Ram Trucks 2014 3500 - User Guide - Manual (Page 21)

Installing The Child Restraint Using The LATCH Lower Anchors
NOTE:
Never “share” a LATCH anchorage with two or more child restraints.
1. Loosen the adjusters on the lower straps and on the tether strap of the child seat
so that you can more easily attach the hooks or connectors to the vehicle
anchorages.
2. Attach the lower hooks or connectors of the child restraint to the lower anchorages
in the selected seating position.
3. If the child restraint has a tether strap, connect it to the top tether anchorage. See
below for directions to attach a tether anchor.
4. Tighten all of the straps as you push the child restraint rearward and downward
into the seat. Remove slack in the straps according to the child restraint
manufacturer’s instructions.
5. Test that the child restraint is installed tightly by pulling back and forth on the
child seat at the belt path. It should not move more than 1 inch (25.4 mm) in any
direction.
Installing The Child Restraints Using The Vehicle Seat Belts (Standard Cab)
• The seat belts in the passenger seating positions are equipped with a Switchable
Automatic Locking Retractor (ALR) that is designed to keep the lap portion of the
seat belt tight around the child restraint. Any seat belt system will loosen with
time, so check the belt occasionally, and pull it tight if necessary.
Installing The Child Restraints Using The Vehicle Seat Belts
(Crew/Quad/Mega Cab)
• The seat belts in the outboard passenger seating positions are equipped with a
Switchable Automatic Locking Retractor (ALR). The center seating positions are
equipped with a cinching latch plate. Both types of seat belts are designed to keep
the lap portion of the seat belt tight around the child restraint. Any seat belt system
will loosen with time, so check the belt occasionally, and pull it tight if necessary.
Crew/Quad Cab
• Always use the tether anchor when using the seat belt to install a forward facing
child restraint, up to the recommended weight limit of the child restraint.
Standard/Mega Cab
• The Tether Anchor can be used with the seat belt until the combined weight of the
child and the child restraint is 65 lbs (29.5 kg). Use the seat belt without the
Tether Anchor once the combined weight is more than 65 lbs (29.5 kg).
GETTING STARTED
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