2019 CADILLAC CTS lumbar support

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54 SEATS AND RESTRAINTS
Seats and Restraints
Head Restraints
Head Restraints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Front Seats
Power Seat Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Thigh Support Adjustment . . . . . . . . 59
Reclining Seatbacks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Memory Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Heated and Ventilated FrontSeats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Rear Seats
Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Heated Rear Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Rear Seat Pass-Through Door . . . . . 68
Seat Belts
Seat Belts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
How to Wear Seat BeltsProperly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Seat Belt Use During Pregnancy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Seat Belt Extender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Safety System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Seat Belt Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 Replacing Seat Belt System Parts
after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Airbag System
Airbag System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . . . . . 78
When Should an AirbagInflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
What Makes an Airbag Inflate? . . . 80
How Does an Airbag Restrain? . . . 81
What Will You See after an Airbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . . . . 82
Servicing the Airbag-Equipped Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Adding Equipment to the Airbag-Equipped Vehicle . . . . . . . . 87
Airbag System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Replacing Airbag System Parts after a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Child Restraints
Older Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Infants and Young Children . . . . . . 90
Child Restraint Systems . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Where to Put the Restraint . . . . . . . 94
Lower Anchors and Tethers forChildren (LATCH System) . . . . . . . 95
Replacing LATCH System Parts
After a Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Securing Child Restraints (With
the Seat Belt in the
Rear Seat) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Securing Child Restraints (With the Seat Belt in the
Front Seat) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

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High Performance Seat Shown,Others Similar
To adjust the seat:
. Move the seat forward or rearward
by sliding the control forward or
rearward.
. Raise or lower the seat by moving
the rear of the control up or down.
. If equipped, raise or lower the
front part of the seat cushion by
moving the front of the control up
or down.
To adjust the seatback, see Reclining
Seatbacks 060. To adjust the lumbar support, see
Lumbar Adjustment
059.
Some vehicles are equipped with a
Safety Alert Seat. This feature
activates a vibrating pulse alert in the
driver seat to help the driver avoid
crashes.
High Performance Seat
Adjustment
High Performance Seat
1. Feature Select
2. Up
3. Rearward
4. Down
5. Forward
. Move Feature Select (1) to display
seat adjustments on the center
stack. Press and release or hold to
scroll through features.
. Press Up (2) to make upward
adjustments of the selected
feature.
. Press Rearward (3) to make
rearward adjustments of the
selected feature.
. Press Down (4) to make downward
adjustments of the selected
feature.
. Press Forward (5) to make forward
adjustments of the selected
feature.

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58 SEATS AND RESTRAINTS
Four-Way Lumbar Support
To adjust lumbar support for a base
seat, seeLumbar Adjustment 059.
To adjust lumbar support for high
performance seats, if equipped:
High Performance Seat
. Press and release or hold Feature
Select (1) to scroll to lumbar
support on the center stack.
. Press Forward (5) or Rearward (3)
to adjust lumbar forward or
rearward.
. Press Up (2) or Down (4) to adjust
lumbar support up or down. Cushion Bolster Support
To adjust cushion bolster support,
if equipped:
.
Press and release or hold Feature
Select (1) to scroll to cushion
bolster support on the center
stack.
. Press Forward (5) or Rearward (3)
to adjust cushion bolster support
inward or outward. Back Bolster
To adjust back bolster, if equipped:.
Press and release or hold Feature
Select (1) to scroll to back bolster
on the center stack.
. Press Forward (5) or Rearward (3)
to adjust back bolster inward or
outward.

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Lumbar Adjustment
Two-Way Lumbar and Bolster
Adjustment
Base Seat
To adjust the two-way lumbar and
bolster support, if equipped:
. Press and hold the lumbar
adjustment control forward or
rearward to adjust lumbar support
forward or rearward.
. Press and hold the recliner control
up or down to move the seatback
bolster support inward or outward. Four-Way Lumbar and Bolster
Adjustment
Base Seat
To adjust the four-way lumbar and
bolster support, if equipped:
. Press and hold the lumbar
adjustment control forward or
rearward to adjust lumbar support
forward or rearward and up or
down for vertical lumbar
adjustment.
. Press and hold the recliner control
up or down to move the seatback
bolster support inward or outward.
Thigh Support Adjustment
Base Seat
If equipped, pull up on the lever. Then
pull or push on the support to
lengthen or shorten. Release the lever
to lock in place.

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INDEX 389
IndexA
Accessories and Modifications . . . . . 259
Accessory Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Adaptive Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Adaptive ForwardLighting (AFL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Adaptive Forward Lighting (AFL) Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Add-On Electrical Equipment . . . . . . 255
Additional Information OnStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Additional Maintenance and Care . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Adjustments
Lumbar, Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Thigh Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Air Cleaner/Filter, Engine . . . . . . . . . . 272
Air Conditioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168, 173
Air Filter, Passenger Compartment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Air Vents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Airbag System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
How Does an Airbag Restrain? . . . . . 81
Passenger Sensing System . . . . . . . . . 82
What Makes an Airbag Inflate? . . . . 80
What Will You See after anAirbag Inflates? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 Airbag System (cont'd)
When Should an Airbag
Inflate? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Where Are the Airbags? . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Airbags Adding Equipment to theVehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Passenger Status Indicator . . . . . . . 127
Readiness Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Servicing Airbag-Equipped Vehicles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
System Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Alarm Vehicle Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Alert Lane Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Side Blind Zone (SBZA) . . . . . . . . . . 238
All-Season Tires . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
All-Wheel Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204, 284
Antilock Brake System (ABS) . . . . . . 205
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Appearance Care Exterior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Interior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Armrest Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Assistance Systems for Driving . . . . 234
Assistance Systems for Parking and Backing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227