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THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING YOUR VEHICLE
Child ren Too Large For Booster Seats
child restraint using lower anchorages and upper tether
strap s from the child restraint to the vehicle stru cture.
Child ren who are large enou gh to wear the shou lder belt
comfortably, and whose legs are long enou gh to bend
over the front of the seat when their back is against the
seat back, shou ld use the lap/ shou lder belt in a rear seat.
LATCH-compatible child restraint system s are now avail-
able. However, becau se the lower anchorages are to be
introd uced over a period of years, child restraint system s
having attachm ents for those anchorages will continu e to
also have featu res for installation using the vehicle’s seat
belts. Child restraints having tether strap s and hooks for
connection to the top tether anchorages have been avail-
able for som e time. For som e older child restraints, many
child restraint manu factu rers offer add-on tether strap
kits or retro-fit kits. You are urged to take advantage of all
the available attachm ents provid ed with you r child re-
straint in any vehicle.
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Make sure that the child is upright in the seat.
The lap portion shou ld be low on the hip s and as snu g
as possible.
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Check belt fit period ically. A child ’s squ irm ing or
slou ching can move the belt out of position.
If the shou lder belt contacts the face or neck, move the
child closer to the center of the vehicle. Never allow a
child to put the shou lder belt und er an arm or behind
their back.
All three rear seating positions have lower anchorages
that are capable of accom modating LATCH-compatible
child seats having flexible, webbing-m ounted lower at-
tachm ents. Child seats with fixed lower attachm ents
must be installed in the outboard positions only. Regard -
less of the specific typ e of lower attachm ent, NEVER
install LATCH-compatible child seats such that two seats
share a common lower anchorage. If installing child seats
LATCH — Child Seat Anchorage System (Lower
Anchors and Tether for CH ild ren )
Your vehicle’s rear seat is equ ipped with the child re-
straint anchorage system called LATCH. The LATCH
system provid es for the installation of the child restraint
withou t using the vehicle’s seat belts, instead securing the
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| Model Year | 2004 |
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