Seating and safety restraints – FORD 2001 Ranger User Manual

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

locking mode (passenger side front and outboard rear seating
positions) (if equipped) section in this chapter.

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 child safety seats with tether straps. in this
chapter.

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.

An 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.

An air bag can kill or injure a child in a child seat. Child seats
should never be placed in the front seats, unless passenger air

bag switch is turned off, See Passenger air bag on/off switch.

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