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D-4 Knowing Your Vehicle Belts
Review your vehicle's owner manual for vehicle seat belt use
with child restraints. This is your best source for information
concerning your vehicle.
Not all vehicle belts will work with this child restraint. This
child restraint must be tightly locked in place at all times,
during travel. You must determine if your vehicles belts are
compatible with this child restraint.
Vehicle Belts
• Automatic/Passive vehicle seat belts
You MUST have a lap belt to install any child restraint. An
automatic (passive) shoulder belt may or may not have a
separate lap belt. Consult your vehicle owner's manual.
• Vehicle belts in center of the door
or side panel
You must move the child restraint to
another seating location. Consult your
vehicle owner's manual.
• Vehicle belts that are in front of
the seat bight
You may need to move the child restraint
to another seating location. Consult your
vehicle owner's manual.
• Do Not Use with inflatable seat belts
You may need to move the child restraint to another seating
location or use UAS belts only.
• ELR (Emergency Locking
Retractor) vehicle belts
These lap and shoulder belts only lock
in a sudden stop or crash, and do not
properly secure a child restraint alone.
Consult your vehicle owner's manual.
To learn if you have this type of belt, gently pull the belt
all the way out of the retractor (spool), let it return several
inches, then pull on it again.
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If it moves freely, it is an ELR belt. If it is locked and will not
allow any more belt to come out, it is a switchable retractor.
If you have an ELR lap and shoulder belt, review the "Vehicle
Latch Plate" section to see if you need a locking clip.
ELR lap-only belts MUST NOT be used with this
child restraint.
• Switchable retractor
These belts switch from ELR to ALR (Automatic Locking
Retractor). You must have the vehicle belts in the
locking mode to use them. Follow the instructions in the
installation sections.
• ALR (Automatic Locking Retractor)
These belts lock after pulling the webbing out and letting
the belt go back into the retractor an inch or two. Follow
the instructions in the installation sections.
Vehicle Latch Plates
Locking
Latch
Plate
Sliding
Latch
Plate
If the belt loosens or slips, you have a sliding latch plate.
If you have an ELR retractor and a sliding latch plate, you
MUST use a locking clip to install the child restraint or
move to another seating location. You may not need to use
the locking clip with a switchable or ALR retractor. Consult
your vehicle owner's manual.
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• Check the Latch
Plates
Buckle the lap/shoulder
belt. Pull on the lap belt
portion. If the vehicle
belt does not loosen or
slip, you have a locking
latch plate. You should
not need to use a locking
clip. Consult your vehicle
owner's manual.
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