Caution – Hummer 2005 H2 User Manual

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Never put a rear-facing child restraint in the right front
passenger’s seat unless the airbag is off. Here is why:

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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 airbag inflates. This is because the
back of the rear-facing child restraint would be
very close to the inflating airbag. Be sure to turn
off the airbag before using a rear-facing child
restraint in the right front seat position.

Even though the airbag off switch is designed to
turn off the passenger’s airbag, no system is fail
safe, and no one can guarantee that an airbag
will not deploy under some unusual
circumstance, even though it is turned off.
General Motors recommends that rear-facing
child restraints be secured in the rear seat, even
if the airbag is off.

If you secure a forward-facing child restraint in
the right front seat, always move the front
passenger seat as far back as it will go. It is
better to secure the child restraint in a rear seat.

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CAUTION:

If the airbag readiness light ever comes on
when you have turned off the air bag, it means
that something may be wrong with the airbag
system. The right front passenger’s airbag
could inflate even though the switch is off. If
this ever happens, do not let anyone whom the
national government has identified as a
member of a passenger airbag risk group sit in
the right front passenger’s position
(for example, do not secure a rear-facing child
restraint in the right front passenger’s seat)
until you have your vehicle serviced. See
“airbag Off Switch” for more on this, including
important safety information.

You will be using a lap-shoulder belt to secure the child
restraint in this position. 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.

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