GMC 2003 Sonoma Owner's Manual page 46

Where to Put the Restraint (Regular
Cab and Extended Cab Pickup)
The child restraint must be secured properly in the right
front passenger seat. If you want to secure a
rear-facing child restraint in the right front passenger's
seat, turn off the passenger's air bag. See Air Bag
Off Switch on page 1-61 and Securing a Child Restraint
in the Right Front Seat Position on page 1-49 for
more on this, including important safety information.
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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 to turn off the air bag before using a
rear-facing child restraint in the right front seat
position.
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. General Motors therefore
recommends that rear-facing child restraints
be transported in vehicles with a rear seat that
will accommodate a rear-facing child restraint,
whenever possible.