1996 Ford Explorer Owner's Manual - Page 51

Safety Restraints 12. When properly used, the child safety seat should look like Figure 14. Figure 14: Built-in child seat properly being used Built-In Child Seat Belt Retractors The belts on the Built-In Child Seat are equipped with a dual locking mode retractor. The child seat belts can be used with the retractor in either the emergency locking mode or the automatic mode. In the emergency locking mode, the retractor allows freedom of movement, locking only on hard braking, hard cornering, or collisions. In the automatic locking mode, the retractor will remain locked and does not allow the child freedom of movement. The retractor will switch from the emergency locking mode to the automatic locking mode when the shoulder belts are pulled all the way out. The retractor will switch back to emergency 49