Black plate (62,1)Cadillac Escalade/Escalade ESV Owner Manual - 20123-62 Seats and RestraintsSecuring Child Restraints(Right Front SeatPosition)This vehicle has airbags. A rearseat is a safer place to secure aforward-facing child restraint. SeeWhere to Put the Restraint onpage 3‑49.In addition, the vehicle may have apassenger sensing system which isdesigned to turn off the right frontpassenger frontal airbag undercertain conditions. See PassengerSensing System on page 3‑35 andPassenger Airbag Status Indicatoron page 5‑14 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 theairbag deploys.{ WARNINGA child in a rear-facing childrestraint can be seriouslyinjured or killed if the right frontpassenger airbag inflates.This is because the back of therear-facing child restraint wouldbe very close to the inflatingairbag. A child in a forward-facingchild restraint can be seriouslyinjured or killed if the right frontpassenger airbag inflates and thepassenger seat is in a forwardposition.The vehicle may have apassenger sensing systemwhich is designed to turn offthe right front passenger frontalairbag under certain conditions.Even if the passenger sensingsystem, if equipped, hasturned off the right frontpassenger frontal airbag, no(Continued)WARNING (Continued)system is fail-safe. No one canguarantee that an airbag will notdeploy under some unusualcircumstance, even though it isturned off.Secure rear-facing childrestraints in a rear seat, even ifthe airbag is off. If you secure aforward-facing child restraint inthe right front seat, always movethe front passenger seat as farback as it will go. It is better tosecure the child restraint in arear seat.See Passenger Sensing Systemon page 3‑35 for additionalinformation.If the child restraint has the LATCHsystem, see Lower Anchors andTethers for Children (LATCHSystem) on page 3‑51 for how andwhere to install the child restraintusing LATCH. If a child restraint is
