Essential Safety Equipment; the head restraint and the seatback:; correct tether anchor position:- Page 51

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Essential Safety Equipment

Child-Restraint

  Always route the tether strap between 
the head restraint and the seatback:

  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

(4-Door)

Tether strap

Forward

(5-Door)

  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.

  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 443 mm 
(17.4 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 443 mm 
(17.4 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 
outboards seats is the same.

  LATCH lower anchor location