3. Slide the latch plate into the buckle until you hear a “click.”
4. Pull on the webbing to make the lap portion tight against the child seat.
5. To lock the seat belt, pull down on the shoulder part of the belt until you have pulled all the seat
belt webbing out of the retractor. Then, allow the webbing to retract back into the retractor. As
the webbing retracts, you will hear a clicking sound. This means the seat belt is now in the
Automatic Locking mode.
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.
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 in your vehicle.
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