Essential Safety Equipment; Child Restraint; correct tether anchor position:- Page 45

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Essential Safety Equipment

Child Restraint

  Always attach the tether strap to the 
correct tether anchor position:

  Attaching the tether strap to the 
incorrect tether anchor position is 
dangerous. In a collision, the tether 
strap could come off  and loosen the 
child-restraint system. If the child-
restraint system moves it could result 
in death or injury to the child.
  

  Always install the head restraint and 
adjust it to the appropriate position 
after removing the child-restraint 
system:

  Driving with the head restraint 
removed is dangerous as impact to the 
occupant's head cannot be prevented 
during emergency braking or in a 
collision, which could result in a serious 
accident, injury or death.
  Refer to Head Restraints on page  2-8 .

  Installation on rear center seat

    The LATCH lower anchors at the center 
of the rear seat are much further apart 
than the sets of LATCH lower anchors 
for child-restraint system installation at 
other seating positions. Child-restraint 
systems with rigid LATCH attachments 
cannot be installed on the center seating 
position. Some LATCH equipped child-
restraint systems can be placed in the 
center position and will reach the nearest 
LATCH lower anchors which are 360 mm 
(14.2 in) apart. LATCH compatible child-
restraint systems (with attachments on 
belt webbing) can be used at this seating 
position only if the child-restraint system 
manufacturer's instructions state that the 
child-restraint system can be installed to 
LATCH lower anchors that are 360 mm 
(14.2 in) apart. Do not attach two child-
restraint systems to the same LATCH 
lower anchor. If your child-restraint 
system has a tether, it must also be used 
for your child's optimum safety.

  The procedure for installation on the rear 
outboard seats is the same.

  LATCH lower anchor location