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2008 Cadillac CTS Owner Manual M
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Seats and Restraint Systems Driving Your Vehicle
Head Restraints Your Driving, the Road, and Your Vehicle
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Front Seats ............................................... 1-4 Towing ................................................... 4-27
Rear Seats .............................................. 1-11 .......................... 5-1
Service
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GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem, CADILLAC, the CADILLAC Crest & Wreath, and the name CTS DTS AND DTS Digital Surround are registered are registered trademarks of General Motors trademarks of Digital Theater Systems, Inc. Corporation. ® ® Music recognition technology and related data are Dolby is manufactured under license from Dolby ® ® provided by Gracenote . Gracenote is the industry Laboratories. Dolby and the double-D symbol ® standard in music recognition technology and related are tradem
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This manual includes the latest information at the time it Propriétaires Canadiens was printed. We reserve the right to make changes On peut obtenir un exemplaire de ce guide en français after that time without notice. For vehicles first sold in auprès de concessionnaire ou à l’adresse suivante: Canada, substitute the name “General Motors of Canada Limited” for Cadillac Motor Car Division whenever it Helm Incorporated appears in this manual. P.O. Box 07130 Detroit, MI 48207 This manual describes
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Safety Warnings and Symbols Vehicle Damage Warnings There are a number of safety cautions in this book. A You will also find notices in this manual. box with the word CAUTION is used to tell about things Notice: These mean there is something that could that could hurt you or others if you were to ignore the damage your vehicle. warning. A notice tells about something that can damage the vehicle. Many times, this damage would not be covered by your vehicle’s warranty, and it could be costly. {CAUT
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Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Head Restraints ...............................................1-2 Where to Put the Restraint .............................1-42 Lower Anchors and Tethers for Front Seats ......................................................1-4 Children (LATCH) ......................................1-43 Manual Seats ................................................1-4 Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear Seat Power Seats ..................................................1-5 P
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Head Restraints The vehicle’s front seats have adjustable head restraints in the outboard seating positions. The vehicle’s rear seats have head restraints in the outboard seating positions, but they are not adjustable. {CAUTION: With head restraints that are not installed and adjusted properly, there is a greater chance that occupants will suffer a neck/spinal injury in a crash. Do not drive until the head restraints for all occupants are installed and adjusted properly. Adjust the head restrain
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Pull the head restraint up to Active Head Restraint System raise it. To lower the head On vehicles with an active head restraint system in the restraint, press the button, front outboard seating positions. These automatically located on the top of the tilt forward to reduce the risk of neck injury if the vehicle seatback, and push the is hit from behind. restraint down. Push down on the head restraint after the button is released to make sure that it is locked in place. The vehicle’s head restra
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To move a manual seat forward or rearward: Front Seats 1. Lift the bar to unlock the seat. Manual Seats 2. Slide the seat to the desired position and release the bar. {CAUTION: You can lose control of the vehicle if you try to adjust a manual driver’s seat while the vehicle is moving. The sudden movement could startle and confuse you, or make you push a pedal when you do not want to. Adjust the driver’s seat only when the vehicle is not moving. Try to move the seat with your body to be sure the
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Raise or lower the entire seat by moving the entire Power Seats horizontal control up or down. The vertical control is used for reclining your seatback. See “Power Reclining Seatbacks” under Reclining Seatbacks on page 1-8 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 the vehicle has power seats, the controls used to operate t
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Heated and Ventilated Seats Memory Seat and Mirrors On vehicles with this feature, the buttons are located on The buttons for this feature are located on the the climate control panel. driver’s door. 1: Saves the seating position for driver 1. z (Heated Seat and Seatback): Press for the heated seat and seatback. 2: Saves the seating position for driver 2. {(Ventilated Seat): Press for the ventilated seat. S: Recalls the easy exit position. A light bar in the climate control display shows the To
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With an automatic transmission, the vehicle must be in 3. Press and hold the exit button located above PARK (P) to recall the stored driving positions. buttons 1 and 2 on the driver’s door armrest for at least three seconds. With a manual transmission and the engine is running, Two beeps sound to confirm that the exit position the parking brake must be set to recall the memory has been saved. seat driving positions. The stored driving positions can be recalled without setting the parking brake if
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If the front passenger’s seat has a manual reclining Reclining Seatbacks seatback, the lever used to operate it is located on the outboard side of the seat. Manual Reclining Seatbacks {CAUTION: You can lose control of the vehicle if you try to adjust a manual driver’s seat while the vehicle is moving. The sudden movement could startle and confuse you, or make you push a pedal when you do not want to. Adjust the driver’s seat only when the vehicle is not moving. To recline the seatback, do the fo
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To return the seatback to an upright position, do the Power Reclining Seatbacks following: 1. Lift the lever fully without applying pressure to the seatback and the seatback will return to the upright position. 2. Push and pull on the seatback to make sure it is locked. If your seats have power reclining seatbacks, use the vertical power seat control located on the outboard side of each seat. To recline the seatback, press the control toward the rear of the vehicle. To raise the seatback, pr
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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. For proper protecti
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2. Fold the seatback down. This allows direct access Rear Seats to the trunk. See Trunk on page 2-20 for more information. Split Folding Rear Seat To return the seatback to the upright position: Your vehicle may have a split folding rear seat. To lower one or both of the rear seatbacks: {CAUTION: 1. Pull forward on the tab, located on the outboard If the seatback is not locked, it could move side of the seatback, forward in a sudden stop or crash. That could to unlock the seatback. cause injury
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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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Why Safety Belts Work When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as it goes. Put someone on it. Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose it is just a seat on wheels. 1-13
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Get it up to speed. Then stop the vehicle. The rider The person keeps going until stopped by something. In does not stop. a real vehicle, it could be the windshield... 1-14
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or the instrument panel... or the safety belts! With safety belts, you slow down as the vehicle does. You get more time to stop. You stop over more distance, and your strongest bones take the forces. That is why safety belts make such good sense. 1-15
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Questions and Answers About Q: If I am a good driver, and I never drive far from home, why should I wear safety belts? Safety Belts A: You may be an excellent driver, but if you are in a crash — even one that is not your fault — you and Q: Will I be trapped in the vehicle after a crash if I your passenger(s) can be hurt. Being a good am wearing a safety belt? driver does not protect you from things beyond your A: You could be — whether you are wearing a safety control, such as bad drivers. belt
