Cadillac SRX 2010 Owner's Manual page 87

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WARNING
A child in a rear-facing child
restraint can be seriously injured
or killed if the right front
passenger airbag inflates. This is
because the back of the
rear-facing child restraint would
be very close to the inflating
airbag. A child in a forward-facing
child restraint can be seriously
injured or killed if the right front
passenger airbag inflates and the
passenger seat is in a forward
position.
Even if the airbag switch has
turned off the right front
passenger frontal airbag, no
system is fail-safe. No one can
guarantee that an airbag will not
deploy under some unusual
circumstance, even though it is
turned off.
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WARNING (Continued)
Secure rear-facing child restraints
in a rear seat, even if the airbag is
off. If you secure a forward-facing
child restraint in the right front
seat, always move the front
passenger seat as far back as it
will go. It is better to secure the
child restraint in a rear seat.
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WARNING
If the airbag readiness light ever
comes on and stays on, it means
that something may be wrong with
the airbag system. For example,
the right front passenger airbag
could inflate even though the
airbag on-off switch is turned off.
To help avoid injury to yourself or
others, have the vehicle serviced
right away. See Airbag Readiness
Light on page 4-18 for more
information, including important
safety information.
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If the vehicle does not have a rear
seat that will accommodate a
rear-facing child restraint, a
rear-facing child restraint should not
be installed in the vehicle, even if the
airbag is off.
If the child restraint has the LATCH
system, see Lower Anchors and
Tethers for Children (LATCH System)
on page 2-48 for how and where to
install the child restraint using
LATCH. If a child restraint is secured
using a safety belt and it uses a top
tether, see Lower Anchors and
Tethers for Children (LATCH System)
on page 2-48 for top tether anchor
locations.
Do not secure a child seat in a
position without a top tether anchor if
a national or local law requires that
the top tether be anchored, or if the
instructions that come with the child
restraint say that the top strap must
be anchored.