Cadillac 2011 STS Owner's Manual

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Black plate (54,1)Cadillac STS Owner Manual - 2011A label on the sun visor says, “Never put a rear-facingchild seat in the front.” This is because the risk to therear-facing child is so great, if the airbag deploys.{ WARNING:A child in a rear-facing child restraint can beseriously injured or killed if the right frontpassenger airbag inflates. This is because theback of the rear-facing child restraint would bevery close to the inflating airbag. A child in aforward-facing child restraint can be seriouslyinjured or killed if the right front passenger airbaginflates and the passenger seat is in a forwardposition.Even if the passenger sensing system has turnedoff the right front passenger frontal airbag, nosystem is fail-safe. No one can guarantee that anairbag will not deploy under some unusualcircumstance, even though it is turned off.(Continued)WARNING: (Continued)Secure rear-facing child restraints in a rearseat, even if the airbag is off. If you secure aforward-facing child restraint in the right front seat,always move the front passenger seat as far backas it will go. It is better to secure the child restraintin a rear seat.See Passenger Sensing System on page 2‑66for additional information.If the child restraint has the LATCH system, seeLower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH) onpage 2‑45 for how and where to install the childrestraint using LATCH. If a child restraint is securedusing a safety belt and it uses a top tether, see LowerAnchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH) onpage 2‑45 for top tether anchor locations.Do not secure a child seat in a position without a toptether anchor if a national or local law requires that thetop tether be anchored, or if the instructions that comewith the child restraint say that the top strap must beanchored.2-54