Seat Belt Basics: How Your Seat Belt Locks for Carseats
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- Опубліковано 5 чер 2024
- This is the parents’ guide to seat belts for installing their carseat. If you’ve ever wondered how your seat belts work, this is the video for you! Please share with your friends and family if you find this video helps you!
You will learn how to lock your seat belt at the retractor and at the latchplate, and some interesting tidbits about this very important safety device along the way.
0:00 Intro
0:30 Basic terminology
1:45 Switchable retractor
2:05 Emergency locking retractor (ELR)
2:39 Types of ELRs
4:00 Locking your switchable retractor
4:25 Automatic locking retractor (ALR)*
6:21 Installing a carseat with a locked seat belt
7:52 Cinching latchplates† | lightweight locking latchplates | locking latchplates
9:04 Locking latchplates | lap-only seat belt
10:13 Dynamic locking latchplates
13:37 Ceiling/roof seat belts with 2 latchplates
15:08 Seat belt pretensioner
15:49 Load limiter | force limiter
Heather shows seat belts in different vehicles to give you a variety of experiences, including an Acura MDX, Chevrolet Suburban, Chrysler Town and Country, Nissan Kicks, and a Tesla Model 3.
If you need locking clip help, watch these videos:
Rear-facing only infant seat: • How to Install A Locki...
Convertible seat: • Installing a Locking C...
If you want complete information about seat belts, check out my web page: carseatsite.com/lockingclips.
*Owners' manuals use the term "automatic locking retractor" to specify when a switchable retractor is in locked mode. There is a true "automatic locking retractor" which locks when the seat belt is pulled out approximately 8-12"; I have a video showing this type of retractor at the end of this Seat Belt Basics video.
†Owners' manuals also use the term "cinching latchplates" instead of the term "locking latchplates." I use the term "cinching latchplates" here in the video since that is what's used in the owners' manual.
Me, looking for a short and simple video showing how to lock a seatbelt for a infant car seat : "am I really going to watch a 17 minutes video on seat belts?"
Me, 17 minutes later : "Dayum, that was a very good and educational video, tell me more"!
That's just about the best comment you could leave-thank you! I really love teaching seat belts to new techs in class and to parents at events. It's really the foundation to child and adult safety in the car.
Couldn't be more thankful for the thorough, concise, explanation of seatbelts. Glad there's 1 video that covers it all! Thank you
Thanks for the kind comment! Glad it helped!
Thank you! Great video, I was about to take my seat belt apart until I found those and you taught me about the activating always locked mode!
I’m so glad it helped! I know parents and caregivers struggle with these things, which is why o created this video. (Plus, I think it’s really interesting-geek here 😆)
You helped me secure my kid’s front facing carseat. I was nervous about the wobbly car seat and thought I must be doing something wrong. Google brought me here and I learned lot of stuff. Thanks again.
Google is so awesome! Glad you found my video and you were able to fix the problem with your carseat!
Thanks for the clear explanation!
Very informative. Thank you
Thank you, very clear and concise.
Thanks for the kind comment! Glad you liked the video!
thank you so much for these infos, god bless..❤️
Thank you
Love it!!!!!
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!! I could not figure this out!!!!
So glad it helped, Derek! Please share it with friends and family!
I've been looking for this information for moths! Thank you so much for your help.
@moore3899 Sorry you've been looking for so long, but glad you finally found what you needed!
Hi, I'm wondering if I would need a locking clip for my car seat since my car doesn't have the ALR function. I know all U.S vehicles seems to have ALR but not other countries.
Hello! You're correct that vehicles outside the U.S. don't have locking retractors. I don't know why that is. If you've confirmed that your seat belt doesn't lock in any manner, either at the retractor or at the latchplate, then yes, you'll need either a locking clip or a carseat that has a true lockoff. If you're in a country where you can purchase a U.S. seat, this list may help you: carseatsite.com/lockoffsbelttensioners/. Otherwise, look to see if any carseats available have lockoffs.
Could make same kind of video how to teen/adult passengers should and should not wear seatbelts? Thanks for this information already 🙂
That's a good idea!
Hi! I have a Toyota Land Cruiser Prado - no matter what I do, I cannot get the seat belt to lock for car seat installation. Not sure what to do! The manual doesn’t have those details - or at least I can’t find it.
Hi there. It's possible they may not lock. What country are you located in? What model year is the Land Cruiser Prado?
You just saved me a trip to the dealer 👍
Cool!
@@CarSeatSiteGood day i just purchased a 2024 Audi Q3 from a dealer in my country can you say if there is a locking feature with my seat belts? because I have been trying to install a car seat and the seat belt is not locking. I live in Jamaica I have asked the representative and yet to get a response.
@@trilliandouglas6986 Hi. It's likely that the retractor doesn't lock. You'll either need to use a locking clip or buy a carseat that has a true lockoff that locks the seat belt. I suggest reading the owner's manual online before buying a carseat (if you're in the market); in the seat belt installation section after it tells you to close the lockoff, if it tells you to lock the seat belt, it's not a true lockoff. I have a video on lockoffs here: ua-cam.com/video/ASKRvkTsS5Q/v-deo.html
What is the tab, and how do I install with that?
Do you mean the folded over piece of webbing that keeps the latchplate from sliding down to the floor? If it's in the way of a lockoff, you may need to slide the carseat to one side a bit in order for the lockoff to close.
@@heatherw.689 yes thank you!! I have an evenflo revolve…. I can lock it but it’s outside the lock off and still in the belt path. Hoping that’s alright!
Thank you