Chevrolet 2004 Silverado 1500 Pickup Owner's Manual page 87

Never put a child in a rear-facing child restraint in the
right front passenger seat unless the passenger air bag
status indicator shows off. Never put a rear-facing
child restraint in the right front passenger seat unless
the air bag is off.
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CAUTION:
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. Be
sure the air bag is off before using a
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
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CAUTION: (Continued)
under some unusual circumstance, even
though it is turned off. General Motors
recommends that rear-facing child restraints
be secured in a rear seat whenever possible,
even if the air bag is off.
The passenger sensing system is designed to turn off
the right front passenger's frontal air bag if:
•
the right front passenger seat is unoccupied
•
the system determines that an infant is present in a
rear-facing infant seat
•
the system determines that a small child is present
in a forward-facing child restraint
•
the system determines that a small child is present
in a booster seat
•
a right front passenger takes his/her weight off of
the seat for a period of time
•
the right front passenger seat is occupied by a
smaller person, such as a child who has outgrown
child restraints
•
the air bag off switch is in the off position
•
or if there is a critical problem with the air bag
system or the passenger sensing system
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