2002 CADILLAC ESCALADE Owners Manual

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CADILLAC ESCALADE 2002 2.G Owners Manual 1-37 Servicing Your Air Bag-Equipped Vehicle
Air bags affect how your vehicle should be serviced.
There are parts of the air bag systems in several places
around your vehicle. Your dealer and the serv

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Rear Seat Passengers
Its 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
we

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If the belt is not long enough, see ªSafety Belt
Extenderº 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

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CAUTION:
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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2. Place the guide over the belt and insert the two edges
of the belt into the slots of the guide.3. Be sure that the belt is not twisted and it lies flat. 
The guide must be on top of the belt.

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Second Row SeatThird Row Seat
4. Buckle, position and release the safety belt as
described in ªRear Seat Outside Passenger Positionsº
earlier in this section. Make sure that the shoulder
belt c

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Center Passenger PositionLap Belt
When you sit in the 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 along

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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 isnt long enough,
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