Caution – GMC 2005 Savana User Manual
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Unless your vehicle has an airbag off switch and you
have used it to turn the passenger’s airbag off, never put
a rear-facing child restraint in the right front passenger’s
seat. Here is why:
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CAUTION:
A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be
seriously injured or killed if the right front
passenger’s airbag inflates. This is because
the back of the rear-facing child restraint
would be very close to the inflating airbag.
If your vehicle is a passenger van, always
secure a rear-facing child restraint in a rear
seat. If your vehicle is a cargo van with a right
front passenger airbag and an airbag off
switch, be sure to turn off the airbag before
using a rear-facing child restraint in the right
front seat position. If your vehicle is a cargo
van with a right front passenger airbag but
does not have an airbag off switch, do not use
a rear-facing child restraint in this vehicle.
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Even though the airbag off switch is designed
to turn off the passenger’s frontal airbag, no
system is fail-safe and no one can guarantee
that an airbag will not deploy under some
unusual circumstance, even though it is turned
off. GM recommends that rear-facing child
restraints be transported in vehicles with a
rear seat that will accommodate a rear-facing
child restraint whenever possible.
If you need to secure a forward-facing child
restraint in the right front passenger position,
always move the passenger seat as far back
as it will go.
A rear seat is a safer place to secure a forward-facing
child restraint. See Where to Put the Restraint on
page 1-43.
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