Seating and Safety Restraints
themineachoutboardseatingpositionandthethirdinthe
centerusingthelap/shoulderbelt,ORyoucanusetheLATCH
loweranchorsforthecenterchildsafetyseatandthe
lap/shoulderbeltsfortheothertwochildsafetyseatsinthe
outboardpositions.Usethetetheranchorsifapplicable.
WARNING:Neverattachtwochildsafetyseatstothesame
anchor.Inacrash,oneanchormaynotbestrongenoughtohold
twochildsafetyseatattachmentsandmaybreak,causingserious
injuryordeath.
IfyouinstallachildseatwithrigidLATCHattachments,andhave
attachedthetoptetherstraptothepropertoptetheranchor,donot
tightenthetetherstrapenoughtoliftthechildseatoffthevehicleseat
cushionwhenthechildisseatedinit.Keepthetetherstrapjustsnug
withoutliftingthefrontofthechildseat.Keepingthechildseatjust
touchingthevehicleseatgivesthebestprotectioninaseverecrash.
Eachtimeyouusethesafetyseat,checkthattheseatisproperly
attachedtotheloweranchorsandtetheranchor,ifapplicable.Tugthe
childseatfromsidetosideandforwardandbackwhereitissecuredto
thevehicle.Theseatshouldmovelessthanoneinchwhenyoudothis
foraproperinstallation.
Ifthesafetyseatisnotanchoredproperly,theriskofachildbeing
injuredinacrashgreatlyincreases.
WARNING:Dependingonwhereyousecureachildrestraint,
anddependingonthechildrestraintdesign,youmayblock
accesstocertainsafetybeltbuckleassembliesand/orLATCHlower
anchors,renderingthosefeaturespotentiallyunusable.Toavoidriskof
injury,occupantsshouldonlyuseseatingpositionswheretheyareable
tobeproperlyrestrained.
CombiningsafetybeltandLATCHloweranchorsforattaching
childsafetyseats
Whenusedincombination,eitherthesafetybeltortheLATCHlower
anchorsmaybeattachedfirst,providedaproperinstallationisachieved.
Attachthetetherstrapafterward,ifincludedwiththechildseat.Refer
toRecommendationsforattachingchildsafetyrestraintsforchildren
inthischapter.
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