2009 CADILLAC XLR wheel

Front Seats......................................................1-2
Power Seats..................................................1-2
Power Lumbar ...............................................1-2
Heated and Cooled Seats................................1-3
Memory Seat, Mirrors and Steering Wheel.........1-3
Power Reclining Seatbacks..............................1-4
Safety Belts.....................................................1-6
Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone.................1-6
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly.................1-11
Lap-Shoulder Belt.........................................1-20
Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy..................1-22
Safety Belt Extender.....................................1-23
Child Restraints.............................................1-23
Older Children..............................................1-23
Infants and Young Children............................1-27
Child Restraint Systems.................................1-31Lower Anchors and Tethers for
Children (LATCH)......................................1-33
Securing a Child Restraint in the
Right Front Seat Position............................1-34
Airbag System...............................................1-38
Where Are the Airbags?................................1-40
When Should an Airbag Inate?.....................1-42
What Makes an Airbag Inate?.......................1-43
How Does an Airbag Restrain?.......................1-43
What Will You See After an Airbag Inates?........1-44
Passenger Sensing System............................1-45
Servicing Your Airbag-Equipped Vehicle...........1-50
Adding Equipment to Your Airbag-Equipped
Vehicle....................................................1-50
Restraint System Check..................................1-52
Checking the Restraint Systems......................1-52
Replacing Restraint System Parts
After a Crash............................................1-53
Section 1 Seats and Restraint System
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Heated and Cooled Seats
The buttons for the heated and cooled seats are located
on the climate control system.
((Heated/Cooled Seat):Press to turn the feature on.
The button on the left controls the driver seat and the
button on the right controls the passenger seat. Each
press of the button will take you to a different setting.
The settings available in order are HI HEAT, LO HEAT,
OFF, HI COOL, LO COOL and OFF. You will be able to
feel the temperature change in a few minutes.
The feature will automatically turn off when the vehicle
is turned off. SeeDual Climate Control System on
page 3-36for more information.
Memory Seat, Mirrors and Steering
Wheel
The vehicle is equipped with a memory package.
The controls are located on the driver seat, and are
used to program and recall memory settings for
the driver seating positions.
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Use the following steps to program each button:
1. Adjust the driver seat including the seatback
recliner, lumbar, both outside mirrors and the
steering wheel to a comfortable position.
2. Press and hold button 1 until two beeps are heard,
then release the button.
A second mirror, seating and steering wheel position
can be programmed by repeating the above steps and
pressing button 2 (for driver 2). Each time a memory
button is pressed and released, a single beep will sound.
Each time button 1 or 2 is pressed and released while
the vehicle is in P (Park), the memory positions will be
recalled after a brief delay. If the vehicle is not in P (Park),
three beeps will be heard and the memory position will
not be recalled.
When the engine is started, the seat, mirrors, and
steering wheel may automatically adjust to their
programmed positions.
To stop recall movement of the memory feature at any
time, press one of the power seat controls, power
mirror control buttons, memory buttons, or power
steering column control.
Two personalized exit positions can be set by rst
recalling the driving position (by pressing 1 or 2), then
positioning the steering wheel and seat in the desired exit
positions and then pressing and holding the exit button
until two beeps are heard. The exit button is locatedbetween buttons 1 and 2. With the vehicle in Park (P),
the exit position for the previously set driver can be
recalled by pressing the exit button.
When you use the keyless access transmitter to
unlock your vehicle, automatic seat and steering wheel
movement to the exit position may occur. The numbers
on the back of the transmitter, 1 and 2, corresponds to
the numbers on the memory buttons.
Further programming for automatic seat and mirror
movement can be done using the Driver Information
Center (DIC).
For programming information, seeDIC Vehicle
Personalization on page 3-72.
Power Reclining Seatbacks
Your seats have power
reclining seatbacks.
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In most states and in all Canadian provinces, the law
requires wearing safety belts. Here is why:
You never know if you will be in a crash. If you do have
a crash, you do not know if it will be a serious one.
A few crashes are mild, and some crashes can be so
serious that even buckled up, a person would not survive.
But most crashes are in between. In many of them,
people who buckle up can survive and sometimes walk
away. Without safety belts, they could have been badly
hurt or killed.
After more than 40 years of safety belts in vehicles,
the facts are clear. In most crashes buckling up does
matter... a lot!Why Safety Belts Work
When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as
it goes.
Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose it is just a seat
on wheels.
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Airbag System
The vehicle has the following airbags:
A frontal airbag for the driver.
A frontal airbag for the right front passenger.
A seat-mounted side impact airbag for the driver.
A seat-mounted side impact airbag for the right front
passenger.
All of the airbags in your vehicle will have the word
AIRBAG embossed in the trim or on an attached label
near the deployment opening.
For frontal airbags, the word AIRBAG will appear on
the middle part of the steering wheel for the driver and
on the instrument panel for the right front passenger.
With seat-mounted side impact airbags, the word
AIRBAG will appear on the side of the seatback
closest to the door.
Airbags are designed to supplement the protection
provided by safety belts. Even though today’s airbags
are also designed to help reduce the risk of injury
from the force of an inating bag, all airbags must inate
very quickly to do their job.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. Airbags are designed to work with
safety belts, but do not replace them. Also, airbags
are not designed to deploy in every crash. In some
crashes safety belts are your only restraint. See
When Should an Airbag Inflate? on page 1-42.
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.
Everyone in your vehicle should wear a safety
belt properly — whether or not there is an airbag
for that person.
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Where Are the Airbags?
The driver frontal airbag is in the middle of the steering
wheel.The passenger frontal airbag is in the instrument panel
on the passenger side.
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The seat-mounted side impact airbags for the driver and
right front passenger are in the side of the seatbacks
closest to the door.
{CAUTION:
If something is between an occupant and an
airbag, the airbag might not inate properly or it
might force the object into that person causing
severe injury or even death. The path of an
inating airbag must be kept clear. Do not put
anything between an occupant and an airbag,
and do not attach or put anything on the steering
wheel hub or on or near any other airbag
covering.
Do not use seat accessories that block the
ination path of a seat-mounted side impact
airbag.
Driver Side shown, Passenger Side similar
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In any particular crash, no one can say whether an
airbag should have inated simply because of the
damage to a vehicle or because of what the repair
costs were. For seat-mounted side impact airbags,
deployment is determined by the location and severity
of the side impact.
What Makes an Airbag Inate?
In a deployment event, the sensing system sends
an electrical signal triggering a release of gas from the
inator. Gas from the inator lls the airbag causing the
bag to break out of the cover and deploy. The inator, the
airbag, and related hardware are all part of the airbag
module.
Frontal airbag modules are located inside the
steering wheel and instrument panel. For vehicles
with seat-mounted side impact airbags, there are
airbag modules in the side of the front seatbacks
closest to the door.
How Does an Airbag Restrain?
In moderate to severe frontal or near frontal collisions,
even belted occupants can contact the steering wheel
or the instrument panel. In moderate to severe side
collisions, even belted occupants can contact the inside
of the vehicle.
Airbags supplement the protection provided by safety
belts. Frontal airbags distribute the force of the
impact more evenly over the occupant’s upper body,
stopping the occupant more gradually. Seat-mounted
side impact airbags distribute the force of the impact
more evenly over the occupant’s upper body.
But airbags would not help in many types of collisions,
primarily because the occupant’s motion is not toward
those airbags. SeeWhen Should an Airbag Inflate? on
page 1-42for more information.
Airbags should never be regarded as anything more
than a supplement to safety belts.
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