Rear-Facing Infant Seat with Seat Belt and Locking Clip
Installation of a rear-facing infant car seat using the vehicle seat belt and locking clip at a 45º angle suitable for a newborn or young baby.Please use this video as an aid for installing your own car seat. This video is not meant to replace your vehicle owner’s manual or your car seat manual. It is to show technique. From www.CarSeatSite.com: Car seat search, use, and installation help for parents and resources for technicians. Pages include a car seat FAQ, recommended car seats, installation help, installation videos, and recalls. Also has an emergency label template to fill out, print and stick to car seat. Resources for technicians include statistics and current list of available CEUs.
Interestingly, the manual we got with our Graco Snugride 30 does not say anything specifically about E/ALR seat belts. It simply says that if you have a sliding buckle plate, you must use a locking clip. I completely understand how these systems work, and I wouldn’t think it’s necessary if the belt is in ALR mode. But, that said, Graco at least hasn’t changed their stance in the manual.
Thank you. I often have to move my car seats to lots of different vehicles and love the latch system, but sometimes I need to use the belt and this video was REALLY helpfull.
it looks big car seat… i’m wendering if i can fix it in small car like mercedes E class !! plz help
Oh I see why you are doing it that way now. Lol. Carry on.
@CarSeatSite Thanks. I got it now.
@strumpeteer The retractor is what spools the seatbelt. Pull the seatbelt out very slowly all the way to the end. Let it retract about 8-12″; if it makes a ratcheting sound and you can’t pull out any slack, your retractor locks (it’s a switchable). If not and your vehicle was made after 1996, your seatbelt locks at the latchplate.
Right, the locking clip is unnecessary in most model year 1996 and newer vehicles. However, when the belt path is closed, like on the base I used in the demonstration, the shoulder belt can pull up on one side as it gets tighter and tighter. It will tip more and more, especially as the parent puts the carrier into the base and takes the carrier out. You can reinstall the base every couple of weeks to straighten it out or use the locking clip and install it once.
Carseatmom is right. You don’t need that locking clip. The locking clip is to be used to pre-crash lock the seatbelt when it does not have that ability at either the retracter or the latchplate. If it does lock at one of those two places you can simply lock it there, there is no need to use a locking clip. All cars made after 1996 have seatbelts that will lock.
I think (but not certain) that you are still supposed to use the locking clip even if you have a locking retractor if your seat belt clip can move freely up and down the belt.
I can’t see a thing. For beginners let’s start with the basics- how a seat belt works and how it works with the seat. Define retractor and how and why it locks. As far as I know seat belts only lock when you yank it fast; how do you get it to remain locked?
If your seat belt locks at the retracter there is no need to use the locking clip. You can simply lock it at the retracter and avoid the whole pain of using a locking clip.
The fuzziness starts at around 0:33. This “clip” comes into play. But the camera just shows the side of the seat, and doesn’t show what the lady is doing with that clip.
Then things get unbuckled, and then they lost me. It’s just not making sense anymore.
Luckily, I have the universal mounting system, where you don’t have to horse around with clips and belts at all. But to install it in someone else’s car it’s still a mystery.
I think the video explains how the seat is installed. It’s easy, I just bought one of these for our car. With this video and the instructions supplied with the seat; you should have no problem with installation.
From the side, invisible special magic things happening.
*again* crappy instructions.
This was terrifitc. One of the very few that show how to use the metal belt clip. Bravo!
Very helpful!