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Child Safety
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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
instruc
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tions when installing a ch ild restraint in your vehicle. To
activate the convertible
locking
retractor:
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Place the
child
restraint on a seat, preferably on the rear
seat.
- Slowly pull the belt
all the way out
.
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Route it around or through the child restraint belt path
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&.
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Push the child safety seat down with your full weight
to
get the safety
belt really
tight.
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Insert the belt tongue
into
the buckle for that seating
position.
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Guide
the safety belt back into the retractor unt il the belt
lies flat and snug on the child safety seat
.
- You should
hear
a "clicking" noise as the belt winds back
into the
inertia
reel.
Test
the convertible locking retractor
by pulling on the belt. You should no
longer
be able to
pull
the
belt out of the retractor.
The
convertible locking
retractor is now act ivated.
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Make sure that the red release button
is
facing away from
the child restraint so that
it
can be unbuckled quickly.
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Pull on
the belt to
make sure the safety belt
is
properly
tight and fastened so that the seat cannot move forward
or sideways more than one inch (2.5 cm)
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WARNING
Using the wrong child restraint or an improperly installed
child
restraint
can cause
serious personal injury or death in a crash.
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Always make sure that the safety belt retractor
is
locked when
installing a
child safety
seat. An unlocked
safety
belt retractor
cannot
hold the
child safety seat
in place during normal driving or
in a crash.
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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.
•
Always make sure
the seat
backrest to which the
child
restraint
is
installed
is
in an upright position and securely latched into place
and cannot fold forward. Otherwise, the seat back with the
child
safety seat
attached to it could fly forward in the event of an acci-
dent or other emergency
situation.
•
Always read and heed
all
WARNINGS whenever using a
child
restrained in a vehicle is being used
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page
159.
Special precau-
tions apply when installing
a child safety seat
on the front
passenger seat
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page 139,
"Child
restraints on the front
seat -
some important things to know"
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Deactivating
the convertible
locking
retractor
The convertible locking retractor for
child
restraints
will
be
deactivated
automatically
when
the
belt is wound all
the way
back
into the retractor.
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Press the red button on the safety belt
buckle. The
belt
tongue will pop out of the buckle.
- Guide the belt all the way back into its stowed position
.
Always let the saf ety belt retract completely into its stowed position.
The safety belt can
now
be used as an ordinary safety belt without
the convertible locking retractor for child restraints.
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