Airbag System - Cadillac 2005 CTS Owner's Manual

Airbag System

Your vehicle has six airbags:
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A frontal airbag for the driver and another frontal
airbag for the right front passenger,
•
a seat-mounted side impact airbag for the driver
and another for the right front passenger,
•
a roof-mounted side impact airbag for the driver
and passenger directly behind the driver, and
•
a roof-mounted side impact airbag for the right front
passenger and the person seated directly behind
that passenger.
Frontal airbags are designed to help reduce the risk of
injury from the force of an inflating airbag. But these
airbags must inflate very quickly to do their job
and comply with federal regulations.
Here are the most important things to know about the
airbag system:
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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 only in
moderate to severe frontal and near frontal
crashes. They are not designed to inflate in
rollover, rear or low-speed frontal crashes, or in
many side crashes. And, for some unrestrained
occupants, frontal airbags may provide less
protection in frontal crashes than more
forceful airbags have provided in the past.
The seat-mounted side impact airbags and
roof-mounted side impact airbags are designed
to inflate only in moderate to severe crashes
where something hits the side of your vehicle.
CAUTION: (Continued)