Black plate (28,1)Cadillac Escalade Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-Europe-7132796) -2014 - CRC - 7/12/133-28 Seats and RestraintsFrontal airbags are not intended toinflate during vehicle rollovers, rearimpacts, or in many side impacts.In addition, the vehicle hasdual-stage frontal airbags.Dual-stage airbags adjust therestraint according to crash severity.The vehicle has electronic frontalsensors, which help the sensingsystem distinguish between amoderate frontal impact and a moresevere frontal impact. For moderatefrontal impacts, dual-stage airbagsinflate at a level less than fulldeployment. For more severe frontalimpacts, full deployment occurs.The vehicle has a seat positionsensor. Vehicles with dual stageairbags also have seat positionsensors which enable the sensingsystem to monitor the position of thedriver seat and frontpassenger seat.The seat position sensor providesinformation that is used to determineif the airbags should deploy at areduced level or at full deployment.The vehicle may or may not haveseat-mounted side impact airbags.The vehicle has roof-rail airbags.See Airbag System on page 3-23.Seat-mounted side impact airbagsand roof-rail airbags are intended toinflate in moderate to severe sidecrashes. In addition, these roof-railairbags are intended to inflateduring a rollover or in a severefrontal impact. Seat-mounted sideimpact airbags and roof-rail airbagswill inflate if the crash severity isabove the system's designedthreshold level. The threshold levelcan vary with specific vehicledesign.Roof-rail airbags are not intended toinflate in rear impacts.A seat-mounted side impact airbagis intended to deploy on the side ofthe vehicle that is struck. Bothroof-rail airbags will deploy wheneither side of the vehicle is struck orif the sensing system predicts thatthe vehicle is about to roll over, or ina severe frontal impact.In any particular crash, no one cansay whether an airbag should haveinflated simply because of thedamage to a vehicle or because ofwhat the repair costs were. Forfrontal airbags, inflation isdetermined by what the vehicle hits,the angle of the impact, and howquickly the vehicle slows down. Forseat-mounted side impact androof-rail airbags, deployment isdetermined by the location andseverity of the side impact. In arollover event, roof-rail airbagdeployment is determined by thedirection of the roll.What Makes an AirbagInflate?In a deployment event, the sensingsystem sends an electrical signaltriggering a release of gas from theinflator. Gas from the inflator fills theairbag causing the bag to break outof the cover and deploy. The inflator,the airbag, and related hardware areall part of the airbag module.
