2012 Chrysler 300 User Guide - Page 17

2012 Chrysler 300 Manual

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GETTING STARTED • Tighten all three straps as you push the child restraint rearward and downward into the seat. • For center seating position route the tether strap over the seatback and adjustable headrest (with the headrest in the full down position) then attach the hook to the tether anchor located in the panel between the rear seatback and the rear window. Installing The Child Restraint Using The Vehicle Seat Belts • To install a child restraint, first, pull enough of the seat belt webbing from the retractor to route it through the belt path of the child restraint and slide the latch plate into the buckle. • Next, extract all the seat belt webbing out of the retractor and then allow the belt to retract into the retractor. Finally, pull on any excess webbing to tighten the lap portion around the child restraint. Any seat belt system will loosen with time, so check the belt occasionally, and pull it tight if necessary. • Rotate the cover over the anchor directly behind the seat where you are placing the child restraint. These tether strap anchorages are under a plastic cover. • Route the tether strap to provide the most direct path for the strap between the anchor and the child seat. • Attach the tether strap hook of the child restraint to the anchor and remove slack in the tether strap according to the child restraint manufacturer's instructions. WARNING! • In a collision, an unrestrained child, even a tiny baby, can become a projectile inside the vehicle. The force required to hold even an infant on your lap could become so great that you could not hold the child, no matter how strong you are. The child and others could be severely injured or killed. Any child riding in your vehicle should be in a proper restraint for the child's size. • Rearward-facing child seats must never be used in the front seat of a vehicle with a front passenger air bag. An air bag deployment could cause infants in this position to be severely injured or killed. • Improper installation of a child restraint to the LATCH anchorages can lead to failure of an infant or child restraint. The child could be severely injured or killed. Follow the manufacturer's directions exactly when installing an infant or child restraint. • An incorrectly anchored tether strap could lead to increased head motion and possible injury to the child. Use only the anchor positions directly behind the child seat to secure a child restraint top tether strap. 15

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• Tightenallthreestrapsasyoupushthe
childrestraintrearwardanddownwardinto
theseat.
• Forcenterseatingpositionroutethe
tetherstrapovertheseatbackand
adjustableheadrest(withtheheadrestin
thefulldownposition)thenattachthe
hooktothetetheranchorlocatedinthe
panelbetweentherearseatbackandthe
rearwindow.
InstallingTheChildRestraintUsingTheVehicleSeatBelts
• Toinstallachildrestraint,first,pullenoughoftheseatbeltwebbingfromtheretractorto
routeitthroughthebeltpathofthechildrestraintandslidethelatchplateintothe
buckle.
• Next,extractalltheseatbeltwebbingoutoftheretractorandthenallowthebeltto
retractintotheretractor.Finally,pullonanyexcesswebbingtotightenthelapportion
aroundthechildrestraint.Anyseatbeltsystemwillloosenwithtime,socheckthebelt
occasionally,andpullittightifnecessary.
• Rotatethecoverovertheanchordirectlybehindtheseatwhereyouareplacingthechild
restraint.Thesetetherstrapanchoragesareunderaplasticcover.
• Routethetetherstraptoprovidethemostdirectpathforthestrapbetweentheanchor
andthechildseat.
• Attachthetetherstraphookofthechildrestrainttotheanchorandremoveslackinthe
tetherstrapaccordingtothechildrestraintmanufacturer’sinstructions.
WARNING!
• Inacollision,anunrestrainedchild,evenatinybaby,canbecomeaprojectileinsidethe
vehicle.Theforcerequiredtoholdevenaninfantonyourlapcouldbecomesogreat
thatyoucouldnotholdthechild,nomatterhowstrongyouare.Thechildandothers
couldbeseverelyinjuredorkilled.Anychildridinginyourvehicleshouldbeinaproper
restraintforthechild'ssize.
• Rearward-facingchildseatsmustneverbeusedinthefrontseatofavehiclewithafront
passengerairbag.Anairbagdeploymentcouldcauseinfantsinthispositiontobe
severelyinjuredorkilled.
• ImproperinstallationofachildrestrainttotheLATCHanchoragescanleadtofailureof
aninfantorchildrestraint.Thechildcouldbeseverelyinjuredorkilled.Followthe
manufacturer’sdirectionsexactlywheninstallinganinfantorchildrestraint.
• Anincorrectlyanchoredtetherstrapcouldleadtoincreasedheadmotionandpossible
injurytothechild.Useonlytheanchorpositionsdirectlybehindthechildseattosecurea
childrestrainttoptetherstrap.
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