If you shut the engine off, it will automatically shift to park. It will also automatically apply the park brake if it detects that you are on an incline.

 

If your phone is connected via Bluetooth you can just hit “play” on your music or podcast app and the car stereo will automatically switch to that source - you don’t have to change to that source on the DIC or the CUE screen.

 

My S Class cant do that either....

 

Hold the unlock button on either front door for 4 seconds till you hear a chime. All doors will remain unlocked till you start the vehicle or lock it from fob.

 

• Press & Hold the "Lock" button for few seconds and the mirrors will automatically fold in.
• Press & Hold the "Unlock" for few seconds again and the mirrors will expand outward again.
• Press & Hold the "Unlock" button for 5 seconds or more and ALL the windows will come down. (Great when the temp outside is super HOT!)

 

• Press & Hold the "Lock" button for few seconds and the mirrors will automatically fold in.
• Press & Hold the "Unlock" for few seconds again and the mirrors will expand outward again.
• Press & Hold the "Unlock" button for 5 seconds or more and ALL the windows will come down. (Great when the temp outside is super HOT!)

The last one is pretty handy on a hot day. It is too bad you cannot close them remotely too.

 

Most of these will only work on platinum class.

 

works on my premium luxury

 

Same here.

 

Touch everywhere and everything on the CUE screen.....there are a myriad of surprises there, such as:

• Touch the time in the upper right corner and an analog clock appears
• Touching the temp in the upper left corner acts as a shortcut to the climate app
• Touching the station number in the radio app brings up a scrolling list of all the stations for that band
• While in this scrolling list touching "view", will toggle the list from station name/number to artist playing on that station to track name playing on that station
• You have up to 60 presets (depending on CUE version) they don't have to be radio stations, they can be phone numbers that will automatically dial when touched, tone settings, destination locations....(could be more options i haven't gone beyond those 4)
• When using Apple CarPlay, there's no need to pair your phone (in fact it works better if you don't)
• You can change the behavior of the Previous/Next station steering wheel buttons to either Previous/Next station or Previous/Next preset favorite in the DIC settings
• App Icons can be repositioned with a long press...and the 5 shortcut buttons at the top can be changed to your preferred apps using the same method

 

Touch everywhere and everything on the CUE screen.....there are a myriad of surprises there, such as:

• Touch the time in the upper right corner and an analog clock appears
  

I love seeing this on the display it just sucks that it goes away on re-start

 

When you have the map is displayed in navigation, it goes full-screen and hides the top row of icons for radio, climate control, etc. Just moving your hand toward the screen - before touching it - causes those icons to reappear.

 

If you touch the icon representing your vehicle location on the map, a pop-up window will provide additional location detail

 

If you succeed in wireless charging your smartphone, a green lightning bolt will be seen next to the phone icon on the CUE screen.

 

You can unlock your doors, sound your horn and remote start with an Apple Watch.

 

If you start your car then pop the hood then close the hood all while car is running the start/stop feature will stay disconnected until you turn car off.

 

Hmm, this is interesting. I know that one of the forum members created a device that disables auto-stop by having it trip the hood open sensor briefly during start-up. Maybe a simpler solution would be to place a switch in the cabin that you press to momentarily trip it, and then it would stay disabled for the entire drive.

 

Its nice that if you stop the car, an soon as you open the door, the car will go into Park.

If you shut the engine off, it will automatically shift to park. It will also automatically apply the park brake if it detects that you are on an incline.

Touch everywhere and everything on the CUE screen.....there are a myriad of surprises there, such as:

• Touch the time in the upper right corner and an analog clock appears

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  This thread has just blown my mind

 

I have the device and it works off the sensor for the hood. Best investment I have made on the car. No hesitation when you take off. Love it.

 

can you cancel the automatic door lock when shifting to drive?

 

I believe it is a vehicle setting on the center display under one of the feature settings. Just a question, why would you not want the doors to lock for safety?

 

Sunroof tip...
Possibly a lot of people don't know this, after you open the Sunroof, If you hold the button to open it again, it will open an additional 5" or so. I think the opening stops here because if you drive over 30MPH, the wind buffeting is horrible, that's why they have it electronically stop short. On my previous SRX, it had opened more than the XT5, but also can go the distance if you just hold the button...

 

Not Just for Kids...
Teen Driver Setting....

Hmmm, my wife is a speedster.. Turn it on, you get great stats on the other driver! Very cool feature!

 

Sync I tell ya...

I hate when rear passengers or front passengers change the Temp. It will stay that way forever, unless you Sync again. Just hit the raise or lower temp button 1 degree, you will see SYNC appear on the CUE screen, tap SYNC. Now front and rear all match the driver again.

If you forget to do this, the HVAC has a constant battle to keep the temp set correctly. Ya think when you restart the car and no one is in the Passenger seat or the rear seats that the car will default to the Driver setting....

 

Ya think when you restart the car and no one is in the Passenger seat or the rear seats that the car will default to the Driver setting....

When restarted with no one in the rear seats, the rear HVAC will not turn on automatically. If the rear HVAC is running, and the car is restarted with someone in the rear seats, the rear HVAC will run at the last settings. The rear HVAC on the SRX had to be turned on manually after each restart.

 

If you or your sig-o are sensitive to road smells (heavy exhaust from other vehicles, whatever), replace the stock cabin air filter with one that includes activated carbon. Cadillac went "cheap" on the stock cabin air filter; it only filters particulates, not smells. There is a GM OEM one available with activated carbon, but you can also buy third-party ones, and the replacement procedure is pretty straight-forward --there's a thread around here somewhere with pictures.

 

You are correct! I just replaced the Original. It is a very flimsy non carbon filter. The replacement is better made and Carbon coated. No screw driver needed unlike the SRX. If I recall correctly, Open Glove box, Disconnect right side String that stops the box from dropping ( Note, it is under tension and will snap away, hold on to the bugger....) Then tilt in on the Left and Right side of the box, it will release 2 holding clips, the box will drop. On the Right side of the filter housing, open the clip and remove and replace filter. Hardest part of the job is dealing with the tension string connected tot he box.

 

The panoramic mirror has a camera above the license plate which can be cleaned while driving. Use the rear window washer and the camera lens will be sprayed washing off the grime attracted while driving on wet pavement summer or winter.

 

Does anyone know if there’s a way to turn off all interior lights? Specifically, the ones in the rear cargo area when the gate is up?

Going to be tailgating for a few college football games in the coming weeks, and I’m really excited to have a larger vehicle. But, I also don’t want to kill my battery.

 

I think that after 10 minutes, all lights will goes off same as the radio !

 

If the parking brake is set, it will automatically release when you put the transmission in gear and begin to drive. You do have to get enough RPMs up for it to recognize that you are ready to roll, but it will disengage.

 

With auto-braking such as with the adaptive cruise control, the auto release of the parking brake does not require overcoming the resistance of the brake to release. The release is effortless with that package.

 

Unfortunately, there is no similar way to close all the windows at the same time. I guess that could be considered a safety issue.

 

My XTS had a cabin air quality sensor mounted near the grill that put the A/C in recycle mode when it sensed hydrocarbons. When I traded it in, I had the sense that that feature was no longer working.