RAM 1500 2019 User Manual page 124

6. Try to pull the webbing out of the
retractor. If it is locked, you should not
be able to pull out any webbing. If the
retractor is not locked, repeat step 5.
7. Finally, pull up on any excess webbing to
tighten the lap portion around the child
restraint while you push the child
restraint rearward and downward into the
vehicle seat.
8. If the child restraint has a top tether
strap and the seating position has a top
tether anchorage, connect the tether
strap to the anchorage and tighten the
tether strap. See the section "Installing
Child Restraints Using the Top Tether
Anchorage" for directions to attach a
tether anchor.
9. Test that the child restraint is installed
tightly by pulling back and forth on the
child seat at the belt path. It should not
move more than 1 inch (25.4 mm) in any
direction.
Any seat belt system will loosen with time, so
check the belt occasionally, and pull it tight
if necessary.
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Installing Child Restraints Using The Top
Tether Anchorage
WARNING!
Do not attach a tether strap for a
rear-facing car seat to any location in front
of the car seat, including the seat frame or
a tether anchorage. Only attach the tether
strap of a rear-facing car seat to the tether
anchorage that is approved for that seating
position, located behind the top of the
vehicle seat. See the section "Lower
Anchors and Tethers for CHildren (LATCH)
Restraint System" for the location of
approved tether anchorages
vehicle.
Never place a rear-facing child restraint in
front of an air bag. A deploying Passenger
Front Air Bag can cause death or serious
injury to a child 12 years or younger,
including a child in a rear-facing child
restraint.
The top tether anchorages in this vehicle are
tether strap loops located between the rear
glass and the back of the rear seat. There is
a tether strap loop located behind each
seating position. Follow the steps below to
attach the tether strap of the child restraint.
in your
Right Or Left Outboard Seats:
1. Reach between the rear seat and rear
glass to access the tether strap loop.
2. Place a child restraint on the seat and
adjust the tether strap so that it will
reach over the seat back, through the
space between the head restraint and the
seat back, through the tether strap loop
behind the seat and over to the tether
strap loop behind the center seat.
WARNING!