Owner's Manual Cadillac BLS - IFS Europe BV

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138 Starting and driving
Automatic
transmission 3
WARNING
• Depress the brake pedal when shifting
the selector lever from P or N.
• The car must be at a standstill before
P, R or N is selected. If the car is still
moving when a drive position is subsequently
selected, this could cause an
accident or damage the automatic
transmission.
• Never park the car with the selector
lever in a drive position, even if the
handbrake is on.
• If you wish to leave the car with the
engine running, move the selector
lever to the P position and apply the
handbrake.
The automatic transmission has an electronic
control module. The control module
receives information including accelerator
position and road speed. Using this and
other information, it controls the hydraulic
pressure of the transmission to ensure that
gear changing is as smooth as possible.
Selector lever
1 Position for manual gear selection
The remote control can only be removed
when the selector lever is in the P position.
The engine can only be started when the
selector lever is in the P or N position.
When the car is stationary, the engine must
be idling when you move the selector lever
from one position to another. If not, the
transmission could be damaged.
NOTICE
After selecting a drive position, always
wait until the gear is engaged (the car
begins to pull slightly) before pressing the
accelerator.
Indication of gear position on main
instrument panel
Park Brake Shift Lock
The transmission has a security function
known as Park Brake Shift Lock. To move
the gear selector out of the P or N position,
the gear selector detent (catch) must be
pressed in at the same time as the brake
pedal is held depressed.