1996 Cadillac Seville Owner's Manual - Page 35

I ...AI I Supplemental Inflatable Restraint (SIR) System This part explains the Supplemental Inflatable Restraint (SIR) system or airbag system. Your Cadillac has two air bags -- one air bag for the driver and another air bag for the right front passenger. Here are the most important thingsto know about the air bag system: A CAUTION: To unlatch the belt, push the button on the buckle. just The belt should go back out of the way. Before you close the door,be sure the belt is out of the way. If you slam thedoor on it, you can damage both the belt and your vehicle. You can be severely injured or killed in a crash if you aren't wearing your safety belt even if you have an airbag. Wearing your safety belt during a crash helps reduce your chanceof hitting things inside the vehicle or being ejected from it. The air bag is onlya "supplemental restraint." Thatis, it works with safety belts but doesn't replace them. Air bags are designed to workonly in moderate to severe crashes where the front of your vehicle hits something. They aren't designed to inflate at all in rollover, rear, sideor low-speed frontal crashes. Everyone in your vehicle, including thedriver, should wear a safety belt properly whether or not there's an airbag for thatperson. -- -- 1-20