Cadillac 2012 Cadillac SRX, Owner'S Manual

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Cadillac SRX Owner Manual (Include Mex) - 2012
Seats and Restraints 3-31
We recommend that children
be secured in a rear seat, including:
an infant or a child riding in a
rear-facing child restraint; a child
riding in a forward-facing child seat;
an older child riding in a booster
seat; and children, who are large
enough, using safety belts.
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 passenger frontal
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
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WARNING (Continued)
passenger frontal airbag inflates
and the passenger seat is in a
forward position.
Even if the passenger sensing
system has turned off the front
outboard passenger airbag(s),
no system is fail-safe. No one
can guarantee that an airbag will
not inflate under some unusual
circumstance, even though the
airbag(s) are off.
Secure rear-facing child
restraints in a rear seat, even if
the airbag(s) are off. If you secure
a forward-facing child restraint
in the front outboard passenger
seat, always move the seat as far
back as it will go. It is better to
secure the child restraint in a
rear seat.
The passenger sensing system
is designed to turn off the front
outboard passenger airbag and
seat
‐ mounted side impact airbag if:
. The front outboard passenger
seat is unoccupied.
. The system determines that an
infant is present in a rear-facing
infant seat.
. The system determines that a
small child is present in a child
restraint.
. The system determines that
a small child is present in a
booster seat.
. A front outboard passenger
takes his/her weight off of the
seat for a period of time.
. The front outboard passenger
seat is occupied by a smaller
person, such as a child who
has outgrown child restraints.
. There is a critical problem
with the airbag system or the
passenger sensing system.