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Essential Safety Equipment

Child Restraint

Passenger's Seat Child-Restraint 

System Installation (With Passenger 

Occupant Classification System)

1.  Make sure the ignition is switched off.

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 secure the child-restraint 

system with the lap portion of the lap/

shoulder 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.

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.  Switch the ignition ON and make sure 

the passenger air bag deactivation 

indicator light illuminates after 

installing a child-restraint system on 

the passenger seat.

  If the 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 

2-37).

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