Supplemental Restraints; Safety Belt Pretensioners; Air Bag System - Cadillac Escalade Owner's Manual

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Seats and Restraints
■ SUPPLEMENTAL
RESTRAINTS
CAUTION
A crash can damage the
restraint systems in your
vehicle. A damaged restraint
system may not properly
protect the person using it,
resulting in serious injury or
even death in a crash.
Have the restraint systems
inspected after a collision.
Make any necessary
replacements as soon as
possible.
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SAFETY BELT
PRETENSIONERS
Your vehicle is equipped with
safety belt pretensioners. Preten-
sioners help tighten the safety
belts during the early stages of a
moderate to severe frontal, near
frontal or rear collision if the
threshold conditions for the
pretensioners are met.
The pretensioners will also help
tighten the safety belts during a
side collision or rollover event.
The pretensioners are located
in the driver and right front
passenger safety belt assemblies.
Pretensioners work only once. If
the pretensioners are activated in a
collision, they will need to be
replaced.

AIR BAG SYSTEM

Your vehicle is equipped with
two air bags that may inflate from
the center of the steering wheel
and from the right side of the
instrument panel during a frontal
collision.
These are dual-stage frontal air
bags which adjust the amount
of restraint according to crash
severity. For moderate frontal
impacts, the air bags inflate at a
level less than full deployment. For
more severe frontal impacts, full
deployment occurs.