Cadillac CT5 Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada-16500419) -
2023 - CRC - 5/6/22
462 Vehicle Care
Caution
To avoid surface damage on
wheels and wheel trim, do
not use strong soaps,
chemicals, abrasive polishes,
cleaners, or brushes. Use
only GM approved cleaners.
Do not drive the vehicle
through an automatic car
wash that uses silicon
carbide tire/wheel cleaning
brushes. Damage could
occur and the repairs would
not be covered by the
vehicle warranty.
Brake System
Visually inspect brake lines
and hoses for proper hook-up,
binding, leaks, cracks, chafing,
etc. Inspect disc brake pads
for wear and rotors for
surface condition. Inspect
brake linings/shoes for wear
or cracks. Inspect all other
brake parts.
Steering, Suspension, and
Chassis Components
Visually inspect steering,
suspension, and chassis
components for damaged,
loose, or missing parts or signs
of wear at least once a year.
Inspect power steering for
proper attachment,
connections, binding, leaks,
cracks, chafing, etc.
Visually check constant
velocity joint boots and axle
seals for leaks.
Body Component
Lubrication
Lubricate all key lock cylinders,
hood hinges, liftgate hinges,
and the steel fuel door hinges,
unless the components are
plastic. Applying silicone
grease on weatherstrips with
a clean cloth will make them
last longer, seal better, and
not stick or squeak.
Underbody Maintenance
Every six months, use plain
water to flush any corrosive
materials from the underbody.
Take care to thoroughly clean
any areas where mud and
other debris can collect.
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 fluid.
Contaminated fluid will
decrease the life of the
transfer case and/or axles and
should be replaced.
Sheet Metal Damage
If the vehicle is damaged and
requires sheet metal repair or
replacement, make sure the
body repair shop applies
anti-corrosion material to
parts repaired or replaced to
restore corrosion protection.
Cadillac CT5 Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada-16500419) -
2023 - CRC - 5/6/22
Service and Maintenance 475
Diagnostics
.OnStar active, if equipped
.Service history/recall check
Engine Oil and Filter
.Engine oil
.Oil life monitor
‐Reset oil life monitor
Exterior Lights
.Visual inspection
Windshield and Wipers
.Visual inspection
Battery
.Battery visual inspection
.Battery test results
.Battery cables and
connections
Systems, Fluids, and
Visible Leak Inspection
.Engine oil
.Transmission
.Drive axle
.Transfer case
.Engine cooling system
.Power steering, if equipped
.Fuel system
.Windshield washer fluid
Tire Inspection
.Tire pressure, tread depth,
and wear
.Rotation, if applicable
.Alignment check, optional
.Reset tire pressure monitor
.Check tire sealant expiration
date, if equipped
.Check spare tire, if equipped
Brakes
.Check brake system
Visible and Functional
Inspections
.Seat belt components
.Exhaust system
.Accelerator pedal
.Passenger compartment air
filter, if equipped
.Engine air filter
.Hoses
.Belts
.Shocks and struts
.Steering components
.Axle boots or driveshaft and
u-joints
.Compartment lift struts,
if equipped
.Floor mats secured, no
interference with pedals
.Horn
.Ignition lock, if equipped
.Starter switch
.Evaporative control system
Lubricate
.Chassis components
Special Application
Services
.Severe Commercial Use
Vehicles Only: Lubricate
chassis components every
oil change.
.Have underbody flushing
service performed. See
"Underbody Maintenance" in
Exterior Care 0457.
Cadillac CT5 Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada-16500419) -
2023 - CRC - 5/6/22
510 Connected Services
vehicles, Wi-Fi can also be
managed from the Wi-Fi
Hotspot menu.
MyCadillac Mobile App
(If Available)
Download the myCadillac
mobile app to compatible
Apple and Android
smartphones. Cadillac users
can access the following
services from a smartphone:
.Remotely start/stop the
vehicle, if factory-equipped.
.Lock/unlock doors,
if equipped with automatic
locks.
.Activate the horn and lamps.
.Check the vehicle fuel level,
oil life, or tire pressure,
if factory-equipped with the
Tire Pressure Monitor
System.
.Send destinations to the
vehicle.
.Locate the vehicle on a map
(U.S. market only).
.Turn the vehicle's Wi-Fi
hotspot on/off, manage
settings, and monitor data
consumption, if equipped.
.Locate a dealer and
schedule service.
.Request Roadside
Assistance.
.Set a parking reminder with
pin drop, take a photo, make
a note, and set a timer.
.Connect with Cadillac on
social media.
Features are subject to
change. For myCadillac mobile
app information and
compatibility, see
my.cadillac.com.
An active OnStar or
connected service plan may be
required. A compatible device,
factory-installed remote start,
and power locks are required.
Data rates apply. See
www.onstar.com for details
and system limitations.
Remote Services
Contact an OnStar Advisor to
unlock the doors or sound the
horn and flash the lamps.
Marketplace
OnStar Advisors can provide
offers from restaurants and
retailers on your route, help
locate hotels, or book a room.
These services vary by
market.
Diagnostics
By monitoring and reporting
on the vehicle’s key systems,
OnStar Advanced Diagnostics,
if equipped, provides a way to
keep up on maintenance.
Capabilities vary by model. See
www.onstar.com for details
and system limitations.
Features are subject to
change. For updates on
feature capabilities, see
my.cadillac.com. Message and
data rates may apply.
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2023 - CRC - 5/11/22
INDEX 515
E
ElectricBrake Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 287
Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . 128
Electrical Equipment, Add-On . . . . . . . . 372
System Overload . . . . . . . . . . 409
Electrical System Engine Compartment
Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412
Fuses and Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
Instrument Panel Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414
Rear Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
Emergency OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . 389
Air Filter Life System . . . . . 389
Check Light(Malfunction
Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378 Engine (cont'd)
Coolant
Temperature
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121, 122
Coolant Temperature Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . 484
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Heater . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . 134
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Running While Parked . . . . 276
Starting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Equipment, Towing . . . . . . . . . . 371
Event Data Recorders . . . . . 499
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . .275
Extender, Seat Belt . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Lamps Off Reminder . . . . . . 154
Lighting BatterySaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
F
FilterEngine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . 389
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
Fluid Automatic
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Forward
Collision Alert (FCA)System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Frequency Statement Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496
Front Heated and VentilatedSeats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Pedestrian Braking (FPB) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Economy, Driving forBetter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Cadillac CT5 Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada-16500419) -
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518 INDEX
Lights (cont'd)Antilock Brake System
(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB)
Disabled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Automatic
Vehicle Hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Brake System Warning . . . 127
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Check Engine (Malfunction
Indicator) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Cruise Control Light . . . . . . . 135
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . 132
Electric Parking Brake . . . . 128
Engine Coolant Temperature
Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . 134
Gauges and Indicators . . . . . 112
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Lane Keep Assist . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . 134
Performance Shifting . . . . . 129
Seat Belt Reminders . . . . . . 122
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135 Lights (cont'd)
Service Electric
Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
StabiliTrak OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Traction Control System
(TCS)/StabiliTrak . . . . . . . . . . 131
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Limited-Slip Differential . . . 302
Lock Steering Column . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Locks Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . 22
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . 134
Low-Profile Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children
(LATCH System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . 46
Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46M
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . 471 Recommended Fluids
and Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . 476
Malfunction Indicator Lamp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . 388
Map Data Updates . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Maps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
Massage Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Matching Active Rev . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
Media
Avoiding UntrustedDevices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Messages Engine Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Vehicle Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
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INDEX 523
Tires (cont'd)Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
If a Tire Goes Flat . . . . . . . . . 443
Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435
Low-Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
Noise Reducing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427, 429
Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Pressure Monitor
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
Pressure Monitor System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
Rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435
Run-Flat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420
Sealant and Compressor Kit . . . . . . . . . . . 444
Sealant and Compressor Kit,
Storing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451
Self-Sealing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420
Sidewall Labeling . . . . . . . . . . 422
Terminology and Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424
Uniform Tire Quality Grading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
Wheel Alignment and
Tire Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
Wheel Replacement . . . . . . . 441 Tires (cont'd)
When It Is Time for
New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
Top Tier Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Towing Driving
Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
General Information . . . . . . 364
Recreational Vehicle . . . . . 457
Trailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Track Events and Competitive Driving . . . . . . . 246
Traction Control System
(TCS)/StabiliTrak
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Control/Electronic Stability Control . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Limited-Slip
Differential . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Trademarks and License Agreements . . . . . . 223
Trailer
Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369 Transmission
Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
Fluid, Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Transportation Program, Courtesy . . . . . . . . 492
Transporting a Disabled Vehicle . . . . . . . . . 455
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Trunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
TTY Users Customer Assistance . . . . 488
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
U
Umbrella Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Uniform Tire QualityGrading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
Universal Remote
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Updates Map Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
USB Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174