Cadillac Escalade: Driving Characteristics and Towing Tips
- Pulling a Trailer
- Driving with a Trailer
- Following Distance
- Passing
- Backing Up
- Making Turns
- Driving on Grades
- Parking on Hills
- Leaving After Parking on a Hill
- Maintenance When Trailer Towing
General Towing Information
Only use towing equipment that has been designed for the vehicle. Contact your
dealer or trailering dealer for assistance with preparing the vehicle for towing
a trailer. See the following trailer t ...
Pulling a Trailer
Here are some important points:
There are many different laws, including speed limit restrictions, having
to do with trailering. Make sure the rig will be legal, not only where you live
but al ...
See also:
Entering follow mode
WARNING
When in follow mode, the vehicle will not decelerate automatically to a stop,
nor will the vehicle always decelerate quickly enough to avoid a collision.
Note: Follow mode is an integ ...
Automatic Transmission
The automatic transmission has a shift lever located on the console between the
seats.
► (Park): This position locks the front wheels. It is the best position to use when
starting the eng ...
Slippery road surfaces
WARNING
The outside temperature indicator is not
designed to serve as an ice-warning device
and is therefore unsuitable for that purpose.
Indicated temperatures just above the
freezin ...






