1997 CADILLAC SEVILLE Owners Manual

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 nmnual 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 information
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. lmproper service
can mean that your air bag
system won’t work properly. See your dealer for service.
NOTICE:
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.
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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 Cadiliac Service lManual have
information about servicing your vehicle and the air bag
system.
To purchase a service manual, see “Service and
Owner Publications”
in the Index.
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A CAtJTICjN:
For up to 10 seconds after the ignition key is
turned
off and the battery is disconnected, an air
bag can still inflate 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 procedures, and nlake
sure the person
performing work
for you is qualified to do so.
Ths air bag system does not need regular maintenance.
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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.
The positions
next to the windows have lap-shoulder
belts. Here’s how to wear one properly.
1. Pick up the latch plate and pull the belt across you.
Don’t let it get twisted.
The shoulder belt may lock if you pull the belt across
you very quickly.
If this happens, let the belt go back
slightly tu unlock it. Then pull the belt across
you
more slowly.
2. Push the latch piate into the buckle until it clicks.
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Downloaded from www.Manualslib.com manuals search engine If the belt stops before it reaches the buckle, tilt the
latch plate and keep pulling until you can buckle it.
Pull
up on the latch plate to make sure it is secure.
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
is positioned so you
would be able
to unbuckle the safety belt quickly if
you ever had to.
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 pat of the belt should be won1 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 bel;
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,
or if you pull the belt very quickly out of'tlme retractor.
You can be seriously hurt if your shoulder belt is
too loose. In a crash, you would move forward
too much, which could increase injury. The
shoulder belt should fit against your
body.
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To unlatch the belt, just push the button on the buckle.

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lap safety belt, which has no retractor. To make the belt
longer, tilt the latch plate and pull
it along the belt.

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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 sectioll;.
Make sure the release button on the buckle is posiitiolx2
so you would be able to unbuckle the safety belt qurti.::)
if you ever had to.
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vehicle.
A baby doesn't weigh much -- until a
crash. During a crash a baby will become so
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heavy you can't hold it.
For example, in a crash
at only
25 mph (40 km/h), a 12-1b. (5.5 kg) baby
will suddenly become a 240-1b. (110 kg) force on
your arms. The baby would be almost impossible
to hold.
Secure the baby in an infant restraint.
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Be sure the child restraint is designed to be used in a
vehicle, If it is, it will have a label saying that it meets
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards.
Then follow the instructions for the restraint. You may
find these instructions on the restraint itself or in a
booklet, or both. These restraints use the.belt system in
your vehicle, but the child also has
to be secured within
the restraint to help reduce the chance
of personal injury.
The instructions that come with the infant or child
restraint
will show you how to do that.
Accident statistics show that children
are safer if they
are restrained in the rear rather than the front seat. We at
General Motors therefore recommend that you put your
child restraint
in the rear seat. No172r put a rear-facing
child restraint
in the front passenger seat. Here's why:
A CAUTION:
A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be
seriously injured
if tlw right tronf passenger's air
bag inflates.
This is ki~LISt~ thc hit(?li of a
rear-facing
child restraint would Iw \.cry close to
the inflating air hag. illways secure a mar-facing
child restraint
in tlzc rear scat.
YOU may, however, N~CCII'C a forn.itr(l-f'acing child
restraint in the right
front seat. 12ciiwc. you secure
a forward-facing
child restraint, always move the
front passenger seat as
Par back as it will go. Or,
secure the child restraint in the rear seat.
Wherever you install it. be sure to S~CLII'C the child
restraint properly.
Keep
in mind that an unsecured child restraint can move
around in
a collision or sudden stop and injure people in
the vehicle. Be sure to properly secure any child
restraint
in your vehicle -- even when no child is in it.