1999 Cadillac Catera Owner's Manual
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yellowblue The 1999 Cadillac Catera Owner’s Manual 1-1 Seats and Restraint Systems This section tells you how to use your seats and safety belts properly. It also explains the air bag system. 2-1 Features and Controls This section explains how to start and operate your vehicle. 3-1 Comfort Controls and Audio Systems This section tells you how to adjust the ventilation and comfort controls and how to operate your audio system. 4-1 Your Driving and the Road Here you’ll find helpful information and tips about the road and how to drive under different conditions. 5-1 Problems on the Road This section tells you what to do if you have a problem while driving, such as a flat tire or overheated engine, etc. 6-1 Service and Appearance Care Here the manual tells you how to keep your vehicle running properly and looking good. 7-1 Customer Assistance Information This section tells you how to contact Cadillac for assistance and how to get service and owner publications. It also gives you information on “Reporting Safety Defects” on page 7-10. 8-1 Index Here’s an alphabetical listing of almost every subject in this manual. You can use it to quickly find something you want to read. i yellowblue We support voluntary technician certification. GENERAL MOTORS, GM and the GM Emblem, CADILLAC and the CADILLAC Crest & Wreath are registered trademarks of General Motors Corporation. This manual includes the latest information at the time it was printed. We reserve the right to make changes in the product after that time without further notice. For vehicles first sold in Canada, substitute the name “General Motors of Canada Limited” for Cadillac Motor Car Division whenever it appears in this manual. For Canadian Owners Who Prefer a Please keep this manual in your vehicle, so it will be French Language Manual: there if you ever need it when you’re on the road. If you Aux propriétaires canadiens: Vous pouvez vous sell the vehicle, please leave this manual in it so the new owner can use it. procurer un exemplaire de ce guide en français chez votre concessionaire ou au: DGN Marketing Services Ltd. 1577 Meyerside Dr. Mississauga, Ontario L5T 1B9 Litho in U.S.A. ECopyright General Motors Corporation 1998 Part No. 10407711 B First Edition All Rights Reserved ii yellowblue iii yellowblue iv yellowblue How to Use this Manual Many people read their owner’s manual from beginning CAUTION: to end when they first receive their new vehicle. If you do this, it will help you learn about the features and These mean there is something that could hurt controls for your vehicle. In this manual, you’ll find you or other people. that pictures and words work together to explain things quickly. In the caution area, we tell you what the hazard is. Then Index we tell you what to do to help avoid or reduce the hazard. Please read these cautions. If you don’t, you or A good place to look for what you need is the Index in others could be hurt. back of the manual. It’s an alphabetical list of what’s in the manual, and the page number where you’ll find it. You will also find a circle Safety Warnings and Symbols with a slash through it in this book. This safety You will find a number of safety cautions in this book. symbol means “Don’t,” We use a box and the word CAUTION to tell you “Don’t do this” or “Don’t about things that could hurt you if you were to ignore let this happen.” the warning. v yellowblue Vehicle Damage Warnings In the notice area, we tell you about something that can damage your vehicle. Many times, this damage would Also, in this book you will find these notices: not be covered by your warranty, and it could be costly. But the notice will tell you what to do to help avoid NOTICE: the damage. When you read other manuals, you might see These mean there is something that could CAUTION and NOTICE warnings in different colors or in different words. damage your vehicle. You’ll also see warning labels on your vehicle. They use the same words, CAUTION or NOTICE. vi yellowblue Vehicle Symbols These are some of the symbols you may find on your vehicle. For example, These symbols These symbols These symbols These symbols Here are some these symbols are important have to do with are on some of are used on other symbols are used on an for you and your lamps: your controls: warning and you may see: original battery: your passengers indicator lights: whenever your vehicle is MASTER WINDSHIELD CAUTION driven: LIGHTING WIPER POSSIBLE SWITCH ENGINE FUSE INJURY COOLANT TEMP DOOR LOCK TURN PROTECT WINDSHIELD UNLOCK SIGNALS EYES BY WASHER BATTERY LIGHTER SHIELDING CHARGING PARKING SYSTEM CAUSTIC LAMPS WINDSHIELD BATTERY FASTEN HORN DEFROSTER ACID COULD SEAT BRAKE CAUSE BELTS HAZARD BURNS WARNING FLASHER REAR COOLANT SPEAKER AVOID WINDOW SPARKS OR POWER DEFOGGER FLAMES DAYTIME WINDOW RUNNING ENGINE OIL LAMPS PRESSURE FUEL SPARK OR FLAME VENTILATING COULD FAN EXPLODE AIR BAG FOG LAMPS ANTI-LOCK BATTERY BRAKES vii yellowblue ✍ NOTES viii yellowblue Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems Here you’ll find information about the seats in your vehicle and how to use your safety belts properly. You can also learn about some things you should not do with air bags and safety belts. 1-2 Seats and Seat Controls 1-32 Safety Belt Pretensioners 1-10 Safety Belts: They’re for Everyone 1-32 Rear Seat Passengers 1-15 Here are Questions Many People Ask About 1-36 Children Safety Belts -- and the Answers 1-39 Child Restraints 1-16 How to Wear Safety Belts Properly 1-49 Larger Children 1-16 Driver Position 1-52 Safety Belt Extender 1-23 Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy 1-52 Checking Your Restraint Systems 1-24 Right Front Passenger Position 1-53 Replacing Restraint System Parts After 1-24 Air Bag Systems a Crash 1- 1-1 yellowblue Seats and Seat Controls Keep in mind that as your seating position changes, as it may during long trips, so should the position of the This section tells you about the seats -- how to adjust lumbar support. Adjust the seat as needed. them, and also about reclining front seatbacks, lumbar adjustments, heated seats and head restraints. Power Seats Manual Lumbar Support The lumbar control is located on the side of each front seatback closest to the door. The control provides additional support to your lower back and works independently of other seat controls. The power seat controls are located on the side of the front seat cushions closest to the door. D Lift up or push down on the front of the control to adjust the front portion of the cushion up or down. Use the seat controls first to get the proper seating position. Then proceed with the lumbar adjustment. D Move the rear of the control up or down to adjust the rear portion of the cushion. The upper and lower seatback can be adjusted using the D small hand-wheel control. Turn the control forward to To adjust the seat height, lift up or push down on the increase support and rearward to decrease support. center of the control. D To move the seat forward or rearward, slide the control in the desired direction. 1-2 yellowblue Memory Seat and Mirrors If a failure in the power supply system occurs, the power seats can be manually adjusted by inserting the crank These buttons are located on the side of the driver’s seat handle into the slot located below the seat cushion, as closest to the door. They are used to program and recall shown in the above illustration. Turn the crank handle your desired memory settings. clockwise until you’ve reached your desired seating position. To begin, adjust the driver’s seat to a comfortable position. Also adjust the interior and exterior mirrors. Note: Manually moving the seat requires turning the Press memory button “M” and memory button “1” at the crank handle many times. same time and hold for five seconds. The crank handle is provided in the tool kit located in Seat and mirror positions may be programmed for the trunk. To access, pull the red handle on the two additional drivers by repeating the above steps and passenger’s side of the trunk. pressing memory button “2” or “3” instead of memory button “1.” 1-3 yellowblue If your vehicle is in PARK (P), you can recall mirror and A telltale light in the button reminds you that the heating seating positions by pressing and holding one of the system is in use. The heated seats can only be used when three memory buttons. This will adjust the seat and the ignition is turned on. The heating system shuts off mirrors to where you have previously programmed automatically when the ignition is turned off. them. Seat and mirror movement is immediately stopped if the memory button is released or if a seat or mirror Reclining Front Seatbacks control is moved. The power control is Also note that if you try to adjust the driver’s memory located on the side of each seat and it doesn’t move, try opening and closing the front seatback closest to the driver’s door. This will re-activate power to the driver’s door. Press the control seat as power to the driver’s seat “times out” after forward or rearward to 30 seconds.