Black plate (21,1)Cadillac CTS/CTS-V Owner Manual (Include Mex) - 2012Seats and Restraints 3-21Airbag SystemThe vehicle has the followingairbags:. A frontal airbag for the driver.. A frontal airbag for the outboardfront passenger.. A seat-mounted side impactairbag for the driver.. A seat-mounted side impactairbag for the outboard frontpassenger.. A roof-rail airbag for the driverand the passenger seateddirectly behind the driver.. A roof-rail airbag for theoutboard front passenger andthe passenger seated directlybehind the outboard frontpassenger.All of the airbags in the vehicle willhave the word AIRBAG embossedin the trim or on an attached labelnear the deployment opening.For frontal airbags, the wordAIRBAG will appear on the middlepart of the steering wheel for thedriver and on the instrument panelfor the outboard front passenger.With seat-mounted side impactairbags, the word AIRBAG willappear on the side of the seatbackclosest to the door.With roof-rail airbags, the wordAIRBAG will appear along theheadliner 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 324.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 thevehicle should wear a safety beltproperly, whether or not there isan airbag for that person.
