Seats and Restraint Systems....................... 7
Front Seats
.............................................. 9
Rear Seats
............................................. 18
Safety Belts
............................................ 38
Child Restraints
...................................... 60
Airbag System
........................................ 90
Restraint System Check
....................... 108
Features and Controls.............................. 111
Keys
..................................................... 113
Doors and Locks
.................................. 123
Windows
............................................... 133
Theft-Deterrent Systems
....................... 135
Starting and Operating Your Vehicle
..... 139
Mirrors
.................................................. 157
OnStar
®System
................................... 165
Universal Home Remote System
.......... 167
Storage Areas
...................................... 178
Sunroof
................................................ 186Instrument Panel....................................... 189
Instrument Panel Overview
................... 192
Climate Controls
................................... 220
Warning Lights, Gages, and
Indicators
.......................................... 228
Driver Information Center (DIC)
............ 245
Audio System(s)
................................... 270
Driving Your Vehicle................................. 321
Your Driving, the Road, and
Your Vehicle
..................................... 322
Towing
................................................. 376
Service and Appearance Care.................. 393
Service
................................................. 396
Fuel
...................................................... 398
Checking Things Under the Hood
......... 404
All-Wheel Drive
..................................... 443
Rear Axle
............................................. 444
Front Axle
............................................ 445
2007 Cadillac Escalade/Escalade ESV Owner ManualM
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Airbag System
Your vehicle has a frontal airbag for the driver and
a frontal airbag for the right front passenger.
Your vehicle also has roof-mounted rollover
airbags designed for either side impact or rollover
deployment. Roof-mounted rollover airbags are
available for the driver and the passenger seated
directly behind the driver and for the right front
passenger and the passenger seated directly
behind that passenger.
For roof-mounted rollover airbags, the word
AIRBAG will appear on the airbag covering on the
ceiling above the sidewall trim near the driver’s
and right front passenger’s window and the second
row outside seating positions.
Also, if your vehicle has a third row passenger
seat, your vehicle will have third row roof-mounted
rollover airbags.
Frontal airbags are designed to help reduce the
risk of injury from the force of an in ating
frontal airbag. But these airbags must in ate very
quickly to do their job and comply with federal
regulations.Here are the most important things to know about
the airbag system:
{CAUTION:
You can be severely injured or killed in a
crash if you are not wearing your safety
belt — even if you have airbags. Wearing
your safety belt during a crash helps
reduce your chance of hitting things inside
the vehicle or being ejected from it.
Airbags are “supplemental restraints” to
the safety belts. All airbags are designed
to work with safety belts but do not
replace them.
Frontal airbags for the driver and right
front passenger are designed to deploy in
moderate to severe frontal and near frontal
crashes. They are not designed to in ate in
rollover, rear crashes, or in many side
crashes.
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CAUTION: (Continued)
And, for some unrestrained occupants,
frontal airbags may provide less
protection in frontal crashes than more
forceful airbags have provided in
the past.
Roof-mounted rollover airbags are
designed to in ate in moderate to severe
crashes where something hits the side of
your vehicle, during a vehicle rollover, or
in a severe frontal impact. They are not
designed to in ate in rear crashes. If your
vehicle has roof-mounted airbags, they
are designed to provide both side impact
protection and rollover protection.
Everyone in your vehicle should wear a
safety belt properly — whether or not
there is an airbag for that person.
{CAUTION:
Both frontal and roof-mounted rollover
airbags in ate with great force, faster than
the blink of an eye. If you are too close to
an in ating airbag, as you would be if you
were leaning forward, it could seriously
injure you. Safety belts help keep you in
position for airbag in ation before and
during a crash. Always wear your safety
belt even with frontal airbags. The driver
should sit as far back as possible while
still maintaining control of the vehicle.
Occupants should not lean on or sleep
against the door in the rst or second row
seats, or the rear windows in the third row
seat, if your vehicle has roof-mounted
rollover airbags.
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