2004 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Pickup Owner's Manual - Page 87
2004 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 Pickup Manual
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Never put a child in a rear-facing child restraint in the right front passenger seat unless 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. CAUTION: (Continued) under some unusual circumstance, even though it is turned off. General Motors recommends that rear-facing child restraints be secured in a rear seat whenever possible, even if the air bag is off. The passenger sensing system is designed to turn off the right front passenger's frontal air bag if: • the right front passenger seat is unoccupied • the system determines that an infant is present in a rear-facing infant seat • the system determines that a small child is present in a forward-facing child restraint • the system determines that a small child is present in a booster seat • a right front passenger takes his/her weight off of the seat for a period of time • the right front passenger seat is occupied by a smaller person, such as a child who has outgrown child restraints • the air bag off switch is in the off position • or if there is a critical problem with the air bag system or the passenger sensing system 1-81 {CAUTION: 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 air bag. Be sure the air bag is off before using a rear-facing child restraint in the right front seat position. Even though the passenger sensing system is designed to turn off the passenger's frontal air bag if the system detects a rear-facing child restraint, no system is fail-safe, and no one can guarantee that an air bag will not deploy CAUTION: (Continued)