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I A: The shoulder belt is worn under the arm. It should be worm over the
shoulder at all times.
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strong as shoulder bones. You could also severely injure
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To unlatch the belt,
just push the button
on the buckle. The
belt should
go back
out of the way.
Before you close the door, be sure the belt is out of the way. If you slam
the door
on it, you can damage both the belt and your vehicle.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFMTABLE
RESTMNT SYSTEM
(AIR BAGS)
This section explains the Supplemental Inflatable Restraint (SIR), or “air
bag,” system. Your Cadillac has an air bag for the driver and for the
right-front passenger.
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Even with an air bag, if you’re not wearing a safety belt and
you’re in a crash, your injuries may be much worse. Air bags are
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not designed to inflate in rollovers or in rear, side or low-speed
hntal crashes. You need
to wear your safety belt to reduce the
chance
of hitting things inside the vehicle or being’ejected from
it. Always wear your safety belt, even with an air bag.
A CAUTION
Air bags inflate with great force, faster than the blink of an eye.
If you’re too close ta an inflating air bag, it could seriously
injure you. Safety belts help keep you in position for an air bag
inflation in
a crash. Always wear your safety belt, even with an
air bag, and the driver should sit as far back as possible while
still maintaining control
of the vehicle.
A CAUTION:
An inflating ais bag can seriously injure small children. Always
secure children properly in your vehide. To read how, tee the
“Children and Safety Belts” section
of this manual, and read
I the caution label on the front-passenger’s safety belt.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine vehicle@). Inflation is determined by the angle of the impact and the
vehicle’s deceleration, of which vehicle damage is only one indication.
Repair cost is not a good indicator of whether an air bag should have
deployed. 2-
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In a frontal or near-frontal impact of sufficient severity, sensors
- strategically located on the vehicle detect that the vehicle is suddenly
stopping as a result of a crash. These sensors complete an electrical
circuit, triggering a chemical reaction of the sodium azide sealed in the
inflator. The reaction produces nitrogen gas, which inflates a cloth bag.
The inflator, cloth bag, and related hardware are all part of the air bag
inflator modules packed inside the steering wheel and in the instrument
panel in front
of the passenger.
How does an air bag restrain?
In moderate to severe frontal or near-frontal collisions, even belted
occupants can contact the steering wheel or the instrument panel. The air
bag supplements the protection provided by safety belts. Air bags
distribute the force of the impact more evenly over the occupant’s upper
body, stopping the occupant more gradually. But air bags would not
provide protection in many types of collisions, including rollovers and
rear and side impacts, primarily because an occupant’s motion is not
toward the air bag. Air bags should never be regarded as anything more
and near-frontal collisions.
What will you see after an air bag inflation?
__ than a supplement to safety belt protection in moderate to severe frontal
After the air bag has inflated, it will then quickly deflate. This occurs
so
quickly that some people may not even realize that the air bag inflated.
The air bag will
not impede the driver’s vision or ability to steer the
vehicle, nor will it hinder the occupants from exiting the vehicle. There
will be small amounts of smoke coming from vents in the deflated air
bags. Some components of the air bag module in the steering wheel hub
may be hot for a short time, but the portion of the bag that comes into
contact with you will not be hot to the touch. The nitrogen gas used to
inflate the ‘air bag will have vented into the passenger compartment, and
the bag will be deflated within seconds after the collision. Nitrogen makes
up about
80% of the air we breathe and is not hazardous. As the nitrogen
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Safety belts work for everyone, including pregnant women. Like all
occupants, they are more likely to be seriously injured if they don’t wear
safety belts.
A pregnant woman should wear a lap-shoulder belt, and the lap portion
should be worn as low as possible throughout the pregnancy.
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The best way to protect the fetus is to protect the mother. When a safety
belt is worn properly, it’s more likely that the fetus won’t be hurt
in a
crash. For pregnantwomen, as for anyone, the key to making safety belts
effective is wearing them properly. --
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The right front passenger’s safety belt works the same way as the driver’s
safety belt. See “Driver Position,” earlier in this part.
The lap portion
of the belt is pulled out all the way, it will lock. If it does,
.- let it go back all the way and start again.
CENTER FRONT PASSENGER POSITION
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Your vehicle has a front split seat, and someone can sit in the center
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When you sit in a
center front seating
position you have a
lap safety belt, which
has no retractor.
To
make the belt longer.
tilt the latch plate
and pull it along the
belt.
To make the belt
shorter, pull its free
end as shown until
the belt is snug.
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Buckle, position and release it the same way as the lap part of a 1
lap-shoulder belt. If the belt isn’t long enough, see “Safety Belt Extender”
at the
end of this section.
Make sure the release button on the buckle faces upward
or outward so
you would be able to unbuckle
it quickly if you ever had to.