2023 CADILLAC XT6 Owners Manual

Cadillac XT6 Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada-16405819) -
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488 OnStar
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intercept or access
transmissions and private
communications without
consent.
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Connected
Services
Connected Services
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489
Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490
Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491
Connected
Services
Navigation
Navigation requires a specific
OnStar or connected
service plan.
Press
Qto receive
Turn-by-Turn directions or
have them sent to the
vehicle’s navigation screen,
if equipped. Select
Turn-by-Turn Directions from
the Services tab of the OnStar
app to call an Advisor or select
a recent or favorite
destination. Touch the
navigation icons to select
home, address, or place.
A destination transfer from
OnStar will show the detail
view of the destination when it
is transferred from OnStar to
the Navigation application. See
www.onstar.com for a
coverage map. Services vary by model. Map coverage is
available in the United States
and Canada.
Turn-by-Turn Navigation
1. PressQto connect to an
Advisor.
2. Request directions to be downloaded to the vehicle.
3. Follow the voice-guided commands.
Using Voice Commands
During a Planned Route
Functionality of the Voice
Command button, if equipped,
may vary by vehicle and
region. For some vehicles,
press
=to open the OnStar
app on the infotainment
display.
Send Destination to Vehicle
Directions can be sent to the
vehicle’s navigation screen,
if equipped.
Press
Q, then ask the Advisor
to download directions to the
vehicle’s navigation system,

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if equipped. After the call
ends, the navigation screen
will provide prompts to begin
driving directions. Routes that
are sent to the navigation
screen can only be canceled
through the navigation
system.
See www.onstar.com (U.S.) or
www.onstar.ca (Canada).
Connections
The following services help
with staying connected.
For coverage maps, see
www.onstar.com (U.S.) or
www.onstar.ca (Canada).
Ensuring Security
.Change the default
passwords for the Wi-Fi
hotspot and myCadillac
mobile app. Make these
passwords different from
each other and use a
combination of letters and
numbers to increase the
security.
.Change the default name of
the SSID (Service Set
Identifier). This is your
network’s name that is
visible to other wireless
devices. Choose a unique
name and avoid family names
or vehicle descriptions.
Wi-Fi Hotspot (If Equipped)
The vehicle may have a built-in
Wi-Fi hotspot that provides
access to the Internet and
web content at 4G LTE speed.
Up to seven mobile devices
can be connected. A data plan
is required. Use the in-vehicle
controls only when it is safe to
do so. 1. To retrieve Wi-Fi hotspot information, press
=to
open the OnStar app on
the infotainment display,
then select Wi-Fi Hotspot.
On some vehicles, touch
Wi-Fi or Wi-Fi Settings on
the screen.
2. The Wi-Fi settings will display the Wi-Fi hotspot
name (SSID), password, and on some vehicles, the
connection type (no
Internet connection, 3G,
4G, 4G LTE), and signal
quality (poor, good,
excellent). The LTE icon
shows connection to Wi-Fi.
It is possible that the icon
may not illuminate even
though the vehicle has an
active connection.
3. To change the SSID or password, press
Qor call
1-888-4ONSTAR to
connect with an Advisor.
On some vehicles, the SSID
and password can be
changed in the Wi-Fi
Hotspot menu.
After initial set-up, your
vehicle’s Wi-Fi hotspot will
connect automatically to your
mobile devices. Manage data
usage by turning Wi-Fi on or
off on your mobile device, by
using the myCadillac mobile
app, or by contacting an
OnStar Advisor. On some

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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’s 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 Service.
.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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492 INDEX
IndexA
Accessories andModifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Active Fuel Management . . . . . . . . . 264
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Additional OnStar Information . . . . . . . 484
Adjustments Lumbar, Front Seats . . . . . . . 50
Agreements Trademarks andLicense . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . 375
Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . 228, 234
Filter Life System . . . . . . . . . 374
Filter, Passenger
Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
How Does an AirbagRestrain? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Airbag System (cont'd)
Passenger Sensing
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
What Makes an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
What Will You See after an Airbag
Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
When Should an Airbag Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Airbags Adding Equipment tothe Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Passenger Status
Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Replacing System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . 84
Servicing
Airbag-Equipped
Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Alarm Vehicle Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Alert
Lane Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Rear Cross Traffic . . . . . . . . 325

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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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Capacities andSpecifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
Carbon Monoxide Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Liftgate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Cargo
Cover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Management System . . . . . 113
Tie-Downs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
Caution, Danger, and
Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Center Console Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Chains, Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424
Charging System Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Wireless . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Check Engine Light (Malfunction Indicator) . . . . 134
Child Restraints
Infants and YoungChildren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . 92
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Securing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102, 104
Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Child Safety Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Circuit Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
Cleaning
Exterior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440
Interior Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446
Climate Control Systems Dual Automatic . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Rear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Cluster, Instrument . . . . . . . . . . 127
Collision Damage Repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474
Compact Spare Tire . . . . . . . . 433
Compartments Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Compass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
Connected Services
Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490
Diagnostics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491
Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489
Connections
Connected Services . . . . . . 490
Control Traction andElectronic Stability . . . . . . . 276
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . 241
Controls Steering Wheel . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 Convenience Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Coolant
Engine TemperatureGauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Cooling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228, 234
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
Cornering Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161
Courtesy Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161
Courtesy Transportation
Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473
Cover Cargo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Coverage Explanations . . . . . 194
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280 Adaptive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Super . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Customer Assistance Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468
Text Telephone (TTY)Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
Customer Information
Publications OrderingInformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476

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Customer SatisfactionProcedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466
Cybersecurity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479
D
Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Dashboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Data Collection Infotainment System . . . . . . 481
OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481
Data Recorders, Event . . . . 480
Database Coverage Explanations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Daytime Running
Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Diagnostics Connected Services . . . . . . . 491
Disabled Vehicle Transporting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161 Door
Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
Drive Systems All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . . . 312
Information
Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Mode Control Light . . . . . . . . 141
Teen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Driving Assistance Systems . . . . . . 326
Better Fuel Economy . . . . . 239
Characteristics andTowing Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Distracted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . 251
Impaired . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 Driving (cont'd)
Off-Road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . 243
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . 252
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Dual
Automatic ClimateControl System . . . . . . . . . . . 228
E
ElectricBrake Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
Parking Brake Light . . . . . . . 137
Electrical Equipment, Add-On . . . . . . . 360
System Overload . . . . . . . . . . 390
Electrical System Engine CompartmentFuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
Fuses and Circuit
Breakers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
Instrument Panel Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
Rear Compartment
Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398