Owners Manual

Child restraint systems
4-20 Seat and restraint systems
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5. After confirming that the belt is locked,
grab the shoulder part of the belt near the
buckle and pull up to remove any slack
from the lap part of the belt allowing the
slack to feed into the retractor. Remember,
if the lap belt portion is not tight, the child
restraint system will not be secure. It may
help to put your weight on the child
restraint system and/or push on its seat-
back while pulling up on the belt (See
illustration).
6. Open the cover from the tether anchor
installation point by pulling it back with
your hand as illustrated below (6).
7. Latch the tether strap hook (A) of the
child restraint system to the tether anchor
(B) as illustrated below (7) and tighten the
top tether strap so it is securely fastened.
8. Before putting your child in the restraint,
push and pull the restraint in all directions
to be sure it is firmly secure. Do this
before each use. If the child restraint sys-
tem is not firmly secure, repeat steps 1
through 7.
9. To remove a child restraint system from
the vehicle and deactivate the ALR mode,
remove the child from the restraint.
Unlatch the buckle. Then remove the belt
from the restraint and let the belt fully
retract.
10. Reinstall the head restraint.
Refer to “Head restraints” on page 4-5.
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Children who have outgrown a child restraint
system should be seated in the rear seat and
wear the seat belt. If the shoulder belt crosses
their face or neck, and/or the lap belt crosses
their stomach, a commercially available
booster seat must be used to raise the child so
that the shoulder belt crosses their shoulder
and the lap belt remains positioned low
across their hips. The booster seat should fit
the vehicle seat and have a label certifying
compliance with Federal Motor Vehicle
Safety Standards or Motor Vehicle Restraint
Systems and Booster Seats Safety Regula-
tions.
If your child restraint system requires the use
of a tether strap, fasten the tether strap in
accordance with the following procedures.
WARNING
 Child restraint system tether anchors are
designed only to withstand loads from cor-
rectly fitted child restraint systems. Under
no circumstances are they to be used for
adult seat belts, harnesses, or for attach-
ing other items or equipment to the vehi-
cle.
Children who have outgrown
child restraint systems
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