Child safety
-Always follow the instructions provided by
the manufacturer of the child restra int you
intend to install in your vehicle.
- Never install a child restraint without a
properly attached top tether strap if the
child restraint manufacturer's instruct ions
requ ire the top tether strap to be used.
- Improper use of child restraint LATCH lower
anchorage points can lead to injury in a colli
sion. The LATCH lower anchorage points a re
designed to withstand only those loads im
posed by correct ly fitted child rest raints.
- Never mount two ch ild restraint systems on
one LATCH lower a nchorage point.
- Never secure or attach any luggage or other
item to the LATCH lower anchorages .
(D Tips
-In Canada, the terms "top tether" with
"lower u niversal anchorages" (or "lower uni
ve rsal anchorage bars") are used to describe
the system.
- In other countries, the term "ISOFIX" is
u sed to describe the lower anchorages.
Location
F ig. 175 Schemat ic overv iew: LA TCH anc horage point loca
tions
The illustration shows the seating locat io n s in
your veh icle which are equipped with the lower
universal anchorages system.
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Description
The lower anchorage positions are marked for
quick locating .
Fig. 176 Lower anchorages, covers marked
F ig . 177 Rear seats: lowe r anchorage bracket locations
L o wer anch orag es
The circular markings on t he rear seat help you to
identify the location of lower anc horages for the
two outboard seating positions ¢
fig. 176 . The
LATCH lower universal anchorage attachment
points are between the rear seatback and rear
seat cushion .
Remove the covers ¢
fig. 176 to access the lower
anchorage attachment points.
The lower ancho rage attac hment po ints are v is i
ble ¢
fig. 177.
Lowe r anchorages secure the child restra int in
the seat wi thou t usi ng the vehicle's safety belts.
Anchorages p rov ide a secure and easy-to- use at
tachment and minimize the possibility o f improp
er child restraint installation.
All child restra ints man ufact ured after Septem
ber 1, 2002, must have lower anchorage attach -
ments for the
LATCH system. ..,.
