Driving and Operating 9-1
Driving and
Operating
Driving Information
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
Off-Road Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . 9-17
Highway Hypnosis . . . . . . . . . . . 9-18
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . 9-18
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-19
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . 9-21
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . 9-22
Truck-Camper Loading
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-29
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . 9-31
Adjustable Throttle and Brake
Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-31
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-32
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . 9-33
Fast Idle System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-35
Retained Accessory
Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-36
Engine Coolant Heater . . . . . . . 9-36
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-37
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . 9-38
Parking (Manual
Transmission) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-39
Parking over Things
That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-39
Active Fuel Management
®
. . . 9-40
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-40
Running the Vehicle While
Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-41
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . 9-42
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-45
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-46
Manual Transmission
Manual Transmission . . . . . . . . 9-48
Drive Systems
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-50
Brakes
Antilock Brake
System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-63
Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-64
Brake Assist (Except With
4.3L V6 Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-66
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . 9-66
Ride Control Systems
StabiliTrak
®
System . . . . . . . . . 9-67
Locking Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . 9-69
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-69
Object Detection Systems
Ultrasonic Parking Assist . . . . 9-72
Rear Vision
Camera (RVC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-74
Fuel
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-79
Recommended Fuel . . . . . . . . . 9-79
Gasoline Specifications (U.S.
and Canada Only) . . . . . . . . . . 9-80
California Fuel
Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-80
Fuels in Foreign Countries . . . 9-80
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-80
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