Child Restraint: Adjustments

The locking clip must be used to secure a child seat when the vehicle has a shoulder and lap safety belt with a safety belt tongue. Every safety belt that requires a locking clip is identified on the safety belt, with the label. The locking clip is installed on a sample piece of webbing to show proper installation.

WARNING: IF THE LOCKING CLIP IS NOT USED, INJURIES COULD RESULT FROM THE CHILD SEAT TIPPING OVER DURING NORMAL VEHICLE BRAKING OR CORNERING.

Use the following procedure to install the locking clip:

1. Thread the belt webbing through the child seat according to the child seat manufacturer's instructions.






2. Buckle the safety belt. Pull on the shoulder portion of the safety belt to make the lap portion fit snugly. keeping the lap belt snug, hold the lap and shoulder safety belt portions of belt webbing together next to the safety belt tongue and unbuckle the safety belt.






3. Slide either corner of the locking clip slot that is closest to the safety belt tongue over both layers of the belt webbing.






4. Pinch both opposite edges of the webbing together and insert into the locking clip slot.






5. Pinch both layers of the webbing together and insert into the other slot of the locking clip in the same manner as step 4.






6. Buckle the safety belt. Forcibly tilt the child seat from side-to-side and also tug it forward to see if it is held securely in place. If excessive movement occurs, repeat steps 3 through 6 or properly install the child seat in a different seating position in the vehicle.