Cadillac 2003 Escalade User manual

The 2003 CadillacEscalade/EscaladeESV
Owner Manual
SeatsandRestraintSystems ........................... 1-1
FrontSeats ............................................... 1-3
RearSeats
............................................... 1-7
Safety Belts
............................................. 1-25
Child Restraints
....................................... 1-48
Supplemental Restraint System
(SRS) ......... 1-73
RestraintSystemCheck
............................ 1-87
FeaturesandControls ..................................... 2-1
Keys
........................................................ 2-3
DoorsandLocks .......................................2-8
Windows
................................................. 2-14
Theft-Deterrent Systems
............................ 2-16
Starting and Operating Your Vehicle
........... 2-18
Mirrors
.................................................... 2-30
Onstar@System
...................................... 2-35
HomeLink@Transmitter
............................. 2-37
StorageAreas
......................................... 2-41
Sunroof
.................................................. 2-46
Vehicle Personalization
............................. 2-47
InstrumentPanel ............................................. 3-1
Instrument Panel Overview
.......................... 3-4
Climate Controls
...................................... 3-22
Warning Lights, Gagesand Indicators
......... 3-31
Driver Information Center (DIC)
.................. 3-47
AudioSystem(s)
....................................... 3-64
DrivingYourVehicle ....................................... 4-1
Towing ................................................... 4-47
Service .....................................................5-3
Fuel
......................................................... 5-5
CheckingThingsUnder the Hood ............... 5-10
All-Wheel Drive
........................................ 5-49
Rear Axle ............................................... 5-51
HeadlampAiming
..................................... 5-52
Bulb Replacement .................................... 5-56
WindshieldWiperBladeReplacement
......... 5-64
Tires
...................................................... 5-65
AppearanceCare ..................................... 5-90
Vehicle Identification
................................. 5-98
Electrical System
...................................... 5-99
Capacities and Specifications
................... 5-1 09
NormalMaintenanceReplacement Parts
.... 5-1 11
Maintenance Schedule ..................................... 6-1
MaintenanceSchedule ................................ 6-2
CustomerAssistanceInformation .................... 7-1
Customer Assistance Information
.................. 7-2
Reporting Safety Defects
............................ 7-9
Index ................................................................. 1
Your Driving. the Road. and Your Vehicle ..... 4-2
ServiceandAppearance Care .......................... 5-1

GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, CADILLAC,
the CADILLAC Crest
& Wreath and the name
ESCALADE are registered trademarks and the name
ESV is a trademark of the General Motors Corporation.
This manual includes the latest information at the
time it was printed. We reserve the right
to make
changes after that time without further notice. For
vehicles first sold in Canada, substitute the name
“General Motors of Canada Limited” for Cadillac Motor
Car Division whenever it appears in this manual.
Please keep this manual in your vehicle,
so it will be
there
if you ever need it when you’re on the road. If you
sell the vehicle, please leave this manual in it so the
new owner can use it.
Canadian Owners
You can obtain a French copy of this manual from your
dealer or from:
Helm, Incorporated
P.O. Box 07130
Detroit,
MI 48207
How to Use This Manual
Many people read their owner’s manual from beginning
to end when they first receive their new vehicle. If
you do this, it will help you learn about the features and
controls for your vehicle. In this manual, you’ll find
that pictures and words work together
to explain things.
Index
A good place to look for what you need is the Index in
back of the manual.
It’s an alphabetical list of what’s
in the manual, and the page number where you’ll find
it.
Litho in U.S.A. @CopyrightGeneral Motors Corporation 06/24/02
Part No. S2334 A First Edition AllRights Reserved
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Safety Warnings and Symbols
You will find a number of safety cautions in this book.
We use a
box and the word CAUTION to tell you about
things that could hurt you
if you were to ignore the
warning.
These mean there is somethingthat could hurt
you or other people.
In the caution area, we tell you what the hazard is.
Then we tell you what
to do to help avoid or reduce the
hazard. Please read these cautions.
If you don’t, you
or others could be hurt.
You will also find a circle
with a slash through it in
this
book. This safety
symbol means “Don’tll’
“Don’t do this” or “Don’t let
this happen.”
...
Ill

Vehicle Damage Warnings
Also, in this book you will find these notices:
Notice: These mean there is somethingthat could
damage your vehicle.
A notice will tell you about something that can damage
your vehicle. Many times, this damage would not be
covered by your warranty, and
it could be costly. But the
notice will tell you what to do
to help avoid the
damage.
When you read other manuals, you might see CAUTION
and NOTICE warnings
in different colors or in different
words.
You’ll also see warning labels on your vehicle. They use
the same words, CAUTION or NOTICE.
Vehicle Symbols
Your vehicle has components and labels that use
symbols instead of text. Symbols, used on your vehicle,
are shown along with the text describing the operation
or information relatingto a specific component, control,
message, gage or indicator.
If you need help figuring out a specific name of a
component, gage or indicator reference the following
topics:
Seats and Restraint Systems in Section
1
Features and Controls in Section 2
Instrument Panel Overview in Section 3
Climate Controls in Section 3
Warning Lights, Gages and Indicators in Section 3
Audio System(s) in Section 3
Engine Compartment Overview in Section 5
iv

These are some examples of vehicle symbols you may find on your vehicle:
POSSIBLE A
CAUTION
INJURY
PROTECT
EYES BY
SHIELDING
CAUSTIC
BAllERY
KIDCOULD
CAUSE
BURNS
AVOID
SPARKS
OR
FLAMES
SPARK
OR
COULD
FLAME
'\I1'
EXPLODE
BATTERY
LATCH BOTH LAP AND
SHOULDER BELTS
TO
PROTECTOCCUPANT 48: @
DO NOTTWISTSAFETY
BELT WHEN ATTACHING
FASTEN
SEAT
BELTS
MOVE SEAT
FULLY
\!s
REARWARD* /x
SECURE
CHILD SEAT
PULL BELT
COMPLETELY
THEN SECURE
CHILD SEAT
POWER
WINDOW
DO NOT INSTALL
A REAR-FACING
CHILD RESTRAINT
IN THISSEATING
POSITION
DO NOT INSTALLA
'ORWARD-FACING
CHILD RESTRAINT
IN
THIS SEATING
POSITION
DOOR LOCK
UNLOCK
JGHTING
-
MASTER SWITCH B- / , \
s12:
PARKING
LAMPS
DAYTIME
**e
RUNNING :t:
LAMPS 0
LAMPS $0
ENGINE
COOLANT
TEMP
CHARGING
Fl
BAlTERY
SYSTEM
BRAKE (@)
COOLANT
d
ENGINE OIL
PRESSURE w4
ANTI-LOCK (@)
BRAKES
FUSE
BOX
ACCESS
ENGINE
COOLANT
FAN
OWNER'S
MANUAL
SERVICE
SERVICE
MANUAL

5.

Section
1
Seats and Restraint Systems
Front Seats ...................................................... 1.3
Power Seats
.................................................. 1.3
Power Lumbar
............................................... 1.3
Heated Seats
................................................. 1.4
Reclining Seatbacks
........................................ 1.5
Head Restraints
................................ ..... 1-6
RearSeats .......................................... , .....1-7
Rear Seat Operation
....................................... 1-7
Heated Seats
................................................. 1-9
60/40Split Bench Seat
................................... 1-9
50/50 Split Bench Seat
.................................. 1-1 1
Bench Seat .................................................. 1.17
BucketSeats
............................................... 1-22
Safety Belts ................................................... 1.25
Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone
................ 1-25
QuestionsandAnswersAbout Safety Belts
...... 1-29
HowtoWearSafety Belts Properly
................. 1-30
Driver Position
.............................................. 1-30
SafetyBelt Use During Pregnancy
... .... 1-38
RightFrontPassenger Position ........
.... 1-39
CenterPassenger Position
................. .... 1-39
Rear Seat Passengers
.................................. 1.41
Children and Small Adults
.......................... 1.44
Safety Belt Extender
..................................... 1.47
Child Restraints ............................................. 1-48
Older Children
..... 1-48
Infants and Young Children
............ ......... 1-50
Child Restraint Systems
..... 1-54
Where to Put the Restraint
............................. 1-57
Top Strap
.................................................... 1-58
Top Strap Anchor Location
............................. 1-59
Children (LATCH System)
........................... 1-62
for the LATCH System
............................... 1-64
Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides for
..........................
....................
Lower Anchorages and Top Tethers for
Securing a Child Restraint Designed
Securing a Child Restraint in a
Securing a Child Restraint in a
Securing a Child Restraint in the
Rear Outside Seat Position
......................... 1-64
Center Rear Seat Position
.......................... 1-66
Right Front Seat Position
............... ...... 1-68
1-1

Section 1 SeatsandRestraintSystems
SupplementalRestraint
System(SRS)
............................................. 1.73
Where Are the Air Bags?
............................... 1-75
When Should anAir Bag Inflate?
.................... 1-77
What Makes an Air Bag Inflate?
..................... 1-79
How DoesanAir Bag Restrain? ..................... 1-79
What Will YouSeeAfter an
Air Bag Inflates?
........... ............. 1-80
Passenger Sensing System
............................ 1.81
Adding Equipment to Your
Servicing Your Air Bag-Equipped Vehicle
......... 1.86
Air Bag-Equipped Vehicle
........
RestraintSystemCheck ...............
Replacing Restraint SystemParts
Checking YourRestraintSystems
....
After a Crash .........................
............... 1.86
........... 1.87
....... 1.87
........... 1.87
1-3

Front Seats
Power Seats
Moving the whole control up or down raises or lowers
the entire seat cushion.
Power Lumbar
HorizontalControl: You can adjust your vehicle’s front
seats with the horizontal control located on the
outboard edge of each front seat.
Raise or lower the front of the seat by raising or
lowering the forward edge of the control. Raise or lower
the rear of the seat by raising or lowering the rear
edge of the control.
Move the seatforwardor rearwardby movingthe whole
controltowardthe front ortowardthe rear of the vehicle.
To increase support, press and hold the front of the
control.
To decrease support, press and hold the rear of
the control. Let goof the control when the lower
seatback reaches the desired level of support.
You can also reshape the side wing area of the lower
seatback for more lateral support.
To increase support, press and hold the top of the
control.
To decrease support, press and hold the bottom
of the control. Let go of the control when the lower
seatback reaches the desired level of support.
1 -3

Heated Seats
The buttons used to
control this feature are
located on the front doors.
The engine must be
running for the heated seat
feature
to work.
To heat the entire seat, press the horizontal button with
the heated seat symbol. Press the button
to cycle
through the temperature settings of high, medium and
low and
to turn the heated seat off. Indicator lights
will glow
to designate the level of heat selected, three
for high, two for medium, and one
for low.
The low setting warms the seatback and cushion until
the seat temperature
is near body temperature. The
medium and high settings heat the seatback and seat
cushion
to a slightly higher temperature. You will be able
to feel heat in about two minutes.
To heat only the seatback, press the vertical button with
the heated seatback symbol. An indicator light
on the
seatback button will glow to designate that only the
seatback is being heated. Additional presses of
the seatback button will cycle through the heat levels for
the seatback only. Press the horizontal button again
to heat the whole seat.
The heated front seats will shut
off automatically when
the ignition is turned
off.
Your vehicle also has heated rear seats. See Heated
Seats
on page 1-9.
1 -4

Reclining Seatbacks
The vertical power seat control described earlier allows
the seatback to recline.
But don’t have a seatback reclined
if your vehicle is
mo .’-g.
r-
Sitting in a reclined position when your bG,licle
is in motion can be dangerous. Even if you
buckle up, your safety belts can’t do their job
when you’re reclined like
this.
The shoulder belt can’t do its job. In a crash,
you could go into
it, receiving neck or other
injuries.
CAUTION: (Continued)
The lap belt can’tdo
its job either. In a crash the
belt could go up over your abdomen. The belt
forces would be there, not at your pelvic bones.
This could cause serious internal injuries.
For proper protection when the vehicle
is in
motion, have the seatback upright. Then sit well
back in the seat and wear your safety belt
properly.
1 -5

Head Restraints Pull straight up on the head restraint
to raise it and
push it down
to lower it.
I The front head restraintscan also be tilted forward in
addition
to being slid up or down. To tilt either of
the front head restraints do the following:
Pull the head restraint toward you until you hear a click.
Then let go. The head restraint will stay in this position
unless you pull it forward more until another click is
heard. There are four positions available: initial position,
first click, second click, and third click. After the third
position (three clicks) is reached, pulling the head
restraint farther will release it back
to the normal upright
position.
The rear head restraints can be slid up or down just as
the front head restraints, but they do not tilt.
Adjust your head restraint
so that the top of the restraint
is closest
to the top of your head. This position
reduces the chance of a neck injury in a crash.
1 -6

Rear Seats
Rear Seat Operation
Entering or Exiting the Third Row
Seats
1. Reach over the second
row seat and pull up on
Escalade: To enter or exit the third row seat you must
fold the second row seat down following the instructions
later in this section. See “Folding the Seatback”
under
60/40 Split Bench Seat on page 7-9. If you are
exiting the third row seat with no assistance do the
following:
the strap loop: Then
pull the seat cushion up
and push it forward.
2. Next, push the seatbackforward until it is flat with
the floor.
Be sure to return the seat to the passenger position
when finished. Pull forward and push rearward on the
seat to make sure it is locked in place.
Escalade ESV: The passenger’s side of the second
row
60/40 or rear bucket seat has an easyentry/exit
feature. This makes it easy to get in and out of the third
row seat.
1 -7

To operate the easy entry seat, do thefollowing:
1. Lift the release lever on the back of the seat,
upward.
2. Tilt the seatback toward the front of the vehicle and
the seat will release.
3. Pull (push if you are exiting the third row with no
assistance) the seat forward until it stops.
If theseatbackisn’tlocked, it coulc love
forward
in a sudden stop or crash. That could
cause injury to the person sitting there. Always
press rearward on the seatback to be sure
it is
locked.
Asafetybelt
thz s improperly routec , lot
properly attached, or twisted won’t provide the
protection needed in a crash.The person
wearing the belt could be seriously injured.
After raising the rear seatback, always check
to be sure that the safety belts are properly
routed and attached, andare not twisted.
Be sure to return the seat
to the passenger position
when finished. Pull forward and push rearward on the
seat
to make sure it is locked in place.
1 -8

Heated Seats
To heat the seat, press the button to cycle through the
temperature settings of high and low. Press the
button a third time to turn the seats off. An Indicator
light will glow for each heat setting when the seats are
operating.
The heated rear seats will shut
off automatically when
the ignition is turned off.
60/40 Split Bench Seat
Folding the Seatbacks
(60/40 Split Bench Seat)
The rear seat may have a 60/40 split seat which may be
folded down to create a load
floor and give you more
cargo space. On the Escalade, the rear seatbacks
are equipped with rearward folding head restraints.
When the seatback is being folded down, the head
restraint will automatically fold rearward.
To fold the rear seat, do the following:
1. Make sure that nothing is under or in front of
the seat.
2. Pull up on the strap
loop located at the rear
of the seat cushion
and pull the seat
cushion up. Then fold
it
forward.
If your vehicle has a 60/40 split bench, the seatbacks
can be folded to give you more cargo space.
1 -9

3. Escalade: Pull the seatback forward and fold it
down until it is flat. Once the seatbacks are folded down, on Escalade ESV
models only, the rear seat footwell area will be
exposed and will have to be covered by the load floor
panel(s). To create a load floor, do the following:
Escalade ESV: Onthe passenger side of
Escalade
ESV models,the lever at the base of the
seat must be pulled up
to releasethe seatback. Pull
the seatbackforward and fold
it down until it isflat.
If the seatback cannot fold flat because it interferes with
the cushion, try moving the front seat forward and/or
bringing the front seatback more upright.
1. Release the panels fromtheseatbacksby pushing
forward on the latches.
2. Then fold the panels back to cover the rear seat
footwell area.
1-10

ReturningtheSeats to an Upright To return the seat to the upright position, do the
Position following:
1. On Escalade ESV models. lift the load floor panels
l
and latch them into the seatback.
2. Lift the seatback up and push it rearward all
the way.
If the seatback isn’t locked, it could move
3. Lower the seat cushion until it latches into position.
forward in a sudden stop or crash. That could
4. Pull forward on the seatback and up on the seat
cause injury to the person sitting there. Always cushion to make sure the seat is securely in
press rearward on the seatbackto be sure
it is
place.
locked.
5. On Escalade models, return the head restraints to
the upright position.
A safety belt that is improperly routed, not
properly attached, or twisted won’t provide the
protection needed in a crash. The person
wearing the belt could be seriously injured.
After raising the rear seatback, always check
to be sure that the safety belts are properly
routed and attached, and are not twisted.
I 6. Check to see that the safety belt buckles on the
driver’s side seat are accessible to the outboard
and center occupants and are not under the
seat cushions.
50/50 Split Bench Seat
If your vehicle has a 50/50 split bench, the seatback(s)
can be folded and the entire seat(s) tilted or removed
from the vehicle.
1-1 1

Folding the Seatbacks
To fold the seatbacks, do the following:
1. Pull upon the release
lever, labeled
1 ,
located on the rear of
the seatback, and
push the seatback
forward.
To return the seatbacks to the passenger position, do
the following:
1.
Pull up on the release
lever labeled
1 and
then pull upon
the seatback
or the
assist strap located on
the outboard side of
the seat until the
seatback locks into the
upright position.
Unfoldin- the Seatbacks
2. Push forward on the seatback to make sure it is
locked into position.
If the seatbackisn't locked, it could move
forwardin a suddenstop or crash.That could
causeinjury tothe personsitting there.Always
pressrearward
on the seatbackto besure it is
locked.
1-12

Tilting the 50/50 Split Bench Seat
1. Fold theseatbacks forward using the instructions
listed previously.
2. Unlatch the seat from
the floor by pulling up
on the lever labeled
2,
located on the rear
of the seat.
Returning the Seat(s) to an Upright
Position
atback isn’t locked, it could move
forward in a sudden stop or crash. That could
cause injury to the person sitting there. Always
press rearward on the seatback to be sure it is
To return the seatback to an upright position, do the
following:
3. Lift the rear of the seat up from the floor and push it
forward until it locks into place. You will not be able
to unlatch the seat from the floor unless the
seatback is folded down.
The seat will now remain locked in the upright position.
1. Pull the lever labeled 3 toward you.
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