Ram Trucks 2011 3500 - User Guide - Manual (Page 15)

• Lift the cover (if equipped), and
attach the hook to the square
opening in the sheet metal.
• Install the child restraint and remove
the slack in the tether strap
according to the manufacturer's
instructions.
Installing The Top Tether Strap (With Either Lower Anchors Or Vehicle Seat Belt) -
Quad Cab
® /Crew Cab - Rear Seats:
• Obtain tether straps by raising the head restraints and reaching between the
rear glass and rear seat. The tether strap may be retained with an elastic band.
Accessibility to the tether strap is greatly improved by raising the seat cushion
to the “up” position. Remove the elastic before use.
• Place a child restraint on either outboard rear seat and adjust the tether strap
so that it will reach under the head restraint to the tether anchor directly
behind the seat and then to the anchor directly behind the center rear seat.
• Pass each tether strap hook under the head restraint and through the loop of
webbing behind the child seat.
• Route each tether strap to the anchor behind the center seat, and attach the
hooks to the anchor loop.
• Place a child restraint on the center rear seat and adjust the tether strap so
that it will reach under the head restraint to the tether anchor directly behind
the seat and to the anchor directly behind the right seat.
• Install the child restraint and remove the slack in the tether strap according to
the manufacturer’s instructions.
1. Anchor Loops
2. Snap Hook
3. Tether Strap
4. Passenger's Side Rear Child Seat
5. Rear Center Child Seat
6. Driver's Side Rear Child Seat
Installing The Child Restraint Using The Vehicle Seat Belts
• To install a child restraint, first, pull enough of the seat belt webbing from the
retractor to route it through the belt path of the child restraint and slide the
latch plate into the buckle.
GETTING STARTED
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