Cadillac CT5 Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada-16500419) -
2023 - CRC - 5/6/22
490 Customer Information
Calling for Assistance
When calling Roadside
Assistance, have the following
information ready:
.Your name, home address,
and home telephone number
.Telephone number of your
location
.Location of the vehicle
.Model, year, color, and
license plate number of the
vehicle
.Odometer reading, Vehicle
Identification Number (VIN),
and delivery date of the
vehicle
.Description of the problem
Coverage
Services are provided for the
duration of the vehicle’s
powertrain warranty.
In the U.S., anyone driving the
vehicle is covered. In Canada,
a person driving the vehicle
without permission from the
owner is not covered.Roadside Assistance is not a
part of the New Vehicle
Limited Warranty. General
Motors North America and
Cadillac reserve the right to
make any changes or
discontinue the Roadside
Assistance program at any
time without notification.
General Motors North America
and Cadillac reserve the right
to limit services or payment to
an owner or driver if they
decide the claims are made
too often, or the same type of
claim is made many times.
Cadillac Owner
Privileges™
.Emergency Fuel Delivery:
Delivery of enough fuel for
the vehicle to get to the
nearest service station.
.Lock-Out Service:
Service
to unlock the vehicle if you
are locked out. A remote
unlock may be available if
you have OnStar. For security reasons, the driver
must present identification
before this service is given.
.Emergency Tow from a
Public Road or Highway:
Tow to the nearest Cadillac
dealer for warranty service,
or if the vehicle was in a
crash and cannot be driven.
Assistance is not given when
the vehicle is stuck in the
sand, mud, or snow.
.Flat Tire Change:
Service to
change a flat tire with a
spare tire. The spare tire,
if equipped, must be in good
condition and properly
inflated. It is your
responsibility for the repair
or replacement of the tire if
it is not covered by the
warranty.
.Battery Jump Start: Service
to jump start a dead battery.
Cadillac CT5 Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada-16500419) -
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OnStar 503
With Roadside Assistance,
Advisors can locate a nearby
service provider to help with a
flat tire, a battery jump, or an
empty gas tank.
Security
If equipped, OnStar provides
these services:
.With Stolen Vehicle
Assistance, OnStar Advisors
can use GPS to pinpoint the
vehicle and help authorities
quickly recover it.
.With Remote Ignition Block,
if equipped, OnStar can
block the vehicle from being
restarted.
.With Stolen Vehicle
Slowdown, if equipped,
OnStar can work with law
enforcement to gradually
slow the vehicle down.
Theft Alarm Notification
If equipped, if the doors are
locked and the vehicle alarm
sounds, a notification by text,
e-mail, or phone call will besent. If the vehicle is stolen, an
OnStar Advisor can work with
authorities to recover the
vehicle.
OnStar Additional
Information
In-Vehicle Audio
Messages
Audio messages may play
important information at the
following times:
.Prior to vehicle purchase.
Press
Qto set up an
account.
.After change in ownership
and at 90 days.
Transferring Service
PressQto request account
transfer eligibility information.
The Advisor can cancel or
change account information.
Selling/Transferring the
Vehicle
Call 1-888-4ONSTAR
(1-888-466-7827) immediately
to terminate your OnStar or
connected services if the
vehicle is disposed of, sold,
transferred, or if the
lease ends.
Reactivation for
Subsequent Owners
PressQand follow the
prompts to speak to an
Advisor as soon as possible.
The Advisor will update vehicle
records and explain OnStar or
connected service options.
How OnStar Service
Works
Automatic Crash Response,
Emergency Services, Crisis
Assist, Stolen Vehicle
Assistance, Remote Services,
and Roadside Assistance are
available on most vehicles. Not
all OnStar services are
available everywhere or on all
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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
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Replacing (cont'd)Seat Belt System Parts
after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Reporting Safety Defects Canadian Government . . . 498
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . 498
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . 497
Restraints Where to Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .273
Reverse Automatic
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Reverse Tilt Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . 35
Ride Control Systems Enhanced Traction
System (ETS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Roads Driving, Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Roadside Assistance Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489
Roof Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484 Run-Flat Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420
Running the Vehicle
While Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .276
S
SafetyLocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Safety Defects Reporting Canadian Government . . . 498
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . 498
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . 497
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . 64
Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
Scheduling
Appointments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492
Sealant Kit, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444
Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Buckle To Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
How to Wear SeatBelts Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Replacing after a Crash . . . 65
Use During Pregnancy . . . . . 63
Seats Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Seats (cont'd)
Heated and Ventilated,
Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Lumbar Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Massage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Power Adjustment, Front . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . 45
Securing Child
Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94, 96
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503
Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Vehicle Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Self-Sealing Tires . . . . . . . . . . . 420
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239 Accessories and
Modifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Doing Your Own Work . . . 375
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Maintenance Records . . . . 479
Maintenance, General
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
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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