1994 CADILLAC SEVILLE Owners Manual

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A: The belt is buckled in the wrong place.

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~ A: The shoulder belt is worn under the arm. It should be worn over the
shoulder at all times.
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A: The belt is twisted across the body.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine 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.
SUPPLEMENTL INFUTABLE
RESTMNT SYSTEM
(AIR BAGS)
This section explains the Supplemental Inflatable Restraint (SIR), or “air
bag,” system. Your Cadillac has an air bag for both the driver and the
right-front passenger.
Here’s the most important thing to know:
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There is an air bag readiness light on the instrument panel, which has
“INFL REST.” or “INFLATABLE RESTRAINT” on it. The system
checks for electrical malfunctions, and the light tells you
if there is a
problem.
INFLATABLE
RESTRAINT
You will see this light
flash for a
few
seconds when you
turn your ignition to
“Run” or “Start.”
Then the light should
go out, which means
the system is ready.
Remember,
if the air bag readiness light doesn’t come on when you start
your vehicle, or stays on,
or comes on when you are driving, your air bag
system may not work properly. Have your vehicle serviced right away.
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Where is the air bag?
The driver’s air bag is in the middle of the steering wheel. The right-front
passenger’s air bag
is located in the instrument panel on the passenger’s side.
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The air bag is designed to inflate in moderate to severe frontal or
near-frontal crashes. The air bag will only inflate
if the velocity of the
impact is above the designed threshold level. When impacting straight
into a wall that does not move or deform, the threshold level for most
GM vehicles is between 9 and 15 mph (14 and 23 km/h). However, this
velocity threshold depends on the vehicle design and may be several
miles-per-hour faster or slower. In addition, this threshold velocity will be
considerably higher if the vehicle strikes an object such as a parked car
which will move and deform on impact.
The air bag is also not designed
to inflate in rollovers, side impacts, or rear impacts where the inflation
would provide no occupant protection benefit.
The air bag sensing system uses separate triggering paths to assure that
sufficient electrical current is available to inflate both air bags. The air
bags inflate in rapid succession. However,
in crashes just above the air
bag deployment threshold, it is possible that the triggering signal may
only last long enough to deploy either the driver or passenger air bag, but
not both. Air bags are least needed in these crashes. In severe frontal and
near-frontal crashes
-- in which air bags provide the most benefit -- the
separate triggering paths help assure that both air bags always inflate.
In any particular crash, the determination of whether the air bag should have
inflated cannot be based solely on the level
of damage on the 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.
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