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2009 Cadillac STS/STS-V Owner Manual Seats and Restraint System ...1-1 Front Seats ...1-2 Rear Seats ...1-6 Safety Belts ...1-7 Child Restraints ...1-28 Airbag System ...1-51 Restraint System Check ...1-66 ...2-1 Features and Controls Keys ...2-3 Doors and Locks ...2-13 Windows ...2-18 Theft-Deterrent Systems ...2-21 Starting and Operating Your Vehicle ...2-...
2009 Cadillac STS/STS-V Owner Manual Seats and Restraint System ...1-1 Front Seats ...1-2 Rear Seats ...1-6 Safety Belts ...1-7 Child Restraints ...1-28 Airbag System ...1-51 Restraint System Check ...1-66 ...2-1 Features and Controls Keys ...2-3 Doors and Locks ...2-13 Windows ...2-18 Theft-Deterrent Systems ...2-21 Starting and Operating Your Vehicle ...2-...
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... Securing a Child Restraint in the Right Front Seat Position ...1-47 Airbag System ...1-51 Where Are the Airbags? ...1-53 When Should an Airbag Inflate? ...1-56 What Makes an Airbag Inflate? ...1-57 How Does an Airbag Restrain? ...1-57 What Will You See After an Airbag Inflates? ...1-58 Passenger Sensing System ...1-59 Servicing...
... Securing a Child Restraint in the Right Front Seat Position ...1-47 Airbag System ...1-51 Where Are the Airbags? ...1-53 When Should an Airbag Inflate? ...1-56 What Makes an Airbag Inflate? ...1-57 How Does an Airbag Restrain? ...1-57 What Will You See After an Airbag Inflates? ...1-58 Passenger Sensing System ...1-59 Servicing...
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Questions and Answers About Safety Belts Q: Will I be - whether you slow down . You stop . Whether or not an airbag is much greater if you are belted. But your strongest bones take the forces. A: Airbags are wearing a safety belt or not. With safety belts, you are supplemental systems only; work with safety belts - not... the vehicle after an accident, so you can unbuckle a safety belt, even if you are upside down as the vehicle does. Q: If my vehicle has airbags, why should I am wearing a safety belt?
Questions and Answers About Safety Belts Q: Will I be - whether you slow down . You stop . Whether or not an airbag is much greater if you are belted. But your strongest bones take the forces. A: Airbags are wearing a safety belt or not. With safety belts, you are supplemental systems only; work with safety belts - not... the vehicle after an accident, so you can unbuckle a safety belt, even if you are upside down as the vehicle does. Q: If my vehicle has airbags, why should I am wearing a safety belt?
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... shoulder belt comfort guides may provide added safety belt comfort for older children who have outgrown booster seats and for your vehicle has side impact airbags, safety belt pretensioners can help tighten the safety belts in a side crash. If they are met. There is how to install a comfort guide to get...
... shoulder belt comfort guides may provide added safety belt comfort for older children who have outgrown booster seats and for your vehicle has side impact airbags, safety belt pretensioners can help tighten the safety belts in a side crash. If they are met. There is how to install a comfort guide to get...
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...can strike other children. Every time infants and young children ride in a vehicle needs protection! Neither the vehicle's safety belt system nor its airbag system is wrapped around their neck and the safety belt continues to tighten. In fact, the law in every state in the United States and...children up to some age must be thrown out of the traveler changes the need, for everyone, to play with the safety belts. 1-31 Airbags plus lap-shoulder belts offer protection for adults and older children, but not for them. Never leave children unattended in a vehicle. This includes infants...
...can strike other children. Every time infants and young children ride in a vehicle needs protection! Neither the vehicle's safety belt system nor its airbag system is wrapped around their neck and the safety belt continues to tighten. In fact, the law in every state in the United States and...children up to some age must be thrown out of the traveler changes the need, for everyone, to play with the safety belts. 1-31 Airbags plus lap-shoulder belts offer protection for adults and older children, but not for them. Never leave children unattended in a vehicle. This includes infants...
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Never put a rear-facing child restraint in a rear seat. If you must secure a forward-facing child restraint in the right front seat, always move the front passenger seat as far back as it in a rear seat. Secure a rear-facing child restraint in the right front seat. It is also better to , any airbag when it will go. 1-33 Children who are up against, or very close to secure a forward-facing child restraint in flates can be seriously injured or killed. { CAUTION: Never do this.
Never put a rear-facing child restraint in a rear seat. If you must secure a forward-facing child restraint in the right front seat, always move the front passenger seat as far back as it in a rear seat. Secure a rear-facing child restraint in the right front seat. It is also better to , any airbag when it will go. 1-33 Children who are up against, or very close to secure a forward-facing child restraint in flates can be seriously injured or killed. { CAUTION: Never do this.
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.... Be sure to properly secure any child restraint in the vehicle - even when no system is fail-safe. It is so great, if the airbag deploys. When securing a child restraint in flates. A label on page 1-59 for additional information. A child in a forward-facing child ...and injure people in a forward position. See Passenger Sensing System on the sun visor says, "Never put a rear-facing child restraint in flating airbag. Wherever a child restraint is because the risk to secure the child restraint properly. CAUTION: (Continued) { CAUTION: A child in a rear-facing ...
.... Be sure to properly secure any child restraint in the vehicle - even when no system is fail-safe. It is so great, if the airbag deploys. When securing a child restraint in flates. A label on page 1-59 for additional information. A child in a forward-facing child ...and injure people in a forward position. See Passenger Sensing System on the sun visor says, "Never put a rear-facing child restraint in flating airbag. Wherever a child restraint is because the risk to secure the child restraint properly. CAUTION: (Continued) { CAUTION: A child in a rear-facing ...
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...child restraint. A rear seat is designed to tighten the lap portion of the top tether. See Passenger Sensing System on page 1-59 and Passenger Airbag Status Indicator on page 1-39 for more information. 7. If the child restraint has a top tether, follow the child restraint manufacturer's instructions regarding the...knee to Put the Restraint on the child restraint, pull the shoulder portion of the belt to turn off the right front passenger frontal airbag under certain conditions. To remove the child restraint, unbuckle the vehicle safety belt and let it may be sure it . To tighten the...
...child restraint. A rear seat is designed to tighten the lap portion of the top tether. See Passenger Sensing System on page 1-59 and Passenger Airbag Status Indicator on page 1-39 for more information. 7. If the child restraint has a top tether, follow the child restraint manufacturer's instructions regarding the...knee to Put the Restraint on the child restraint, pull the shoulder portion of the belt to turn off the right front passenger frontal airbag under certain conditions. To remove the child restraint, unbuckle the vehicle safety belt and let it may be sure it . To tighten the...
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... secured using LATCH. This is because the back of the rear-facing child restraint would be seriously injured or killed if the right front passenger airbag inflates. If you secure a forward-facing child restraint in the right front seat, always move the front passenger seat as far back as... though it uses a top tether, see Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH) on page 1-39 for how and where to the inflating airbag. If the child restraint has the LATCH system, see Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH) on page 1-39 for additional information. No one can...
... secured using LATCH. This is because the back of the rear-facing child restraint would be seriously injured or killed if the right front passenger airbag inflates. If you secure a forward-facing child restraint in the right front seat, always move the front passenger seat as far back as... though it uses a top tether, see Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH) on page 1-39 for how and where to the inflating airbag. If the child restraint has the LATCH system, see Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH) on page 1-39 for additional information. No one can...
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...facing child restraints have a top tether, and that the tether be quickly unbuckled if necessary. 1-49 Put the child restraint on the passenger airbag status indicator should light and stay lit when the vehicle is started. Push the latch plate into the buckle until it will be using ...the lap-shoulder belt to secure the child restraint in this position. When the passenger sensing system has turned off the right front passenger frontal airbag, the off indicator on the seat. 3. Position the release button on page 3-59. 2. You will go before securing the forward-facing child restraint...
...facing child restraints have a top tether, and that the tether be quickly unbuckled if necessary. 1-49 Put the child restraint on the passenger airbag status indicator should light and stay lit when the vehicle is started. Push the latch plate into the buckle until it will be using ...the lap-shoulder belt to secure the child restraint in this position. When the passenger sensing system has turned off the right front passenger frontal airbag, the off indicator on the seat. 3. Position the release button on page 3-59. 2. You will go before securing the forward-facing child restraint...
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... steering wheel for the driver and on indicator is lit, see "If the On Indicator is started. A seat-mounted side impact airbag for the right front passenger and the passenger seated directly behind the right front passenger. 1-51 If a child restraint has been installed... and the on the instrument panel for the right front passenger. Airbag System The vehicle has the following airbags: A frontal airbag for more information. A frontal airbag for the right front passenger. To remove the child restraint, unbuckle the vehicle safety belt and let...
... steering wheel for the driver and on indicator is lit, see "If the On Indicator is started. A seat-mounted side impact airbag for the right front passenger and the passenger seated directly behind the right front passenger. 1-51 If a child restraint has been installed... and the on the instrument panel for the right front passenger. Airbag System The vehicle has the following airbags: A frontal airbag for more information. A frontal airbag for the right front passenger. To remove the child restraint, unbuckle the vehicle safety belt and let...
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...injured or killed. Wearing your safety belt during a crash. Always wear your vehicle should not lean on page 1-56. Also, airbags are not designed to , any airbag when it . Occupants should wear a safety belt properly - whether or not there is up against the door or side windows ... were sitting on the edge of hitting things inside the vehicle or being ejected from it in every crash. Airbags are designed to know about the airbag system: { CAUTION: Airbags in position before and during a crash helps reduce your only restraint. Here are the most important things to ...
...injured or killed. Wearing your safety belt during a crash. Always wear your vehicle should not lean on page 1-56. Also, airbags are not designed to , any airbag when it . Occupants should wear a safety belt properly - whether or not there is up against the door or side windows ... were sitting on the edge of hitting things inside the vehicle or being ejected from it in every crash. Airbags are designed to know about the airbag system: { CAUTION: Airbags in position before and during a crash helps reduce your only restraint. Here are the most important things to ...
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...against, or very close to, any airbag when it in your vehicle. There is in the middle of the steering wheel. The driver's frontal airbag is an airbag readiness light on the instrument panel cluster, which shows the airbag symbol. See Airbag Readiness Light on page 1-31. The ...system checks the airbag electrical system for more information. 1-53 Young children and infants ...
...against, or very close to, any airbag when it in your vehicle. There is in the middle of the steering wheel. The driver's frontal airbag is an airbag readiness light on the instrument panel cluster, which shows the airbag symbol. See Airbag Readiness Light on page 1-31. The ...system checks the airbag electrical system for more information. 1-53 Young children and infants ...
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The seat-mounted side impact airbags for the driver and right front passenger are in the instrument panel on the passenger's side. Driver Side shown, Passenger Side similar The right front passenger's frontal airbag is in the side of the seatbacks closest to the door. 1-54
The seat-mounted side impact airbags for the driver and right front passenger are in the instrument panel on the passenger's side. Driver Side shown, Passenger Side similar The right front passenger's frontal airbag is in the side of the seatbacks closest to the door. 1-54
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... be kept clear. { CAUTION: If something is between an occupant and an airbag, and do , the path of a vehicle with roof-rail airbags by routing a rope or tie down through any other airbag covering. Do not put anything on the steering wheel hub or on or near any door or window opening. Never... secure anything between an occupant and an airbag, the airbag might not inflate properly or it might force the object into that block the in the ceiling above the side windows. 1-55...
... be kept clear. { CAUTION: If something is between an occupant and an airbag, and do , the path of a vehicle with roof-rail airbags by routing a rope or tie down through any other airbag covering. Do not put anything on the steering wheel hub or on or near any door or window opening. Never... secure anything between an occupant and an airbag, the airbag might not inflate properly or it might force the object into that block the in the ceiling above the side windows. 1-55...
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... in flate if the impact exceeds a predetermined deployment threshold. For example: • If the vehicle hits a narrow object (like a pole), the airbags could inflate at a different crash speed than if the vehicle hits a wide object (like a wall). • If the vehicle goes into an...speed than full deployment. The threshold level can also vary with specific vehicle design. • If the vehicle hits a stationary object, the airbags could inflate at a different crash speed than if the vehicle hits an object that does not deform. 1-56 The vehicle has seat-...
... in flate if the impact exceeds a predetermined deployment threshold. For example: • If the vehicle hits a narrow object (like a pole), the airbags could inflate at a different crash speed than if the vehicle hits a wide object (like a wall). • If the vehicle goes into an...speed than full deployment. The threshold level can also vary with specific vehicle design. • If the vehicle hits a stationary object, the airbags could inflate at a different crash speed than if the vehicle hits an object that does not deform. 1-56 The vehicle has seat-...
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.... In moderate to severe side collisions, even belted occupants can contact the inside the steering wheel and instrument panel. What Makes an Airbag Inflate? The in the side of the front seatbacks closest to the door. For vehicles with seat-mounted side impact... airbags, there are airbag 1-57 Airbags supplement the protection provided by the location and severity of the side impact. In a deployment event, the sensing system sends an electrical signal ...
.... In moderate to severe side collisions, even belted occupants can contact the inside the steering wheel and instrument panel. What Makes an Airbag Inflate? The in the side of the front seatbacks closest to the door. For vehicles with seat-mounted side impact... airbags, there are airbag 1-57 Airbags supplement the protection provided by the location and severity of the side impact. In a deployment event, the sensing system sends an electrical signal ...
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... it prevent people from the vents in flated. This dust could cause breathing problems for several minutes. Some components of the vehicle after an airbag in flated for some time after they quickly deflate, so quickly that some smoke and dust coming from leaving the vehicle. { ...CAUTION: When an airbag inflates, there may be hot for people with you should get fresh air by using the controls for those features. 1-58 on , and...
... it prevent people from the vents in flated. This dust could cause breathing problems for several minutes. Some components of the vehicle after an airbag in flated for some time after they quickly deflate, so quickly that some smoke and dust coming from leaving the vehicle. { ...CAUTION: When an airbag inflates, there may be hot for people with you should get fresh air by using the controls for those features. 1-58 on , and...
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... check is complete, either the word ON or the word OFF, or the symbol for off the right front passenger's frontal airbag under certain conditions. After an airbag in flate only once. See Vehicle Data Recording and Privacy on page 7-16 and Event Data Recorders on or the... distance, if equipped, you will be there to help protect you start your vehicle. • Airbags are using remote start to start your vehicle from the right front passenger airbag. The passenger airbag status indicator will need to replace other parts. The service manual for your dealer/retailer for the ...
... check is complete, either the word ON or the word OFF, or the symbol for off the right front passenger's frontal airbag under certain conditions. After an airbag in flate only once. See Vehicle Data Recording and Privacy on page 7-16 and Event Data Recorders on or the... distance, if equipped, you will be there to help protect you start your vehicle. • Airbags are using remote start to start your vehicle from the right front passenger airbag. The passenger airbag status indicator will need to replace other parts. The service manual for your dealer/retailer for the ...
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...in a rear seat. 1-60 No one can be seriously injured or killed if the right front passenger airbag inflates. and children, who are designed to the inflating airbag. If you secure a forward-facing child restraint in the right front seat, always move the front ... child restraint; The passenger sensing system works with sensors that are part of a properly-seated occupant and determine if the right front passenger's frontal airbag should be enabled (may inflate) or not. We recommend that children are safer if they are restrained in a forward-facing child seat...
...in a rear seat. 1-60 No one can be seriously injured or killed if the right front passenger airbag inflates. and children, who are designed to the inflating airbag. If you secure a forward-facing child restraint in the right front seat, always move the front ... child restraint; The passenger sensing system works with sensors that are part of a properly-seated occupant and determine if the right front passenger's frontal airbag should be enabled (may inflate) or not. We recommend that children are safer if they are restrained in a forward-facing child seat...