In moderate to severe side collisions, even belted occupants can contact the inside of the vehicle. Undo the fitting with a wrench. Accident statistics show that unbelted people in the rear seat are hurt more often in crashes than those who are wearing safety belts. Lap-Shoulder Belt The driver has a lap-shoulder belt. In a real vehicle, it could be the windshield. By filling in the form below, your question will appear below the manual of the Cadillac DeVille 2001. The person keeps going until stopped by something.
To move the lumbar up or down, hold the switch up or down. If the fitting bubbles up, then you have a leak. Please make sure that you describe your difficulty with the Cadillac DeVille 2001 as precisely as you can. A: Air bags are in many vehicles today and will be in most of them in the future. Page: 34 1-23 The best way to protect the fetus is to protect the mother. Workshop Repair Manual help you to maintain, service, diagnose and repair your vehicle.
Your vehicle has air bags -- a frontal air bag for the driver and another frontal air bag for the right front passenger. It would be a lot cheaper than going to the dealer, but you may be forced into that route if your car's computer has to be reprogrammed. General Motors purchased the brand in 1909 when with the brand already having established itself as a leading manufacturer of luxury cars. The side impact air bags are designed to inflate in moderate to severe side crashes. Young children and infants need the protection that a child restraint system can provide. The lap-shoulder belt may lock if you pull the belt across you very quickly. Please enter recipient e-mail address es.
To provide added safety belt comfort for children who have outgrown child restraints and for smaller adults, the comfort guides may be installed on the shoulder belts. Air bags plus lap-shoulder belts offer the best protection for adults, but not for young children and infants. To avoid seal problems, I would take it back to the mechanic and ask him to remove some of the fluid to bring it back in line with the dipstick markings. These terms are used for identification purposes only. Safety Warnings and Symbols You will find a number of safety cautions in this book.
Our 2001 Cadillac DeVille repair manuals include all the information you need to repair or service your 2001 DeVille, including diagnostic trouble codes, descriptions, probable causes, step-by-step routines, specifications, and a troubleshooting guide. Squirt the soapy water onto the air fittings to test for leaks. All of Chilton's online content for the 2001 Cadillac DeVille is updated monthly, so you'll have the most recent information on hand for any Do-It-Yourself project. If you slid under it, the belt would apply force at your abdomen. The shoulder belt should go over the shoulder and across the chest.
Air Bag Systems This part explains the frontal and side impact air bag systems. The Ebsco site is still informative but the accurracy, as well as any other source has to be verified. In many of them, people who buckle up can survive and sometimes walk away. Your vehicle has a feature that will automatically unlock the doors and turn the interior lamps on when the air bags inflate if battery power is available. You can hit things inside the vehicle or be ejected from it. Please enter the name by which you would like to log-in and be known on this site. Push the latch plate into the buckle until it clicks.
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. If this happens, let the belt go back slightly to unlock it. The lap part of the belt should be worn low and snug on the hips, just touching the thighs. Please choose whether or not you want other users to be able to see on your profile that this library is a favorite of yours. Reviews User-contributed reviews Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers. Four-Way Rear Power Lumbar If Equipped Four-way lumbar, without the massage feature, is also available for the outboard rear seating positions.
Page: 33 1-22 To unlatch the belt, just push the button on the buckle. Make sure the release button on the buckle is positioned so you would be able to unbuckle the safety belt quickly if you ever had to. The air bag systems do not need regular maintenance. D Your vehicle is equipped with an electronic frontal sensor, which helps the sensing system distinguish between a moderate frontal impact and a more severe frontal impact. In a crash, you would move forward too much, which could increase injury. If is most likely either a height sensor but could be the compressor or air bags.
If the compressor brings it back up when you start the vehicle that would tell you the compressor is good, or at least not the problem. The belt forces would be there, not at the pelvic bones. But the notice will tell you what to do to help avoid the damage. If the belt stops before it reaches the buckle, tilt the latch plate and keep pulling until you can buckle it. The lap part of the belt should be worn low and snug on the hips, just touching the thighs. The rear seat head restraints in your vehicle may be adjustable.