What are those seatbelts called...

lil.miss32

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That don't lock when you pull them out all the way? And how are you supposed to install a seat with one? Is that the locking clip time?? My friend has a car like this, and thank goodness she has LATCH, for my daughter's seat... But my son is in a MultiTech, so no LATCH...
 
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monstah

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If it doesn't lock at the retractor, it should have a locking latchplate. Just buckle and pull tight.
I'm sure someone will come along and link the latchplate primer, I can't from my phone.

ETA: Occasionally, the latchplates have a tendency to slip when the belts get old. In that case, buckling it upside down keeps it from slipping or a locking clip. It's usually not necessary though.
 

Ladyl

New member
I can't recall the name but if it doesn't have switchable retractors, and is new enough to have latch the latch plate should lock. Someone with more technical terms should hopefully come along with help, lol.

ETA: I guess I'm slow, lol.
 

Dillipop

Well-known member
If the car is new enough to have latch, it is new enough that it is required to have seatbelts that lock in some way. If it doesn't lock when you pull the belt out and feed it slowly back in, then it will have locking latchplates. These work by locking the lap portion of the belt when it is tight on something, like a seat or a lap. The shoulder portion will still move freely. In a crash, the shoulder portion will lock.
 

hrice

New member
If the vehicle has LATCH it should have locking seatbelts. They may lock at the latchplate instead of the retractor. As for the Multitech, it has lockoffs.
 

Kat_Momof3

New member
since she has latch, that means it was made well after the 90s (the later part of which was when it was made mandatory for seatbelts to lock in some way other than in an emergency)

buckle the seatbelt, pull all the slack out (this is with an empty vehicle seat), then grab hold of the lapbelt and pull up... you'll find it won't loosen... this is because it locks at the latchplate...

lightweight locking latchplates are totally dreamy for installing carseats... just pull till the carseat is solid.
 

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