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Failure to use the locking clip or convert the seat belt in another way will allow the car seat to move out of position. See your vehicle owner’s manual or contact your vehicle manufacturer for more information. 26 5.3 Positioning and Securing the Car Seat in Your Vehicle Installation of your car seat varies depending on the type of seat belt system you have in your vehicle. Carefully review the following pages to determine the proper installation requirements. There are many kinds of vehicles, seat belts, and occupant protection systems. As a result, it is not possible for this manual to tell you everything you need to know about putting this car seat in your vehicle. You must carefully follow the instructions provided by your vehicle manufacturer, in addition to the information in this manual. Before proceeding, be sure you have read and understood the section on safe and unsafe vehicle belt systems. Failure to properly secure the car seat in the vehicleincreases the child’s risk of serious injury or death in the event of a sharp turn, sudden stop or crash. Carefully follow these instructions and those in yourvehicle owner’s manual to be sure your car seat isproperly located, positioned, and held tightly at all times. 1. Make sure you have adjusted the harness straps to fit your child as explained in section 5.1, “Positioning the Harness Straps” (page 16) and selected a suitable location for the car seat as explained in section 4 (page 14) and section 5.2 (page 21). 27 2. If a front passenger seat is used, slide the vehicle seat rearward as far as possible from the dashboard. If a rear seat is used, make sure the seat in front of it is moved forward enough and is upright enough to allow room for the car seat. 3. Be sure that the vehicle seat back is locked in position. 4. Place the car seat firmly against the back of a forward-facing vehicle seat. If you are using the tether, lay it over the back of the vehicle seat so it won’t get hidden behind the back of the car seat. 5. Thread the seat belt: Follow diagram ..if you are using a lap/shoulder belt .. Follow diagram ..if you are using a lap-only . belt 28 .... 6. Buckle the vehicle belt. Make sure the buckle tongue goes into the correct buckle, and not the adjacent one ... The vehicle belt should not be twisted or turned. 7. Now the vehicle seat belt must be tightened. Push down hard with your knee or free hand in the middle of the car seat ... Then pull and tighten the vehicle belt. If you have a lap-only belt, go to step 8. If you have a lap/ shoulder combination belt, go to step 9. .. .. 8. Tightening a lap-only belt: An automatically adjusted lap belt ....is tightened by feeding the vehicle belt back into its retractor while pushing down hard on the car seat. Make sure that vehicle belt is locked in place and very tight. 29 .... A manually adjusted lap belt ....is tightened by pulling on the excess belt while pushing down hard on the car seat. However, you may have trouble tightening the belt because of the upright angle at which you must pull. You may have to unbuckle the vehicle belt, estimate a belt length that will make the vehicle belt very tight, then buckle it again. 9. Tightening a lap/shoulder combination belt: .. A lap/shoulder combination belt with a locking latchplate ....is tightened by pulling hard on the shoulder portion of the vehicle belt while pushing down hard on the car seat. However, you may have trouble tightening the belt because of the upright angle at which you must pull. You may have to unbuckle the vehicle belt, estimate a belt length that will make the vehicle belt very tight, then buckle it again. 30 .... A lap/shoulder combination belt with a latchplate that can slide freely along the belt . requires the locking clip, unless your vehicle’s seat belt can be converted in another way that is described in your vehicle owner’s manual. See your vehicle owner’s manual to find out if your vehicle belt can be converted to prevent movement of the lap portion of the belt. Otherwise, the locking clip MUST be used. 10. To install the locking clip: a. Tighten the buckled vehicle belt by pushing down hard on the car seat and pulling hard on the shoulder belt. b. While continuing to push down on the car seat, let go of the shoulder strap and pinch the two straps together just behind the buckle tongue. c. While still pinching the straps together, unbuckle the vehicle belt. Do not allow the straps to slip. d. Connect the lap belt to the shoulder belt by placing the locking clip on the belts about . inch from the buckle tongue as shown ... 31 . inch .. e. Re-buckle the belt and pull hard on the lap belt to be sure it does not move. f. Repeat this procedure if the lap belt is loose or lengthens when pulled. Remove locking clip from vehicle seat belt when not being used with a car seat. The belt will not properly restrain an adult or child and serious injury could occur. Store locking clip under its tab on the back of the car seat. Do not use...

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