Chevrolet Tahoe/Suburban Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/
Mexico-15555985) - 2022 - CRC - 8/20/21
196 Driving and Operating
Driving and Operating
Driving Information
Driving for Better Fuel Economy . . . . . . . 197
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Impaired Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Off-Road Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
If the Vehicle Is Stuck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Starting and Operating
New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
Stop/Start System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Retained Accessory Power (RAP) . . . . . . . 214
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Shifting out of Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Parking over Things That Burn . . . . . . . . . 216
Dynamic Fuel Management . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Extended Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Engine Exhaust
Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Running the Vehicle While Parked . . . . . 217
Automatic Transmission
Automatic Transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Drive Systems
Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Brakes
Electric Brake Boost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Ride Control Systems
Traction Control/Electronic Stability
Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Hill Descent Control (HDC) . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Magnetic Ride Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Locking Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Four Corner Air Suspension System . . . . 233
Cruise Control
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236
Adaptive Cruise Control (Advanced) . . . 238
Driver Assistance Systems
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Assistance Systems for Parking or
Backing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Rear Vision Camera (RVC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Surround Vision System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Park Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Reverse Automatic Braking (RAB) . . . . . . 258
Rear Pedestrian Alert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Rear Cross Traffic Alert (RCTA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Assistance Systems for Driving . . . . . . . . 260
Forward Collision Alert (FCA)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Automatic Emergency
Braking (AEB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Front Pedestrian Braking (FPB)
System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Side Blind Zone Alert (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . 265
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Lane Keep Assist (LKA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Fuel
Top Tier Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
Recommended Fuel (5.3L Engine) . . . . . . 270
Recommended Fuel (6.2L Engine) . . . . . . 271
Prohibited Fuels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Fuels in Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271