2000 Cadillac Catera Owners Manual
2000 Cadillac Catera Owners Manual 2000 Cadillac Catera Owners Manual
Safety Belt Use During PregnancySafety belts work for everyone, including pregnantwomen. Like all occupants, they are more likely to beseriously injured if they don’t wear safety belts.To unlatch the belt, just push the button on the buckle.The belt should go back out of the way.Before you close the door, be sure the belt is out of theway. If you slam the door on it, you can damage boththe belt and your vehicle.A pregnant woman should wear a lap-shoulder belt, andthe lap portion should be worn as low as possible, belowthe rounding, throughout the pregnancy.1-24
The best way to protect the fetus is to protect themother. When a safety belt is worn properly, it’s morelikely that the fetus won’t be hurt in a crash. Forpregnant women, as for anyone, the key to makingsafety belts effective is wearing them properly.Right Front Passenger PositionTo learn how to wear the right front passenger’s safety beltproperly, see “Driver Position” earlier in this section.The right front passenger’s safety belt works the sameway as the driver’s safety belt -- except for one thing.If you ever pull the shoulder portion of the belt outall the way, you will engage the child restraint lockingfeature. If this happens, just let the belt go back all theway and start again.Air Bag SystemsThis part explains the frontal and side impact airbag systems.Your vehicle has air bags -- a frontal air bag for thedriver and another frontal air bag for the right frontpassenger. Your vehicle may also have side impact airbags -- a side impact air bag for the driver and anotherside impact air bag for the right front passenger.If EquippedIf your vehicle hasside impact air bags, itwill say AIRBAG onthe air bag coveringon the side of thedriver’s and right frontpassenger’s seatbackclosest to the door.Frontal air bags are designed to help reduce the riskof injury from the force of an inflating frontal air bag.But these air bags must inflate very quickly to do theirjob and comply with federal regulations.1-25
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- Page 4 and 5: Table of ContentsSection 1Seats and
- Page 6 and 7: Table of Contents (cont'd)Section 6
- Page 8 and 9: We support voluntarytechnician cert
- Page 10 and 11: Vehicle Damage WarningsAlso, in thi
- Page 12 and 13: Service Station GuideFora MoreDetai
- Page 14 and 15: Seats and Seat ControlsThis section
- Page 16 and 17: Memory Seat and MirrorsAfter adjust
- Page 18 and 19: CAUTION:But don’t have a seatback
- Page 20 and 21: Rear SeatsCAUTION:A safety belt tha
- Page 22 and 23: Return the safety belts totheir ori
- Page 24 and 25: CAUTION:It is extremely dangerous t
- Page 26 and 27: Get it up to speed. Then stop the v
- Page 28 and 29: Here Are Questions Many People AskA
- Page 30 and 31: Pull up on the latch plate to make
- Page 32 and 33: Q: What’s wrong with this?CAUTION
- Page 34 and 35: Q: What’s wrong with this?CAUTION
- Page 38 and 39: Here are the most important things
- Page 40 and 41: There is an air bagreadiness light
- Page 42 and 43: CAUTION:If something is between an
- Page 44 and 45: CAUTION:When an air bag inflates, t
- Page 46 and 47: Rear Seat Passenger PositionsLap-Sh
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- Page 50 and 51: CAUTION:Smaller children and babies
- Page 52 and 53: Child RestraintsEvery time infants
- Page 54 and 55: 1-42A forward-facing child restrain
- Page 56 and 57: Where to Put the RestraintAccident
- Page 58 and 59: Securing a Child Restraint in aRear
- Page 60 and 61: To remove the child restraint, just
- Page 62 and 63: Larger Children6. To tighten the be
- Page 64 and 65: CAUTION:Never do this.Here a child
- Page 66 and 67: Section 2Features and ControlsHere
- Page 68 and 69: One key is used for theignition, th
- Page 70 and 71: Power Door LocksPush the side of th
- Page 72 and 73: When you want to open a rear door w
- Page 74 and 75: Matching Transmitter(s) To Your Veh
- Page 76 and 77: TrunkCAUTION:It can be dangerous to
- Page 78 and 79: Parking at NightPark in a lighted s
- Page 80 and 81: ImmobilizerYour vehicle isequipped
- Page 82 and 83: With the key in theignition switch,
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Safety Belt Use During PregnancySafety belts work for everyone, including pregnantwomen. Like all occupants, they are more likely to beseriously injured if they don’t wear safety belts.To unlatch the belt, just push the button on the buckle.The belt should go back out of the way.Before you close the door, be sure the belt is out of theway. If you slam the door on it, you can damage boththe belt and your vehicle.A pregnant woman should wear a lap-shoulder belt, andthe lap portion should be worn as low as possible, belowthe rounding, throughout the pregnancy.1-24
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