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2006 Cadillac CTS/CTS-V Owner Manual M
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Seats and Restraint Systems Driver Information Center (DIC)
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Front Seats ............................................... 1-2
Audio System(s) ....................................... 3-83
Rear Seats ............................................... 1-8
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Driving Your Vehicle
Safety Belts ............................................. 1-10 Your Driving, the Road, and
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Canadian Owners A French language copy of this manual can be obtained from your dealer or from: Helm, Incorporated P.O. Box 07130 Detroit, MI 48207 GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, CADILLAC, How to Use This Manual the CADILLAC Crest & Wreath, and the name CTS are registered trademarks of General Motors Corporation. Many people read the owner manual from beginning to end when they first receive their new vehicle. If this This manual includes the latest information at the time it is done, it can
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You will also find a circle Safety Warnings and Symbols with a slash through it in this book. This safety There are a number of safety cautions in this book. We symbol means “Do Not,” use a box and the word CAUTION to tell about things “Do Not do this” or “Do Not that could hurt you if you were to ignore the warning. let this happen.” {CAUTION: These mean there is something that could hurt you or other people. In the caution area, we tell you what the hazard is. Then we tell you what to do to hel
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Vehicle Damage Warnings Vehicle Symbols Also, in this manual you will find these notices: The vehicle has components and labels that use symbols instead of text. Symbols are shown along with Notice: These mean there is something that could the text describing the operation or information damage your vehicle. relating to a specific component, control, message, A notice tells about something that can damage the gage, or indicator. vehicle. Many times, this damage would not be covered If you need hel
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These are some examples of symbols that may be found on the vehicle: v
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Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Front Seats ......................................................1-2 Child Restraint Systems .................................1-35 Manual Seats ................................................1-2 Where to Put the Restraint .............................1-38 Power Seats ..................................................1-3 Lower Anchors and Tethers for Power Lumbar ...............................................1-3 Children (LATCH) ...........................
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Front Seats Manual Seats {CAUTION: If the seatback is not locked, it could move forward in a sudden stop or crash. That could cause injury to the person sitting there. Always push and pull on the seatback to be sure it is locked. Your vehicle may have manual seats. To adjust the seat, lift the bar under the front of the seat to unlock it. Slide the seat to where you want it and release the bar. Try to move the seat back and forth with your body to be sure the seat is locked in place. 1-2
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The vertical control is used for reclining your seatback. Power Seats See Reclining Seatbacks on page 1-4 for more information. Power Lumbar Your vehicle may have this feature. The driver’s and passenger’s seatback lumbar support can be adjusted by moving the control located on the outboard side of the seat cushions. If your vehicle has power seats, the controls are located on the outboard side of the front seat cushions. Move the front of the horizontal control up or down To increase or decre
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Heated Seats Reclining Seatbacks If your vehicle is equipped with heated front seats, the buttons are located on the climate control panel. There is one button for the driver and one for the front passenger. Each button has three settings, LO, HI and off. The active setting appears on the climate control panel display. The LO setting warms the seatback Manual Recline Lever and cushion until the seat approximates normal body If your front passenger’s seat has a manual reclining temperature. The H
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{CAUTION: If the seatback is not locked, it could move forward in a sudden stop or crash. That could cause injury to the person sitting there. Always push and pull on the seatback to be sure it is locked. To return the seatback to the upright position, pull up on the lever without applying pressure to the seatback. Power Recliner If your vehicle has power reclining seatbacks, the control is located on the outboard side of the front seats. Press the top of the vertical control forward or rearward
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{CAUTION: Sitting in a reclined position when your vehicle is in motion can be dangerous. Even if you buckle up, your safety belts cannot do their job when you are reclined like this. The shoulder belt cannot do its job. In a crash, you could go into it, receiving neck or other injuries. The lap belt cannot do its job either. In a crash the belt could go up over your abdomen. The belt forces would be there, not at your pelvic bones. This could cause serious internal injuries. Do not have a seatb
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Head Restraints The front seat head restraints can be adjusted up and down. Pull up on the head restraint to raise it. Press the button located at the bottom of the head restraint and push the head restraint down to lower it. Both the front and rear head restraints tilt forward and rearward, also. Adjust your head restraint so that the top of the restraint is closest to the top of your head. This position reduces the chance of a neck injury in a crash. You can remove the rear head restraints. Pr
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2. There is a tab located Rear Seats on the outboard sides of the seatback. Split Folding Rear Seat Pull forward on the tab to unlock the seatback. Your vehicle may have a split folding rear seat. A split folding rear seat allows you to carry long cargo by folding down part or all of the rear seat. Before you can fold the rear seatback, you need to unlatch the center seatbelt buckle. Use the following steps to lower one or both of the rear seatbacks: 1. Insert a tool with a small tip into the sl
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To return the seatback to the upright position, do the following: {CAUTION: 1. Lift the seatback up and push it back into place. 2. Reconnect the center If the seatback is not locked, it could move safety belt latch plate to forward in a sudden stop or crash. That could the buckle as shown. cause injury to the person sitting there. Always push and pull on the seatback to be sure it is locked. {CAUTION: A safety belt that is improperly routed, not properly attached, or twisted will not provide th
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Safety Belts {CAUTION: Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone It is extremely dangerous to ride in a cargo This part of the manual tells you how to use safety area, inside or outside of a vehicle. In a belts properly. It also tells you some things you should collision, people riding in these areas are more not do with safety belts. likely to be seriously injured or killed. Do not allow people to ride in any area of your vehicle that is not equipped with seats and safety {CAUTION: belts. Be sure eve
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In most states and in all Canadian provinces, the law Why Safety Belts Work says to wear safety belts. Here is why: They work. When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as You never know if you will be in a crash. If you do have it goes. a crash, you do not know if it will be a bad one. A few crashes are mild, and some crashes can be so serious that even buckled up, a person would not survive. But most crashes are in between. In many of them, people who buckle up can survive and sometimes
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Put someone on it. Get it up to speed. Then stop the vehicle. The rider does not stop. 1-12
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The person keeps going until stopped by something. In or the instrument panel... a real vehicle, it could be the windshield... 1-13
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Questions and Answers About Safety Belts Q: Will I be trapped in the vehicle after an accident if I am wearing a safety belt? A: You could be — whether you are wearing a safety belt or not. But you can unbuckle a safety belt, even if you are upside down. And your chance of being conscious during and after an accident, so you can unbuckle and get out, is much greater if you are belted. Q: If my vehicle has airbags, why should I have to wear safety belts? A: Airbags are in many vehicles today and
