Driving and operating, Driving and operating -1, Driving and operating 9-1 – Hummer 2010 H3 User Manual

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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 . . . . . . . 9-22
Highway Hypnosis . . . . . . . . . . . 9-22
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . 9-23
Winter Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-24
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . 9-26
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . 9-27
Truck-Camper Loading

Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-33

Starting and Operating

New Vehicle Break-In . . . . . . . . 9-33
Ignition Positions . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-34
Retained Accessory

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

Starting the Engine . . . . . . . . . . 9-35
Engine Coolant Heater . . . . . . . 9-36
Shifting Into Park . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-37
Shifting Out of Park . . . . . . . . . . 9-38
Parking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-39
Parking Over Things

That Burn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-40

Engine Exhaust

Engine Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-40
Running the Vehicle While

Parked . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-41

Automatic Transmission

Automatic Transmission . . . . . 9-41

Manual Transmission

Manual Transmission . . . . . . . . 9-44

Drive Systems

Four-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-46

Brakes

Antilock Brake

System (ABS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-50

Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-51
Brake Assist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-51
Hill Start Assist (HSA) . . . . . . . 9-52

Ride Control Systems

Traction Control

System (TCS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-52

StabiliTrak System . . . . . . . . . . . 9-53
Locking Rear Axle . . . . . . . . . . . 9-54
Locking Front Axle . . . . . . . . . . . 9-55

Cruise Control

Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-57

Object Detection Systems

Rear Vision

Camera (RVC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-60

Fuel

Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-64
Recommended Fuel . . . . . . . . . 9-64
Gasoline Specifications . . . . . . 9-65
California Fuel

Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-65

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