2010 Dodge Charger Owner Manual SRT8 - Page 72

THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING YOUR VEHICLE 71 The seat belt must be in the Automatic Locking Mode in order to enable a child restraint to be tightly installed. Improper installation of a child restraint to the Refer to "Automatic Locking Mode". A locking clip LATCH anchorages can lead to failure of an infant or should not be necessary once the automatic locking child restraint. The child could be badly injured or feature is enabled. Position the shoulder and lap belt on killed. Follow the manufacturer's directions exactly the child restraint. The automatic locking retractor is activated by first attaching the child seat, then pulling all when installing an infant or child restraint. of the webbing out of the retractor, then allowing the webbing to retract back into the retractor. Tighten webInstalling Child Restraints Using the Vehicle Seat bing. To release, simply unbuckle the seat belt by deBelts The passenger seat belts are equipped with either cinch- pressing the button, allowing the webbing to retract into ing latch plates or Automatic Locking Retractors (ALRs), the retractor. which are designed to keep the lap portion tight around In the rear seat, you may have trouble tightening the the child restraint so that it is not necessary to use a lap/shoulder belt on the child restraint because the locking clip. Pulling up on the shoulder portion of the buckle or latch plate is too close to the belt path opening lap/shoulder belt will tighten the belt. The cinching latch on the restraint. Disconnect the latch plate from the plate will keep the belt tight; however, any seat belt buckle and twist the short buckle end belt several times system will loosen with time, so check the belt occasionto shorten it. Insert the latch plate into the buckle with the ally and pull it tight if necessary. release button facing out. WARNING! 2