Subaru Outback 2011 Owner's Manual page 60

child suffering personal injury in the
event of an accident may be in-
creased.
! Installing a rearward facing child
restraint
1. Place the child restraint system in the
rear seating position.
2. Run the lap and shoulder belt through
or around the child restraint system
following the instructions provided by its
manufacturer.
3. Insert the tongue plate into the buckle
until you hear a click.
4. Take up the slack in the lap belt.
5. Push and pull the child restraint
system forward and from side to side to
check that it is firmly secured.
6. To remove the child restraint system,
press the release button on the seatbelt
Seat, seatbelt and SRS airbags
buckle.
WARNING
NEVER INSTALL A REARWARD FA-
CING CHILD SEAT IN THE FRONT
PASSENGER'S SEAT. DOING SO
RISKS SERIOUS INJURY OR DEATH
TO THE CHILD BY PLACING THE
CHILD'S HEAD TOO CLOSE TO THE
SRS AIRBAG.
! Installing forward facing child re-
straint
First check if the Automatic Locking
Retractor (ALR) is equipped for the
seatbelts of the vehicle according to the
following procedure.
1. Draw out the seatbelt completely.
2. Retract the seatbelt even slightly and
try to draw out the seatbelt again.
3. If the seatbelt is locked in that position
and cannot be extended, it indicates that
an ALR is equipped for the seatbelt.
When the seatbelt is retracted fully, the
ALR mode is canceled and the Emer-
gency Locking Retractor (ELR) mode is
restored.
If the ALR is not equipped for the seatbelt,
refer to "Models without ALR" F1-36.
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