Cosco Scenera Next, Instruction Manual

Knowing Your Vehicle Belts

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Review your vehicle owner’s 

manual for vehicle seat belt use 

with child restraints. This is your best 

source for information concerning your 
vehicle.

Not all vehicle belts will work with this 
child restraint. This child restraint must 
be tightly locked in place at all times. You 
must determine if your vehicle’s belts are 
compatible with this child restraint.

Vehicle Belts

• Automatic/Passive 
vehicle seat belts

You 

MUST

 have a lap 

belt to install any child 
restraint. An automatic 

(passive) shoulder belt may or may not 
have a separate lap belt.

• Do not use with inflatable seat 
belts

You may need to move the child restraint 
to another seating location or use LATCH 
belts only.

•

 Vehicle belts in center of the door 

or side panel

You must move the child restraint to 
another seating location. 

• 

Vehicle belts that 

are in front of the 
seat bight

You may need to 
move the child 
restraint to another 
seating location. 

• 

ELR (Emergency 

Locking Retractor) 
vehicle belts

These belts only lock 
in a sudden stop or 

crash, and do not properly secure a child 
restraint alone. 

To determine if you have 

this type of belt

, gently pull the belt all 

the way out of the retractor (spool), let it 
return several inches, then pull on it again. 
If it moves freely, it is an ELR belt. If it is 
locked and will not allow any more belt to 
come out, it is a switchable retractor.

If you have an ELR lap and shoulder belt, 
review the “Vehicle Latch Plate” section on 
page 29 to see if you need a locking clip. 

WARNING: 

ELR lap-only belts 

MUST NOT be used with this child 
restraint.

• Switchable Retractor

These belts switch from ELR to ALR 
(Automatic Locking Retractor). You 

MUST

have the vehicle belts in the locking mode 
to use them. 

With a switchable retractor, pull the 
shoulder belt all the way out to switch 
the retractor into the ALR mode before 
tightening. Feed the slack back into the 
retractor while tightening. 

• ALR (Automatic Locking Retractor)

These belts lock after pulling the webbing 
out and letting the belt go back into the 
retractor an inch or two. 

With an ALR belt, pull the belt all the way 
out before threading through the child 
restraint.

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