1997 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL Owners Manual

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Safety belt buckle placement for child seats
Installing Safety Seats in the Front
and Rear Seating PositionsYour vehicle is equipped with a dual locking mode
retractor on the shoulder belt portion of the
combination lap/shoulder safety belt for the front
seat passenger and rear passengers.
If you choose to install a child safety seat in the
front seating position, move vehicle seat as far back
as possible.
For seating positions equipped with a dual-locking
mode retractor, use the following procedure:
1. Position the child seat in center of passenger
seating position.
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1522. Pull down on shoulder belt, then grasp
shoulder belt and lap belt together. See Figure
1.
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3. While holding the shoulder and lap belt
portions together, route the tongue through the
child seat according to the child seat
manufacturer's instructions. See Figure 2. Be
sure that the belt webbing is not twisted.
Routing the lap/shoulder belt
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1544. Insert the belt tongue into the proper buckle
for that seating position until you hear and feel
the latch engage. See Figure 3. Make sure
tongue is latched securely to buckle by pulling
on tongue.
Buckling the belt.
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5. Grasp the shoulder portion of the belt and pull
downward until all of the belt is extracted and
a click is heard. At this time, the retractor is in
the automatic locking mode (child restraint
mode). See Figure 4.
NOTE:The dual locking mode retractor must be in
the automatic locking mode to properly restrain a
child seat.
Setting the retractor to automatic locking
mode
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1566. Allow the belt to retract. A clicking sound will
be heard as the belt retracts. This indicates the
retractor is in the automatic locking mode. Pull
on the lap belt portion across the child seat
towards the buckle and continue to pull up on
the shoulder belt portion while pushing down
on the child seat allowing the shoulder belt to
retract to remove any slack in the seat belt. See
Figures 5 and 6.
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7. Before placing the child in the child seat,
forcibly tilt the seat from side to side and in
forward directions to make sure that the seat is
securely held in place. See Figure 7.
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