E-1 Preparing to Install Rear-Facing

5-40 lbs (2.3-18 kg) and 19-40 in. (48-101.6 cm) Rear-Facing using 5-point harness

LATCH Belt

Lap/Shoulder Belt

Lap Belt

Never place a child rear-facing in a

seating position with an active frontal

airbag. This can result in serious injury or death.

This child restraint must always face the rear of the vehicle and be in the fully reclined position when the child is less than one year old.

E-2 Preparing to Install LATCH

Rear-Facing

1. Pull Pad Off Corners of

Child Restraint

Pull the pad off the front corners of plastic shell.

 

 

2. Routing LATCH Belt

 

 

Insert the hook with

 

 

adjuster through the rear-

 

 

facing belt path.

 

 

Adjuster

 

 

3. Pull Hook Across to

 

 

Opposite Side

 

 

Reach under pad and pull

1

2

the LATCH hook across the

plastic shell. LATCH belt

 

 

 

MUST be under pad and in

 

 

front of buckle strap.

 

 

NOTE: You must use the

 

 

1st or 2nd buckle strap

 

 

slots when rear-facing.

 

 

4. Replace Pad Over

 

 

Corners

 

 

Make sure the LATCH

 

 

belt is not twisted.

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4358-5721 specifications

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