2010 Dodge Challenger Owner Manual SRT8 - Page 71

70 THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING YOUR VEHICLE To attach a child restraint tether strap: Installing Child Restraints Using the Vehicle Seat Belt 1. Rotate the cover over the anchor directly behind the The seat belts in the passenger seating positions are seat where you are placing the child restraint. equipped with either an Automatic Locking Retractor (ALR) or a cinching latch plate or both. Both types of seat belts are designed to keep the lap portion of the seat belt tight around the child restraint so that it is not necessary to use a locking clip. The ALR will make a ratcheting noise if you extract the entire belt from the retractor and then allow the belt to retract into the retractor. For additional information on ALR, refer to "Automatic Locking Mode". 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 Tether Strap Mounting retractor. Finally, pull on any excess webbing to tighten 2. Route the tether strap to provide the most direct path the lap portion around the child restraint. Any seat belt for the strap between the anchor and the child seat. system will loosen with time, so check the belt occasionally, and pull it tight if necessary.