2004 Cadillac XLR Owner's Manual - Page 36

Unless the passenger's air bags have been turned off, never put a rear-facing child restraint in this vehicle. Here is why: CAUTION: (Continued) If you secure a forward-facing child restraint in the passenger seat, always move the passenger seat as far back as it will go. {CAUTION: A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be seriously injured or killed if the passenger's air bag inflates. This is because the back of the rear-facing child restraint would be very close to the inflating air bag. Do not use a rear-facing child restraint in this vehicle unless the passenger's air bag has been turned off. Even though the AIR BAG OFF switch is designed to turn off the passenger's air bags under certain conditions, no system is fail-safe, and no one can guarantee that an air bag will not deploy under some unusual circumstance, even though it is turned off. We, therefore, recommend that rear-facing child restraints be transported in vehicles with a rear seat that will accommodate a rear-facing child restraint, whenever possible. CAUTION: (Continued) {CAUTION: If the air bag readiness light ever comes on when you have turned off the air bags, it means that something may be wrong with the air bag system. The passenger's air bags could inflate even though the switch is off. If this ever happens, do not let anyone whom the national government has identified as a member of a passenger air bag risk group sit in the passenger's position (for example, do not secure a rear-facing child restraint in your vehicle) until you have your vehicle serviced. See Air Bag Off Switch on page 1-44. 1-30