Chevrolet 2003 Silverado 1500 Pickup Owner's Manual page 192

as a system check. Then, after several more seconds,
the status indicator will light either ON or OFF, or
either the on or off symbol to let you know the status of
the right front passenger's frontal air bag.
If the word ON or the
on
symbol is lit on the passenger
air bag status indicator, it means that the right front
passenger's frontal air bag is enabl (may inflate).
If the word OFF or the off symbol is lit on the passenger
air bag status indicator, it means that the passenger
sensing system or the air bag off switch has turned off the
right front passenger's air bag. See Passenger Sensing
System on page 1-74 or Air Bag Off Switch on page 1-68
for more on this, including important safety information.
If the ON indicator comes on when you have a
rear-facing child restraint installed in the right
front passenger's seat, it means that the
passenger sensing system has not turned off
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the passenger's frontal air bag. 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. Don't use a
rear-facing child restraint in the right front
passenger's seat unless the air bag has been
turned off.
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If the right front passenger's air bag
is
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off for a person who isn't in a risk group
identified by the national government, that
person won't 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. Don't turn off the passenger's air bag
unless the person sitting there is in a risk
group. See "Air Bag Off Switch" in the Index
for more on this, including important safety
information.
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