Chevrolet 2011 silverado 2500 User Manual

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Chevrolet Silverado Owner Manual - 2011

Driving and Operating

9-1

Driving and
Operating

Driving Information

Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Drunk Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Braking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Steering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-6
Off-Road Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7
Driving on Wet Roads . . . . . . . 9-18
Highway Hypnosis . . . . . . . . . . . 9-19
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . 9-19
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-20
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . 9-22
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . 9-23
Truck-Camper Loading

Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-30

Starting and Operating

New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . 9-32
Adjustable Throttle and Brake

Pedal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-32

Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-33

Retained Accessory

Power (RAP) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-35

Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . 9-35
Fast Idle System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-37
Engine Coolant Heater . . . . . . . 9-37
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-38
Shifting Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . 9-40
Parking (Manual

Transmission) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-41

Parking Over Things

That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-41

Management™ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-41

Engine Exhaust

Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-42
Running the Vehicle While

Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-42

Automatic Transmission

Automatic Transmission . . . . . 9-43
Manual Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-47
Tow/Haul Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-49

Manual Transmission

Manual Transmission . . . . . . . . 9-51

Drive Systems

Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-53

Brakes

System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-67

Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-68
Brake Assist (Except With

4.3L V6 Engine) . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-69

Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . 9-70

Ride Control Systems

System . . . . . . . . . 9-70

Locking Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . 9-73

Cruise Control

Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-73

Object Detection Systems

Ultrasonic Parking Assist . . . . 9-76
Rear Vision

Camera (RVC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-78

Fuel

Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-83
Recommended Fuel . . . . . . . . . 9-84
Gasoline Specifications . . . . . . 9-84
California Fuel

Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-84

Fuels in Foreign Countries . . . 9-85
Fuel Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-85