2006 Cadillac CTS CTS-V Owners Manual

When Should an Airbag Inflate?
If the front of your  vehicle goes straight into a wall
that does not move or  deform, the threshold level
for the reduced deployment is  about 12 to 16 mph
(19 to 26 km/h), and the threshold level for a  full
deployment is about 18 to  24 mph (29 to 38.5 km/h).
(The threshold level can vary, however, with specific
vehicle design, so that it  can be somewhat above
or below this range.)
The driver’s and right front  passenger’s frontal airbags
are designed to inflate in  moderate to severe frontal
or near-frontal crashes. But they  are designed to inflate
only if the impact exceeds a predetermined deployment
threshold. Deployment thresholds take into  account
a variety of desired deployment  and non-deployment
events and are used to predict how severe a crash
is likely to be in  time for the airbags to inflate and help
restrain the occupants. Whether your  frontal airbags
will or should deploy is not based on how fast your
vehicle is traveling. It depends  largely on what you hit,
the direction of the impact  and how quickly your
vehicle slows down.
Frontal airbags may inflate at  different crash speeds.
For example:
If the vehicle hits a  stationary object, the airbags
could inflate at a different  crash speed than if the
vehicle hits a moving object.
If the vehicle hits an  object that deforms, the
airbags could inflate at a  different crash speed than
if the vehicle hits an  object that does not deform.
In addition, your vehicle has  “dual stage” frontal airbags,
which adjust the restraint according  to crash severity.
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. For moderate frontal  impacts, these
airbags inflate at a level  less than full deployment.
For more severe frontal impacts,  full deployment occurs.
If the vehicle hits a  narrow object (like a pole) the
airbags could inflate at a  different crash speed
than if the vehicle hits  a wide object (like a wall).
If the vehicle goes into  an object at an angle the
airbags could inflate at a  different crash speed
than if the vehicle goes  straight into the object.
The frontal airbags (driver and  right front passenger) are
not intended to inflate during  vehicle rollovers, rear
impacts, or in many side  impacts.
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