Cadillac 2012 CTS Owner's Manual

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Black plate (52,1)Cadillac CTS/CTS-V Owner Manual (Include Mex) - 20123-52 Seats and RestraintsSecuring Child Restraints(Front Passenger Seat)This vehicle has airbags. A rearseat is a safer place to secure aforward-facing child restraint. SeeWhere to Put the Restraint onpage 3‑41In addition, the vehicle has apassenger sensing system which isdesigned to turn off the frontpassenger frontal airbag undercertain conditions. See PassengerSensing System on page 3‑27 andPassenger Airbag Status Indicatoron page 5‑18 for more information,including important safetyinformation.A label on the sun visor says,“Never put a rear-facing child seat inthe front.” This is because the risk tothe rear-facing child is so great,if the airbag deploys.{ WARNINGA child in a rear-facing childrestraint can be seriously injuredor killed if the front passengerairbag inflates. This is becausethe back of the rear-facing childrestraint would be very close tothe inflating airbag. A child in aforward-facing child restraint canbe seriously injured or killed if thefront passenger airbag inflatesand the passenger seat is in aforward position.Even if the passenger sensingsystem has turned off the frontpassenger frontal airbag, nosystem is fail-safe. No one canguarantee that an airbag will not(Continued)WARNING (Continued)deploy under some unusualcircumstance, even though it isturned off.Secure rear-facing child restraintsin a rear seat, even if the airbagis off. If you secure aforward-facing child restraint inthe front seat, always move thefront passenger seat as far backas it will go. It is better to securethe child restraint in a rear seat.See Passenger Sensing Systemon page 3‑27 for additionalinformation.If the child restraint has the LATCHsystem, see Lower Anchors andTethers for Children (LATCHSystem) on page 3‑43 for how andwhere to install the child restraintusing LATCH. If a child restraint issecured using a safety belt and ituses a top tether, see Lower