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Seating and safety restraints – FORD 1998 Explorer User Manual

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• Put the safety belt in the automatic locking mode. Refer to Automatic

locking mode.

Ford recommends the use of a child safety seat having a top tether
strap. Install the child safety seat in a seating position which is capable
of providing a tether anchorage. For more information on top tether
straps, refer to Attaching safety seats with tether straps.

Carefully follow all of the manufacturer’s instructions included
with the safety seat you put in your vehicle. If you do not install

and use the safety seat properly, the child may be injured in a sudden
stop or collision.

Installing child safety seats in combination lap and shoulder belt
seating positions

1. Position the child safety seat in a
seat with a combination lap and
shoulder belt.

Air bag can kill or injure a child in a child seat. If you must use a
forward-facing child seat in the front seat, move seat all the way

back.

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