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_& WARNING
Improper use of tether anchorages or low-
er anchorages can cause serious personal
injury in a crash.
- Always carefully follow the child re-
straint manufacturer's instruct ions for
proper installation and use of child re-
st raint systems.
- Never use the
LATCH or tether anchorag-
es to attach safety belts or othe r kinds of
occupant restraints.
- Child restraint tether attachments a nd
lower attachments are only des igned to
secure a child res t raint t hat has been
equipped t o use these anchorages.
- Tether anc horages and lower an chorages
are desig ned to withstand only t hose
loads imposed by corre ctly fitted child
rest raints . Under no circumstances can
they be used safe ly for adu lt or child
safety belts or harnesses.
- Never mount more than one child re-
st raint to a sing le tether or to a lower an-
chorage point. Attac hing two child re-
straints to a single anchorage point can
cause the anchorage to fail and cause se-
rious persona l injury in a crash.
(D Note
- Remove the guidance fixtures before
fo lding the rear seatback to prevent
damag ing the seat cushion.
- If you leave the guidance fixtures instal-
led for several days, they could leave a
mark on the upho lstery on the seat cush-
ion and backrest in the area that the
guidance fixtures wer e insta lled. The up-
holst ery would also be permanently
stretched around t he guid ance fixtures.
This applies especially to leat her seats.
Child S a f ety 219
Installing a child restra int with LATCH
lower anchorages
Whenever you install a child restraint always
f ollow the child restrain t manufa cturer's in-
structions.
Fig . 22 6 Lower anchorages: proper mount ing
Mounting
.. Make sure the seatback of the rear seat
bench is in the upright pos ition and securely
latched in place.
.. Attach both hook-on connectors with the
spring catch release on the child safety seat
onto the LATCH lower anchorage so that t he
connecto rs lock into place ¢
fig . 226.
.. Pull on t he con nector atta chme nts t o ma ke
sure t hey are properly at tac hed to the LATCH
lower ancho rage .
.. Pull straps tight fo llowing the child restraint
manufact ure r's instruct ions .
Releasing
.. loose n t he tension on the straps following
t he child restraint manufac t urer's instruc-
tions .
.. Depress the spring catches to release the
anchorage hooks from t he lower anchorag-
es.
Remember: Use te t her st raps to help keep the
child restraint f irmly in place .
A WARNING
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Imp roper use of the LATCH system can in-
crease the risk of serious personal injury
and death in an accident.
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