2006 Cadillac Escalade Owner Manual
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2006 Cadillac Escalade, Escalade ESV Owner Manual M Seats and Restraint Systems ........................... 1-1 Driving Your Vehicle ....................................... 4-1 Front Seats ............................................... 1-3 Your Driving, the Road, and Your Vehicle ..... 4-2 Rear Seats ............................................... 1-8 Towing ................................................... 4-52 Safety Belts ............................................. 1-28 Service and Appearance Care .......................... 5-1 Child Restraints ....................................... 1-48 Service ..................................................... 5-3 Airbag System ......................................... 1-74 Fuel ......................................................... 5-4 Restraint System Check ............................ 1-87 Checking Things Under the Hood ................. 5-8 Features and Controls ..................................... 2-1 All-Wheel Drive ........................................ 5-43 Keys ........................................................ 2-3 Rear Axle ............................................... 5-44 Doors and Locks ....................................... 2-8 Front Axle ............................................... 5-45 Windows ................................................. 2-12 Headlamp Aiming ..................................... 5-46 Theft-Deterrent Systems ............................ 2-14 Bulb Replacement .................................... 5-49 Starting and Operating Your Vehicle ........... 2-16 Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement ......... 5-56 Mirrors .................................................... 2-28 Tires ...................................................... 5-57 OnStar® System ...................................... 2-36 Appearance Care ..................................... 5-97 Universal Home Remote System ................ 2-38 Vehicle Identification ............................... 5-105 Storage Areas ......................................... 2-42 Electrical System .................................... 5-106 Sunroof .................................................. 2-46 Capacities and Specifications ................... 5-116 Vehicle Personalization ............................. 2-47 Maintenance Schedule ..................................... 6-1 Instrument Panel ............................................. 3-1 Maintenance Schedule ................................ 6-2 Instrument Panel Overview .......................... 3-4 Customer Assistance and Information .............. 7-1 Climate Controls ...................................... 3-24 Customer Assistance and Information ........... 7-2 Warning Lights, Gages, and Indicators ........ 3-32 Reporting Safety Defects ........................... 7-13 Driver Information Center (DIC) .................. 3-50 Index ................................................................ 1 Audio System(s) ....................................... 3-69 Canadian Owners A French language copy of this manual can be obtained from your dealer or from: Helm, Incorporated P.O. Box 07130 Detroit, MI 48207 GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, CADILLAC, the CADILLAC Crest & Wreath, and the names How to Use This Manual ESCALADE and ESV are registered trademarks of Many people read the owner manual from beginning to General Motors Corporation. end when they first receive their new vehicle. If this This manual includes the latest information at the time it is done, it can help you learn about the features was printed. We reserve the right to make changes and controls for the vehicle. Pictures and words work after that time without notice. For vehicles first sold in together in the owner manual to explain things. Canada, substitute the name “General Motors of Canada Limited” for Cadillac Motor Car Division whenever it Index appears in this manual. Keep this manual in the vehicle, so it will be there if it is A good place to quickly locate information about the ever needed while you are on the road. If the vehicle vehicle is the Index in the back of the manual. It is an is sold, leave the manual in the vehicle. alphabetical list of what is in the manual and the page number where it can be found. Litho in U.S.A. Part No. 06ESCALADE A First Printing © 2005 General Motors Corporation. All Rights Reserved. ii Safety Warnings and Symbols In the caution area, we tell you what the hazard is. Then we tell you what to do to help avoid or reduce the There are a number of safety cautions in this book. We hazard. Please read these cautions. If you do not, use a box and the word CAUTION to tell about things you or others could be hurt. that could hurt you if you were to ignore the warning. You will also find a circle with a slash through it in {CAUTION: this book. This safety symbol means “Do Not,” “Do Not do this” or “Do Not These mean there is something that could hurt let this happen.” you or other people. iii Vehicle Damage Warnings Vehicle Symbols Also, in this manual you will find these notices: The vehicle has components and labels that use symbols instead of text. Symbols are shown along with Notice: These mean there is something that could the text describing the operation or information damage your vehicle. relating to a specific component, control, message, A notice tells about something that can damage the gage, or indicator. vehicle. Many times, this damage would not be covered If you need help figuring out a specific name of a by your vehicle’s warranty, and it could be costly. But component, gage, or indicator, reference the the notice will tell what to do to help avoid the damage. following topics: When you read other manuals, you might see • Seats and Restraint Systems in Section 1 CAUTION and NOTICE warnings in different colors or in different words. • Features and Controls in Section 2 There are also warning labels on the vehicle. They use • Instrument Panel Overview in Section 3 the same words, CAUTION or NOTICE. • Climate Controls in Section 3 • Warning Lights, Gages, and Indicators in Section 3 • Audio System(s) in Section 3 • Engine Compartment Overview in Section 5 iv These are some examples of symbols that may be found on the vehicle: v ✍ NOTES vi Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Front Seats ......................................................1-3 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy ..................1-41 Power Seats ..................................................1-3 Right Front Passenger Position .......................1-41 Power Lumbar ...............................................1-4 Rear Outside Passenger Positions ..................1-41 Heated Seats .................................................1-4 Center Rear Passenger Position .....................1-44 Heated and Cooled Seats ................................1-5 Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides ....................1-45 Reclining Seatbacks ........................................1-6 Safety Belt Extender .....................................1-47 Head Restraints .............................................1-7 Child Restraints .............................................1-48 Rear Seats .......................................................1-8 Older Children ..............................................1-48 Rear Seat Operation .......................................1-8 Infants and Young Children ............................1-50 Heated Seats ...............................................1-10 Child Restraint Systems .................................1-53 Heated and Cooled Seats ..............................1-10 Where to Put the Restraint .............................1-58 60/40 Split Bench Seat (Second Row) .............1-11 Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children 50/50 Split Bench Seat (Third Row) ................1-14 (LATCH) ..................................................1-59 Bench Seat (Third Row) ................................1-19 Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear Outside Bucket Seats (Second Row) ...........................1-24 Seat Position ............................................1-66 Safety Belts ...................................................1-28 Securing a Child Restraint in the Center Rear Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone ................1-28 Seat Position ............................................1-68 Questions and Answers About Safety Belts ......1-32 Securing a Child Restraint in the Right Front How to Wear Safety Belts Properly .................1-33 Seat Position ............................................1-70 Driver Position ..............................................1-34 1-1 Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Airbag System ...............................................1-74 Servicing Your Airbag-Equipped Vehicle ...........1-86 Where Are the Airbags? ................................1-76 Adding Equipment to Your Airbag-Equipped When Should an Airbag Inflate? .....................1-78 Vehicle ....................................................1-86 What Makes an Airbag Inflate? .......................1-79 Restraint System Check ..................................1-87 How Does an Airbag Restrain? .......................1-80 Checking the Restraint Systems ......................1-87 What Will You See After an Airbag Inflates? .....1-80 Replacing Restraint System Parts After a Passenger Sensing System ............................1-82 Crash ......................................................1-88 1-2 Front Seats Horizontal Control: This control adjusts the seat cushion. • Raise or lower the front of the seat by raising or Power Seats lowering