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18
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The seat belt must be as tight as possible.
Put your full weight onto the child restraint as you
tighten the seat belt
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.
Check your work.
Make certain the belts are tight. If you can move the
child restraint more than 25 mm (1 inch) side to side or
front to back at the rear-facing belt path
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, the vehicle
belt is not tight enough. If you have not tightly secured
the child restraint, try again, move it to another location,
or install with the lower anchor connector assembly
(p. 20).
• If vehicle seat belts are not routed and fastened correctly,
the child restraint may not protect your child in a crash.
•
Check your vehicle owner’s manual to determine how to
lock your seat belt for child restraint installation. The seat
belt must be locked to properly secure the child restraint.
•
DO NOT
use this child restraint if it moves more than 25
mm (1 in.) side to side or front to back at the rear-facing
belt path. Serious injury or death may result from poor
installation. If you can not tightly secure the child
restraint, try again or move it to another location, or
install with the lower anchor connector assembly.
WARNING
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Remove Locking Clip from vehicle seat belt when not used
with a child restraint, or the vehicle seat belt will not properly
restrain an adult or child. Serious injury could occur.
WARNING
If your vehicle is
model year 1996 or newer
, it likely
has a vehicle belt system that can be locked when
tightened, and will not require use of a Locking Clip.
Consult your vehicle owner’s manual before
installing a locking clip.
If your vehicle requires a Locking Clip, please call
ParentLink at 1-800-233-5921 (U.S.) or 1-937-773-3971
(Canada), or 01-800-706-12-00 (Mexico). to obtain a
Locking Clip and instructions on how to install and use
it.
Install Locking Clip
(not included), if
necessary.
If your vehicle was built
prior
to model year 1996,
and
has a lap/shoulder belt that is
equipped with an emergency
locking retractor (ELR) AND
sliding latch plate, you
MUST
use a Locking Clip. Check
your vehicle owner’s manual
to identify which vehicle belt
system is in your vehicle.
Locking Clip
installed properly
13 mm
(0.5 inch)