2003 Chevrolet Tahoe Owner's Manual - Page 59

When choosing a child restraint, be sure the child restraint is designed to be used in a vehicle. If it is, it will have a label saying that it meets federal motor vehicle safety standards. Then follow the instructions for the restraint. You may find these instructions on the restraint itself or in a booklet, or both. These restraints use the belt system in your vehicle, but the child also has to be secured within the restraint to help reduce the chance of personal injury. When securing an add-on child restraint, refer to the instructions that come with the restraint which may be on the restraint itself or in a booklet, or both, and to this manual. The child restraint instructions are important, so if they are not available, obtain a replacement copy from the manufacturer. A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be seriously injured or killed if the right front passenger's air bag inflates. This is because the back of the rear-facing child restraint would be very close to the inflating bag. Be sure the air air bag is off before using a rear-facing child restraint i n the right front seat position. If you secure a forward-facing child restraint in the right front seat, always move the front passenger seat as far backas it will go. It is better to secure the child restraint rear a in seat. Even though the Passenger Sensing System is designed to turn the passenger's frontal air off bag if the system detects a rear-facing child restraint, no system is fail-safe, and no one can guarantee thatan 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 secured i n the rear seat whenever possible, even if the air bagoff. is Where to Put the Restraint Accident statistics show that chldren 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 the passenger 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 why: 1-52