2010 Chrysler Town & Country User Guide - Page 13

2010 Chrysler Town & Country Manual

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GETTING STARTED • Place the child upright in the seat with their back firmly against the seatback. • Grasp the latch plate and pull out the seat belt. • Slide the latch plate up the webbing as far as necessary to allow the seat belt to go around the child's lap. NOTE: The lap portion of the seat belt should be low on the hips and as snug as possible. • Once the seat belt is long enough to fit properly, insert the latch plate into the buckle until you hear a "click." • To remove the slack from the lap belt, pull upward on the shoulder portion of the seat belt and release by pushing the red button on the buckle. Installing The LATCH - Compatible Child Restraint System • Each vehicle, except commercial cargo vehicles, is equipped with the child restraint anchorage system called LATCH, which stands for Lower Anchors and Tether for CHildren. • Two LATCH child restraint anchorage systems are installed on all second-row seats and in the center position on all third row fold-in-floor seats. • Second-row seats also feature tether strap anchorages, located in the rear surface of the seatback. • In addition, all third row fold-in-floor seats are equipped with a child restraint tether anchor at the center seating position. Installing The Lower Attachments: • The vehicle lower anchorages are round bars located at the rear of the seat cushion where it meets the seatback. • Loosen the adjusters on the lower child restraint attachment straps to ease the installation. NOTE: It is recommended to loosen the top tether strap and route it loosely prior to securing the lower anchors so the top tether strap is not trapped between the vehicle seat and child restraint. • Attach the lower child restraint attachment straps to the vehicle's lower anchor bars. Ensure that the lower attachment strap is firmly engaged and that the hook is secure. • Tighten the lower attachment strap while firmly pushing the child restraint rearward and downward into the vehicle seat. Remove all slack in the lower attachment straps. 11

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• Placethechilduprightintheseatwiththeirbackfirmlyagainsttheseatback.
• Graspthelatchplateandpullouttheseatbelt.
• Slidethelatchplateupthewebbingasfarasnecessarytoallowtheseatbelttogo
aroundthechild’slap.
NOTE:
Thelapportionoftheseatbeltshouldbelowonthehipsandassnugas
possible.
• Oncetheseatbeltislongenoughtofitproperly,insertthelatchplateintothe
buckleuntilyouheara“click.”
• Toremovetheslackfromthelapbelt,pullupwardontheshoulderportionofthe
seatbeltandreleasebypushingtheredbuttononthebuckle.
InstallingTheLATCH-CompatibleChildRestraintSystem
• Eachvehicle,exceptcommercialcargovehicles,isequippedwiththechildrestraint
anchoragesystemcalledLATCH,whichstandsforLowerAnchorsandTetherfor
CHildren.
• TwoLATCHchildrestraintanchoragesystemsareinstalledonallsecond-rowseats
andinthecenterpositiononallthirdrowfold-in-floorseats.
• Second-rowseatsalsofeaturetetherstrapanchorages,locatedintherearsurface
oftheseatback.
• Inaddition,allthirdrowfold-in-floorseatsareequippedwithachildrestrainttether
anchoratthecenterseatingposition.
InstallingTheLowerAttachments:
• Thevehicleloweranchoragesareroundbarslocatedattherearoftheseat
cushionwhereitmeetstheseatback.
• Loosentheadjustersonthelowerchild
restraintattachmentstrapstoeasethe
installation.
NOTE:
Itisrecommendedtoloosenthetop
tetherstrapandrouteitlooselypriorto
securingtheloweranchorssothetoptether
strapisnottrappedbetweenthevehicleseat
andchildrestraint.
• Attachthelowerchildrestraintattachmentstrapstothevehicle’sloweranchor
bars.Ensurethatthelowerattachmentstrapisfirmlyengagedandthatthehookis
secure.
• Tightenthelowerattachmentstrapwhilefirmlypushingthechildrestraint
rearwardanddownwardintothevehicleseat.Removeallslackinthelower
attachmentstraps.
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