2004 Chevrolet Colorado Owner's Manual - Page 47

{CAUTION: A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be seriously injured or killed if the right front passenger's frontal air bag inflates. This is because the back of the rear-facing child restraint would be very close to the inflating air bag. Be sure to turn off the air bag before using a rear-facing child restraint in the right front seat position. Even though the air bag off switch is designed to turn off the right front passenger's frontal air bag, 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 recommend 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 right front passenger seat as far back as it will go. It is better to secure the child restraint in a rear seat. Do not use child restraints in the center front seat position. The restraints will not work properly. If you need to secure a rear-facing child restraint in the right front passenger's position, the right front passenger's frontal air bag must be off. See Securing a Child Restraint in the Right Front Seat Position (Models with an Air Bag Off Switch) and Securing a Child Restraint Designed for the LATCH System (Models with an Air Bag Off Switch) in the Index, and Air Bag Off Switch on page 1-71 for more on this including important safety information. Wherever you install it, be sure to secure the child restraint properly. Keep in mind that an unsecured child restraint can move around in a collision or sudden stop and injure people in the vehicle. Be sure to properly secure any child restraint in your vehicle - even when no child is in it. 1-41