User guide

• Child seats with flexible or fixed rigid attachments can be installed in all rear

seating positions. Child seats can be installed using the LATCH system in either or

both outboard seating positions or the center position, but not all three at the

same time. If a child seat is installed in an outboard seating position using the

lower anchors, then the vehicle seatbelt must be used for the center position.

• Never install LATCH-compatible child seats such that two seats share a common

lower anchorage.

• The rear seat lower anchorages are round

bars, located at the rear of the seat

cushion where it meets the seatback. They

are just visible when you lean into the rear

seat to install the child restraint. You will

easily feel them if you run your finger

along the intersection of the seatback and

seat cushion surfaces.

• In addition, there are tether strap anchorages behind each rear seating position

located in the panel between the rear seatback and the rear window. These tether

strap anchorages are under a plastic cover.

• Loosen the adjusters on the lower straps and tether straps so that you can attach

the hook or connector to the lower and tether anchorages more easily.

• Attach the lower hooks or connectors over the top of the seat cover material.

• Then rotate the tether anchorage cover directly behind the seat where you are

placing the child restrain and attach the tether strap to the anchorage, being

careful to route the tether strap to provide the most direct path between the

anchor and the child restrain.

• Tighten all three straps as you push the child restraint rearward and downward into

the seat.

WARNING!

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

failure of an infant or child restraint. The child could be badly injured or killed.

Follow the manufacturer’s directions exactly when installing an infant or child

restr aint.

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

possible injury to the child. Use only the anchor positions directly behind the

child seat to secure a child restraint top tether strap.

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