1993 CADILLAC SEVILLE Owners Manual

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Servicing Your Cadillac with the Air Bag System
Please tell or remind anyone who works on your Cadillac that it has the
air bag system. There are parts
of the air bag system in several places
around your vehicle. You don’t want the system to inflate while someone
is working
on your vehicle.The air bag system does not need regular
maintenance. Your Cadillac dealer and the
1993 Cadillac Service Manual
have information about the air
bag system, including repair or disposal.
When electrical work
is done under the hood or inside your vehicle, the
ignition should be
in “Lock” if possible. Avoid wires wrapped with yellow
tape, or yellow connectors. They are probably part
of the air bag system.
Your vehicle has the driver’s air bag only. The driver’s air bag must be
disconnected
if the ignition has to be on for electrical work or if the the
steering column is
to be disassembled. Disconnect the driver’s air bag like
this:
Turn off the ignition.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Remove the SIR (air bag) fuse (see “Fuses and Circuit Breakers’’ in
the Index).
Disconnect the yellow connector at the base of the steering column.
Your vehicle
also has the right-front passenger’s air bag, both the driver’s
air bag and the right-front passenger’s air bag must be disconnected
if the
ignition has
to be on for electrical work, or if the steering column or
instrument panel is to be disassembled.
Your vehicle with both
a driver’s air bag and a right-front passenger’s air
bag,
you must disconnect both air bags. Follow the procedure above for
the driver’s
air bag, then disconnect the right-front passenger’s air bag
like this:
Turn off ignition.
0 Remove the SIR (air bag) fuse (see “Fuses and Circuit Breakers” in
the Index.
0 Remove the trap door located inside the glove box.
Disconnect the yellow connector.
When the work
is complete, if the air bag system was disconnected, be
sure to reattach everything and replace the fuse before turning the
ignition on. When you turn the ignition
key on, be sure you see the
inflatable restraint light
on the instrument panel. If you don’t see this
light flash and then go out as usual, have your air bag system repaired.
S’.ETYBELT USE DURING PREGNMCY
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.
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should
be worn as low as possible throughout the pregnancy.
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 pregnant women, as for anyone, the key to making safety belts
effective is wearing them properly.
RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER POSITION
The right front passenger’s safety belt works the same way as the driver’s
safety belt. See “Driver Position,” earlier in this part.
When 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.
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It’s very important for rear seat passengers to buckle up! Accident
statistics
show that unbelted people in the rear seat are hurt more often
in crashes than those who are wearing safety belts.
Rear passengers who aren’t safety belted can
be thrown out of the vehicle
in a crash. And they can strike others in the vehicle who are wearing
safety belts.
Rear Seat Outside Passenger Positions
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The positions next to the windows have lap-shoulder belts. Here’s how to
wear one properly.
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1. Pick up the latch
plate and pull the
belt
across you.
Don’t let it get
twisted.
2. Push the latch plate into the buckle until it clicks.
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If the belt stops
before it reaches the
buckle, tilt the latch
plate
and keep
pulling until you can
buckle it.
If the belt is not 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.
1 ci 3. To make the lap
part tight, pull
down on the
buckle end of the
belt as
you pull up
on the shoulder
part.
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The lap part of the belt should be worn low and snug on the hips, just
touching the thighs. In
a crash, this applies force to the strong pelvic
bones. And you’d be less
likely to slide under the lap belt. If you slid
under it,
the belt would apply force at your abdomen. This could cause
serious or even fatal injuries. The shoulder belt should go over the
shoulder and across the chest. These parts of the body are best able
to
take belt restraining forces.
The safety belt locks
if there’s a sudden stop or a crash.
You can be seriously hurt. if your shoulder belt is too loose, In 8
crash yuu would move forward too much, which could increase
injury. The shoulder belt should fct against your body.
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To unlatch the
belt, just
push the
button on the
buckle.
CENTER PASSENGER POSITION
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When you sit in a
center seating
position,
you have a
lap
safety belt, which
has
no retractor. To
make the belt longer,
tilt the latch plate
and pull it alonp the
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To make the belt
shorter, pull its free
end
as shown until
the belt
is snug.
Buckle, position and release it the same
way as the lap part of a
lap-shoulder belt.
If the belt isn’t long enough, see “Safety Belt Extender”
at the end
of this section.
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