Black plate (50,1)Cadillac DTS Owner Manual - 2011Securing a Child Restraint in theCenter Front Seat Position{ WARNING:A child in a child restraint in the center front seatcan be badly injured or killed by the frontalairbags if they inflate. Never secure a childrestraint in the center front seat. It is always betterto secure a child restraint in a rear seat.Do not use child restraints in the center front seatposition.Securing a Child Restraint in theRight Front Seat PositionThis vehicle has airbags. A rear seat is a safer place tosecure a forward-facing child restraint. See Where toPut the Restraint on page 2‑39.In addition, the vehicle has a passenger sensing systemwhich is designed to turn off the right front passengerfrontal airbag and seat-mounted side impact airbagunder certain conditions. See Passenger SensingSystem on page 2‑64 and Passenger Airbag StatusIndicator on page 4‑48 for more information, includingimportant safety information.A 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.(Continued)2-50
