Seats and Restraints
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If you are using a vehicle safety
belt equipped with the child
restraint locking feature to secure
the restraint, be sure that after you
have routed the belt through the
restraint and have buckled the belt
that you pull the shoulder portion
all the way out of the retractor to
engage the belt lock. Then, feed
the shoulder belt back into the
retractor while pushing down on
the restraint.
Follow the manufacturer's
instructions.
For third row seating positions
equipped with a cinching latch
plate, you may need to tilt the
latch plate to adjust the belt.
See "Safety Belts" earlier in this
section for more information on
latch plates.
Push and pull the child restraint in
different directions to make sure it
is secure.
If your vehicle is equipped with
child restraint anchors and the
restraint that you need to secure is
equipped with anchor attaching
points, see "Anchors for Child
Restraints with Lower Attaching
Points and Top Strap" later in
this section for information on
securing the restraint.
Child restraints that require the
top strap to be anchored can only
be used in rear seating positions.
There are no anchor brackets
available for front seating
positions.
Also, do not use a child restraint
that requires the top strap to
be anchored in the third row
passenger's side seating position.
There are no anchor brackets
available for this seating position.
See "Top Strap" later in this
section.
Accident statistics show that
children are safer when properly
secured in a rear seat in the correct
child restraint for their weight and
size.
It is therefore recommended that
children in child restraints and
older children who are large
enough to wear a safety belt be
secured in a rear seat position.
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