2007 Cadillac CTS-V Owner's Manual - Page 77

But the frontal airbags would not help you in many types of collisions, including rollovers, rear impacts, and many side impacts, primarily because an occupant's motion is not toward the airbag. Side impact airbags would not help you in many types of collisions, including many frontal or near frontal collisions, rollovers, and rear impacts, primarily because an occupant's motion is not toward those airbags. Airbags should never be regarded as anything more than a supplement to safety belts, and then only in moderate to severe frontal or near-frontal collisions for the driver's and right front passenger's frontal airbags, and only in moderate to severe side collisions for side impact airbags. What Will You See After an Airbag Inflates? After the frontal and seat-mounted side impact airbags inflate, they quickly deflate, so quickly that some people may not even realize the airbags inflated. Roof-mounted side impact airbags are designed to deflate more slowly and may still be partially inflated minutes after the vehicle comes to rest. Some components of the airbag module - the steering wheel hub for the driver's airbag, the instrument panel for the right front passenger's airbag, the side of the seatback closest to the door for seat-mounted side impact airbags, and the area along the ceiling of your vehicle near the side windows for roof-mounted side impact airbags - may be hot for a short time. 77