2006 Cadillac XLR Owner Manual M
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2006 Cadillac XLR Owner Manual M Seats and Restraint Systems ........................... 1-1 Navigation System .......................................... 4-1 Front Seats ............................................... 1-2 Overview .................................................. 4-2 Safety Belts .............................................. 1-5 Features and Controls .............................. 4-10 Child Restraints ....................................... 1-18 Navigation Audio System ........................... 4-51 Airbag System ......................................... 1-32 Voice Recognition .................................... 4-75 Restraint System Check ............................ 1-45 Driving Your Vehicle ....................................... 5-1 Your Driving, the Road, and Your Vehicle ........ 5-2 Features and Controls ..................................... 2-1 Keys ........................................................ 2-2 Towing ................................................... 5-37 Service and Appearance Care .......................... 6-1 Doors and Locks ....................................... 2-9 Service ..................................................... 6-3 Windows ................................................. 2-15 Fuel ......................................................... 6-5 Theft-Deterrent Systems ............................ 2-18 Checking Things Under the Hood ............... 6-10 Starting and Operating Your Vehicle ........... 2-20 Rear Axle ............................................... 6-42 Mirrors .................................................... 2-34 ® Headlamp Aiming ..................................... 6-43 OnStar System ...................................... 2-37 Bulb Replacement .................................... 6-45 Universal Home Remote System ................ 2-39 Windshield Replacement ........................... 6-46 Storage Areas ......................................... 2-44 Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement ......... 6-46 Retractable Hardtop .................................. 2-46 Tires ...................................................... 6-47 Vehicle Personalization ............................. 2-56 Appearance Care ..................................... 6-71 Instrument Panel ............................................. 3-1 Vehicle Identification ................................. 6-79 Instrument Panel Overview .......................... 3-4 Electrical System ...................................... 6-80 Climate Controls ...................................... 3-41 Capacities and Specifications ..................... 6-86 Warning Lights, Gages, and Indicators ........ 3-48 Maintenance Schedule ..................................... 7-1 Driver Information Center (DIC) .................. 3-64 Maintenance Schedule ................................ 7-2 Trip Computer ......................................... 3-82 Customer Assistance and Information .............. 8-1 Audio System(s) ....................................... 3-82 Customer Assistance and Information ........... 8-2 Reporting Safety Defects ........................... 8-13 Index ................................................................ 1 Canadian Owners A French language copy of this manual can be obtained from your dealer or from: Helm, Incorporated GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, CADILLAC, P.O. Box 07130 Detroit, MI 48207 the CADILLAC Crest & Wreath, and the name XLR are registered trademarks of General Motors Corporation. How to Use This Manual This manual includes the latest information at the time Many people read the owner manual from beginning to it was printed. We reserve the right to make changes end when they first receive their new vehicle. If this after that time to the product without notice. For vehicles is done, it can help you learn about the features first sold in Canada, substitute the name “General and controls for the vehicle. Pictures and words work Motors of Canada Limited” for Cadillac Motor Car together in the owner manual to explain things. Division whenever it appears in this manual. Keep this manual in the vehicle, so it will be there if it is needed while you are on the road. If the vehicle is sold, leave this manual in the vehicle. Litho in U.S.A. Part No. 06XLR A First Printing © 2005 General Motors Corporation. All Rights Reserved. ii Index In the caution area, we tell you what the hazard is. Then we tell you what to do to help avoid or reduce A good place to quickly locate information about the the hazard. Please read these cautions. If you do not, vehicle is the Index in the back of the manual. It is you or others could be hurt. an alphabetical list of what is in the manual and the page number where it can be found. You will also find a circle with a slash through it in this book. This safety Safety Warnings and Symbols symbol means “Do Not,” There are a number of safety cautions in this book. “Do Not do this” or “Do Not We use a box and the word CAUTION to tell about let this happen.” things that could hurt you if you were to ignore the warning. {CAUTION: These mean there is something that could hurt 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. component, gage, or indicator, reference the But the notice will tell what to do to help avoid the following topics: damage. • Seats and Restraint Systems in Section 1 When you read other manuals, you might see CAUTION and NOTICE warnings in different colors • Features and Controls in Section 2 or in different words. • Instrument Panel Overview in Section 3 There are also warning labels on the vehicle. • Climate Controls in Section 3 They use the same words, CAUTION or NOTICE. • 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 ......................................................1-2 Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children Power Seats ..................................................1-2 (LATCH) ..................................................1-27 Power Lumbar ...............................................1-2 Securing a Child Restraint in the Heated and Cooled Seats ................................1-3 Passenger Seat Position ............................1-28 Power Reclining Seatback ...............................1-4 Airbag System ...............................................1-32 Safety Belts .....................................................1-5 Where Are the Airbags? ................................1-34 Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone .................1-5 When Should an Airbag Inflate? .....................1-37 Questions and Answers About Safety Belts ........1-9 What Makes an Airbag Inflate? .......................1-38 How to Wear Safety Belts Properly .................1-10 How Does an Airbag Restrain? .......................1-38 Driver Position ..............................................1-10 What Will You See After an Airbag Inflates? ........1-39 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy ..................1-16 Passenger Sensing System ............................1-40 Passenger Position .......................................1-17 Servicing Your Airbag-Equipped Vehicle ...........1-44 Safety Belt Pretensioners ...............................1-17 Adding Equipment to Your Safety Belt Extender .....................................1-17 Airbag-Equipped Vehicle .............................1-44 Child Restraints .............................................1-18 Restraint System Check ..................................1-45 Older Children ..............................................1-18 Checking the Restraint Systems ......................1-45 Infants and Young Children ............................1-20 Replacing Restraint System Parts Child Restraint Systems .................................1-23 After a Crash ............................................1-46 1-1 Front Seats • Slide the control forward or rearward to move the entire seat forward or rearward. Power Seats • Press the vertical control rearward to recline the seatback. Press the vertical control forward to The power seat controls raise the seatback. See Power Reclining Seatback are located on the on page 1-4. outboard sides of both the driver’s and the Power Lumbar passenger’s seats. The driver’s and passenger’s seatback lumbar support switches are located on the outboard sides of the seats. • Move the front of the horizontal control up or down to adjust the front portion of the cushion. • Move the rear of the horizontal control up or down to adjust the rear portion of the cushion. 1-2 Use the power seat controls first to get the proper Heated and Cooled Seats position, then continue with the lumbar adjustment. Use the top lumbar switch to adjust support to the The buttons for the heated and cooled seats are located middle seatback and the bottom lumbar switch to adjust on the climate control system. support