1999 GMC Sonoma Owner's Manual - Page 115

yellowblue CAUTION: (Continued) have the extra protection of an air bag. In a crash, the air bag wouldn't be able to inflate and help protect the person sitting there. Your vehicle has an energy-absorbing safety belt for the right front passenger. This belt is designed to work with the air bag to provide restraint in some collisions by partially "giving" or yielding after first restraining the occupant's motion. In a crash, if the right front passenger's air bag is turned off, it wouldn't be able to inflate and help provide this restraint for the person sitting there. The larger the occupant, and the more severe the crash, the greater the risk becomes. Don't turn off the passenger's air bag unless the person sitting there is in a risk group identified by the national government. See "AIR BAG OFF Switch" in the Index for more on this, including important safety information. CAUTION: If the right front passenger's air bag is turned off for a person who isn't in a risk group identified by the national government, that person won't CAUTION: (Continued) 2-57