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Essential Safety Equipment

Child Restraint

Form No. 8Q44-EA-01K

3. 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.

4. Push the child-restraint system firmly 

into the vehicle seat. Be sure the belt 
retracts as snugly as possible. Adjust 
the angle of the seat belt buckle so that 
the belt is not loose. Clicking from the 
retractor will be heard during retraction 
if the system is in the automatic 
locking mode. If the belt does not lock 
the seat down tight, repeat this step.

5. If your child-restraint system requires 

the use of a tether strap, hook and 
tighten the tether strap by following the 
manufacturer’s instructions.

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.

Anchor
bracket

Tether strap

Tether strap position

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