Black plate (36,1)Cadillac Escalade/Escalade ESV Owner Manual - 20123-36 Seats and RestraintsThe passenger sensing system willturn off the right front passengerfrontal airbag under certainconditions. The driver airbag,seat‐mounted side impact airbags(if equipped) and the roof-railairbags are not affected by thepassenger sensing system.The passenger sensing systemworks with sensors that are partof the right front passenger seatand safety belt. The sensors aredesigned to detect the presenceof a properly-seated occupantand determine if the right frontpassenger frontal airbag should beenabled (may inflate) or not.According to accident statistics,children are safer when properlysecured in a rear seat in the correctchild restraint for their weightand size.We recommend that children besecured in a rear seat, including:an infant or a child riding in arear-facing child restraint; a childriding in a forward-facing child seat;an older child riding in a boosterseat; and children, who are largeenough, using safety belts.A label on the sun visor says,“Never put a rear-facing child seatin the front.” This is because the riskto the rear-facing child is so great,if the airbag deploys.{ WARNINGA child in a rear-facing childrestraint can be seriouslyinjured or killed if the right frontpassenger airbag inflates. Thisis 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.(Continued)WARNING (Continued)Even if the passenger sensingsystem has turned off the rightfront passenger frontal airbag, nosystem is fail-safe. No one canguarantee that an airbag will notdeploy under some unusualcircumstance, even though theairbag is turned 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.
