GMC Sierra Denali Owner's Manual page 59

The passenger sensing system is designed to turn off
the right front passenger's frontal air bag when a
rear facing child restraint is in the right front seat. In
addition to the passenger sensing system, you may use
the AIR BAG OFF switch located on the instrument
panel to turn the air bag off. Never put a rear facing child
restraint in the right front passenger seat unless the
air bag is off. Here's why:
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.
CAUTION: (Continued)
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Even though the passenger sensing system is
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designed to turn off the passenger's frontal air
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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
under some unusual circumstance, even
though
it
is turned off. General Motors
therefore recommends that rear-facing child
restraints be secured in the rear seat whenever
possible, even if the air bag is off.
You'll be using the lap-shoulder belt. See Top Strap on
page 1-40 if the child restraint has one. Be sure to
follow the instructions that came with the child restraint.
Secure the child in the child restraint when and as
the instructions say.
1. Your vehicle has a right front passenger's air bag. If
you are using a rear-facing child restraint in this seat,
make sure the air bag is turned off. See Air Bag Off
Switch
on
page 1-64 and Passenger Sensing
System
on
page 1-68. Always move the seat as far
back as it will go before securing the child restraint in
this seat. See 'Seats" in the Index.
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