Seating and Safety Restraints
Attaching safety seats with LATCH (Lower Anchors and Tethers for
Children) attachments for child seat anchors
Somechildsafetyseatshavetworigidorwebbingmountedattachments
thatconnecttotwoanchorsatcertainseatingpositionsinyourvehicle.
Whenproperlyinstalled,thistypeofseateliminatestheneedtouseseat
beltstoattachthechildseat.Forforward-facingchildseats,thetether
strapmustalsobeattachedtothepropertetheranchor.SeeAttaching
safetyseatswithtetherstrapsinthischapter.
YourvehiclehasLATCHanchorsforchildseatinstallationasshownin
theillustration.Therearenoneinthefrontpassengerseat.
Theanchorsclosesttothecenter
rearseatareprovidedprimarilyfor
childseatsattheoutboardseating
positions.Theseanchorsarefarther
apartthanthepairsoflower
anchorsforchildseatinstallationat
theoutboardseats.
Whiletheanchorsclosesttothe
centerseatmayalsobeusable,specialprecautionsmustbefollowed.
First,ifthoseanchorsarealreadyinusebyaLATCHequippedchildseat
oneitheroutboardseat,youmustnotattachtwoLATCHseatsto
thesameanchorpoint—itwilloverloadtheanchorpoint.Either
spreadthetwoLATCHequippedseatstotheoutboardpositionsoruse
theregularlapbeltonthecenterone(Iftheseathasatether,besureto
alsoattachittothecentertetheranchor).
Secondly,thoseLATCHequippedchildseatswithrigidLATCH
attachmentswillnotlatchinthecenterrearpositionbecausethosetwo
middleanchorsaretoofarapart.YoucanonlyattachtherigidLATCH
equippedchildseatstotheoutboardseatLATCHanchorsthathavethe
properspacingforthattypeofchildseat.Ifyourchildseathasflexible
LATCHattachments,besurethatthemanufacturer’sinstructionssay
thatitcanreachtoanchorsspacedatleast500mm(19in)apart.
WARNING: NeverattachtwoLATCHchildsafetyseatstothe
sameanchor.Inacrash,oneanchormaynotbestrongenough
toholdtwochildsafetyseatattachmentsandmaybreak,
causingseriousinjuryordeath.
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