2003 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Pickup Owner's Manual - Page 48

Where to Put the Restraint Accident statistics show that children are safer if they are restrained in the rear rather than the front seat. General Motors, therefore, recommends that child restraints be secured in a rear seat including an infant riding in a rear-facing infant seat, a child riding in a forward-facing child seat and an older child riding in a booster seat. Never put a child in a rear-facing child restraint in the right front passenger seat unless your vehicle has the passenger sensing system and/or an AIR BAG OFF switch and the air bag status indicator shows off. Never put a rear facing child restraint in the right front passenger seat unless the air bag is off. Here's wk Even though the Passenger Sensing System and/or AIR BAG OFF switch are designed to turn off the passenger's frontal air bag 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. General 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. If you secure a forward-facing child restraint in the right front seat, always move the front passenger seat as far back it will go. It is as better to secure the child restraint in a rear seat. A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be seriously injured or killed the right front if passenger's air bag inflates. Thisbecause the is back of the rear-facing child restraint would be very close to the inflating bag. Besure the air air bag is off before using a rear-facing child restraint in the right front seat position. CAUTION: (Continued) There is limited space in the rear seating area of an extended cab model. If you need to secure a child restraint in a rear seating position of an extended cab model, especially in the rear center position, be sure to study the instructions that came with your child restraint to see if there is enough room to secure your seat properly. 1-41