How to use safety and driver assistance features on your GM vehicle

Many GM vehicles are equipped with active safety and driver assistance features designed to help you drive more safely. Some are designed to alert you of other detected vehicles and objects. Others features can even provide steering assistance or automatic braking. This guide will help you understand which featuresThis guide will help you understand which features your vehicle has and how they’re designed to be used.

1. The safety and driver assistance features your vehicle has can vary depending on your vehicle’s trim level, brand and model.

2. The easiest way to find out which features your vehicle has is to check your vehicle’s Settings menu on your center display.

3. In the Settings menu, select the Vehicle submenu.

4. Depending on your vehicle, you’ll see a Collision/Detection Systems submenu, or a list of safety and driver assistance features. Tap each feature for a short description of what it does and any customization options.

5. For most features, you can choose to turn the feature on or off. For others, you can adjust the kind of alerts you get.

6. Some features, like Forward Collision Alert and Adaptive Cruise Control, have steering wheel controls that let you choose things like the vehicle following gap.

a. Check out the Support articles for Forward Collision Alert and Adaptive Cruise Control for more info on those features.

i. Learn about Forward Collision Alert
ii. Learn about Adaptive Cruise Control

1. You may hear some safety features beep or alert you frequently. You can turn most of these off in the Settings menu.

2. If you’d still like to use safety features but don’t want them to beep, you can choose to get alerts from the Safety Alert Seat instead (if your vehicle has that feature). When a feature is trying to alert you, the Safety Alert Seat will vibrate your seat instead of giving you beeps.

1. To use Safety Alert Seat, go into the Settings menu.

2. Depending on your vehicle, you may have to go to the Vehicle submenu, the Comfort and Convenience submenu or the Alert Type menu to turn Safety Alert Seat on

1. Many vehicles have different camera views designed to help you see the area around your vehicle. The views you can see vary by vehicle and trim level, but for most vehicles, this is how camera features work.

2. Press the Camera icon on your center display to access the Camera app. When you enter the app, you may see the following, depending on your vehicle:

• Icons that represent different views along the left or bottom of the screen. Press these icons to switch between views.

- On some vehicles with multiple views, you will have to select the direction of the views you want. For example, you may need to select Front or Rear from the display, then choose the specific view you want to see.

• A camera view displayed in the middle.
• If your vehicle has the available Surround View and you’ve enabled the feature, you may see an overhead Surround View/Overhead/Top-Down View of your vehicle on the side of the screen.
• If enabled, depending on your vehicle, the Top-Down View may display to the left or right of the currently selected view. On older vehicles, this view may consistently display when you’re parked or driving at low speeds.

3. Press the icons along the left or bottom of the screen to change views.

4. Press the toggle switches to enable/disable certain views and image overlays.

5. Keep time spent looking at camera views while driving at a minimum.

6. Most vehicles are equipped with a Rear Vision Camera that will automatically turn on when you shift to REVERSE. Depending on your vehicle, this view can show guidelines that are designed to predict the path of your vehicle. You can turn those on or off with the guideline buttons that show up on the screen.

Safety or driver assistance features are no substitute for the driver’s responsibility to operate the vehicle in a safe manner. The driver should remain attentive to traffic, surroundings and road conditions at all times. Visibility, weather, and road conditions may affect feature performance. Read the vehicle Owner’s Manual for more important feature limitations and information.

To find out if your vehicle has this feature, contact your dealer or refer to your vehicle’s equipment list. Please check your Owner’s Manual for more information about features.