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Essential Safety Equipment

Child Restraint

Form No. 8S18-EA-03I

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Child-Restraint System 
Installation Procedure (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 400 mm 
(15.75 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

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s instructions state 

that the child-restraint system can be 
installed to LATCH lower anchors that are 
400 mm (15.75 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

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s optimum safety.

1. Make sure the seatback is securely 

latched by pushing it back until it is 
fully locked.

2. Expand the area between the seat bottom 

and the seatback slightly to verify the 
locations of the LATCH lower anchors.

Child-Restraint Tether Usage:
Using the tether or tether anchor to 
secure anything but a child-restraint 
system is dangerous. This could 
weaken or damage the tether or tether 
anchor and result in injury. Use the 
tether and tether anchor only for a 
child-restraint system.

Incorrect Attachment of the Tether 
Strap:
Attaching the tether strap on top of 
the head restraint is dangerous. In a 
collision, the tether strap could slide 
off the head restraint, and loosen the 
child-restraint system. The child-
restraint system could move and 
injure the child or someone else. 
Always attach the tether strap 
between the head restraint and the 
seatback.

5 Door
Tether strap position
(Outboard position)

Tether strap

WARNING

For rear center seat

LATCH 
lower anchor

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