Black plate (22,1)Cadillac CTS Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S./Canada/Mexico-6081492) - 2014 - CRC 2nd Edition - 11/18/133-22 Seats and RestraintsAirbag SystemThe vehicle has the followingairbags:. A frontal airbag for the driver.. A frontal airbag for the frontoutboard passenger.. A knee airbag for the driver.. A knee airbag for the frontoutboard passenger.. A seat-mounted side impactairbag for the driver.. A seat-mounted side impactairbag for the front outboardpassenger.. Seat-mounted side impactairbags for the second rowoutboard passengers.. A roof-rail airbag for the driverand the passenger seateddirectly behind the driver.. A roof-rail airbag for the frontoutboard passenger and thepassenger seated directlybehind the front outboardpassenger.All vehicle airbags have the wordAIRBAG on the trim or on a labelnear the deployment opening.For frontal airbags, the wordAIRBAG is on the center of thesteering wheel for the driver and onthe instrument panel for the frontoutboard passenger.For knee airbags, the word AIRBAGis on the lower part of theinstrument panel.For seat-mounted side impactairbags, the word AIRBAG is on theside of the seatback closest tothe door.For roof-rail airbags, the wordAIRBAG is on the ceiling or trim.Airbags are designed to supplementthe protection provided by safetybelts. Even though today's airbagsare also designed to help reducethe risk of injury from the force of aninflating bag, all airbags must inflatevery quickly to do their job.Here are the most important thingsto know about the airbag system:{ WarningYou can be severely injured orkilled in a crash if you are notwearing your safety belt, evenwith airbags. Airbags aredesigned to work with safetybelts, not replace them. Also,airbags are not designed to inflatein every crash. In some crashessafety belts are the only restraint.See When Should an AirbagInflate? on page 3-25.Wearing your safety belt during acrash helps reduce the chance ofhitting things inside the vehicle orbeing ejected from it. Airbags are“supplemental restraints” to thesafety belts. Everyone in the(Continued)
