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Vehicle Belts
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Your vehicle’s features may be considerably different
than those pictured here.
If LATCH: lower anchors are not an option or if your child weighs more
than
40 lb
(18 kg), you must use the vehicle seat belt system to install
the car seat.
Not all vehicle belts and seating positions will work with
car seats.
Please go through the following steps to understand how
to lock a car seat in Rear-Facing Mode or Forward-Facing
Mode with a vehicle belt.
Lap/Shoulder Belts
You Must Review Your
Vehicle Owner’s Manual
Your vehicle owner’s manual will let
you know which vehicle belts and
seating positions car seats
can be installed in.
1
Check How This Car Seat Will Be
Locked Into Place
The vehicle belt
must not
loosen after
tightening. This means there needs to be
a way to lock the vehicle belt.
The ways this can be done are:
• By using the seat belt’s retractor, see
step 3;
OR
• By using the seat belt’s latch plate, see
step 4.
2
3
Check Retractor
Retractors pull seat belts into stored
positions and lock the belt to hold
passengers in place.
See the next page for some common
types of vehicle belt retractors that will
work with this car seat.
