1997 CADILLAC ELDORADO index

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Seats and Restraint Systems
This section tells you how to use your seats and safety belts properly. It also explains the “SIR’ system.
Features and Controls
This section explains how to stat and operate your Cadillac.
Comfort Contrds and Audio Systems
This section tells you how to adjust the ventilation and comfort controls and how to operate your audio system.
Your Driving sand the Road
Here you’ll find helpful information and tips about the road and how to drive under different conditions.
Problems on the Woad
This section tells what to do jf you have a problem while driving, such as a flat tire or overheated engine, etc.
Service and Appearance Care
Here the manual tells you how to keep your Cadillac running properly and looking good.
Customer Assistance InfmmtiaPm
This section tells you how to contact Cadillac for assistance and how to get service and owner publications.
It
also gives you information on “Reporting Safety Defects” on page 7- 12.
Index
Here’s an alphabetical listing of almost every subject in this manual. You can use it to quickly find
something
you want to read.
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Many people read their owner’s manual from beginning
to end when they first receive their new vehicle. If you
do this, it will help
you learn about the features and
controls for your vehicle. In this manual, you’ll find
that pictures
and words work together to explain
things quickly.
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A good place to look for what you need is the Index in
back
of the manual. It’s an alphabetical list of what’s in
the manual, and the page number where you’ll find it.
These mean there is something that could hurt
you or other people.
In the caution area, we tell you what the hazard is. Then
we tell you what to do to help avoid or reduce the
hazard. Please read these cautions.
If you don’t, you or
others could be hurt.
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You will find a number of safety cautions in this book.
We use
a box and the word CAUTION to tell you
about things that could hurt you if you were to ignore
the
warning.
You will also find a circle
with a slash through it in
this
book. This safety
symbol means “Don’t7”
“Don’t
do this,” or “Don’t
let this happen.”
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine You can also recall a seat and mirror position if your
vehicle is not in
PARK (I?). Press and hold either the
1 or 2 button until seat and mirror movement is
complete. Releasing the buttons will
stop adjustment.
The
EXIT button can be programmed to allow easy exit
for
up to two drivers. Adjust the seat to a comfortable
“exit” position and then press the
SET button followed
by the EXIT button. While your vehicle is in PARK (P),
briefly press the EXIT button to recall your programmed
exit position. Automatic seat,
mirror, comfort controls and radio
movement will occur if
the Remote Keyless Entry
(RW) transmitter is used to enter the vehicle. The
number on the back
of the transmitter corresponds to the
1 or 2 seat, mirror, comfort controls and radio positions.
After the unlock button
is pressed on the RKE
transmitter (the ignition must be in
LOCK) or when the
key
is placed in the ignition, the seat, mirrors, comfort
controls and radio will automatically adjust to the
appropriate position.
Automatic seat, mirror, comfort controk and radio
movement are programmed through
the Driver
Information Center
(DIC) so that the driver can select
whether
or not movement will occur using the RKE
transmitter or by placing the ignition key in the ignition.
For more information, see “Remote Recall Memory”
in the Index.

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Your vehicle has a light that
comes
on as a reminder to
buckle up. (See “Safety
Belt Reminder Eight”
in
the Index.)
In most 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 mild, and some crashes can be so
serious 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 have been badly
hurt
or krlled.
After
more than 25 years of safety belts in vehicles.
the facts are clear. In most crashes buckling up does
matter ... a lot! When you ride
in or
on anythmg, you go as fast as it goes.
Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose it’s just a seat on wheels

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home, why should I wear safety belts?
A You may be an excellent driver, but if you’re in an
accident
-- even one that isn’t your fault -- you and
your passengers can be hurt. Being
a good driver
doesn’t protect you from things beyond your
control, such as bad drivers.
Most accidents occur within 25 miles (40 km) of
home. And the greatest number of serious injuries
and deaths occur at speeds
of less than 40 mph
(65 kdh).
Safety belts are for everyone.
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This part is only for people of adult size.
Be aware that there
are special things to know about safety
belts and children. And there
are different rules for smaller
children and babies.
If a child will be riding in your
Cadillac, see the
part of this manual called “Children.”
Follow those rules for everyone’s protection.
First, you’ll want to know which restraint systems your
vehicle has.
We’ll start with
the driver position.
This part describes the driver’s restraint system.
The driver has
a lap-shoulder belt. Here’s how to wear
it properly.
1. Close and lock the door.
2. Adjust the seat (to see how, see “Seats” in the Index)
so you can sit up straight.

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Air bags inflate with great force, faster than the
blink of an eye. If you’re e00 close to an inflating
air
bag, it could seriously injure you. Safety belts
help keep
you in position before and during a
crash. Always wear your safety belt, even with air
bags. The driver should sit as far bark as possible
while still maintaining control
of the vehicle.
An inflating
air bag can seriously injure small
children. Always secure children properly
in your
vehicle.
To read how, see the part of this manual
callled “Children” and the caution label on the
right front passenger’s safety belt.
AIR BAG
There is an air bag readiness
light
the instrument
panel, which shows
AIR BAG.
The system checks the air bag electrical system for
malfunctions.
The light tells you if there is an electrical
problem. See
“Air Bag Readiness Light” in the Index
for more information.

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine Air bags are designed to inflate only once. After they
inflate, you’ll need some new
parts for your air bag
system. If you don’t get them, the air bag system
won’t
be there to help protect you in another crash.
A new system will include air bag modules and
possibly other
parts. The service manual for your
vehicle covers the need to replace other parts.
Your vehicle is equipped with a crash sensing and
diagnostic module, which records information about
the air bag system. The module records intormation
about the readiness
of the system, when the sensors are
activated
and driver’s safety belt usage at deployment.
Let
only qualified technicians work on your air bag
system. Improper service
can mean that your air bag
system
won’t work properly. See your dealer for service.
If you damage the covering for the driver’s air
bag,
it may not work properly. You may have to
replace the air bag module. Do not open or break
the
air bag covering.
Air bags affect how your Cadillac should be serviced.
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. Your
Cadillac dealer
and the Cadillac Service Manual have
information about servicing your vehicle and the air bag
system.
To purchase a service manual, see “Service and
Owner Publications” in the Index.
For up to 18 s&%,dds after the ignition key is
turned off and the battery is disconnected, an air
bag can still idate during improper service. You
can be injured if you are close to an air bag when
it inflates. Avoid wires wrapped with yellow tape
or yellow connectors. They are probably part of
the air bag system. Be sure to follow proper
service procedums, and make sure the person
performing
work for you is qualified to do SQ.
The air bag system does not need regular maintenance.

Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine To remove the child restraint, just unbuckle the vehicle’s
safety belt. It will be ready to work for
an adult or larger
child passenger.
Your vehicle has
a right front passenger air bag. Never
put a rear-facing child restraint in this seat. Here’s why:
A child in a rearfacing child restraint can be
seriously injured if the right front passenger’s
air bag inflates. This is because the back
of a
rear-facing child restraint would be very close to
the inflating air bag. Always secure a rearfacing
child restraint in the rear seat.
You’ll be using the lap-shoulder belt. See the earlier part
about the top strap if the child restraint has one.
1. Because your vehicle has a right front passenger air
bag, always move the seat as
far back as it will go
before securing a forward-facing chld restraint. (See
“Seats” in the Index.)
2. Put the restraint on the seat. Follow the instructions
for the child restraint.
3. Secure the child in the child restraint as the
instructions say.