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Safety Seats for Children
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Use a safety seat that is recommended for the size and weight
of the child. Always follow the safety seat manufacturer's
instructions when installing and using the safety seat.
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Ford recommends the use of a child safety seat having a top
tether strap. Install the child safety seat in a seating position
which is capable of providing a tether anchorage. For more
information on top tether straps seeAttaching Safety Seats With
Tether Strapsin this chapter.
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[SS28400(ALL)05/96]
When installing a child safety seat, be sure to use the correct
safety belt buckle for that seating position, and make sure the
tongue is securely fastened in the buckle. For a shoulder/lap
belt combination with a sliding tongue, make sure the retractor
is in the automatic locking mode.
[SS28500(ALL)04/96]
In rear-facing infant seats, the infant's head is closer to the
passenger air bag. The force of the rapidly inflating air bag
could push the top of the rear-facing seat against the vehicle
seatback. REAR-FACING INFANT SEATS MUST ALWAYS BE
SECURED IN THE REAR SEAT, and other child seats and
infant seats should be secured in the rear seat whenever
possible. Forward-facing child seats used in the front seat must
have the passenger seat moved as far back from the instrument
panel as possible.
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Your vehicle is equipped with a right front passenger air bag.
Air bags deploy with great force, faster than the blink of an eye.
Front passengers, especially children and small adults, must
never sit on the front edge of the seat, stand near the glove
compartment of the instrument panel, or lean over near the air
bag cover when the vehicle is moving. All occupants should sit
with their backs against the seatback, move the seat to the most
rearward position if possible and use the safety belts. Children
weighing less than 40 lbs. (18 kg) always should use child or
infant seats.
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Installing Child Safety Seats in the Front Seat and Rear
Window Passenger Seating Positions
[SS29400(ALL)12/95]
Your vehicle is equipped with a dual locking mode retractor on
the shoulder belt portion of the combination lap/shoulder safety
belt for the front seat passenger and for the rear window
passengers.
[SS29500(ALL)12/95]
If you choose to install a forward-facing child seat or infant
carrier in the front seating positions, move the seat as far back
as possible.
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[SS29600(ALL)01/96]
For seating positions equipped with a dual-locking mode
retractor, use the following procedure:
[SS29700(ALL)12/95]1.
Position the child seat in the center of passenger seat.
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[SS29800(ALL)02/96]2.
Pull down on shoulder belt, then grasp shoulder belt and lap
belt together. See Figure 1.
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[SS30000(ALL)01/96]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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[SS30200(ALL)12/95]4.
Insert the belt into the proper buckle for that seating position
until you hear and feel the latch engage. See Figure 3. Make
sure the tongue is latched securely to buckle by pulling on
the tongue.
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Buckling the belt
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[SS30400(ALL)12/95]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
restraint mode). See Figure 4.
[SS30500(ALL)12/95]
NOTE: The dual-locking mode retractor must be in the
automatic locking mode to properly restrain a child
seat.
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Setting the retractor to automatic locking mode
[SS30700(ALL)12/95]6.
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. Pull on the lap belt portion across
the child seat towards the buckle and continue to pull up on
the shoulder belt portion while pushing down on the child
seat allowing the shoulder belt to retract, to remove any
slack in seat belt. See Figures 5 and 6.
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[SS31000(ALL)12/95]7.
Before placing the child into the child seat, forcibly tilt the
seat from side to side and in forward directions 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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