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Locking Latch Plate
Emergency Locking
Retractor with a
Sliding Latch Plate
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If the vehicle belt does not slide
through the latch plate, it’s
locked.
If the latch plate slides up and
down the vehicle 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 Emergency
Locking Retractor with a
Sliding Latch Plate, you must
use the base’s AutoLock
feature.
Emergency Locking
Retractor
If the retractor does not lock, it is most likely an Emer-
gency Locking Retractor. These retractors only lock during
a sudden stop or collision.
You will need to determine if your seat belt’s latch plate
can lock the belt. See Step 5, “Check the Latch Plates,”
below and on the next page.
See Step 5, “Check the
Latch Plates”.
Check the Latch Plates
Latch plates are the part of
the seat belt that goes into the
buckle.
To see if the latch plate locks,
buckle the vehicle belt; then
firmly tug the lap portion of the
seat belt while pulling it up.
Emergency Locking Retractor
Lap Only Belt
Infl atable Seat Belts
Never Use With This Child Restraint