Cadillac 2005 CTS Owner's Manual page 65

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CAUTION:
A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be
seriously injured or killed if the right front
passenger's airbag inflates. This is because
the back of the rear-facing child restraint
would be very close to the inflating airbag.
Even though the passenger sensing system is
designed to turn off the passenger's frontal
airbag if the system detects a rear-facing
child restraint, no system is fail-safe, and no
one can guarantee that an airbag will not
deploy under some unusual circumstance,
even though it is turned off. General Motors
recommends that rear-facing child restraints
be secured in the rear seat, even if the
airbag is off.
The passenger sensing system is designed to turn off
the right front passenger's frontal airbag if:
•
the right front passenger seat is unoccupied
•
the system determines that an infant is present in
a rear-facing infant seat
•
the system determines that a small child is present
in a forward-facing child restraint
•
the system determines that a small child is present
in a booster seat
•
a right front passenger takes his/her weight off of
the seat for a period of time
•
the right front passenger seat is occupied by a
smaller person, such as a child who has outgrown
child restraints
•
or if there is a critical problem with the airbag
system or the passenger sensing system.
When the passenger sensing system has turned off
the passenger's frontal airbag, the off indicator in
the rearview mirror will light and stay lit to remind you
that the airbag is off. See Passenger Airbag Status
Indicator on page 3-40 .
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