Cadillac XT5 2017 Owner's Manual page 75

74 SEATS AND RESTRAINTS
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Airbags are designed to work with
safety belts, not replace them. Also,
airbags are not designed to inflate
in every crash. In some crashes
safety belts are the only restraint.
See When Should an Airbag
Inflate? 0 76.
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 the vehicle
should wear a safety belt properly,
whether or not there is an airbag for
that person.
Warning
Because airbags inflate with great
force and faster than the blink of an
eye, anyone who is up against,
or very close to any airbag when it
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inflates can be seriously injured or
killed. Do not sit unnecessarily close
to any airbag, as you would be if
sitting on the edge of the seat or
leaning forward. Safety belts help
keep you in position before and
during a crash. Always wear a safety
belt, even with airbags. The driver
should sit as far back as possible
while still maintaining control of
the vehicle. The safety belts and the
front outboard passenger airbags are
most effective when you are sitting
well back and upright in the seat
with both feet on the floor.
Occupants should not lean on or
sleep against the door or side
windows in seating positions with
seat-mounted side impact airbags
and/or roof-rail airbags.
Warning
Children who are up against, or very
close to, any airbag when it inflates
can be seriously injured or killed.
Always secure children properly in
the vehicle. To read how, see Older
Children 0 84 or Infants and Young
Children 0 86.
There is an airbag readiness light on
the instrument cluster, which shows
the airbag symbol. The system checks
the airbag electrical system for
malfunctions. The light tells you if
there is an electrical problem. See
Airbag Readiness Light 0 125 for more
information.