Essential Safety Equipment; Child Restraint; Second-row - Page 59

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Essential Safety Equipment

Child Restraint

Installation on second-row center seat

The LATCH lower anchors at the center of 

the second-row 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 500 mm 

(19.7 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 500 mm 

(19.7 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

WARNING

Always remove the head restraint and 

install child-restraint system:

Installing a child-restraint system 

without removing the head restraint is 

dangerous. The child-restraint system 

cannot be installed correctly which 

may result in death or injury to the 

child in a collision.

Tether strap

Forward

Second-row 
center seat

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 

2-16.

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