GMC 2003 Sierra - Manual (Page 62)

A rear seat la a saler plate lo secure a forwa ref'facing
child restraint. If your need to secure a forward-facing
child restraint In the front seal poailioriH see W here io Puf
Ihe Resiraint on page ?-r) 1.
If yuur vehicle has Ihe AIR BAG OFF svuiich and you
need to secure a rear-facing child resirafnt in the
right from passenger's seal, the passenger's air bag
must be Uirned Ses
Air Bag Off Swiich on page 1-66
for moTie or this, litcludlng Important safety information.
A CAUTION:
A child in a roar-fsdng child restraint can be
aeriDusly Injured or killed If the right front
passenger's air bag InMates- This is because
the back of the rear facing child restraint
would be very close to the tnfjatfng air bag. Be
sure the air bag Is off before uEfng a
rear-facing child restraint in the right front seat
position.
tven though the Passenger Sensing System
and/or AIR BAG OFF switch are designed to
turn off the passenger's frontal air bag under
CAUTION: (Conti rtued)
CAUTION: (Continued)
certain condlLloras, no system is faiUsafe, and
no one can guarantee that an air bag will not
deploy under some unusual circumstance,
even Ihough it is turned oft+ Qer>eral Motors
therefore recommends that rear-facing child
restraints be transported
in vehicles with a
rear seat that will accommodate a rear-facing
child restraint, whenever possible.
Regular Cab and Extended Cab Models: Vour vehicle
has a right front passenger air bag. There's a switch
on the ¡nsfnjrner>i panel that you can use to lum oH tha
right iront passenger's air hag irt/han you need lo
secure a rear-facing child restraint at the nght Iront
passenger's position. See the following illustration. 'V'ûur
switch may vary slightly. See
Atr Bag Off Switch on
page 1-6S for more on this, including important safety
information.
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