Cadillac 2006 XLR, Owner'S Manual

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Passenger Sensing System
Your vehicle has a passenger sensing system.
The passenger airbag status indicator will be visible
when you start the vehicle. The words ON and OFF or the
symbol for on and off, will be visible in the rearview mirror
during the system check. When the system check is
complete, either the word ON or the word OFF, or the
symbol for on or the symbol for off will be visible. See
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator on page 3-52.
The passenger sensing system will turn off the right
front passenger’s frontal airbag and side impact airbag
under certain conditions. The driver’s airbags are
not part of the passenger sensing system.
The passenger sensing system works with sensors that
are part of the right front passenger’s seat and safety
belt. The sensors are designed to detect the presence
of a properly seated occupant and determine if the
passenger’s airbags should be enabled (may inflate)
or not.
Accident statistics show that children are safer if they
are restrained in the rear rather than the front seat.
General Motors recommends that child restraints
be secured in a rear seat, including an infant riding in a
rear-facing infant seat, a child riding in a forward-facing
child seat and an older child riding in a booster seat.
Never put a child in a rear-facing child restraint in
the right front passenger seat unless the passenger
airbag status indicator shows off. Never put a rear-facing
child restraint in the right front passenger seat unless
the airbags are off.
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator – United States
Passenger Airbag Status Indicator
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