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Activating the convertible locking retractor
Use the convertible locking retractor to secure a
child restraint.
Always heed the child safety seat manufacturer 's
instructions when installing a child restraint in
your veh icle . To act ivate the convertible locking
retractor:
.,. Place the child restraint on a seat, preferab ly
on the rear seat.
.,. Slowly pull the belt
all the way out .
.,. Route it around or through the ch ild restraint
belt path
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.,. Push the child safety seat dow n with your fu ll
we ight to get the safety be lt rea lly t ight.
.,. Inse rt the belt tongue into the buckle for t hat
seating position .
.,. Guide the safety be lt back into the retractor un -
ti l the belt lies flat and snug on the chi ld safety
seat.
.,. You should hear a "clicking" no ise as the belt
winds back into the inert ia reel. Test the con-
vertib le locking retracto r by pu lling on the belt .
You should no longer be ab le to pull the belt
out of the ret ractor. The convert ible locking re -
t racto r is now act ivated .
.,. Make sure that the red release button is facing
away from the chi ld restraint so that it can be
unbuckled quick ly.
.,. Pull on the be lt to make sure the safety belt is
properly tig ht and fastened so that the se at
cannot move forward or sideways more than
one inch (2 .5 cm) .
A WARNING
Using the wrong child restra int or an improp-
erly installed child rest raint can cause ser ious
personal injury or dea t h in a crash.
- Always ma ke sure that the safety belt re-
t ractor is loc ked when ins t all ing a child
safety seat . An unlocked safety belt re t rac-
tor cannot hold the child safety seat in place
during norma l driving or in a crash.
- Always buckle the child safe ty seat firmly in
place even if a child is not sitting in it. A
loose child safety seat can fly around d uring
a sudden stop or in a crash.
Ch ild s af e t y
- Always make sure the seat back rest to which
the child restraint is installed is in an up-
right position and securely latched into
place and cannot fold forward. Otherw ise,
the seatback with the child safety seat at-
tached to it could fly fo rwa rd in the event of
an accident or othe r emergency situation.
- Always read and heed all WARNINGS when-
eve r us ing a child restrained in a vehicle is
be ing used ~
page 249. Spe cial precautions
apply when ins t all ing a child safety seat on
the front passenger seat ~
page 228, Child
restraints on the front seat - some impor-
tant things to know .
Deactivating the convertible locking
retractor
The convertible locking retractor for child re-
straints will be dea ctivated automatically when
the belt is wound all the way back into the re-
tractor .
.,. Press the red button on the safety be lt buck le.
The belt tongue will pop out of the buck le.
.,. Guide the safety belt all the way back into its
stowed posit ion .
Always let the safety be lt retract completely into
its stowed posit ion. The safety be lt can now be
used as an ord inary safety belt without the con-
vertible locking retractor for child restraints .
If the convertible locking retractor should be ac-
t ivated inadvertently, the safety belt must be un-
fastened and guided complete ly back into its
stowed pos ition to deactivate th is feature . If the
convertible locking retractor is not deactivated,
t he safety be lt will g radually become t ighter and
uncomfortab le to wear.
A WARNING
Improperly installed child safety seats in-
crease the risk of serious personal injury and
death in a collision.
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- Never unfasten the safety bel t to deactivate
the convertible locking retracto r for child re-
straints while the vehicle is moving. You
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