Cadillac Escalade: Finish Damage - Exterior Care - Appearance Care - Vehicle Care - Cadillac Escalade Owner's ManualCadillac Escalade: Finish Damage

Quickly repair minor chips and scratches with touch-up materials available from your dealer to avoid corrosion. Larger areas of finish damage can be corrected in your dealer's body and paint shop.

    Sheet Metal Damage
    If the vehicle is damaged and requires sheet metal repair or replacement, make sure the body repair shop applies anti-corrosion material to parts repaired or replaced to restore corrosion protection ...

    Chemical Paint Spotting
    Airborne pollutants can fall upon and attack painted vehicle surfaces causing blotchy, ring-shaped discolorations, and small, irregular dark spots etched into the paint surface. ...

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    Starting the Engine
    If the vehicle is a hybrid, see the hybrid supplement for more information. Move the shift lever to P (Park) or N (Neutral). The engine will not start in any other position. To restart the engine wh ...

    Lap Belt
    This part is only for the lap belt. To learn how to wear a lap-shoulder belt, see Lap-Shoulder Belt  . The vehicle may have a center seating position. When you sit in the center front seating ...

    Wheels
    Wash the wheels when washing the vehicle to maintain their appearance. ► Clean the inner side of the wheels when the wheel is changed or the underside of the vehicle is washed. ► ...