Black plate (51,1)Cadillac XTS Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-MidEast-8087803) - 2015 -crc - 6/24/14Seats and Restraints 3-51If the vehicle has the LATCH systemand it was being used during acrash, new LATCH system partsmay be needed.New parts and repairs may benecessary even if the LATCHsystem was not being used at thetime of the crash.Securing 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 3-42In addition, the vehicle has apassenger sensing system which isdesigned to turn off the frontpassenger frontal airbag andpassenger knee airbag undercertain conditions. See PassengerSensing System on page 3-30 andPassenger Airbag Status Indicatoron page 5-17 for more information,including important safetyinformation.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 outboardpassenger frontal 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 frontoutboard passenger frontal airbaginflates and the passenger seat isin a forward position.Even if the passenger sensingsystem has turned off the frontoutboard passenger frontalairbag, no system is fail-safe. Noone can guarantee that an airbag(Continued)Warning (Continued)will not deploy under someunusual circumstance, eventhough it is turned 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 3-30 for additionalinformation.If the child restraint uses a toptether, see Lower Anchors andTethers for Children (LATCHSystem) on page 3-44 for top tetheranchor locations.Do not secure a child seat in aposition without a top tether anchorif a national or local law requiresthat the top tether be anchored, or if
