Chevrolet 2004 Express Van Owner's Manual page 67

Unless your vehicle has an air bag off switch and you
have used it to turn the passenger's air bag off,
never put a rear-facing child restraint in the right front
passenger's seat. Here's why:
CAUTION:
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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. If
your vehicle is a passenger van, always secure
a rear-facing child restraint in a rear seat. If
your vehicle is a cargo van with a right front
passenger air bag and an air bag off switch, be
sure to turn off the air bag before using a
rear-facing child restraint in the right front seat
position.
CAUTION: (Continued)
CAUTION: (Continued)
If your vehicle is a cargo van with a right front
passenger air bag but does not have an air
bag off switch, do not use a rear-facing child
restraint in this vehicle.
Even though the air bag off switch is designed
to turn off the passenger's frontal air bag, 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. GM recommends that rear-facing child
restraints be transported in vehicles with a
rear seat that will accommodate a rear-facng
child restraint whenever possible.
If you secure a forward-facing child restraint
in the right front passenger position, always
move the passenger seat as far back as it
will go.
A rear seat is a safer place to secure a forward-facing
child restraint. See Where to Put the Restraint on
page 1-43.
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