2009 Mercury Mountaineer Owner's Manuals

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Mercury Mountaineer 2009  Owners Manuals If the child is the proper height, age, and weight (as specified by your
child safety seat or booster manufacturer), fits the restraint and can be
restrained properly, then restrain the child in the c

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Mercury Mountaineer 2009  Owners Manuals Installing child safety seats with combination lap and shoulder
belts
If needed, when installing some high back child restraints, the head
restraints of the second row seating positions can be removed

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Mercury Mountaineer 2009  Owners Manuals •Keep the buckle release button pointing up and away from the safety
seat, with the tongue between the child seat and the release button,
to help prevent accidental unbuckling.
•Place vehicle seat

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Mercury Mountaineer 2009  Owners Manuals 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. Be sure
the belt webbing is not twisted

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Mercury Mountaineer 2009  Owners Manuals 6. Allow the belt to retract to remove slack. The belt will click as it
retracts to indicate it is in the automatic locking mode.
7. Try to pull the belt out of the retractor to make sure the retracto

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Mercury Mountaineer 2009  Owners Manuals LATCH compatible child safety seats have two rigid or webbing mounted
attachments that connect to the two lower anchors at the LATCH
equipped seating positions in your vehicle. This type of attachment

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Mercury Mountaineer 2009  Owners Manuals WARNING:Never attach two LATCH child safety seats to the
same anchor. In a crash, one anchor may not be strong enough
to hold two child safety seat attachments and may break, causing
serious injury or

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Mercury Mountaineer 2009  Owners Manuals WARNING:Depending on where you secure a child restraint,
and depending on the child restraint design, you may block
access to certain safety belt buckle assemblies and/or LATCH lower
anchors, renderin