Table of Contents Cadillac Escalade - IFS Europe BV

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Problems on the Road
■ DATA COLLECTION
AND EVENT DATA
RECORDERS
Your vehicle has computer
modules that monitor and control
vehicle systems and performance.
These modules may record and
store this information for future
use.
Stored information may be used
to help diagnose and repair
malfunctions. It can also be used
to improve driving safety and
crash performance.
Some modules may also record
data about how you operate the
vehicle, such as the rate of fuel
consumption or average vehicle
speed.
These modules may also retain the
owner’s personal preferences,
such as radio pre-sets, seat positions
and temperature settings.
The event data recorder in your
vehicle is designed to record data
related to vehicle dynamics and
safety systems.
During a crash, your vehicle may
record information about the
condition of the vehicle and how it
was operated, and how the various
safety systems performed.
Data is recorded only if a non-trivial
crash situation occurs.
In most cases, data is recorded for
only about 30 seconds.
Special equipment is needed to
retrieve this data.
Law enforcement agencies or
others may have equipment that
can retrieve the information if they
have access to the vehicle or to the
device that stores the data.
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