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2007 Cadillac STS/STS-V Owner Manual M
Seats and Restraint Systems Instrument Panel
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Front Seats Instrument Panel Overview
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Rear Seats ............................................. 14 Climate Controls ................................... 230
Safety Belts Warning Lights, Gages, and
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Indicators
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Windshield Replacement ....................... 419 Maintenance Schedule .............................. 501 Windshield Wiper Blade Maintenance Schedule .......................... 502 Replacement ..................................... 419 Customer Assistance Information Tires ..................................................... 421 ............. 525 Customer Assistance and Appearance Care .................................. 476 Information ........................................ 526 Vehicle Identi
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one entertainment system may be offered or your vehicle may have been ordered without a front passenger or rear seats. Keep this manual in the vehicle, so it will be there if it is needed while you are on the road. If the vehicle is sold, leave this manual in the vehicle. GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, Canadian Owners CADILLAC, the CADILLAC Crest & Wreath, and A French language copy of this manual can be the name STS are registered trademarks of obtained from your dealer or from: General Mot
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In the caution area, we tell you what the hazard is. Index Then we tell you what to do to help avoid or A good place to quickly locate information about reduce the hazard. Please read these cautions. the vehicle is the Index in the back of the manual. If you do not, you or others could be hurt. It is an alphabetical list of what is in the manual and the page number where it can be found. You will also find a circle with a slash through it in this book. Safety Warnings and Symbols This safety symb
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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 Notice: These mean there is something with the text describing the operation or information that could damage your vehicle. relating to a specific component, control, message, A notice tells about something that can damage gage, or indicator. the vehicle. Many times, this damage would not be If you need help figurin
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These are some examples of symbols that may be found on the vehicle: 6
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Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Front Seats ..................................................... 9 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy .............. 30 Power Seats ................................................. 9 Right Front Passenger Position ................... 30 Power Lumbar .............................................. 9 Rear Seat Passengers ................................ 31 Heated Seats .............................................. 10 Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides ...........
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Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Airbag System .............................................. 64 Servicing Your Airbag-Equipped Vehicle ...... 78 Where Are the Airbags? .............................. 66 Adding Equipment to Your When Should an Airbag Inflate? .................. 70 Airbag-Equipped Vehicle .......................... 79 What Makes an Airbag Inflate? ................... 71 Restraint System Check ............................... 80 How Does an Airbag Restrain? ................... 72
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If your vehicle has the memory feature, you can Front Seats program and recall memory settings for seat positions. See Memory Seat, Mirrors and Power Seats Steering Wheel on page 169. The power seat Power Lumbar controls are located on the outboard side Your vehicle’s seats may be equipped with of the seats. power lumbar. You can increase or decrease lumbar support in an area of the lower seatback with this control, located on the outboard sides To adjust the seat, do any of the following: of th
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To raise the position of the lumbar support, press z(Heated Seat and Seatback): This button is and hold the top of the control. To lower the for the heated seat and seatback. Press the position of lumbar support, press and hold the up arrow once to turn on the heated seat at the bottom of the control. Let go of the control when highest setting. Press the down arrow once to turn the lower seatback reaches the desired level on the heated seat at the lowest setting. of support. Pressing the up or d
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Pressing either the heated seat or ventilated part Heated and Ventilated Seats of the seat button will start that feature at the highest setting. Each time you press the button, Your vehicle may have the feature will decrease one setting. heated and ventilated To turn the feature off, keep pressing the button front seats. The buttons until the display lights turn off. are located on the climate control panel. The heated or ventilated seats will automatically shut off when the vehicle is turned o
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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 because it will not be against your body. Instead, it will be in front of you. 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 you
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Pull the head restraint Head Restraints up to raise it. To lower the head restraint, press the button, located on the top of the seatback, and push the head restraint down. The front head restraints can also tilt forward or rearward. Adjust the head restraint so that the top of the restraint is at the same height as the top of the occupant’s head. This position reduces the chance of a neck injury in a crash. 13
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z(Heated Seat and Seatback): Press this Rear Seats button to turn the heated seat feature on. When you press the button, the feature will turn on at the Heated Seats highest setting. Each time you press the button, the feature will go down one temperature setting. A light next to the button will indicate the setting; 3 is the highest, 1 is the lowest. To turn the feature off, keep pressing the button until the indicator light goes off. The heated rear seats will shut off automatically when the i
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Safety Belts Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone {CAUTION: This part of the manual tells you how to use safety belts properly. It also tells you some things It is extremely dangerous to ride in a you should not do with safety belts. cargo area, inside or outside of a vehicle. In a collision, people riding in these areas are more likely to be seriously injured or {CAUTION: killed. Do not allow people to ride in any area of your vehicle that is not equipped Do not let anyone ride where he or she w
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In most states and in all Canadian provinces, Why Safety Belts Work the law says to wear safety belts. Here is When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast why: They work. as it goes. You never know if you will be in a crash. If you do have 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. 17
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The person keeps going until stopped by or the instrument panel... something. In a real vehicle, it could be the windshield... 18
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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? or the safety belts! A: Airbags are supple
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How to Wear Safety Belts Properly Q: If I am a good driver, and I never drive far from home, why should I wear safety belts? This part is only for people of adult size. A: You may be an excellent driver, but if you are Be aware that there are special things to know in an accident — even one that is not your about safety belts and children. And there are fault — you and your passengers can be hurt. different rules for smaller children and babies. Being a good driver does not protect you from If a
