Cadillac DTS 2006 User Manual

2006 Cadillac DTS Owner Manual M

Seats and Restraint Systems ...........................	1-1
Front Seats ...............................................	1-2
Rear Seats ...............................................	1-8
Safety Belts .............................................	1-10
Child Restraints .......................................	1-32
Airbag System .........................................	1-55
Restraint System Check ............................	1-71
Features and Controls .....................................	2-1
Keys ........................................................	2-3
Doors and Locks ......................................	2-10
Windows .................................................	2-15
Theft-Deterrent Systems ............................	2-19
Starting and Operating Your Vehicle ...........	2-23
Mirrors ....................................................	2-35
OnStar® System ......................................	2-43
Universal Home Remote System ................	2-45
Storage Areas .........................................	2-49
Sunroof ..................................................	2-50
Vehicle Personalization .............................	2-51
Instrument Panel .............................................	3-1
Instrument Panel Overview ..........................	3-4
Climate Controls ......................................	3-44
Warning Lights, Gages, and Indicators ........	3-55

Driver Information Center (DIC) ..................	3-71
Audio System(s) .......................................	3-97
Driving Your Vehicle .......................................	4-1
Your Driving, the Road, and Your Vehicle	..... 4-2
Towing ...................................................	4-37
Service and Appearance Care ..........................	5-1
Service .....................................................	5-3
Fuel .........................................................	5-5
Checking Things Under the Hood ...............	5-10
Headlamp Aiming .....................................	5-44
Bulb Replacement ....................................	5-47
Windshield Wiper Blade Replacement .........	5-47
Tires ......................................................	5-49
Appearance Care .....................................	5-83
Vehicle Identification .................................	5-91
Electrical System ......................................	5-92
Capacities and Specifications ...................	5-101
Maintenance Schedule .....................................	6-1
Maintenance Schedule ................................	6-2
Customer Assistance and Information ..............	7-1
Customer Assistance and Information ...........	7-2
Reporting Safety Defects ...........................	7-13
Index ................................................................	1

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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 after that time without 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.

Keep this manual in the vehicle, so it will be there if it is needed while your are on the road. If the vehicle is sold, leave this manual in the vehicle.

Litho in U.S.A.

Part No. 06DTS A First Printing

Canadian Owners

A French language copy of this manual can be obtained from your dealer or from:

Helm, Incorporated

P.O. Box 07130

Detroit, MI 48207

How to Use This Manual

Many people read the owner manual from beginning to end when they first receive their new vehicle. If this

is done, it can help you learn about the features

and controls for the vehicle. Pictures and words work together in the owner manual to explain things.

Index

A good place to quickly locate information about the vehicle is the Index in the back of the manual. It is an alphabetical list of what is in the manual and the page number where it can be found.

© 2005 General Motors Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

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Safety Warnings and Symbols

There are a number of safety cautions in this book. We use a box and the word CAUTION to tell about things that could hurt you if you were to ignore the warning.

{CAUTION:

These mean there is something that could hurt you or other people.

In the caution area, we tell you what the hazard is. Then we tell you what to do to help avoid or reduce the hazard. Please read these cautions. If you do not,

you or others could be hurt.

You will also find a circle with a slash through it in this book. This safety symbol means “Do Not,” “Do Not do this” or “Do Not let this happen.”

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Vehicle Damage Warnings

Also, in this manual you will find these notices:

Notice: These mean there is something that could damage your vehicle.

A notice tells about something that can damage the vehicle. Many times, this damage would not be covered by your vehicle’s warranty, and it could be costly. But the notice will tell 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.

There are also warning labels on the vehicle. They use the same words, CAUTION or NOTICE.

Vehicle Symbols

The vehicle has components and labels that use symbols instead of text. Symbols are shown along with the text describing the operation or information relating to a specific component, control, message, gage, or indicator.

If you need help figuring out a specific name of a component, gage, or indicator, reference the following topics:

•Seats and Restraint Systems in Section 1

•Features and Controls in Section 2

•Instrument Panel Overview in Section 3

•Climate Controls in Section 3

•Warning Lights, Gages, and Indicators in Section 3

•Audio System(s) in Section 3

•Engine Compartment Overview in Section 5

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These are some examples of symbols that may be found on the vehicle:

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NOTES

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Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems

Front Seats ......................................................	1-2
Power Seats ..................................................	1-2
Power Lumbar ...............................................	1-3
Massaging Lumbar .........................................	1-3
Heated and Cooled Seats ................................	1-4
Power Reclining Seatbacks ..............................	1-5
Head Restraints .............................................	1-7
Center Seat ...................................................	1-8
Rear Seats .......................................................	1-8
Heated Seats .................................................	1-8
Rear Seat Pass-Through Door .........................	1-9
Power Lumbar ...............................................	1-9
Safety Belts ...................................................	1-10
Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone ................	1-10
Questions and Answers About Safety Belts ......	1-14
How to Wear Safety Belts Properly .................	1-15
Driver Position ..............................................	1-16
Shoulder Belt Height Adjustment .....................	1-22
Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy ..................	1-23
Right Front Passenger Position .......................	1-23
Center Front Passenger Position .....................	1-24
Rear Seat Passengers ..................................	1-25
Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides ....................	1-28
Safety Belt Pretensioners ...............................	1-31
Safety Belt Extender .....................................	1-31

Child Restraints .............................................	1-32
Older Children ..............................................	1-32
Infants and Young Children ............................	1-35
Child Restraint Systems .................................	1-38
Where to Put the Restraint .............................	1-42
Lower Anchors and Tethers for
Children (LATCH) ......................................	1-43
Securing a Child Restraint in a Rear
Seat Position ............................................	1-49
Securing a Child Restraint in the Center
Front Seat Position ....................................	1-51
Securing a Child Restraint in the Right
Front Seat Position ....................................	1-52
Airbag System ...............................................	1-55
Where Are the Airbags? ................................	1-58
When Should an Airbag Inflate? .....................	1-61
What Makes an Airbag Inflate? .......................	1-63
How Does an Airbag Restrain? .......................	1-63
What Will You See After an Airbag Inflates? .....	1-64
Passenger Sensing System ............................	1-65
Servicing Your Airbag-Equipped Vehicle ...........	1-70
Adding Equipment to Your Airbag-Equipped
Vehicle ....................................................	1-70
Restraint System Check ..................................	1-71
Checking the Restraint Systems ......................	1-71
Replacing Restraint System Parts
After a Crash ............................................	1-72
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Front Seats

Power Seats

The power seat controls are located on the outboard side of the front seats.

Horizontal Power

Control

•Move the front of the control up or down to adjust the front portion of the cushion.

•Move the rear of the control up or down to adjust the rear portion of the cushion.

•Slide the control forward or rearward to move the entire seat forward or rearward.

Your vehicle also has power reclining seatbacks. See Power Reclining Seatbacks on page 1-5.

Power Recline Control

If your vehicle has the memory feature, you can program and recall memory settings for seat positions. See Memory Seat, Mirrors and Steering Wheel on page 2-51.

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Power Lumbar

Massaging Lumbar

The power lumbar controls are located on the outboard side of the front seats behind the power seat controls.

If your vehicle has this feature, the switch is located on the outboard side of the front seats behind the lumbar switch. Press the switch to

turn the massaging lumbar feature on. The ignition must be on.

Press the lumbar control forward to increase support and rearward to decrease support. Press the control up or down to raise or lower the support mechanism.

The ignition does not need to be on for the power lumbar feature to work.

Keep in mind that as your seating position changes, as it may during long trips, so should the position of

your lumbar support. Adjust the seat as needed.

The massage cycle will run continuously for up to 10 minutes. To stop massage, press the massaging

lumbar switch again, or press the power lumbar switch.

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Heated and Cooled Seats

Your vehicle may have heated and cooled front seats.

To operate the heated or cooled seats, the ignition must be on.

The buttons are located on the front doors forward of the door handle.

Driver’s Side Buttons

Shown, Passenger’s

Side Buttons Similar

I (Heated Seatback): Press this button to turn on the heated seatback.

H(Cooled Seat): Press this button to turn on the cooled seat.

J(Heated Seat and Seatback): Press this button to turn on the heated seat and seatback.

Press the button to turn on the desired feature. A light on that button will display to show which feature is on.

There are three temperature settings for each feature. A column of three lights next to the buttons will display which setting the feature is in: high, medium or

low. Three lights indicate the highest setting, two lights for medium and one light for the lowest setting.

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When you press a button, the feature will turn on at the highest setting. Each time you press the button, the feature will go down one temperature setting.

To turn the feature off, keep pressing the button until the display lights turn off.

If your vehicle has remote vehicle start and is started using the remote keyless entry transmitter, the front heated seats will be turned on to the high setting if it is cold outside. See “Remote Vehicle Start” under

Remote Keyless Entry System Operation on page 2-5. When the key is inserted into the ignition and the ignition is turned on, the heated seat feature will turn off. To turn the heated seat feature back on, press the desired button.

Power Reclining Seatbacks

The controls for the power reclining seatbacks are on the outboard side of the front seats behind the power seat controls.

Press the control rearward to recline the seatback. Press the control forward to raise the seatback.

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Do not have a seatback reclined if your vehicle is moving.

{CAUTION:

Sitting in a reclined position when your vehicle is in motion can be dangerous. Even if you buckle up, your safety belts cannot do their job when you are reclined like this.

The shoulder belt cannot do its job because it will not be against your body. Instead, it will be in front of you. In a crash, you could go into it, receiving neck or other injuries.

The lap belt cannot do its job either. In a crash, the belt could go up over your abdomen. The belt forces would be there, not at your pelvic bones. This could cause serious internal injuries.

For proper protection when the vehicle is in motion, have the seatback upright. Then sit well back in the seat and wear your safety belt properly.

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Head Restraints

The front head restraints lock into place when raised. To release a front head restraint and lower it, press the button located at the base of the restraint.

Adjust your head restraint so that the top of the restraint is closest to the top of your head. This position

reduces the chance of a neck injury in a crash.

The front and rear head restraints may be able to be tilted forward and rearward, in addition to being moved up and down.

The rear head restraints may also be adjustable up and down. They do not have a release button to lower them.

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Center Seat

Your vehicle may have a front center seat. This seat can be converted to a storage area by lowering

the seatback. See Center Flex Storage Unit on page 2-50.

For information on safety belts for this position, see

Center Front Passenger Position on page 1-24.

Rear Seats

Heated Seats

Your vehicle may have heated rear seats.

To operate the rear heated seats, the ignition must be on.

The buttons are located on the rear doors.

I (Heated Seatback): Press this button to turn on the heated seatback.

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J (Heated Seat and Seatback): Press this button to turn on the heated seat and seatback.

Press the button to turn on the desired feature. A light on that button will display to show which feature is on.

There are three temperature settings for each feature. A column of three lights next to the buttons will display which setting the feature is in: high, medium or

low. Three lights indicate the highest setting, two lights for medium and one light for the lowest setting.

When you press a button, the feature will turn on at the highest setting. Each time you press the button, the feature will go down one temperature setting.

To turn the feature off, keep pressing the button until the display lights turn off.

Rear Seat Pass-Through Door

Your vehicle has a pass-through door that provides access to the trunk from the rear seats. See “Rear Seat Pass-Through Door” under Trunk on page 2-13.

Power Lumbar

Your vehicle may be equipped with four-way lumbar support, without the massage feature, for the outboard rear seat positions.

The rear lumbar support controls are located on the rear doors forward of

the heated seat buttons.

To turn on the lumbar support feature, press forward on the control to increase support or rearward to decrease support. The lumbar control can also be moved up

and down to adjust the location of the support.

The ignition does not need to be on for the power lumbar feature to work.

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Safety Belts

Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone

This part of the manual tells you how to use safety belts properly. It also tells you some things you should not do with safety belts.

{CAUTION:

Do not let anyone ride where he or she cannot wear a safety belt properly. If you are in a crash and you are not wearing a safety belt, your injuries can be much worse. You can hit things inside the vehicle or be ejected from it. You can be seriously injured or killed. In the same crash, you might not be, if you are buckled up. Always fasten your safety belt, and check that your passengers’ belts are fastened properly too.

{CAUTION:

It is extremely dangerous to ride in a cargo area, inside or outside of a vehicle. In a collision, people riding in these areas are more likely to be seriously injured or killed. Do not allow people to ride in any area of your vehicle that is not equipped with seats and safety belts. Be sure everyone in your vehicle is in a seat and using a safety belt properly.

Your vehicle has indicators to remind you and your passengers to buckle your safety belts. See Safety Belt Reminder Light on page 3-57 and Passenger Safety Belt Reminder Light on page 3-58.

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In most states and in all Canadian provinces, the law says to wear safety belts. Here is why: They work.

You never know if you will be in a crash. If you do have a crash, you do not know if it will be a bad one.

A few crashes are mild, and some crashes can be so serious that even buckled up, a person would not survive. But most crashes are in between. In many of them, people who buckle up can survive and sometimes walk away. Without belts they could have been badly hurt or killed.

After more than 30 years of safety belts in vehicles, the facts are clear. In most crashes buckling up does matter...a lot!

Why Safety Belts Work

When you ride in or on anything, you go as fast as it goes.

Take the simplest vehicle. Suppose it is just a seat on wheels.

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Put someone on it.	Get it up to speed. Then stop the vehicle. The rider
	does not stop.

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The person keeps going until stopped by something. In	or the instrument panel...
a real vehicle, it could be the windshield...

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or the safety belts!

With safety belts, you slow down as the vehicle does. You get more time to stop. You stop over more distance, and your strongest bones take the forces. That is why safety belts make such good sense.

Questions and Answers About

Safety Belts

Q: Will I be trapped in the vehicle after an accident if I am wearing a safety belt?

A: You could be — whether you are wearing a safety belt or not. But you can unbuckle a safety belt, even if you are upside down. And your chance of being conscious during and after an accident,

so you can unbuckle and get out, is much greater if you are belted.

Q: If my vehicle has airbags, why should I have to wear safety belts?

A: Airbags are in many vehicles today and will be in most of them in the future. But they are supplemental systems only; so they work with safety belts — not instead of them. Every airbag system ever offered for sale has required the use of safety belts. Even if you are in a vehicle that has airbags, you still have to buckle up to get the most protection. That is true not only in frontal collisions, but especially in side and other collisions.

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Q: If I am a good driver, and I never drive far from home, why should I wear safety belts?

A: You may be an excellent driver, but if you are in an accident — even one that is not your fault — you and your passengers can be hurt. Being a good driver does not protect you from things beyond your control, such as bad drivers.

Most accidents occur within 25 miles (40 km) of home. And the greatest number of serious

injuries and deaths occur at speeds of less than 40 mph (65 km/h).

Safety belts are for everyone.

How to Wear Safety Belts Properly

This part 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 vehicle, see Older Children on page 1-32 or Infants and Young Children on page 1-35. Follow those rules for everyone’s protection.

First, you will want to know which restraint systems your vehicle has.

We will start with the driver position.

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Driver Position

Lap-Shoulder Belt

The driver has a lap-shoulder belt. Here is how to wear it properly.

1.Close and lock the door.

2.Adjust the seat so you can sit up straight. To see how, see “Seats” in the Index.

3.Pick up the latch plate and pull the belt across you. Do not let it get twisted.

The shoulder belt may lock if you pull the belt across you very quickly. If this happens, let the belt go back slightly to unlock it. Then pull the belt across you more slowly.

4.Push the latch plate into the buckle until it clicks.

Be sure to use the correct buckle when buckling your lap-shoulder belt. If you find that the latch plate will not go fully into the buckle, see if you are

using the buckle for the center passenger position.

Pull up on the latch plate to make sure it is secure. If the belt is not long enough, see Safety Belt Extender on page 1-31.

Make sure the release button on the buckle is positioned so you would be able to unbuckle the safety belt quickly if you ever had to.

5.Move the shoulder belt height adjuster to the height that is right for you. See Shoulder Belt Height Adjustment on page 1-22.

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6.To make the lap part tight, pull up on the shoulder belt.

The lap part of the belt should be worn low and snug on the hips, just touching the thighs. In a crash, this applies force to the strong pelvic bones. And you would be less likely to slide under the lap belt. If you slid under it, the belt would apply force at your abdomen. This could cause serious or even fatal injuries. The shoulder belt should go over the shoulder and across the chest. These parts of the body are best able to take belt restraining forces.

The safety belt locks if there is a sudden stop or crash, or if you pull the safety belt very quickly out of the retractor.

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Q: What is wrong with this?

A: The shoulder belt is too loose. It will not give nearly as much protection this way.

{CAUTION:

You can be seriously hurt if your shoulder belt is too loose. In a crash, you would move forward too much, which could increase injury. The shoulder belt should fit against your body.

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Q: What is wrong with this?

A: The belt is buckled in the wrong place.

{CAUTION:

You can be seriously injured if your belt is buckled in the wrong place like this. In a crash, the belt would go up over your abdomen. The belt forces would be there, not at the pelvic bones. This could cause serious internal injuries. Always buckle your belt into the buckle nearest you.

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Q: What is wrong with this?

A: The shoulder belt is worn under the arm. It should be worn over the shoulder at all times.

{CAUTION:

You can be seriously injured if you wear the shoulder belt under your arm. In a crash, your body would move too far forward, which would increase the chance of head and neck injury. Also, the belt would apply too much force to the ribs, which are not as strong as shoulder bones. You could also severely injure internal organs like your liver or spleen.

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Q: What is wrong with this?

A: The belt is twisted across the body.

{CAUTION:

You can be seriously injured by a twisted belt. In a crash, you would not have the full width of the belt to spread impact forces. If a belt is twisted, make it straight so it can work properly, or ask your dealer to fix it.

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To unlatch the belt, just push the button on the buckle. The belt should go back out of the way.

Before you close the door, be sure the belt is out of the way. If you slam the door on it, you can damage

both the belt and your vehicle.

Shoulder Belt Height Adjustment

Before you begin to drive, move the shoulder belt height adjuster to the height that is right for you.

Adjust the height so that the shoulder portion of the belt is centered on your shoulder. The belt should be away from your face and neck, but not falling off your shoulder.

To move it down, press the release button (A) and move the height adjuster to the desired position. You can move the height adjuster up just by pushing up on the shoulder belt guide.

After you move the height adjuster to where you want it, try to move it down without pressing the release

button to make sure it has locked into position.

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Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy

Safety belts work for everyone, including pregnant women. Like all occupants, they are more likely to be seriously injured if they do not wear safety belts.

A pregnant woman should wear a lap-shoulder belt, and the lap portion should be worn as low as possible, below the rounding, throughout the pregnancy.

The best way to protect the fetus is to protect the mother. When a safety belt is worn properly, it is more likely that the fetus will not be hurt in a crash. For pregnant women, as for anyone, the key to making safety belts effective is wearing them properly.

Right Front Passenger Position

To learn how to wear the right front passenger’s safety belt properly, see Driver Position on page 1-16.

The right front passenger’s safety belt works the same way as the driver’s safety belt — except for one

thing. If you ever pull the shoulder portion of the belt out all the way, you will engage the child restraint locking feature. If this happens, just let the belt go back all

the way and start again.

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Center Front Passenger Position

Lap Belt

If your vehicle has a front bench seat, someone can sit in the center position.

When you sit in the center front seating position, you have a lap safety belt, which has no retractor. To make the belt longer, tilt the latch plate and pull it along

the belt.

To make the belt shorter, pull its free end as shown until the belt is snug.

Buckle, position and release it the same way as the lap part of a lap-shoulder belt. If the belt is not long enough, see Safety Belt Extender on page 1-31.

Make sure the release button on the buckle is positioned so you would be able to unbuckle the safety belt

quickly if you ever had to.

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