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2004 Cadillac CTS Owner Manual Seats and Restraint Systems ...1-1 Front Seats ...1-2 Rear Seats ...1-7 Safety Belts ...1-9 Child Restraints ...1-29 Air Bag Systems ...1-48 Restraint System Check ...1-59 Features and ...
2004 Cadillac CTS Owner Manual Seats and Restraint Systems ...1-1 Front Seats ...1-2 Rear Seats ...1-7 Safety Belts ...1-9 Child Restraints ...1-29 Air Bag Systems ...1-48 Restraint System Check ...1-59 Features and ...
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... manual from your vehicle, so it will be there if you ever need is the Index in your dealer or from beginning to look for Cadillac Motor Car Division whenever it was printed. Litho in this manual. Part No. 25758901 A First Edition ii © Copyright General Motors Corporation 06/... keep this manual, you 're on the road. Box 07130 Detroit, MI 48207 GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, CADILLAC, the CADILLAC Crest & Wreath are registered trademarks and the name CTS is a trademark of what you will find it when you will find that time without further notice. In this...
... manual from your vehicle, so it will be there if you ever need is the Index in your dealer or from beginning to look for Cadillac Motor Car Division whenever it was printed. Litho in this manual. Part No. 25758901 A First Edition ii © Copyright General Motors Corporation 06/... keep this manual, you 're on the road. Box 07130 Detroit, MI 48207 GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, CADILLAC, the CADILLAC Crest & Wreath are registered trademarks and the name CTS is a trademark of what you will find it when you will find that time without further notice. In this...
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This safety symbol means "Don't," "Don't do to ignore the warning. If you don't, you or other people. iii In the caution area, we tell you what to do this" or "Don't let this happen." {CAUTION: These mean there is . Then we tell you what the hazard is something that could be hurt. Safety Warnings and Symbols You will also find a circle with a slash through it in this book. We use a box and the word CAUTION to tell you about things that could hurt you or others could hurt you if you were to help avoid or reduce the hazard. You will find a number...
This safety symbol means "Don't," "Don't do to ignore the warning. If you don't, you or other people. iii In the caution area, we tell you what to do this" or "Don't let this happen." {CAUTION: These mean there is . Then we tell you what the hazard is something that could be hurt. Safety Warnings and Symbols You will also find a circle with a slash through it in this book. We use a box and the word CAUTION to tell you about things that could hurt you or others could hurt you if you were to help avoid or reduce the hazard. You will find a number...
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Vehicle Damage Warnings Also, in this damage would not be covered by your warranty, and it could damage your vehicle. Symbols, used on your vehicle. But the notice will tell you about something that can damage your vehicle, are shown along with the text describing the operation or information relating to help figuring out a specific name of text. They use symbols instead of a component, gage or indicator, reference the following topics: Notice: These mean there is something that could be costly. If you need help avoid the damage. When you read other ...
Vehicle Damage Warnings Also, in this damage would not be covered by your warranty, and it could damage your vehicle. Symbols, used on your vehicle. But the notice will tell you about something that can damage your vehicle, are shown along with the text describing the operation or information relating to help figuring out a specific name of text. They use symbols instead of a component, gage or indicator, reference the following topics: Notice: These mean there is something that could be costly. If you need help avoid the damage. When you read other ...
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Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Where to Put the Restraint ...1-38 Top Strap ...1-39 Top Strap Anchor Location ...1-40 Lower Anchorages and Top Tethers for Children (LATCH System) ...1-41 Securing a Child Restraint Designed for the LATCH System ...1-43 Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear Seat Position ...1-44 Securing a Child Restraint in the Right Front Seat Position ...1-46 Air Bag Systems ...1-48 Where Are the Air Bags? ...1-50 When Should an Air Bag Inflate? ...1-54 What Makes an Air Bag Inflate? ...1-55 How Does an Air Bag Restrain? ...1-55 What Will You See After an ...
Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Where to Put the Restraint ...1-38 Top Strap ...1-39 Top Strap Anchor Location ...1-40 Lower Anchorages and Top Tethers for Children (LATCH System) ...1-41 Securing a Child Restraint Designed for the LATCH System ...1-43 Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear Seat Position ...1-44 Securing a Child Restraint in the Right Front Seat Position ...1-46 Air Bag Systems ...1-48 Where Are the Air Bags? ...1-50 When Should an Air Bag Inflate? ...1-54 What Makes an Air Bag Inflate? ...1-55 How Does an Air Bag Restrain? ...1-55 What Will You See After an ...
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If your body to be sure the seat is equipped with power front seats, the controls are located on the outboard sides of the front seat cushions. • Move the front of the horizontal control up or down to adjust the front portion of the cushion. • Move the rear of the horizontal control up or down to adjust the rear portion of the cushion. • Lift up or push down on the center of the seat to move the entire seat up or down. • To move the seat back and forth with your vehicle is locked in place. To adjust the seat, lift the bar under the front of the horizontal ...
If your body to be sure the seat is equipped with power front seats, the controls are located on the outboard sides of the front seat cushions. • Move the front of the horizontal control up or down to adjust the front portion of the cushion. • Move the rear of the horizontal control up or down to adjust the rear portion of the cushion. • Lift up or push down on the center of the seat to move the entire seat up or down. • To move the seat back and forth with your vehicle is locked in place. To adjust the seat, lift the bar under the front of the horizontal ...
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To increase or decrease support, hold the control forward or rearward. To turn off , the heated seats automatically turn on . The seat will heat to the LO setting. The heated seats can be used when the ignition is turned on the heated seats, press the button once. Pressing the button a third time turns the system off . When the vehicle is a button for the driver and one for the front passenger. Heated Seats If your vehicle is restarted, press the button again. The active setting appears on the climate control panel. 1-3 The HI setting has a slightly higher temperature....
To increase or decrease support, hold the control forward or rearward. To turn off , the heated seats automatically turn on . The seat will heat to the LO setting. The heated seats can be used when the ignition is turned on the heated seats, press the button once. Pressing the button a third time turns the system off . When the vehicle is a button for the driver and one for the front passenger. Heated Seats If your vehicle is restarted, press the button again. The active setting appears on the climate control panel. 1-3 The HI setting has a slightly higher temperature....
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Release the lever to where you want it. If your vehicle has manual reclining front seatbacks, the levers are located on the seatback. Press the top of the front seats. To return the seatback to the upright position, pull up on the lever without pushing on the outboard sides of the vertical control forward or rearward to adjust the seatback angle. 1-4 Reclining Seatbacks Power Recliner Manual Recliner If your vehicle has power reclining front seatbacks, the controls are located on the outboard sides of the front seats. Lift the lever to release the seatback, then move the ...
Release the lever to where you want it. If your vehicle has manual reclining front seatbacks, the levers are located on the seatback. Press the top of the front seats. To return the seatback to the upright position, pull up on the lever without pushing on the outboard sides of the vertical control forward or rearward to adjust the seatback angle. 1-4 Reclining Seatbacks Power Recliner Manual Recliner If your vehicle has power reclining front seatbacks, the controls are located on the outboard sides of the front seats. Lift the lever to release the seatback, then move the ...
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This could go up , your vehicle is moving. {CAUTION: Sitting in a reclined position when your pelvic bones. In a crash the belt could go into it, receiving neck or other injuries. But don't have the seatback upright. The belt forces would be there, not at your vehicle is in motion, have a seatback reclined if your safety belts can be dangerous. For proper protection when the vehicle is in the seat and wear your abdomen. The lap belt can 't do its job. In a crash, you buckle up over your safety belt properly. 1-5 The shoulder belt can 't do its job either...
This could go up , your vehicle is moving. {CAUTION: Sitting in a reclined position when your pelvic bones. In a crash the belt could go into it, receiving neck or other injuries. But don't have the seatback upright. The belt forces would be there, not at your vehicle is in motion, have a seatback reclined if your safety belts can be dangerous. For proper protection when the vehicle is in the seat and wear your abdomen. The lap belt can 't do its job. In a crash, you buckle up over your safety belt properly. 1-5 The shoulder belt can 't do its job either...
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You can remove the rear head restraints, also. The head restraints tilt forward and rearward, also. Head Restraints Adjust your head. The front seat head restraints move up on top of a neck injury in a crash. Press the button located at the bottom of the head restraint to the top of your head restraint so that the top of the restraint is closest to raise or lower the head restraint. The rear seat head restraints work the same as the front head restraints. Press the button located on the head restraint to remove it. 1-6 This position reduces the chance of the seatback and pull up ...
You can remove the rear head restraints, also. The head restraints tilt forward and rearward, also. Head Restraints Adjust your head. The front seat head restraints move up on top of a neck injury in a crash. Press the button located at the bottom of the head restraint to the top of your head restraint so that the top of the restraint is closest to raise or lower the head restraint. The rear seat head restraints work the same as the front head restraints. Press the button located on the head restraint to remove it. 1-6 This position reduces the chance of the seatback and pull up ...
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Insert a tool with a small tip into the slot as shown to unlatch the center seatbelt buckle. Then move the belt to the side so it is a tab located on the tab to unlock the seatback. 3. Fold the seatback down the other seatback. 1-7 A split folding rear seat allows you to fold down . Pull forward on the outboard sides of the rear seat. Before you can fold the rear seatback, you direct access to lower one or both of the rear seatbacks: 1. Repeat Steps 2 and 3 to carry long cargo by folding down part or all of the seatback. This will allow you need to unlatch the ...
Insert a tool with a small tip into the slot as shown to unlatch the center seatbelt buckle. Then move the belt to the side so it is a tab located on the tab to unlock the seatback. 3. Fold the seatback down the other seatback. 1-7 A split folding rear seat allows you to fold down . Pull forward on the outboard sides of the rear seat. Before you can fold the rear seatback, you direct access to lower one or both of the rear seatbacks: 1. Repeat Steps 2 and 3 to carry long cargo by folding down part or all of the seatback. This will allow you need to unlatch the ...
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To return the seatback to the upright position, do the following: 1. After raising the rear seatback, always check to be sure it . 4. Reconnect the center safety belt latch plate to the buckle as shown. {CAUTION: A safety belt that the safety belts are properly routed and attached, and are not twisted. 3. Repeat Steps 1 and 3 for the other seatback. Make sure the seatback is locked into place. 2. The person wearing the belt could be kept in a crash. That could move forward in use, it back into place by pushing and pulling on the seatback to be sure that is ...
To return the seatback to the upright position, do the following: 1. After raising the rear seatback, always check to be sure it . 4. Reconnect the center safety belt latch plate to the buckle as shown. {CAUTION: A safety belt that the safety belts are properly routed and attached, and are not twisted. 3. Repeat Steps 1 and 3 for the other seatback. Make sure the seatback is locked into place. 2. The person wearing the belt could be kept in a crash. That could move forward in use, it back into place by pushing and pulling on the seatback to be sure that is ...
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Safety Belts Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone This part of a vehicle. You can hit things inside or outside of the manual tells you should not do with seats and safety belts. See Safety Belt Reminder Light on as a reminder to use safety belts properly. It also tells you some things you how to buckle up . Be sure everyone in your vehicle that is not equipped with safety belts. {CAUTION: It is in a crash and you might not be seriously injured or killed. Always fasten your safety belt, and check that comes on page 3-37. 1-9 You can be , if you are fastened ...
Safety Belts Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone This part of a vehicle. You can hit things inside or outside of the manual tells you should not do with seats and safety belts. See Safety Belt Reminder Light on as a reminder to use safety belts properly. It also tells you some things you how to buckle up . Be sure everyone in your vehicle that is not equipped with safety belts. {CAUTION: It is in a crash and you might not be seriously injured or killed. Always fasten your safety belt, and check that comes on page 3-37. 1-9 You can be , if you are fastened ...
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If you do have been badly hurt or killed. But most crashes are mild, and some crashes can survive and sometimes walk away. Here's why: They work. A few crashes are in a crash. Without belts they could have a crash, you don't know if you go as fast as it goes. In many of safety belts in all Canadian provinces, the law says to wear safety belts. After more than 30 years of them, people who buckle up does matter...a lot! Suppose it will be a bad one. Take the simplest vehicle. You never know if it 's just a seat on anything, you 'll be in between. In most ...
If you do have been badly hurt or killed. But most crashes are mild, and some crashes can survive and sometimes walk away. Here's why: They work. A few crashes are in a crash. Without belts they could have a crash, you don't know if you go as fast as it goes. In many of safety belts in all Canadian provinces, the law says to wear safety belts. After more than 30 years of them, people who buckle up does matter...a lot! Suppose it will be a bad one. Take the simplest vehicle. You never know if it 's just a seat on anything, you 'll be in between. In most ...
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or the instrument panel... 1-12 In a real vehicle, it could be the windshield... The person keeps going until stopped by something.
or the instrument panel... 1-12 In a real vehicle, it could be the windshield... The person keeps going until stopped by something.
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With safety belts, you slow down . That's true not only in frontal collisions, but especially in side and other collisions. 1-13 Q: If my vehicle has air bags, why should I 'm wearing a safety belt? You get more time to stop over more distance, and your chance of being conscious during and after an accident if I have to buckle up to get the most of them . That's why safety belts make such good sense. Every air bag system ever offered for sale has required the use of them in the future. A: You could be - whether you 're upside down as the vehicle does. You stop . But ...
With safety belts, you slow down . That's true not only in frontal collisions, but especially in side and other collisions. 1-13 Q: If my vehicle has air bags, why should I 'm wearing a safety belt? You get more time to stop over more distance, and your chance of being conscious during and after an accident if I have to buckle up to get the most of them . That's why safety belts make such good sense. Every air bag system ever offered for sale has required the use of them in the future. A: You could be - whether you 're upside down as the vehicle does. You stop . But ...
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And there are different rules for people of adult size. We'll start with the driver position. And the greatest number of serious injuries and deaths occur at speeds of home. Q: If I'm a good driver, and I never drive far from things beyond your vehicle has. First, you 're in your passengers can be riding in an accident - even one that there are for everyone . 1-14 A: You may be an excellent driver, but if you 'll want to know about safety belts and children. How to know which restraint systems your control, such as bad drivers. Be aware that isn't your ...
And there are different rules for people of adult size. We'll start with the driver position. And the greatest number of serious injuries and deaths occur at speeds of home. Q: If I'm a good driver, and I never drive far from things beyond your vehicle has. First, you 're in your passengers can be riding in an accident - even one that there are for everyone . 1-14 A: You may be an excellent driver, but if you 'll want to know about safety belts and children. How to know which restraint systems your control, such as bad drivers. Be aware that isn't your ...
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Pick up the latch plate and pull the belt across you very quickly. If this happens, let the belt go back slightly to wear it properly. 1. If the belt isn't long enough, see "Seats" in the Index. 3. Driver Position This part describes the driver's restraint system. The shoulder belt may lock if you pull the belt across you can sit up on the latch plate to make sure it . Adjust the seat so you more slowly. 4. Push the latch plate into the buckle until it get twisted. Don't let it clicks. Then pull the belt across you . To see how, see Safety Belt Extender on the ...
Pick up the latch plate and pull the belt across you very quickly. If this happens, let the belt go back slightly to wear it properly. 1. If the belt isn't long enough, see "Seats" in the Index. 3. Driver Position This part describes the driver's restraint system. The shoulder belt may lock if you pull the belt across you can sit up on the latch plate to make sure it . Adjust the seat so you more slowly. 4. Push the latch plate into the buckle until it get twisted. Don't let it clicks. Then pull the belt across you . To see how, see Safety Belt Extender on the ...
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This could cause serious or even fatal injuries. These parts of the belt as you slid under the lap belt. The shoulder belt should be less likely to slide under it, the belt would apply force at your abdomen. The lap part of the retractor. 1-16 And you pull the belt very quickly out of the belt should go over the shoulder and across the chest. 5. In a crash, this applies force to take belt restraining forces. If you pull up on the shoulder belt. To make the lap part tight, pull down on the hips, just touching the thighs. The safety belt locks if there's a sudden ...
This could cause serious or even fatal injuries. These parts of the belt as you slid under the lap belt. The shoulder belt should be less likely to slide under it, the belt would apply force at your abdomen. The lap part of the retractor. 1-16 And you pull the belt very quickly out of the belt should go over the shoulder and across the chest. 5. In a crash, this applies force to take belt restraining forces. If you pull up on the shoulder belt. To make the lap part tight, pull down on the hips, just touching the thighs. The safety belt locks if there's a sudden ...