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CHILD RESTRAINTS

• Children 12 years and under should ride properly buckled up in a rear seat, if available.

According to crash statistics, children are safer when properly restrained in the rear seats

rather than in the front.

• Every state in the United States and all Canadian provinces require that small children

ride in proper restraint systems.This is the law, and you can be prosecuted for ignoring it.

Installing The LATCH Compatible Child Restraint System

• Your vehicle's second row passenger seats are equipped with the child restraint anchor-

age system called LATCH, which stands for Lower Anchors and Tether for CHildren.

LATCH child restraint anchorage systems are installed in both rear seating positions.

• NEVER install compatible child seats so that two seats share a common lower anchorage.

• Loosen the child seat adjusters on the

lower straps and tether straps so that you

can attach the hook or connector to the

anchors.

• Attach the lower hooks or connectors

over the top of the anchorage bars, push-

ing aside the seat cover material.The rear

seat lower anchorages are round bars,

located at the rear of the seat cushion

where it meets the seatback.The rear

seat lower anchors can be readily identi-

fied by the symbol

located on the

seatback directly above the anchorages and are just visible when you lean into the rear

seat to install the child restraint.

• The tether strap should be routed under the center of the head restraint and attached

to the tether anchor on the rear of the seatback.

• Tighten all three straps as you push the

child restraint rearward and downward

into the seat.

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Installing the Child Restraint Using the Vehicle Seat Belts

• To install a child restraint, first pull enough of the seat belt webbing from the retractor to

route it through the belt path of the child restraint, and then slide the latch plate into the

buckle.

• Next, extract all the seat belt webbing out of the retractor and then allow the belt to

retract into the retractor. Finally, pull on any excess webbing to tighten the lap portion

around the child restraint.Any seat belt system will loosen with time, so check the belt

occasionally, and pull it tight if necessary.

• Once you have completed securing the child restraint with the seat belt, secure the top

tether strap.The tether strap should be routed under the center of the head restraint.

WARNING!

• In a collision, an unrestrained child, even a tiny baby, can become a projectile inside

the vehicle.The force required to hold even an infant on your lap could become so

great that you could not hold the child, no matter how strong you are.The child and

others could be severely injured or killed.Any child riding in your vehicle should be

in a proper restraint for the child's size.

• Improper installation of a child restraint to the LATCH anchorages can lead to failure

of an infant or child restraint.The child could be severely injured or killed. Follow the

manufacturer’s directions exactly when installing an infant or child restraint.

• An incorrectly anchored tether strap could lead to increased head motion and pos-

sible injury to the child. Use only the anchor positions directly behind the child seat

to secure a child restraint top tether strap.

• Rearward-facing child seats must never be used in the front seat of a vehicle with a

front passenger air bag.An air bag deployment could cause severe injury or death to

infants in this position.

• This vehicle does not have a center seating position. Do not use the center lower

LATCH anchorages to install a child seat in the center of the back seat.

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