2023 CADILLAC ESCALADE seat adjustment

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6 Introduction
1.Driver Information Center (DIC) 0124.
2. Air Vents 0202.
3. Turn Signal Lever. See Turn and
Lane-Change Signals 0140.
Exterior Lamp Controls 0134.
4. Tap Shift Controls (If Equipped). See Manual Mode 0229 or
Manual Mode (V-Series) 0230.
5. Instrument Cluster 0107.
6. Driver Monitoring Camera. See Super
Cruise 0258 (If Equipped).
7. Windshield Wiper/Washer 098.
Rear Window Wiper/Washer 0100.
8. Infotainment. See Overview0145.
9. Light Sensor. See Automatic Headlamp
System 0137.
10. Dual Automatic Climate Control System
0197.
Heated and Ventilated Front Seats 047
(If Equipped).
11. USB Ports. See USB Port0154.
12. Storage Compartment.
13. Infotainment Controls. See Overview
0 145.
14. Hazard Warning Flashers 0139. 15.
Wireless Charging 0104.
16. Shift Lever. See Automatic Transmission
0 225.
17. Automatic Vehicle Hold (AVH) 0237 (Out
of View).
Auto Stop Disable Switch (If Equipped).
See Stop/Start System 0222 (Out
of View).
V-Mode (If Equipped) (Out of View).
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) 0298 (If
Equipped) (Out of View).
18. ENGINE START/STOP Button. See Ignition
Positions 0219.
19. Steering Wheel Controls 0146.
20. Horn 098.
21. Steering Column Adjustment. See Steering Wheel Adjustment 098.
22. Hood Release. See Hood0337.
23. Cruise Control 0246 (If Equipped).
Adaptive Cruise Control (Advanced) 0248
(If Equipped).
Super Cruise 0258 (If Equipped).
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System
0 287 (If Equipped).
Heated Steering Wheel 098 (If
Equipped). 24.
Instrument Panel Illumination Control
0140.
25. Data Link Connector (DLC) (Out of View). SeeMalfunction Indicator Lamp (Check
Engine Light) 0114.
26. Trailer Brake Control. See Towing
Equipment 0313 (If Equipped).
27. Electric Parking Brake 0236.
28. Four-Wheel Drive 0231 (If Equipped).
Four Corner Air Suspension System 0243
(If Equipped).
Driver Mode Control 0240

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Seats and Restraints
Head Restraints
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Front Seats
Power Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Massage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Heated and Ventilated Front Seats . . . . . 47
Rear Seats
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Second Row Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Heated Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Third Row Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Seat Belts
Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Buckle To Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
How to Wear Seat Belts Properly . . . . . . . 57
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Seat Belt Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . 62
Seat Belt Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Seat Belt Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Replacing Seat Belt System Parts after aCrash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Airbag System
Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
When Should an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . 66
What Makes an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . 67
How Does an Airbag Restrain? . . . . . . . . . 67
What Will You See after an AirbagInflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Servicing the Airbag-Equipped Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Adding Equipment to the Airbag-Equipped Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Airbag System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Replacing Airbag System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Child Restraints
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Infants and Young Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Child Restraint Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Where to Put the Restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children(LATCH System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Replacing LATCH System Parts After a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Securing Child Restraints (With the Seat Belt in the Rear Seat) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Securing Child Restraints (With the Seat Belt in the Front Passenger Seat) . . . . . 89
Head Restraints
The vehicle’s front seats have adjustable
head restraints in the outboard seating
positions.
{Warning
With head restraints that are not
installed and adjusted properly, there is a
greater chance that occupants will suffer
a neck/spinal injury in a crash. Do not
drive until the head restraints for all
occupants are installed and adjusted
properly.
If your vehicle has rear head restraints
that fold down, always return them to
the full upright position whenever an
occupant is seated in the seat.

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When an occupant or child restraint is in the
seat, always return the head restraint to the
full upright position. Push the head restraint
up and rearward until it locks into place.
Push and pull on the head restraint to make
sure that it is locked.
Front Seats
Power Seat Adjustment
{Warning
You can lose control of the vehicle if you
try to adjust a driver seat while the
vehicle is moving. Adjust the driver seat
only when the vehicle is not moving.
{Warning
The power seats will work with the
ignition off. Children could operate the
power seats and be injured. Never leave
children alone in the vehicle.
To adjust the seat:
.Move the seat forward or rearward by
sliding the control forward or rearward.
.Raise or lower the front part of the seat
cushion by moving the front of the
control up or down.
.Raise or lower the seat by moving the
rear of the control up or down.
Reclining Seatbacks
To recline the seatback:
.Tilt the top of the control rearward to
recline.
.Tilt the top of the control forward to
raise.
{Warning
Sitting in a reclined position when the
vehicle is in motion can be dangerous.
Even when buckled up, the seat belts
cannot do their job.(Continued)

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Warning (Continued)
The shoulder belt will not be against
your body. Instead, it will be in front of
you. In a crash, you could go into it,
receiving neck or other injuries.
The lap belt could go up over your
abdomen. The belt forces would be there,
not at your pelvic bones. This could cause
serious internal injuries.
For proper protection when the vehicle is
in motion, have the seatback upright.
Then sit well back in the seat and wear
the seat belt properly.
Do not have a seatback reclined if the
vehicle is moving.
Lumbar Adjustment
.Press and hold the front or rear of the
control to increase or decrease lumbar
support.
.If equipped, press and hold the top or
bottom of the control to raise or lower
lumbar support.
Uplevel Seat Adjustment
To adjust lumbar support, if equipped:
.Press and release or hold Feature
Select (1) to scroll to lumbar support on
the infotainment display.
.Press Forward (5) or Rearward (3) to
adjust lumbar forward or rearward.
.Press Up (2) or Down (4) to adjust lumbar
up or down.

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unoccupied, the auto heated or ventilated
seats feature will not activate that seat. To
enable or disable auto heated or ventilated
seats, select Settings > Vehicle > Climate
and Air Quality > Auto Cooled or Auto
Heated Seats > ON or OFF.
Remote Start Heated and Ventilated Seats
During a remote start, the heated or
ventilated seats, if equipped, can be turned
on automatically. When it is cold outside,
the heated seats turn on, and when it is hot
outside the ventilated seats turn on. If the
auto heated or ventilated seats feature,
if equipped, is not turned on, the heated or
ventilated seats may be canceled when the
ignition is turned on. If necessary, press the
heated or ventilated seat button to use the
heated or ventilated seats after the vehicle
is started.
The heated or ventilated seat indicator lights
may turn on during a remote start.
The temperature performance of an
unoccupied seat may be reduced. This is
normal.
To enable or disable remote start heated or
ventilated seats, select Settings > Vehicle >
Remote Lock, Unlock, and Start > RemoteStart Auto Heat Seats or Remote Start Auto
Cool Seats > ON or OFF. See
Remote Vehicle
Start 014.
Rear Seats
Rear Seat Reminder
If equipped, the message REAR SEAT
REMINDER LOOK IN REAR SEAT displays
under certain conditions indicating there
may be an item or passenger in the rear
seat. Check before exiting the vehicle.
This feature will activate when a second row
door is opened while the vehicle is on or up
to 10 minutes before the vehicle is turned
on. There will be an alert when the vehicle
is turned off. The alert does not directly
detect objects in the rear seat; instead,
under certain conditions, it detects when a
rear door is opened and closed, indicating
that there may be something in the
rear seat.
The feature is active only once each time
the vehicle is turned on and off, and will
require reactivation by opening and closing
the second row doors. There may be an
alert even when there is nothing in the rear seat; for example, if a child entered the
vehicle through the rear door and left the
vehicle without the vehicle being shut off.
The feature can be turned on or off. Select
Settings > Vehicle > Rear Seat Reminder >
ON or OFF.Second Row Seats
Rear Seat Adjustment
To adjust the seat position:
1. Remove objects on the floor in front of or on the second row seat, or in the seat
tracks on the floor.

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Shoulder Belt Height Adjuster
The vehicle has a shoulder belt height
adjuster for the driver and front outboard
passenger positions.
Adjust the height so the shoulder portion of
the belt is on the shoulder and not falling
off of it. The belt should be close to, but not
contacting, the neck. Improper shoulder belt
height adjustment could reduce the
effectiveness of the seat belt in a crash. See
How to Wear Seat Belts Properly057.
Push the release button to move the height
adjuster to the desired position. After the adjuster is set to the desired
position, try to move it down without
pushing the release button to make sure it
has locked into position.
Automatic Seat Belt Tightening System
The vehicle may have the Automatic Seat
Belt Tightening System.
Each time the front seat belts are buckled
while the vehicle is in P (Park) or D (Drive)
and the engine is running or in Auto Stop (if
equipped), the system may activate to
tighten the seat belts.
The system also activates during emergency
braking and/or sudden driving maneuvers
and releases when driving conditions return
to normal.
The system will not activate if the Traction
Control/Electronic Stability Control system is
not functioning properly. See
Traction
Control/Electronic Stability Control 0238.
If there is a problem with the Automatic
Seat Belt Tightening System, a message
displays on the Driver Information Center
(DIC). If a system unavailable message
displays repeatedly or if a service message
displays, see your dealer. Other seat belt
functions are not affected by the Automatic
Seat Belt Tightening System.
Seat Belt Pretensioners
This vehicle has seat belt pretensioners for
the front outboard occupants.
Although the seat belt pretensioners cannot
be seen, they are part of the seat belt
assembly. They can help tighten the seat
belts during the early stages of a moderate
to severe frontal or near frontal crash if the
threshold conditions for pretensioner
activation are met.
Seat belt pretensioners can also help tighten
the seat belts in a side crash or rollover
event.
Pretensioners work only once. If the
pretensioners activate in a crash, the
pretensioners and probably other parts of
the vehicle's seat belt system will need to
be replaced. See Replacing Seat Belt System
Parts after a Crash 063.
Do not sit on the outboard seat belt while
entering or exiting the vehicle or at any
time while sitting in the seat. Sitting on the
seat belt can damage the webbing and
hardware.

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Instruments and Controls
Controls
Steering Wheel Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Heated Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Windshield Wiper/Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Rear Window Wiper/Washer . . . . . . . . . . 100
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Power Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Wireless Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Warning Lights, Gauges, and Indicators
Warning Lights, Gauges, andIndicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Instrument Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Speedometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Tachometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Fuel Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Engine Oil Pressure Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Engine Coolant Temperature Gauge . . . . 110
Transmission Temperature Gauge . . . . . . 110
Voltmeter Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Seat Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Airbag Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator . . . . . . 113
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Malfunction Indicator Lamp (Check
Engine Light) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Brake System Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Service Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . 116
Antilock Brake System (ABS) Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Four-Wheel-Drive Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Automatic Vehicle Hold (AVH) Light . . . . 117
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) Light . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Automatic Emergency Braking (AEB) Disabled Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Vehicle Ahead Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Pedestrian Ahead Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Traction Off Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
StabiliTrak OFF Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Traction Control System (TCS)/ StabiliTrak Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Engine Coolant Temperature Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Driver Mode Control Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Four Corner Air Suspension Light . . . . . . 120
Tire Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Engine Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Security Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
High-Beam On Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Adaptive Forward Lighting (AFL) Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Lamps On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 Cruise Control Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Door Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
Information Displays
Driver Information Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . 124
Vehicle Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Head-Up Display (HUD) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Vehicle Messages
Vehicle Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Engine Power Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Vehicle Speed Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Universal Remote System
Universal Remote System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Universal Remote System
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Universal Remote System Operation . . . 133

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Controls
Steering Wheel Adjustment
To adjust the power tilt and telescoping
steering wheel:
Press the control to move the steering
wheel up and down or forward and
rearward.
Do not adjust the steering wheel while
driving.
Heated Steering Wheel
(:If equipped, press to turn the heated
steering wheel on or off. An indicator next
to the button is lit when the feature is
turned on.
The steering wheel takes about
three minutes to start heating.
Automatic Heated Steering Wheel
If equipped with remote start, the heated
steering wheel may turn on during a remote
start along with the heated seats when it is
cold outside. The heated steering wheel
indicator may come on in remote start. If equipped with auto heated seats, the
heated steering wheel will turn on when the
auto heated seat is activated. The heated
steering wheel indicator will display the
state of the steering wheel heat. See
Heated
and Ventilated Front Seats 047.
Horn
To sound the horn, pressaon the
steering wheel.
Windshield Wiper/Washer
Windshield Wiper with Rainsense (AUTO
Shown), If Equipped