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LAP-SHOULDER BELT
1. Adjust the driver’s seat as needed and sit well back and straight up.
(The passenger seat does not adjust.) Grasp the latch plate and:
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Pull the belt as far as it will reach across your lap.
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Hold the latch plate at an angle to the webbing and slide it
further (toward the front of the truck).
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Then pull it slowly across your lap and push it into the buckle
until it clicks. If the retractor locks before the latch plate reaches
the buckle, let the belt retract slightly, then withdraw it slower
than before.
2. To reduce the risk of sliding under the belt during a collision,
position the belt across your lap as low on your hips as possible
and adjust it to a snug fit by pulling the “shoulder” portion upward
through the latch plate.
The lap-shoulder belt is designed to lock during a sudden stop or
impact. At other times it should move freely.
CAUTION: To help reduce the risk of personal injury or death in an
accident, if a child is using the vehicle’s seat belts because the
child has outgrown child restraints, including booster seats, and if
the shoulder belt is on or very close to the child’s face or neck,
move the child toward the center of the seat, away from the
shoulder belts.
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