Ant CADILLAC DEVILLE 1994 7.G Owners Manual

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This rich tradition continues
into the
'90s as Cadillac became the
first automobile manufacturer
to be
awarded the prestigious Malcolm
Baldrige National Quality Award.
The
1992 Seville STS was the
first car ever to win
all three major
automotive awards: Car of the Year,
Motor Trend; Ten Best List, Car
&
Driver; Car of the Year, Automobile
Magazine.
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A 1993 Cadillac Allantit in stock
technical configuration, was selected
as the pace car for the 76th Indianap-
olis
500. The demanding pace car
performance and handling require- ments were met because of such
advances as the Northstar system.
The system includes the
32 valve,
dual overhead camshaft, Northstar
4.6 liter V8 engine, 4T80 E electroni-
cally controlled automatic transaxle,
road sensing suspension,. speed sen-
sitive steering, antilock brakes and
traction control. For more than nine decades
Cadillac has been
a leader in quality
and technical innovation. Now more
than ever, substance takes shape

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Also, in this book you will find these notices:
NOTICE:
These mean there is something that could damage your vehicle.
In the notice area, we tell you about something that can damage your
vehicle. Many times, this damage would not be covered by your warranty,
and it could be costly. But
the notice will tell you what to do to help avoid
the damage.
When you read other manuals, you might see CAUTION and NOTICE
warnings
in different colors or in different words.
You’ll also see warning labels
on your vehicle. They use yellow for
cautions, blue for notices and the words CAUTION or NOTICE.

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These are some of the symbols you will find on your vehicle. For example,
these symbols are used on an original battery:
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PROTECT EYES
BY SHIELDING CAUSTIC
BAlTERY ACID
COULD CAUSE BURNS
CAUTION
POSSIBLE INJURY
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AVOID SPARKS OR FLAMES SPARK
OR FLAME
COULD
EXPLODE BAlTERY
These symbols are important for you and your passengers whenever your
vehicle
is driven:
I I DOOR LOCK UNLOCK AIR BAG I
POWER WINDOW I
FASTEN SEAT BELTS
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ENGINE COOLANT
TEMPERATURE RADIATOR
COOLANT
CHARGING
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ENGINE OIL PRESSURE I FUEL 1 - ENGINE OIL TEMPERATURE
ANTILOCK BRAKE
Here are
some other symbols you may see:
F
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CONDITIONING I RADIO SELECTOR RADIO VOLUME
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SPEAKER TRUNK HATCHBACK
RELEASE
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Pressing the front
switch
tilts the front
portion of
the seat
cushion either up
or down.
Pressing the rear
switch
tilts the rear
portion
of the seat
cushion up or
m
down. II
Moving the center switch side to side moves the whole seat up or
down.
Move the center switch forward or back to move the whole seat
forward or rearward.
Front Seatback Recliner
To recline the
seatback, lift the lever
on the outer side of
the front seat and
move the position the
seatback
to where you
want it. Release the
lever to lock the
seatback. Pull up on
the lever and the seat
will move to the full
upright position.
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When the key is turned to “Run” or “Start,” a chime will come on for about
eight seconds to remind people to fasten their safety belts. The safety belt
light
will also come on and stay on for about 75 seconds. If the driver’s belt is
already buckled, neither the chime nor the light will come on.
HOW TO WE& SAFETYBELTS PROPERLY
Adults
This section is only for people of adult size.
Be aware that there are special things to know about safety belts and
children. And there are different rules for smaller children and babies.
If
a child will be riding in your Cadillac, see the section after this one, called
“Children.” Follow those rules for everyone’s protection.
First, you’ll want to know which restraint systems your vehicle has.
We’ll start
with the driver position.
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the door on it,
you can damage both the belt and
of the way. If you slam
your vehicle.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFLATABLE
RESTMNT SYSTEM
(MR BAGS)
This section explains the Supplemental Inflatable Restraint (SIR), or “air
bag,” system. Your Cadillac has an air bag for both the driver and the
right-front passenger.
Here are the most important things to
know:
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The driver’s air bag is in the middle of the steering wheel. The right-front
passenger’s air bag is located in the instrument panel
on the passenger’s
side.
When is an air bag expected to inflate?
The air bag is designed to inflate in moderate to severe frontal or
near-frontal crashes.
The air bag will only inflate if the velocity of the
impact is above the designed threshold level. When impacting straight
into a wall that does not move or deform, the threshold level for most
GM vehicles is between 9 and 15 mph (14 and 23 km/h). However, this
velocity threshold depends
on the vehicle design and may be several
miles-per-hour faster or slower. In addition, this threshold velocity will be
considerably higher
if the vehicle strikes an object such as a parked car
which will move and deform on impact.
The air bag is also not designed
to inflate in rollovers, side impacts, or rear impacts where the inflation
would provide no occupant protection benefit.
It
is possible that in a crash, only one of the two air bags in your Cadillac
will deploy. This is rare, but can happen in a crash just severe enough to
make an
air bag inflate.
In any particular crash, the determination
of whether the air bag should
have inflated cannot be based
solely on the level of damage on the
vehicle(s). Inflation is determined by the angle
of the impact and the
vehicle’s deceleration,
of which vehicle damage is only one indication.
Repair cost is not a good indicator
of whether an air bag should have
deployed.
What makes an air bag inflate?
In a frontal or near-frontal impact of sufficient severity, the air bag
sensing system detects that the vehicle is suddenly stopping as a result
of
a crash. The sensing system triggers a chemical reaction of the sodium
azide sealed in
the inflator. The reaction produces nitrogen gas, which
inflates
a cloth bag. The inflator, cloth bag, and related hardware are all
part
of the air bag inflator modules packed inside the steering wheel and
in the instrument panel in front
of the passenger.
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In moderate to severe frontal or near-frontal collisions, even belted
occupants can contact the steering wheel or the instrument panel.
The air
bag supplements the protection provided by safety belts. Air bags
distribute the force of the impact more evenly over the occupant’s upper
body, stopping the occupant more gradually. But air bags would not
provide protection in many types of collisions, including rollovers and
rear and side impacts, primarily because an occupant’s motion is not
toward the air bag. Air bags should never be regarded as anything more
than a supplement to safety belt protection
in moderate to severe frontal
and near-frontal collisions.
What will you see after an air bag inflation?
After the air bag has inflated, it will then quickly deflate. This occurs so
quickly that some people may not even realize that the air bag inflated.
Some components
of the air bag module in the steering wheel hub for the
driver’s air bag or the instrument panel for the passenger’s bag may be
hot for a short time, but the portion of the bag that comes into contact
with
you will not be hot to the touch. There will be small amounts of
smoke and dust coming from vents in the deflated air bags. The air bag
will
not impede the driver’s vision or ability to steer the vehicle, nor will it
hinder the occupants from exiting the vehicle.
In many crashes severe enough to inflate an air bag, windshields are
broken by vehicle deformation. Additional windshield breakage may
occur in vehicles with passenger air bags because the windshield acts as a
reaction surface for the inflating air bag.
The air bags are designed to inflate only once. After they inflate, you’ll
need some new parts for your air bag system.
If you don’t get them,
the air bag system won’t be there to help protect you in another crash.
A new system will include air bag modules and possibly other parts.
The service manual has information about the need to replace other
parts.
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Air bags affect how your Cadillac should be serviced. There are parts of
the air bag system in several places around your vehicle.
You don’t want
the system to inflate while someone is working on your vehicle. Your
Cadillac dealer and the
1994 Cadillac Service Manual have information
about servicing your vehicle and the air bag system. The air bag system
does not need regular maintenance.