Safety Belt Pretensioners
This vehicle has safety belt pretensioners for front outboard occupants. Although the safety belt pretensioners cannot be seen, they are part of the safety belt assembly. They can help tighten the safety belts during the early stages of a moderate to severe frontal and near frontal crash and will deploy in side, rear and rollover events if the threshold conditions for pretensioner activation are met.
Pretensioners work only once.
If the pretensioners activate in a crash, they will need to be replaced, and probably other new parts for the vehicle's safety belt system.
See Replacing Safety Belt System Parts after a Crash.
See also:
Lower Anchor and Top Tether Anchor Locations
Second Row — 60/40
(Lower Anchor): Seating positions
with two lower anchors.
(Top Tether Anchor): Seating positions
with top tether anchors. For models with 60/40 second row seating, the rea ...
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 occu ...
V-6 Power
The CTS coupe's standard 3.6-liter V-6 moves this two-door smartly enough,
but it doesn't necessarily feel like there's a 304-horsepower engine under the
hood. With a curb weight of around 4,000 p ...