2003 Cadillac Escalade Owner's Manual - Page 80

Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) This part explains the frontal and side impact Supplemental Restraint Systems (SRS) or air bag systems. Your vehicle has four air bags - a frontal air bag for the driver, another frontal air bag for the right front passenger, a side impact air bag for the driver, and another side impact air bag for the right front passenger. Frontal air bags are designed to help reduce the risk of injury from the force of an inflating frontal air bag. But these air bags must inflate very quickly to do their job and comply with federal regulations. Here are the most important things to know about the air bag systems: P r l p s I CAUTION: {Csntinuc , ejected from it. Air bags are designed to work with safety belts but don't replace them. Frontal air bags for the driver and right front in passenger are designed deploy only to moderate to severe frontal and frontal near crashes. They aren't designed inflateat all in to rollover, rear or low-speed frontal crashes, in or many side crashes. And, for some unrestrained occupants, frontal air bags may provide less protection in frontal crashes than more forceful air bags have provided in the past. The side impact air bags for the driver and right front passenger are designed to inflate only in moderate to severe crashes where something hits the side of your vehicle. They aren't designed to inflate frontal, in rollover or in in rear crashes. Everyone in your vehicle should wear a safety belt properly -whether or not there's an air bag for that person. You can be severely injured or killed in a crash if you aren't wearing your safety belt even if you have air bags. Wearing your safety belt during a crash helps reduce your chance of - CAUTION: (Continued) 1-73