2003 Chevrolet Tahoe Owner's Manual - Page 72

~ , ~ ~ ~ ~ i i ~ 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 airbag. Be sure the air bag is before using a off 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 under some unusual circumstance, even though it is turned off. General Motors therefore recommends that rear-facing child restraints be secured in the rear seat whenever possible, even if the air bag is off. You'll be using the lap-shoulder belt. See Top Strap on page 1-53 if the child restraint has one. Be sure to follow the instructions that came with the child restraint. Secure the child in the child restraint when and as the instructions say. 1. Because your vehicle has a right front passenger air bag, always move the seat as far back as it will go before securing a forward-facing child restraint, if you need to secure a forward-facing child restraint in the right front seat position. See Power Seats on page 1-4 or Manual Seats on page 1-3. If your vehicle has the passenger sensing system and you are using a rear-facing child restraint in this seat, make sure the frontal air bag is off. See Passenger Sensing System on page 1-76. When the passenger sensing system has turned off the right front passenger's frontal air bag, the off indicator on the inside rearview mirror will light and stay lit when you turn the ignition to RUN or START. 2. Put the restraint on the seat. 3. Pick up the latch plate, and run the lap and shoulder portions of the vehicle's safety belt through or around the restraint. The child restraint instructions will show you how. ~ ~ i 1-65