2003 GMC Sierra 1500 Pickup Owner's Manual - Page 63

page 7-74. Never put a rear facing child restraint in the right front pasenger seat unless the air bag is off. Here's why: A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be seriously injured or killed the right front if passenger's air bag inflates. This is because the back of the rear-facing child restraint would be very close to the inflating air Be bag. sure to turnoff the air bag before usinga rear-facing child restraint in the right front seat position. If a forward-facing child restraint is suitable for your child, always move the passenger seat as far back as it will go. In addition to the AIR BAG OFF switch, your vehicle may have the passenger sensing system. The passenger sensing system is designed to turn off the right front passenger's frontal air bag when a rear facing child restraint is in the right front seat. In addition to the passenger sensing system, you may use the AIR BAG OFF switch located on the instrument panel to 1 Switch on turn the air bag off. See Air Bag 0 7 page 1-68 and Passenger Sensing System on A rear seat is a safer place to secure a forward-facing child restraint. See Where to Put the Restraint on page 1-41. If you need to secure a forward-facing child restraint in the right front seat position, move the seat as far back as it will go before securing a forward-facing child restraint. See Manual Seats on Dage 1-3 or Power Seats on page 1-4. 1-56