2003 GMC Sierra 1500 Pickup Owner's Manual - Page 49

If your vehicle has the passenger sensing system and/or the AIR BAG OFF switch and you need to secure a rear-facing child restraint in the right front passenger's seat, the passenger's frontal air bag must be off. See Passenger Sensing System on page 1-74, Securing a Child Restraint in the Right Front Seat Position on page 1-54,and Air Bag Off Switch on page 1-68 for more on this including important safety information. If the child restraint does not have a top strap, one can be obtained, in kit form, for many child restraints. Ask the child restraint manufacturer whether or not a kit is available. 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 stopand injure people in the vehicle. Be sureto properly secure any child restraint in your vehicle - even when nochild is in it. Top Strap Some child restraints have a top strap or 'top tether'. It can help restrain the child restraint during a collision. For it to work, a top strap much be properly anchored to the vehicle. Some top strap-equipped child restraints are designed for use with or without the top strap being anchored. Others require the top strap always to be anchored. Be sure to read and follow the instructions for your child restraint. If yours requires that the top strap be anchored, don't use the restraint unless it is anchored properly. In Canada, the law requires that forward-facing child restraints have a top strap, and that the strap be anchored. In the United States, some child restraints also have a top strap. If your child restraint has a top strap, it should be anchored. 1-42