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Activating the convertible locking retractor
Use the convertible locking retractor to secure a
child restraint.
Always heed the child safety seat manufacturer's
instructions when installing a child restraint in
your veh icle. To act ivate the convertible locking
retractor:
"' Place the child restraint on a seat, preferably
on the rear seat.
"' Slowly pull the belt all the way out .
"' Route it around or through the child restraint
belt path
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"' Push the child safety seat dow n with your fu ll
weight t o get the safety be lt rea lly t ight.
"' Insert the belt tongue into the buckle for that
seating position.
"' Guide the safety belt back into the retractor un -
ti l the belt lies flat and snug on the child safety
seat.
"' You should hear a "clicking" no ise as the belt
winds back into the inertia reel. Test the con-
vertib le locking retractor by pul ling on the belt .
You should no longer be able to pull the belt
out of the ret ractor. The convertible locking re-
t racto r is now activated .
"' Make sure that the red release button is facing
away from the child restraint so that it can be
unbuckled quick ly.
"' Pull on the be lt to make sure the safety belt is
properly tight and fastened so that the seat
cannot move forward and s ideways more than
1 in (2.5 cm) .
A
WARNING
Using the wrong child restraint or an improp-
erly installed child rest raint can cause ser ious
personal injury o r death in a cras h.
- Always ma ke sure that the safety belt re-
t racto r is loc ked when install ing a child
safety seat . An unloc ked safety belt retrac-
tor cannot hold the child safety seat in place
during norma l driving or in a crash.
- Always buckle the child safety seat firmly in
place even if a child is not sitting in it. A
loose child safety seat can fly around during
a sudden stop or in a crash.
Ch ild safety
- Always make sure the seat backrest to which
the child restraint is installed is in an up-
right position and securely latched into
place and cannot fold forward. Otherw ise,
the seatback with the child safety seat at-
tached to it could fly forward in the event of
an accident or othe r emergency s ituation.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS when-
eve r us ing a child restrained in a vehicle is
be ing used
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Special precautions
apply when install ing a child safety seat on
the front passenger seat
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page 191, Child
restraints on the front seat - some impor-
tant things to know .
Deactivating the convertible locking
retractor
The convertible locking retractor for child re-
straints will be dea ctivated automatically when
the belt is wound all the way back into the re-
tractor .
"' Press the red button on the safety belt buckle.
The belt tongue will pop out of th e buckle.
"' Guide the safety belt all the way back into its
stowed posit ion .
Always let the safety belt retract completely into
its stowed posit ion. The safety be lt can now be
used as an ord inary safety belt without the con-
vertib le locking retractor for child restraints .
If the convertible locking retractor should be ac-
t ivated inadvertently, the safety belt must be un-
fastened and guided completely back into its
stowed position to deactivate th is feature .
If
the
convertible locking retractor is not deactivated,
the safety belt will g radually become t ighter and
uncomfortab le to wear.
A
WARNING
Improperly installed child safety seats in-
crease the risk of serious persona l injury and
death in a collision.
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- Never unfasten the safety belt to deactivate
the convertible locking ret ractor fo r child re-
straints wh ile the vehicle is moving. You
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