Cadillac XT6 Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada-16405819) -
2023 - CRC - 3/22/22
Service and Maintenance 457
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 0440.
Cadillac XT6 Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada-16405819) -
2023 - CRC - 3/22/22
INDEX 493
Alert (cont'd)Rear Pedestrian . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Side Blind
Zone (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .273 Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
AM-FM Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Antenna Multi-band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .273
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Appearance Care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446
Apple CarPlay and Android Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
Assistance Program, Roadside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470
Assistance Systems
Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Parking and Backing . . . . . . . 314
Audio Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Automatic
Dimming Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Door Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Automatic (cont'd)
Emergency
Braking (AEB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Headlamp System . . . . . . . . . . 159
Parking Assist (APA) . . . . . 320
Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Transmission Fluid . . . . . . . . 374
Automatic Transmission Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Avoiding Untrusted Media Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
B
BatteryExterior LightingBattery Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Power Protection . . . . . . . . . . 163
Battery - North America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385, 434
Blade Replacement, Wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
Bluetooth
Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202, 203
Brake Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
System Warning Light . . . . 136
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383 Brakes (cont'd)
Antilock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
Electric Brake Boost . . . . . . 273
Electric Parking Brake . . . . 274
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Automatic
Emergency (AEB) . . . . . . . . 328
Reverse Automatic . . . . . . . 322
Braking System FrontPedestrian (FPB) . . . . . . . . . 330
Break-In, New Vehicle . . . . . . 256
Bulb Replacement Headlamp Aiming . . . . . . . . . . 389
Buying New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . 419
C
Calibration
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
California Perchlorate Materials
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
California Proposition 65 Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 434
Camera
Rear Vision (RVC) . . . . . . . . . . 314
Canadian Vehicle Owners . . . . 2
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INDEX 501
RearCamera Mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Climate Control
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Cross Traffic Alert (RCTA) System . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Heated Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Pedestrian Alert . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . . . 314
Window
Washer/Wiper . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Rearview Mirrors Automatic Dimming . . . . . . . . . 39
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . 49
Recognition
Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
Recommended Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Recommended Fluids
and Lubricants . . . . . . . . . . . . . 458
Recorder Surround Video . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Records
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 461
Recreational Vehicle Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438 Reimbursement
Program, GM Mobility . . . . 470
Remote Key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Key Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Vehicle Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Replacement Parts
Airbags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459
Replacing Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
LATCH System Parts
After a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Seat Belt System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Reporting Safety Defects
Canadian Government . . . 478
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . 478
Restraints Where to Put . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Reverse Automatic Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Reverse Tilt Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . 38
Roads Driving, Wet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 Roadside Assistance
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470
Roof Rack System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Sunroof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Rotation, Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417
Routing, Engine Drive Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
Running the Vehicle While Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
S
SafetyLocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Safety Defects Reporting Canadian Government . . . 478
General Motors . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
U.S. Government . . . . . . . . . . 478
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . 70
Satellite Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Scheduling Appointments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .472
Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
How to Wear SeatBelts Properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Cadillac XT6 Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada-16405819) -
2023 - CRC - 3/22/22
504 INDEX
Trailer (cont'd)Towing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Transmission Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Fluid, Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
Transportation Program, Courtesy . . . . . . . . 473
Transporting a Disabled Vehicle . . . . . . . . . 437
Trip Odometer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
TTY Users Customer Assistance . . . . 469
Turn and Lane-Change Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
U
Uniform Tire QualityGrading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
Universal Remote System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Updates Map Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
USB Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 Using
Infotainment System . . . . . . 168
Navigation System . . . . . . . . . 180
This Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
V
Vehicle
Ahead Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Alarm System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Canadian Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Data Recording andPrivacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479
Identification Number (VIN) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462
Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Positioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Remote Start . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Speed Messages . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Vehicle Care Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Vehicle Security Steering Column Lock . . . . . 35 Ventilation, Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Visors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Voice Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
W
Warning
Brake System Light . . . . . . . . 136
Caution and Danger . . . . . . . . . . 2
Hazard Flashers . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Lights, Gauges, and
Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Washer Fluid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Wheels
Alignment and TireBalance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423
Different Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423
When It Is Time for New Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418
Where to Put the Restraint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Windshield Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
Wiper/Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118