2006 Cadillac CTS CTS-V Owners Manual

The side impact airbags are intended to inflate in
moderate to severe side crashes. A side impact airbag
will inflate if the crash severity is above the system’s
designed “threshold level.” The threshold level can vary
with specific vehicle design. Side impact airbags are not
intended to inflate in frontal or near-frontal impacts,
rollovers or rear impacts. A side impact airbag is intended
to deploy on the side of the vehicle that is struck.
How Does an Airbag Restrain?
In moderate to severe frontal  or near frontal collisions,
even belted occupants can contact the  steering wheel or
the instrument panel. In moderate  to severe side
collisions, even belted occupants can  contact the inside
of the vehicle. The airbag  supplements the protection
provided by safety belts. Airbags  distribute the force of
the impact more evenly over  the occupant’s upper
body, stopping the occupant more  gradually. 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,  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
In any particular crash, no  one can say whether an
airbag should have inflated simply because of the
damage to a vehicle or  because of what the repair costs
were. For frontal airbags, inflation  is determined by
what the vehicle hits, the  angle of the impact, and how
quickly the vehicle slows down  in frontal and
near-frontal impacts. For side impact  airbags, inflation
is determined by the location  and severity of the impact.
What Makes an Airbag Inflate?
In an impact of sufficient  severity, the airbag sensing
system detects that the vehicle  is in a crash. The
sensing system triggers  a release of gas  from the
inflator, which inflates the airbag.  The inflator, airbag
and related hardware are all  part of the airbag modules
inside the steering wheel, instrument  panel, the side
of the front seatbacks closest  to the door and the ceiling
of the vehicle, near the  side windows.
side collisions for side impact  airbags.
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Model Year2006
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