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Essential Safety Equipment

Child-Restraint

Front Passenger's Seat Child-Restraint 

System Installation (With Front 

Passenger Occupant Classification 

System)

1.  Switch the ignition ON.

2.  Slide the seat as far back as possible.

3.  Place the child-restraint system on the 

seat without putting your weight on 

the seat and fasten the seat belt. See 

the manufacturer's instructions on the 

child-restraint system for belt routing 

instructions.

4.  To get the retractor into the automatic 

locking mode, pull the shoulder belt 

portion of the seat belt until the entire 

length of the belt is out of the retractor.

5.  Push the child-restraint system firmly 

into the vehicle seat. Be sure the 

belt retracts as snugly as possible. A 

clicking noise from the retractor will 

be heard during retraction if the system 

is in automatic locking mode. If the 

belt does not lock the seat down tight, 

repeat the previous step and also this 

one.

NOTE



  Inspect this function before each use of 

the child-restraint system. You should 

not be able to pull the shoulder belt 

out of the retractor while the system is 

in the automatic locking mode. When 

you remove the child-restraint system, 

be sure the belt fully retracts to return 

the system to emergency locking mode 

before occupants use the seat belts.



  Follow the child-restraint system 

manufacturer's instructions carefully.

  Depending on the type of child-restraint 

system, it may not employ seat belts 

which are in automatic locking mode.

6.  Seat your child safely in the child-

restraint system and secure the child 

according to the instructions from the 

child-restraint system manufacturer.

7.  Make sure the front passenger air bag 

deactivation indicator light illuminates 

after installing a child-restraint system 

on the front passenger seat.

  If the front passenger air bag 

deactivation indicator light does not 

illuminate, remove the child-restraint 

system, switch the ignition to OFF, and 

then re-install the child-restraint system 

(page 2-56).

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