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3. Follow the child seat manufacturer's
instructions. Route the lap or lap/shoulder
belt through the child seat and insert the belt
tongue into the buckle until you hear and
feel the latch engage.
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Be sure to follow the manufacturer's instructions
for belt routing.
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Routing the lap or lap/shoulder belt
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4. Grasp the lap portion of the belt below the
child seat label. Pull upward until all of the
belt is extracted and a click is heard. At this
time, the lap belt retractor is in the
automatic locking mode (child seat restraint
mode).
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5. Allow the belt to retract. A clicking sound
will be heard as the belt retracts. This
indicates the retractor is in the automatic
locking mode. Push down on the child seat
while you pull down on the belt to remove
any slack in the belt.
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Removing slack from the belt
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6. Before placing the child in the child seat,
forcibly tilt the seat from side to side, and
also tug it forward to make sure that the
seat is securely held in place.
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7. Double check that the retractor is in the
automatic locking mode. Try to pull more
belt out of the retractor, if you cannot, the
belt is in the automatic locking mode.
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8. Check to make sure that the child seat is
properly secured prior to each use. If the lap
belt is not locked, repeat steps 4 through 7.
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NOTE: When the safety belt is unbuckled and
allowed to retract completely, the
retractor will switch to the vehicle
sensitive (emergency) locking mode.
See the detailed instructions under
Front Passenger Lap Belt Retractorin
this chapter.
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Installing Child Safety Seats in the Front
Passenger Seating Position (Canadian
2-door Hatchback vehicles)
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For vehicles equipped with a dual locking mode
retractor, use the following procedure.
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If you choose to install a child safety seat or
infant carrier in the front seating positions, move
vehicle seat as far back as possible.
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1. Position the child seat in the center of the
passenger seat.
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2. Pull down on shoulder belt, then grasp
shoulder belt and lap belt together. See
Figure 1.
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Pulling out belt webbing
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3. While holding the shoulder and lap belt
portions together, route the tongue through
the child seat according to the child seat
manufacturer's instructions. See Figure 2. Be
sure that the belt webbing is not twisted.
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Routing the lap/shoulder belt
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4. Insert the belt tongue into the buckle for that
seating position until you hear and feel the
latch engage. See Figure 3. Make sure tongue
is latched securely to buckle by pulling on
tongue.
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Buckling the belt
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5. Grasp the shoulder portion of the belt and
pull downward until all of the belt is
extracted and a click is heard. At this time,
the retractor is in the automatic locking
mode (child seat restraint mode). See
Figure 4.
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NOTE: The dual-locking mode retractor must
be in the automatic locking mode to
properly restrain a child.
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Setting the retractor to automatic locking mode
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6. Allow the belt to retract. Pull up on the
shoulder webbing. A clicking sound will be
heard as the belt retracts. This indicates the
retractor is in the automatic locking mode.
Push down on the child seat while you pull
up on the belt to remove any slack in the
belt. See Figures 5 and 6.
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Allowing shoulder belt to retract
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Removing slack from belt
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7. Before placing the child in the child seat,
forcibly tilt the seat from side to side, and
tug it forward to make sure that the seat is
securely held in place. See Figure 7.
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Checking that the seat is secure
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