Saab 9-5 2011 Owner's Manual page 70

Securing the Child Within the Child
Restraint
9 Warning
A child could be seriously injured
or killed in a collision if not properly
secured in a child restraint. Secure
the child properly following the in‐
structions that came with that child
restraint.
Where to Put the Restraint
According to accident statistics, chil‐
dren and infants are safer when prop‐
erly restrained in a child restraint sys‐
tem or infant restraint system secured
in a rear seating position.
We recommend that children and
child restraints be secured in a rear
seat, including: an infant or a child rid‐
ing in a rear-facing child restraint;
a child riding in a forward-facing child
seat; an older child riding in a booster
seat; and children, who are large
enough, using safety belts.
A label on your sun visor says, "Never
put a rear-facing child seat in the
front." This is because the risk to the
rear-facing child is so great if the air‐
bag deploys.
Seats, restraints
9 Warning
A child in a rear-facing child re‐
straint can be seriously injured or
killed if the right front passenger
airbag is deployed. This is be‐
cause 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 is de‐
ployed and the passenger seat is
slid forward.
Even if the Passenger Sensing
System has deactivated the right
front passenger frontal airbag, no
system is fail-safe. No one can
guarantee that an airbag will not
deploy under some unusual cir‐
cumstance, even though it is de‐
activated.
Secure rear-facing child restraints
in a rear seat, even if the airbag is
deactivated. If you must secure
a forward-facing child restraint in
the right front seat, always slide
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