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Emergency Locking
Retractor Lap Only Belt
Infl atable Seat Belts
Never Use With This Child
Restraint
If the latch plate does not slide up and
down the vehicle belt, it is a
locking
latch plate
.
If the latch plate slides
up and down the vehi-
cle belt, it is a
sliding
latch plate
.
Sliding latch plates
easily slip between
the lap and shoulder
portions of the belt.
If you have an Emer-
gency Locking Retrac-
tor with a Sliding Latch
Plate, you
MUST
use
a locking clip to install
the child restraint. See
pages 52-54.
Emergency
Locking
Retractor
with a Sliding
Latch Plate
This retractor always locks.
It will automatically lock after slowly pull-
ing the seat belt out at least halfway and
letting the belt go back into the retractor
an inch or two.
If the retractor does not lock, it is most
likely an Emergency Locking Retractor.
These retractors only lock during a sud-
den stop or collision.
Automatic Locking
Retractor
Emergency Locking
Retractor
See Step 4
“Check the
Latch Plates”
Locking Latch
Plate
4.
Check the Latch
Plates
Latch plates are the part
of the seat belt that goes
into the
buckle.
Hold the lap belt with one
hand and with your other
hand grasp the tongue
of the latch plate (the
part that goes inside the
buckle). Pull the latch
plate straight out in line
with the lap belt.
You will need to determine if your seat
belt’s latch plate can lock the belt. See
Step 4, “Check the Latch Plates.”
