Owner's Manual Cadillac BLS - IFS Europe BV

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Safety
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If the impact sensors register forces corresponding
to a high speed collision (airbag
stage II activated), the inflatable curtains will
also be triggered. See page 40.
If a fault arises in the airbag system during
a journey, the airbag warning lamp on the
main instrument panel will come on and the
DIC will display:
Airbag malfunction.
Contact service.
Inflated airbag (driver’s side).
Inflation and deflation of airbag takes
approx. 0.1 s.
Both front airbags inflated
The driver airbag and passenger airbag are
triggered by violent front-end collisions.
They will not be activated by minor front-end
impacts, if the car overturns or by rear-end
and side-on impacts.
Two impact sensors are located on the top
of the front bumper under the painted shell.
These sensors register any vehicle impact
at an extremely early stage. Based on this
information and the central sensor in the
control module, the control module determines
whether airbag deployment is
required. The control module also determines
whether other airbag system components
should be deployed: seat belt pretensioners,
inflatable curtains.
Which airbag system components are
deployed depends on a number of factors,
such as the force of the collision and the
angle of impact.