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Essential Safety Equipment

Child Restraint

Form No. 8S06-EA-03H

5. If your child-restraint system requires 

the use of a tether strap, hook and 
tighten the tether strap by following the 
manufacturer’s instructions.

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Third-Row Center Seat Child-
Restraint System Installation

In the third-row seat, tether equipped 
child-restraint systems belong only in the 
center seat where there is a tether anchor 
available.
Follow these instructions when using a 
child-restraint system.

1. Secure the child-restraint system with a 

lap belt. Adjust for a snug fit by pulling 
on the loose end of the belt webbing.

Anchor bracket 
location

Anchor
bracket

Tether strap

Tether strap position

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 Positioning of the Tether 
Strap:
Positioning the tether strap on top of 
the head restraint is dangerous. In a 
collision, the head restraint could 
bend or break. This will cause the 
strap to loosen. The child-restraint 
system could move and injure the 
child or someone else. Always 
position the tether strap between the 
head restraint and the seatback.

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