How To Stow An Unused Alr Seatbelt; Installing Child Restraints Using The Vehicle Seat Belt - Fiat Freemont Owner's Handbook Manual

5. If the child restraint has a tether strap, connect it to
KNOWING
the top tether anchorage. See the section "Installing
YOUR
Child Restraints Using the Top Tether Anchorage"
VEHICLE
for directions to attach a tether anchor.
6. Tighten all of the straps as you push the child
SAFETY
restraint rearward and downward into the seat.
Remove slack in the straps according to the child
restraint manufacturer's instructions.
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AND
7. Test that the child restraint is installed tightly by
DRIVING
pulling back and forth on the child seat at the belt
WARNING
path. It should not move more than 25 mm in any
LIGHTS
direction.
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How To Stow An Unused ALR Seatbelt

When using the ISOFIX attaching system to install a
IN AN
child restraint, stow all ALR seat belts that are not
EMERGENCY
being used by other occupants or being used to secure
child restraints. An unused belt could injure a child if
SERVICING they play with it and accidentally lock the seatbelt
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retractor. Before installing a child restraint using the
ISOFIX system, buckle the seat belt behind the child
restraint and out of the child's reach. If the buckled seat
TECHNICAL
belt interferes with the child restraint installation, in-
SPECIFICATIONS
stead of buckling it behind the child restraint, route the
seat belt through the child restraint belt path and then
buckle it. Do not lock the seatbelt. Remind all children
CONTENTS
in the vehicle that the seat belts are not toys and that
they should not play with them.
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WARNING!
• Improper installation of a child re-
straint to the ISOFIX anchorages can
lead to failure of an infant or child restraint.The
child could be badly injured or killed. Follow the
manufacturer's directions exactly when installing
an infant or child restraint.
• Child restraint anchorages are designed to
withstand only those loads imposed by correctly-
fitted child restraints. Under no circumstances
are they to be used for adult seat belts,harnesses,
or for attaching other items or equipment to the
vehicle.
Installing Child Restraints Using The Vehicle
Seat Belt
The seat belts in the passenger seating positions are
equipped with either a Switchable Automatic Locking
Retractor (ALR) or a cinching latch plate or both. Both
types of seat belts are designed to keep the lap portion
of the seat belt tight around the child restraint so that
it is not necessary to use a locking clip. The ALR
retractor can be "switched" into a locked mode by
pulling all of the webbing out of the retractor and then
letting the webbing retract back into the retractor. If it
is locked, the ALR will make a clicking noise while the
webbing is pulled back into the retractor. For additional
information on ALR, refer to the "Automatic Locking