Cadillac Escalade ESV (2018) Convenience and Personalization Guide

2018

ESCALADE
Convenience &
Personalization Guide

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Review this quick reference guide for an overview of some important features in your Cadillac
Escalade. Some optional equipment described in this guide (denoted by ♦) may not be included in
your vehicle. More information can be found in your Owner's Manual and at my.cadillac.com.

INSTRUMENT PANEL

Memory

Seat

Buttons

Instrument
Panel/Exterior
Lamp Controls

4WD

Control

Head-Up

Display

Controls

♦

Windshield

Wipers

Lever

Instrument

Cluster/Driver

Information

Center

Driver Mode Control/

Adjustable Pedals/

Traction Control and

StabiliTrak Buttons

Certain restrictions, precautions and safety

procedures apply to your vehicle. Please read

your Owner’s Manual for complete instructions.

Cadillac User

Experience

Touch

Screen

Glove Box/Lane Keep

Assist♦/Parking Assist/

Automatic Parking Assist

♦

Power Mirror Control/

Door Lock Switch/

Window Buttons

Cruise Control/

Voice Recognition/

Heated Steering

Wheel Buttons

Power Tilt/

Telescope Steering

Wheel Control

Audio Steering

Wheel Controls/

5-way Control

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Engine Start/

Stop Button

Heated/Cooled

Seat Buttons

Climate

Controls

Audio

System

Controls

REMOTE KEYLESS ENTRY
TRANSMITTER (KEY FOB)

Lock

Press to lock all doors.

Unlock

Press to unlock the driver’s door. Press
again to unlock all doors. Press and hold
for 4 seconds to open all windows.

Liftglass

Press twice to open the liglass.

Power Liftgate

Press twice to open or close the power ligate.

Remote Start

Use to start the engine from outside the vehicle. See Adaptive
Remote Start on page 4.

Vehicle Locator/Panic Alarm

Press and release to locate your vehicle. e turn signal lamps ash

and the horn sounds.

Press and hold for 3 seconds to activate the alarm. e turn
signal lamps ash and the horn sounds for 30 seconds or until
the buon is pressed again.

Door Key

Press the buon (A) on the side of the transmier to pull the door
key out of the transmier. Use the key to lock/unlock the driver’s

door if needed.

Note: If a transmitter is left in the vehicle when locking the vehicle, the
Remote Left in Vehicle Alert may sound. To change the Remote Keyless Entry
settings, go to Settings > Vehicle > Remote Lock, Unlock, Start.

See Keys, Doors and Windows in your Owner's Manual.

♦ Optional equipment

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KEYLESS ACCESS SYSTEM

e Keyless Access System enables operation of the doors, ligate
and ignition without removing the Remote Keyless Entry transmit-

ter from your pocket or purse. e transmier must be within 3
feet of the door being unlocked or the ligate.

KEYLESS UNLOCKING

With the transmier within range:

Press the lock buon on the

driver’s door handle to unlock
the driver’s door; press it again
within 5 seconds to unlock all
doors.

Press the lock buon on a

passenger door handle to unlock

alldoors.

Press the touch pad on the ligate handle to open the

power ligate.

KEYLESS LOCKING

With the ignition o, the transmier out of the vehicle, and all
doorsclosed:

Press the lock buon on any door handle to lock all doors

immediately.

If Passive Locking is turned on, all doors will lock automatically

aer a short delay once all doors are closed.

Note: To change the door lock and unlock settings, go to Settings > Vehicle
> Remote Lock, Unlock, Start.

See Keys, Doors and Windows in your Owner's Manual.

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KEYLESS (PUSHBUTTON) START

START

With the vehicle in
Park or Neutral,
press the brake pedal
and then press the

ENGINE START/
STOP buon to start

the engine. e green

indicator on the but­ton will illuminate.

Note: The Remote Keyless Entry transmitter must be in the vehicle to turn
on the ignition. If the transmitter battery is weak, place the transmitter
inthe pocket in the center console storage compartment to enable the
engine to start. Replace the transmitter battery as soon as possible.

STOP/OFF

Shi to Park and press the ENGINE START/STOP buon to

turn o the engine.

Power will be available for 10 minutes to operate the audio system

until the driver’s door is opened and to operate the windows and
sunroof♦ until any door is opened.

ACCESSORY

With the engine o and the brake pedal NOT depressed, press

the ENGINE START/STOP buon to place the ignition system
in the Accessory mode. e amber indicator on the buon will

illuminate.

See Driving and Operating in your Owner's Manual.

ADAPTIVE REMOTE START

STARTING THE VEHICLE

1. Press and release the Lock buon on the Remote Keyless
Entry transmier.

2. Immediately press and hold the Remote Start buon until
the turn signal lamps ash (about 4 seconds).

When the vehicle starts, the doors remain locked and the park-

ing lamps will light and remain on while the engine is running.

e engine will continue running for 10 minutes. Repeat these
steps for a 10-minute time extension. Remote start can be
extended only once.

3. Before driving, press the brake pedal and then press the

ENGINE START/STOP buon to turn on the ignition.

CANCELING A REMOTE START

Press and hold the Remote Start buon until the parking

lamps turn o.

HEATED/COOLED SEAT OPERATION

Remote Start Auto Heated/Cooled Seats – e heated or cooled

seats will turn on during a remote start when outside temperatures
warrant if the Remote Start Heated or Cooled Seats option is select-

ed in the Seings menu. Go to Seings > Vehicle > Remote Lock,
Unlock, Start. During a remote start, the seat buon indicators do
not illuminate. e heated or cooled seats turn o when the igni­tion is turned on. For the seats to remain on aer the remote start,

the Auto Heated and Cooled Seats feature must be enabled.
Auto Heated and Cooled Seats – Anytime the vehicle is on, the

heated or cooled seats will activate automatically based on the vehi-

cle’s interior temperature. e seat buon indicators will illuminate
when the heated or cooled seats are on. To enable this feature, go to
Seings > Vehicle > Climate and AirQuality.

See Keys, Doors and Windows in your Owner's Manual.

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STEERING WHEEL CONTROLS

CRUISE CONTROL

On/O

SET Set Speed

With Cruise Control on, press
the control bar down fully to
setthe cruise speed. e
indicator illuminates in green.

RES Resume Speed

With Cruise Control on, press the control bar up fully to resume the
previous set speed. Adaptive Cruise Control♦ can be resumed from
a stop.

+ – Adjust Speed

When active, press the control bar up (+) or down (–) lightly to
increase or decrease the set speed by 1-mph increments; press and

hold to continue increasing/decreasing speed.

With Adaptive Cruise Control♦, press and release the control bar
up (+) or down (-) to increase or decrease the set speed by 1-mph

increments; press and hold momentarily to increase ordecrease
the set speed to the next 5-mph interval on the speedometer.

Cancel

Press to cancel cruise control without erasing the set speed

frommemory.

Switching between Regular Cruise Control and Adaptive
Cruise Control

Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) maintains the driver-selected
following gap by braking or accelerating automatically.

♦

Press and hold the Cancel buon to switch between regular
cruise control and Adaptive Cruise Control. When ACC is active, a
green indicator illuminates and the following gap is displayed.

When the vehicle is turned on, the cruise control is set to the last
mode used.

Following Gap (Adaptive Cruise Control

Press repeatedly to set a following gap (the time between your
vehicle and a detected vehicle ahead) of Far, Medium, or Near.

When a slower vehicle is detected ahead, the Vehicle Ahead
symbol is displayed and the vehicle brakes to maintain the selected

following gap. e ACC system may slow your vehicle to a stop

behind the detected vehicle. When the ACC system is holding the
vehicle at a stop, be prepared to manually apply the brakes.

If driver action is required to apply sucient braking behind a
detected vehicle, a red alert ashes on the windshield and the

Safety Alert Seat pulses or beeps sound (if selected). See Safety
Alert Seat on page 14.

Note: Changing the gap settings automatically changes the alert timing
sensitivity for the Forward Collision Alert system.

See Driving and Operating in your Owner's Manual.

VOICE RECOGNITION

Push to Talk

Press to interact with the OnStar, Bluetooth or Cadillac User

Experience system. Wait for the beep before speaking.

End Call/Mute

Press to end/decline a call or mute the audio system.

See Instruments and Controls in your Owner's Manual.

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♦ Optional equipment

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DRIVER INFORMATION
CENTER CONTROLS

e 5-way control moves le/
right, up/down, and in.

Left/Right

Press to move between the
display zones on the
instrument cluster.

Press the le to exit a
centerdisplay menu.

Up/Down

Press the control bar up or down to scroll through a menu.

SEL Select

Press to select a highlighted menu item.

See Instruments and Controls in your Owner's Manual.

AUDIO CONTROLS

+ – Volume

Press + or – to increase or decrease the volume.

Next/Previous

Press or to go to the next or previous favorite radio station
or track.

See your Cadillac User Experience Manual.

INSTRUMENT CLUSTERSTEERING WHEEL CONTROLS

CLUSTER DISPLAY ZONES

Use the 5-way control on the steering wheel to move between the

dierent display zones and scroll through the various menus in
each cluster conguration.

CLUSTER CONFIGURATIONS

1. Use the 5-way control to view the Options page in one of the
display zones on the cluster. Press SEL (Select) to enter the
Options menu.

2. Scroll down to highlight Display Layout; press SEL.

3. Scroll up or down to highlight one of the cluster
displays; press SEL.

4. Press to exit the menu.

See Instruments and Controls in your Owner's Manual.

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