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Cadillac Escalade Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-Europe-7132796) -
2014 - CRC - 7/12/13
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Seats and Restraints
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Warning
A child in a rear-facing child
restraint can be seriously injured
or killed if the 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
front passenger airbag inflates
and the passenger seat is in a
forward position.
Even if the passenger sensing
system has turned off the 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 the
airbag is turned off.
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Warning (Continued)
Secure rear-facing child restraints
in a rear seat, even if the airbag
is off. If you secure a
forward-facing child restraint in
the front seat, always move the
front passenger 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
passenger frontal airbag if:
.
The front passenger seat is
unoccupied.
.
The system determines an infant
is present in a child restraint.
.
A front passenger takes his/her
weight off of the seat for a period
of time.
.
Or, if there is a critical problem
with the airbag system or the
passenger sensing system.
When the passenger sensing
system has turned off the front
passenger frontal airbag, the off
indicator will light and stay lit to
remind you that the airbag is off.
See
Passenger Airbag Status
Indicator on page 5-14
.
The passenger sensing system is
designed to turn on (may inflate) the
front passenger frontal airbag
anytime the system senses that a
person of adult size is sitting
properly in the front passenger seat.
When the passenger sensing
system has allowed the airbag to be
enabled, the on indicator will light
and stay lit to remind you that the
airbag is active.
For some children, including
children in child restraints, and for
very small adults, the passenger
sensing system may or may not turn
off the front passenger frontal
airbag, depending upon the
person's seating posture and body
build. Everyone in your vehicle who
has outgrown child restraints should