Buick 2011 Lucerne, Owner'S Manual

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Buick Lucerne Owner Manual - 2011
Securing a Child Restraint in the
Center Front Seat Position
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WARNING:
A child in a child restraint in the center front seat
can be badly injured or killed by the frontal
airbags if they inflate. Never secure a child
restraint in the center front seat. It is always better
to secure a child restraint in a rear seat.
Do not use child restraints in the center front seat
position.
Securing a Child Restraint in the
Right Front Seat Position
This vehicle has airbags. A rear seat is a safer place to
secure a forward-facing child restraint. See
Where to
Put the Restraint on page 2 ‑ 41 .
In addition, the vehicle has a passenger sensing system
which is designed to turn off the right front passenger
frontal airbag and seat-mounted side impact airbag
under certain conditions. See
Passenger Sensing
System on page 4 ‑ 30 and Passenger Airbag Status
Indicator on page 4 ‑ 30 for more information, including
important safety information.
A label on the sun visor says, “ Never put a rear-facing
child seat in the front. ” This is because the risk to the
rear-facing child is so great, if the airbag deploys.
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WARNING:
A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be
seriously injured or killed if the right front
passenger airbag inflates. This is because the
back of the rear-facing child restraint would be
very close to the inflating airbag. A child in a
forward-facing child restraint can be seriously
injured or killed if the right front passenger airbag
inflates and the passenger seat is in a forward
position.
Even if the passenger sensing system has turned
off the right front passenger frontal airbag, no
system is fail-safe. No one can guarantee that an
airbag will not deploy under some unusual
circumstance, even though it is turned off.
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