Safety features of your vehicle
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Child Restraint System (CRS)
Lower Anchors and Tether for Chil
-
dren (LATCH) System
The LATCH system holds a child
restraint during driving and in an
accident. This system is designed to
make installation of the child
restraint easier and reduce the pos
-
sibility of improperly installing your
child restraint. The LATCH system
uses anchors in the vehicle and
attachments on the child restraint.
The LATCH system eliminates the
need to use seat belts to secure the
child restraint to the rear seats.
Lower anchors are metal bars built
i
n
to the vehicle. There are two lower
anchors for each LATCH seating
position that will accommodate a
child restraint with lower attach
-
ments.
To use the LATCH system in your
ve
hicle, you must have a child
restraint with LATCH attachments.
The child seat manufacturer will
p
r
ovide you with instructions on
how to use the child seat with its
attachments for the LATCH lower
anchors.
LATCH anchors have been provided
in
th
e left and right outboard rear
seating positions. Their locations are
shown in the illustration. There are
no LATCH anchors provided for the
center rear seating position.
LATCH Lower Anchors
Never attempt to attach a LATCH
equipped seat in the center seating
position. LATCH lower anchors are
only to be used in the left and right
rear outboard seating positions. You
may damage the anchors or the
anchors may fail and break in a colli
-
sion if the seat is in the center seat
-
ing position.
The lower anchor position indicator
symbols are located on the left and
right rear seatbacks to identify the
position of the lower anchors in
your vehicle (see arrows in illustra
-
tion).
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