Operation Manual

CHILD RESTRAINTS

• Children 12 years or younger should ride properly buckled up in a rear seat, if avail-

able. According to crash statistics, children are safer when properly restrained in the

rear seats rather than in the front.

•

Every sta te 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.

NOTE:

• For additional information, refer to www.seatcheck.org or call 1–866–SEAT-CHECK

(1–866–732–8243).

• Canadian residents, should refer to Transport Canada’s website for additional informa-

tion: http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/roadsafety/safedrivers-childsafety-index-53.htm

LATCH — Lower Anchors And Tethers For CHildren

• Your vehicle is equipped with t he child restraint anchorage system called LATCH,

which stands for Lower Anchors and Tethers for CHildren.

• All rear seating positions have lower anchors and top tether anchors.

• You may use the LATCH anchorage sys-

tem until the combined weight of the

child and the child restraint is 65 lbs

(29.5 kg). Use t he seat bel t and tether

anchor instead of the LATCH system

once the combined weight is more than

65 lbs (29.5 kg).

•

The lower anchorages are round

bars that are found at the rear of the

seat cushion where it meets the seat-

back, below the anchorage symbols on

the seatback. They are just visible when

you lean into t he rear seat to install the

child restraint. You will easily feel them if

you run your finger along the gap be-

tween the seatback and seat cushion.

1 — Lower Anchors

GETTING STARTED