2001 Cadillac Catera Owners Manual - Files

Here are the most important things to know about theair bag systems:CAUTION:You can be severely injured or killed in a crash ifyou aren’t wearing your safety belt -- even if youhave air bags. Wearing your safety belt during acrash helps reduce your chance of hitting thingsinside the vehicle or being ejected from it. Airbags are “supplemental restraints” to the safetybelts. All air bags are designed to work withsafety belts but don’t replace them.CAUTION: (Continued)CAUTION: (Continued)Frontal air bags for the driver and right frontpassenger are designed to work only in moderateto severe crashes where the front of your vehiclehits something. They aren’t designed to inflate atall in rollover, rear, side or low-speed frontalcrashes. And, for unrestrained occupants, frontalair bags may provide less protection in frontalcrashes than more forceful air bags haveprovided in the past. The side impact airbags for the driver and right front passengerare designed to inflate only in moderate tosevere crashes where something hits theside of your vehicle. They aren’t designed toinflate in frontal, in rollover or in rear crashes.Everyone in your vehicle should wear a safetybelt properly -- whether or not there’s an air bagfor that person.1-27