1997 Ford Explorer Owner Guide 1st Printing - Page 105

Seating and safety restraints If both tongues do not latch in the buckle, do not use the child seat. See your dealer for repairs. 8. Fasten the right and left chest clip halves together and adjust the clip to comfortably hold the shoulder belts in place over the child's chest. The chest clip is designed to easily pull apart in a collision. the clip helps to keep belts snug on a sleeping or squirming child. 9. Pull on the safety belt tongues to ensure that they are both securely latched. If they are not properly latched, repeat steps seven and eight. If necessary, the shoulder belt may be put in automatic locking mode (ALR) to limit the child's movement in the seat. The ALR mode should be used if the child is sleeping or attempting to get out of the seat. If not placed in ALR mode, the child seat shoulder belts are in vehicle sensitive (emergency locking) mode, which allow some movement of the shoulder belts (like adult shoulder belts). In emergency locking mode, the shoulder belts of the child seat will lock in response to hard braking, hard cornering or if your vehicle is involved in a collision with an impact of 8 km/h (5 mph) or more. 106