2015 Jeep Patriot Owner Manual - Page 98

96 THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING YOUR VEHICLE Installing A Child Restraint With A Switchable Automatic Locking Retractor (ALR) 1. Place the child seat in the center of the seating position. For some second row seats, you may need to recline the seat and/or raise the head restraint to get a better fit. If the rear seat can be moved forward and rearward in the vehicle, you may wish to move it to its rear-most position 6. Try to pull the webbing out of the retractor. If it is to make room for the child seat. You may also move the locked, you should not be able to pull out any webfront seat forward to allow more room for the child seat. bing. If the retractor is not locked, repeat step 5. 2. Pull enough of the seat belt webbing from the retractor 7. Finally, pull up on any excess webbing to tighten the to pass it through the seat belt path of the child restraint. lap portion around the child restraint while you push Do not twist the belt webbing in the belt path. the child restraint rearward and downward into the 3. Slide the latch plate into the buckle until you hear a "click." 8. 4. Pull on the webbing to make the lap portion tight against the child seat. vehicle seat. 5. To lock the seat belt, pull down on the shoulder part of the seat belt until you have pulled all the seat belt webbing out of the retractor. Then, allow the webbing to retract back into the retractor. As the webbing retracts, you will hear a clicking sound. This means the seat belt is now in the Automatic Locking mode. If the child restraint has a top tether strap and the seating position has a top tether anchorage, connect the tether strap to the anchorage and tighten the tether