Essential Safety Equipment; Installation on rear outboard seats; Use the tether and tether anchor only - Page 52

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Essential Safety Equipment

Child-Restraint

Installation on rear outboard seats

1.  First, adjust the front seat to allow 

clearance between the child-restraint 

system and the front seat (page 

2-5).

2.  Make sure the seatback is securely 

latched by pushing it back until it is 

fully locked.

3.  Expand the area between the seat 

bottom and the seatback slightly to 

verify the locations of the LATCH 

lower anchors.

NOTE

The markings above the LATCH lower 

anchors indicate the locations of the 

LATCH lower anchors for the attachment 

of a child-restraint system.

4.  Remove the head restraint.

  Refer to Head Restraints on page 

2-12.

5.  Secure the child-restraint system 

using BOTH LATCH lower anchors, 

following the child-restraint system 

manufacturer's instruction. Pull on the 

child-restraint to be sure both anchors 

are engaged.

6.  If your child-restraint system came 

equipped with a tether, that means it is 

very important to properly secure the 

tether for child safety. Please carefully 

follow the child-restraint system 

manufacturer's instructions when 

installing tethers.

WARNING

Use the tether and tether anchor only 

for a child-restraint system:

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.

Always remove the head restraint and 

set the tether strap:

Routing 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 which may result in 

death or injury to the child.

Anchor bracket

Tether strap

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