2007 Cadillac XLR/XLR-V Owner Manual M Seats and Restraint Systems ....................... 7 Instrument Panel ....................................... 135 Front Seats .............................................. 8 Instrument Panel Overview ................... 138 Safety Belts ............................................ 13 Climate Controls ................................... 178 Child Restraints ...................................... 28 Warning Lights, Gages, and Airbag System ........................................ 44 Indicators .......................................... 185 Restraint System Check ......................... 60 Driver Information Center (DIC) ............ 203 Trip Computer ...................................... 224 Features and Controls ................................ 63 Audio System(s) ................................... 225 Keys ....................................................... 65 Doors and Locks .................................... 73 Navigation System ..................................... 231 Windows ................................................ 81 Overview .............................................. 232 Theft-Deterrent Systems ......................... 84 Features and Controls .......................... 240 Starting and Operating Your Vehicle ....... 87 Navigation Audio System ...................... 285 Mirrors .................................................. 104 Voice Recognition ................................. 312 OnStar® System ................................... 107 Driving Your Vehicle ................................. 321 Universal Home Remote System .......... 110 Your Driving, the Road, and Storage Areas ...................................... 121 Your Vehicle ..................................... 322 Retractable Hardtop .............................. 124 Towing ................................................. 359 1 Service and Appearance Care .................. 361 Vehicle Identification ............................. 451 Service ................................................. 363 Electrical System .................................. 452 Fuel ...................................................... 365 Capacities and Specifications ................ 458 Checking Things Under the Hood ......... 372 Maintenance Schedule .............................. 461 Rear Axle ............................................. 407 Maintenance Schedule .......................... 462 Headlamp Aiming ................................. 408 Bulb Replacement ................................ 412 Customer Assistance Information ............. 481 Windshield Replacement ....................... 412 Customer Assistance and Windshield Wiper Blade Information ........................................ 482 Replacement ..................................... 412 Reporting Safety Defects ...................... 496 Tires ..................................................... 413 Appearance Care .................................. 441 Index .......................................................... 499 2 This manual describes features that may be available in this model, but your vehicle may not have all of them. For example, more than one entertainment system may be offered or your vehicle may have been ordered without a front passenger or rear seats. Keep this manual in the vehicle, so it will be there GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, if it is needed while you are on the road. If the CADILLAC, the CADILLAC Crest & Wreath, and vehicle is sold, leave this manual in the vehicle. the name XLR are registered trademarks of General Motors Corporation. Canadian Owners This manual includes the latest information at the A French language copy of this manual can be time it was printed. We reserve the right to obtained from your dealer or from: make changes after that time to the product without notice. For vehicles first sold in Canada, Helm, Incorporated substitute the name “General Motors of Canada P.O. Box 07130 Limited” for Cadillac Motor Car Division whenever Detroit, MI 48207 it appears in this manual. Litho in U.S.A. Part No. 15865979 A First Printing © 2006 General Motors Corporation. All Rights Reserved. 3 How to Use This Manual { Many people read the owner manual from CAUTION: beginning to end when they first receive their new vehicle. If this is done, it can help you learn These mean there is something that could about the features and controls for the vehicle. hurt you or other people. Pictures and words work together in the owner manual to explain things. In the caution area, we tell you what the hazard is. Index Then we tell you what to do to help avoid or reduce the hazard. Please read these cautions. If A good place to quickly locate information about you do not, you or others could be hurt. the vehicle is the Index in the back of the manual. It is an alphabetical list of what is in the manual You will also find a and the page number where it can be found. circle with a slash through it in this book. This safety symbol Safety Warnings and Symbols means “Do Not,” “Do There are a number of safety cautions in this Not do this” or “Do Not book. We use a box and the word CAUTION to let this happen.” tell about things that could hurt you if you were to ignore the warning. 4 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 Notice: These mean there is something with the text describing the operation or that could damage your vehicle. information relating to a specific component, A notice tells about something that can damage control, message, gage, or indicator. the vehicle. Many times, this damage would not be If you need help figuring out a specific name of a covered by your vehicle’s warranty, and it could component, gage, or indicator, reference the be costly. But the notice will tell what to do to help following topics: avoid the 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. They • Climate Controls in Section 3 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 5 These are some examples of symbols that may be found on the vehicle: 6 Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Front Seats ..................................................... 8 Lower Anchors and Tethers for Power Seats ................................................. 8 Children (LATCH) .................................... 39 Power Lumbar .............................................. 9 Securing a Child Restraint in the Heated and Cooled Seats ............................. 9 Passenger Seat Position .......................... 40 Memory Seat, Mirrors and Airbag System .............................................. 44 Steering Wheel ........................................ 10 Where Are the Airbags? .............................. 47 Power Reclining Seatbacks ......................... 11 When Should an Airbag Inflate? .................. 49 Safety Belts .................................................. 13 What Makes an Airbag Inflate? ................... 51 Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone ........... 13 How Does an Airbag Restrain? ................... 51 Questions and Answers About What Will You See After an Airbag Safety Belts ............................................. 17 Inflates? ................................................... 52 How to Wear Safety Belts Properly ............. 18 Passenger Sensing System ......................... 53 Driver Position ............................................. 18 Servicing Your Airbag-Equipped Vehicle ...... 58 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy .............. 26 Adding Equipment to Your Passenger Position ...................................... 27 Airbag-Equipped Vehicle .......................... 59 Safety Belt Pretensioners ............................ 27 Restraint System Check ............................... 60 Safety Belt Extender ................................... 27 Checking the Restraint Systems .................. 60 Child Restraints ............................................ 28 Replacing Restraint System Parts Older Children ............................................. 28 After a Crash ........................................... 61 Infants and Young Children ......................... 31 Child Restraint Systems .............................. 35 7 Front Seats • Raise or lower the rear part of the seat cushion by moving the rear of the horizontal control up or down. Power Seats • Raise or lower the entire seat by moving the The power seat controls entire horizontal control up or down. are located on the • Use the vertical control to recline the seatback. outboard side of See Power Reclining Seatbacks on page 11. the seat cushions. • Move the seat forward or rearward by sliding the horizontal control forward or rearward. • Raise or lower the front part of the seat cushion by moving the front of the horizontal control up or down. 8 Power Lumbar Heated and Cooled Seats The driver’s and The buttons for the heated and cooled seats are passenger’s seatback located on the climate control system. lumbar support switches ((Heated/Cooled Seat): Press this button to are located on the turn the feature on. The button on the left controls outboard