1993 CADILLAC DEVILLE belt

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine This Cadillac Manual is divided into major sections.
Introduction - How to use this Manual ..................... - 1m
This section tells you how to use your Manual and includes
Safety and Vehicle Damage Warnings and Symbols
Section 1 - Seats and Safety Belts .........................
This section tells you how to use your seats and safety
belts properly.
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Section 2 - Features and Controls ........................
This section explains how to start and operate your Cadillac.
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Section 3 = Comfort Controls and Audio Systems .......... 137
This section tells you how to adjust the ventilation and
comfort controls and how to operate your Sound System.
Section 4 - Your Driving and the Road ................... 166
Here you’ll find helpful information and tips about the
road and
how to drive under different conditions.
Section 5 - Problems on the Road ....................... 224
This section tells you what to do if you have a problem
while driving, such as a flat tire, or engine overheating.
Section 6 - Service and Appearance Care ................. 260
Here the manual tells you how to keep your Cadillac
running properly and looking good.
For more information on “Reporting Safety Defects”, see Owner
Assistance, Page
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Second Edition

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These are some of the symbols you will find on your vehicle. For example,
these symbols are used on an original battery:
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CAUTION PROTECT EYES
POSSIBLE INJURY BY SHIELDING CAUSTIC
BATTERY ACID
COULD CAUSE BURNS
AVOID SPARKS
OR FLAMES SPARK
OR FLAME
__ EXPLODE BATTERY
These
symbols are important for you and your passengers whenever your ~ vehicle is driven:
I I DOOR LOCK UNLOCK
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FASTEN SEAT BELTS POWER WINDOW
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine SEATS AND SAFETY BELTS
Here you’ll find information about the seats in your Cadillac, your
Supplemental Inflatable Restraint (“air bag”) system and how to use your
safety belts properly. You can also learn about some things you should
- not do with safety belts.
SEATS AND SEAT CONTROLS
This section tells you about the seats -- how to adjust them, and also
about reclining front seatbacks, seatback latches, and head restraints.
Power Seat
The control is located on the front door arm rest.
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The front tilt switch makes the
front
of the seat go up and down.
0 The rear tilt switch makes the back
of the seat go up and down.
0 Moving the center control switch
makes the whole seat go up and
down
or forward and rearward.
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A CAUTION:
Sitting in a reclined position when your vehicle is in motion can
be dangerous. Even if you buckle up, your safety belts can't do
their
job when you're reclined like this.
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The shoulder belt can't do its job because it won't be against
your body. Instead,
it wilt be in front of you. Pn a crash you could
go into it, receiving neck or other injuries.
The
lap belt can't do its job either. In a crash the belt could go
up over your abdomen. The belt forces would be there, not at
= your pelvicabones. This could cause serious internal injuries.
For proper protection when the vehicle
is in motion, have the
seatback upright. Then sit well back
in the seat and wear your
safety belt
p perly.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine To fold a front seatback forward, push the seatback toward the rear as
you lift this latch. Then the seatback will fold forward. The latch must be
down for the seat to work properly.
SAFETYBELTS: THEY’RE FOR EVERYONE
This part of the manual tells you how to use safety belts properly. It also
tells you some things you should not
do with safety belt. And it explains
the Supplemental Inflatable Restraint, or “air bag” system.
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Don% let anyone ride where they can’t wear a safety belt
properly. If you are irr a crash and you’re not wearing a safety
belt, your injuries can be much worse. You c%n hit things inside
the vehicle or be ejected from it. You can be seriously inijared or
killed.
In the same crash, you might not be ifyou are buckled
up. Always fasten your safety belt, and check that your
passenge--’ belts are fastened properly too. I I-
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine This figure lights up when you turn the key to “Run” or “Start” when
your safety belt isn’t buckled, and you’ll hear a chime, too. It’s the
reminder to buckle up.
In many states and Canadian provinces, the law says
to wear safety belts.
Here’s why: They work.
You never know
if you’ll be in a crash. If you do have a crash, you don’t ..
know if it will be a bad one.
A few crashes are very mild. In them, you won’t get hurt even if you’re
not buckled up. And some crashes can be
so serious, like being hit by a
train, that even buckled up a person wouldn’t survive. But most crashes
are in between. In many
of them, people who buckle up can survive and
sometimes walk away. Without belts they could be badly hurt or killed.
After
25 years of safety belts in vehicles, the facts are clear. In most
crashes buckling up does matter
... a lot!
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why Safety Belts Work
When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as it goes.
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For example, if the
bike is going 10 mph
(16 kmih), so is the
child.
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With safety belts, you slow down as the vehicle does. You get more time
to
stop. You stop over more distance, and your strongest bones take the
forces. That’s why safety belts make such good sense.
HERE ARE QUESTIONS “VY PEOPLE
ANSWERS
ASKABOUT SAFETYBELTS ==AND THE
Q: Won’t I be trapped in the vehicle afier an accident ifI’m wearing a safety
belt?
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A: You - could be -- whether you’re wearing a safety belt or not. But you
can easily unbuckle
a safety belt, even if you’re upside down. And
your chance of being conscious during and after an accident,
so you
- can unbuckle and get out, is much greater if you are belted.
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: Why don’t they just put in air bags so people won’t have to wear safety
belts?
A: ‘Rir bags,” or Supplemental Inflatable Restraint systems, are in some
vehicles today and will be
in more of them in the future. But they are
supplemental systems
only -- so they work with safety belts, not
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