Cadillac DTS 2007 Owner's manual

Seats and Restraint Systems

....................... 7

Front Seats

.............................................. 9

Rear Seats

............................................. 16

Safety Belts

............................................ 18

Child Restraints

...................................... 40

Airbag System

........................................ 66

Restraint System Check

......................... 84

Features and Controls

................................ 87

Keys

....................................................... 89

Doors and Locks

.................................... 98

Windows

............................................... 104

Theft-Deterrent Systems

....................... 108

Starting and Operating Your Vehicle

....... 113

Mirrors

.................................................. 128

OnStar

®

System

................................... 135

Universal Home Remote System

.......... 139

Storage Areas

...................................... 150

Sunroof

................................................ 152

Instrument Panel

....................................... 153

Instrument Panel Overview

................... 156

Climate Controls

................................... 204

Warning Lights, Gages, and

Indicators

.......................................... 215

Driver Information Center (DIC)

............ 233

Audio System(s)

................................... 261

Driving Your Vehicle

................................. 295

Your Driving, the Road, and

Your Vehicle

..................................... 296

Towing

................................................. 334

2007 Cadillac DTS Owner Manual M

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Service and Appearance Care

.................. 345

Service

................................................. 347

Fuel

...................................................... 349

Checking Things Under the Hood

......... 354

Headlamp Aiming

................................. 389

Bulb Replacement

................................ 392

Windshield Wiper Blade

Replacement

..................................... 392

Tires

..................................................... 394

Appearance Care

.................................. 431

Vehicle Identiﬁcation

............................. 441

Electrical System

.................................. 442

Capacities and Speciﬁcations

................ 452

Maintenance Schedule

.............................. 453

Maintenance Schedule

.......................... 454

Customer Assistance Information

............. 473

Customer Assistance and

Information

........................................ 474

Reporting Safety Defects

...................... 489

Index

........................................................... 493

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GENERAL MOTORS, GM, the GM Emblem,

CADILLAC, the CADILLAC Crest & Wreath, and

the name DTS 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.

This manual describes features that may be

available in this model, but your vehicle may not

have all of them. For example, more than one

entertainment system may be offered or your

vehicle may have been ordered without a front

passenger or rear seats.

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.

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.

Litho in U.S.A.

Part No. 15870507 A First Printing

©

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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.

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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Front Seats ..................................................... 9

Power Seats ................................................. 9

Power Lumbar .............................................. 9

Massaging Lumbar ...................................... 10

Heated and Cooled Seats ........................... 10

Memory Seat, Mirrors and Steering Wheel ..... 11

Power Reclining Seatbacks ......................... 13

Head Restraints .......................................... 15

Center Seat ................................................ 16

Rear Seats .................................................... 16

Heated Seats .............................................. 16

Rear Seat Pass-Through Door .................... 17

Power Lumbar ............................................. 17

Safety Belts .................................................. 18

Safety Belts: They Are for Everyone ........... 18

Questions and Answers About

Safety Belts ............................................. 22

How to Wear Safety Belts Properly ............. 23

Driver Position ............................................. 24

Shoulder Belt Height Adjustment ................. 31

Safety Belt Use During Pregnancy .............. 32

Right Front Passenger Position ................... 32

Center Front Passenger Position ................. 33

Rear Seat Passengers ................................ 34

Rear Safety Belt Comfort Guides ................ 37

Safety Belt Pretensioners ............................ 39

Safety Belt Extender ................................... 39

Child Restraints ............................................ 40

Older Children ............................................. 40

Infants and Young Children ......................... 43

Child Restraint Systems .............................. 47

Where to Put the Restraint .......................... 51

Lower Anchors and Tethers for

Children (LATCH) .................................... 53

Securing a Child Restraint in

a Rear Seat Position ............................... 60

Securing a Child Restraint in

the Center Front Seat Position ................. 62

Securing a Child Restraint in

the Right Front Seat Position ................... 62

Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems

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Airbag System .............................................. 66

Where Are the Airbags? .............................. 69

When Should an Airbag Inﬂate? .................. 73

What Makes an Airbag Inﬂate? ................... 75

How Does an Airbag Restrain? ................... 75

What Will You See After an

Airbag Inﬂates? ........................................ 76

Passenger Sensing System ......................... 77

Servicing Your Airbag-Equipped Vehicle ...... 82

Adding Equipment to Your

Airbag-Equipped Vehicle .......................... 83

Restraint System Check ............................... 84

Checking the Restraint Systems .................. 84

Replacing Restraint System

Parts After a Crash .................................. 85

Section 1 Seats and Restraint Systems

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Front Seats

Power Seats

The power seat

controls are located

on the outboard side

of the seats.

• Move the seat forward or rearward by sliding

the control forward or rearward.

• Raise or lower the front part of the seat cushion

by moving the front of the control up or down.

• Raise or lower the rear part of the seat cushion

by moving the rear of the control up or down.

The front seats also have power reclining

seatbacks. See Power Reclining Seatbacks on

page 13.

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 11.

Power Lumbar

The power lumbar

controls are located on

the outboard side of

the front seats behind

the power seat controls.

Press the lumbar control forward to increase

support and rearward to decrease support.

Press the top or bottom of the control 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.

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Massaging Lumbar

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.

The massage cycle will run for up to 10 minutes.

To stop massage, press the massaging lumbar

switch again, or press the power lumbar switch.

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.

I (Heated Seatback): Press this button to turn

on the heated seatback.

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

cooled seat.

Driver’s Side Buttons

Shown, Passenger’s

Side Buttons Similar

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J (Heated Seat and Seatback): Press this

button to turn on the heated seat and seatback.

Press a 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.

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 (RKE) System

Operation on page 92. 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.

Memory Seat, Mirrors and

Steering Wheel

Your vehicle may have the memory package.

The controls for this feature are located on the

driver’s door panel, and are used to program and

recall memory settings for the driver’s seat, outside

mirror, and the steering wheel position if the vehicle

has the power tilt wheel and telescopic steering

feature.

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To save your positions in memory, do the

following:

1. Adjust the driver’s seat, including the seatback

recliner and lumbar, both outside mirrors, and

the steering wheel to a comfortable position.

2. Press and hold button 1 until two beeps sound

through the driver’s side front speaker to let

you know that the position has been stored.

A second seating, mirror, and steering wheel

position can be programmed by repeating

the above steps and pressing button 2 for a

second driver.

To recall your memory positions, the vehicle must

be in PARK (P). Press and release either button 1

or button 2 corresponding to the desired driving

position. The seat, outside mirrors, and steering

wheel will move to the position previously stored for

the identiﬁed driver. You will hear a single beep.

If you use the remote keyless entry transmitter to

enter your vehicle and the remote recall memory

feature is on, automatic seat and mirror movement

will occur. See “MEMORY SEAT RECALL”

under DIC Vehicle Customization on page 252

for more information.

To stop recall movement of the memory feature at

any time, press one of the power seat controls,

memory buttons, power tilt wheel control, or power

mirror buttons.

If something has blocked the driver’s seat and/or

the steering column while recalling a memory

position, the driver’s seat and/or the steering

column recall may stop. If this happens remove

the obstruction, then press the appropriate control

for the area that is not recalling for two seconds.

Try recalling the memory position again by

pressing the appropriate memory button.

If the memory position is still not recalling,

see your dealer for service.

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Easy Exit Seat

The control for this feature is located on the

driver’s door panel between buttons 1 and 2.

With the vehicle in PARK (P), the exit position can

be recalled by pressing the exit button. You will

hear a single beep. The driver’s seat will move

back, and if the vehicle has the power tilt wheel and

telescopic steering feature, the power telescopic

steering column will move up and forward.

If the easy exit seat feature is on in the DIC,

automatic seat and power telescopic steering

column movement will occur when the key

is removed from the ignition. See “EASY EXIT

SEAT” under DIC Vehicle Customization on

page 252 for more information.

Further programming for automatic seat and

steering wheel movement can be done using the

Driver Information Center (DIC). You can select

or not select the following:

• The easy exit seat feature

• The memory seat recall feature

For programming information, see DIC Vehicle

Customization on page 252.

Power Reclining Seatbacks

Your seats have power

reclining seatbacks. Use

the vertical power seat

control located on the

outboard side of the

seat to operate them.

• To recline the seatback, press the control

toward the rear of the vehicle.

• To raise the seatback, press the control toward

the front of the vehicle.

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{CAUTION:

Sitting in a reclined position when your

vehicle is in motion can be dangerous.

Even if you buckle up, your safety belts

CAUTION: (Continued)

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.

Do not have a seatback reclined if your vehicle is

moving.

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Head Restraints

Adjust the head restraint so that the top of the

restraint is at the same height as the top of

the occupant’s head. This position reduces

the chance of a neck injury in a crash.

The height of all the head restraints can be

adjusted.

To raise a front seat

head restraint, pull up on

the restraint. To lower it,

press the button, located

on the top of the

seatback, and push the

head restraint down.

To adjust the height of a rear seat head restraint,

pull up or push down on the restraint.

The front seat head restraints can also tilt forward

and rearward. The rear seat head restraints do

not tilt.

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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 151.

For information on safety belts for this position,

see Center Front Passenger Position on page 33.

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.

J (Heated Seat and Seatback): Press this

button to turn on the heated seat and seatback.

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Press a 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 102.

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 in front of

the heated seat buttons.

To turn on the lumbar support feature, press the

front of 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 218

and Passenger Safety Belt Reminder Light

on page 218.

In most states and in all Canadian provinces,

the law says to wear safety belts. Here is

why: They work.

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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 40 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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