol or lubricant meeting requirements of NLGI #2,
Category LB or GC-LB.
Hydraulic Brake System DOT 4 Hydraulic Brake Fluid.
Key Lock Cylinders, Hood and Door Hinges Multi-Purpose Lubricant, Superlube. See your dealer.
Manual Transmission DEXRON III Automatic Transmission Fluid.
Rear Axle/Front Axle (All-Wheel Drive) See your dealer.
Windshield Washer Automotive windshield washer fluid that meets regional freeze protection
requirements.

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Technical Data 481
ApplicationCapacities
Metric English
Rear Axle
IOpen Differential - Small 0.75 L 0.79 qt
IOpen Differential - Large 1.0 L 1.0 qt
IMechanical Limited Slip 1.0 L 1.0 qt
IElectronic Limited Slip (V-Series Blackwing) 1.3 L 1.3 qt
Wheel Nut Torque (M12) 140 Y100 lb ft
Wheel Nut Torque (M14) (V-Series Blackwing) 190 Y140 lb ft
All capacities are approximate. When adding, be sure to fill to the approximate level, as recommended in this manual.
Recheck fluid level after filling.
*Engine cooling system capacity values are based on the entire cooling system and its components.
Engine Specifications
Engine VIN CodeTransmission Spark Plug Gap
2.0L L4 Turbo Engine (LSY) KAutomatic0.65–0.75 mm (0.026–0.030 in)
2.7L L4 Turbo Engine (L3B) LAutomatic0.65–0.75 mm (0.026–0.030 in)
3.6L V6 Twin Turbo Engine (LF4) YAutomatic
Manual 0.75–0.90 mm (0.030–0.035 in)
Spark plug gaps are preset by the manufacturer. Re-gapping the spark plug is not recommended and can damage the
spark plug.

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510 INDEX
AlertLane Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
Rear Cross Traffic . . . . . . . . . 341
Side Blind
Zone (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . 286, 400
AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
Antenna Multi-band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Appearance Care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461
Apple CarPlay and Android Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Assistance Program, Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487
Assistance Systems
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
Parking and Backing . . . . . . 335
Audio Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Automatic Dimming Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Automatic (cont'd)
Emergency
Braking (AEB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
Emergency Braking (AEB) Disabled Light . . . . . 123
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . 148
Transmission . . . . . . . . . 272, 275
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . 382
Vehicle Hold Light . . . . . . . . . . 122
Automatic Transmission Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . 280, 281
Automatic Vehicle
Hold (AVH) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Avoiding Untrusted Media Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
B
BatteryExterior LightingBattery Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Load Management . . . . . . . . . 152
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . 153
Battery - North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .399, 447
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
Bluetooth Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Bluetooth (cont'd)
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198, 199
Brake Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
Pad Life System . . . . . . . . . . . 396
System Warning Light . . . . 120
Brake Pad Life System . . . . 396
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Electric Brake Boost . . . . . 286
Electric Parking Brake . . . . 287
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 AutomaticEmergency (AEB) . . . . . . . . 345
Reverse Automatic . . . . . . . 340
Braking System FrontPedestrian (FPB) . . . . . . . . . 346
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . 259
Buckle To Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Bulb Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . 403 Front Turn SignalLamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404
Halogen Bulbs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . 403

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Driving (cont'd)Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . 237
Track Events and
Competitive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . 255
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Dual Automatic ClimateControl System . . . . . . . . . . . 225
E
ElectricBrake Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . 121
Electrical Equipment, Add-On . . . . . . . 366
System Overload . . . . . . . . . . 404
Electrical System Engine Compartment
Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406
Instrument Panel
Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409 Electrical System (cont'd)
Rear Compartment
Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
Emergency OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . 384
Air Filter Life System . . . . . 383
Check Light
(Malfunction
Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Compartment
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Coolant Temperature
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114, 115
Coolant Temperature Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . 482
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . 127
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Running While Parked . . . . 272
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263 Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . 365
Event Data Recorders . . . . . 497
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Extender, Seat Belt . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Exterior
Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Lamps Off Reminder . . . . . . 147
Lighting Battery Saver . . . 153
F
FilterEngine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . 384
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
Fluid Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342

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516 INDEX
LATCH, Lower Anchorsand Tethers for
Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
Lighting Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . 150
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
Lights Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Antilock Brake System
(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB)
Disabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Automatic Vehicle Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Check Engine
(Malfunction
Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Cruise Control Light . . . . . . . 128
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . 125
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . 121 Lights (cont'd)
Engine Coolant
Temperature
Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . 127
Gauges and Indicators . . . . 105
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Lane Keep Assist . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . 127
Performance Shifting . . . . . 122
Seat Belt Reminders . . . . . . 115
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Service Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
StabiliTrak OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Traction Control System
(TCS)/StabiliTrak . . . . . . . . . . 124
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Limited-Slip Differential . . . . 301
Locks
Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . 21
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .237
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . 127
Low-Profile Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
Lower Anchors and
Tethers for Children
(LATCH System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . 40
Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
M
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 477
Maintenance Schedule . . . . 469 Recommended Fluidsand Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . 474
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280, 281
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . 382
Map Data Updates . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Massage Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Matching
Active Rev . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285