GMC 2003 Savana Van Owner's Manual page 54

Cargo Vans and Cab and Chassis
Models with an Air Bag Off Switch
The child restraint must be secured properly in the right
front passenger seat. If you need to secure a
rear-facing child restraint in the right front passenger's
seat, turn off the passenger's air bag. See Air Bag
O f f
Switch on page 1-70 and Securing a Child Restraint
in the Right Front Seat Position on page 1-58 for
more on this, including important safety information.
A child in a rear-facing child restraint can be
seriously injured or killed if the 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.
:h is Even though the AIR BAG OFF switc
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.
We, therefore recommend that
rear-facing child restraints be transported in
vehicles with a rear seat that will
accommodate a rear-facing child restraint,
whenever possible.
Keep in mind that an unsecured child restraint can
move around in a collision or sudden stop and injure
people in the vehicle. Be sure to properly secure
any child restraint in your vehicle - even when no child
is in it.
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