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2. Route the child safety tether
strap over the back of 3–Passenger
bench seat.

3. Clip the tether strap hook to the
tether bracket mounted under rear
rail of seat cushion frame.

4. Install the child safety seat tightly using the LATCH anchors or safety
belts. Follow the instructions in this chapter.

5. Tighten the child safety seat tether strap according to the
manufacturer’s instructions.

For additional important safety information on the proper use of safety
belts, child seats and infant seats, please read the entire Seating and
Safety Restraints chapter in this Owner’s Guide.

Attaching safety seats with LATCH (Lower Anchors and Tethers for
Children) attachments for child seat anchors

Some child safety seats have two rigid or webbing mounted attachments
that connect to two anchors at certain seating positions in your vehicle.
This type of child seat eliminates the need to use safety belts to attach
the child seat. For forward-facing child seats, the tether strap must also
be attached to the proper tether anchor. See Attaching safety seats with
tether straps in this chapter.

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Your vehicle may be equipped with LATCH anchors for child seat
installation at the seating positions marked with the child seat symbol:

• Five passenger crew van

• Seven passenger wagon

• Eight passenger wagon

• Twelve passenger wagon

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• Fifteen passenger wagon

represents LATCH anchors.

represents tether strap anchors.

Never attach two LATCH child safety seats to the same anchor.
In a crash, one anchor may not be strong enough to hold two

child safety seat attachments and may break, causing serious injury or
death.

The lower anchors for child seat
installation are located at the rear
section of the seat between the
cushion and seat back.

Follow the child seat manufacturer’s instructions to properly install a
child seat with LATCH attachments.

Attach LATCH lower attachments of the child seat only to the
anchors shown.

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If you install a child seat with rigid LATCH attachments, do not tighten
the tether strap enough to lift the child seat off the vehicle seat cushion
when the child is seated in it. Keep the tether strap just snug without
lifting the front of the child seat. Keeping the child seat just touching the
vehicle seat gives the best protection in a severe crash.

Each time you use the safety seat, check that the seat is properly
attached to the lower anchors and tether anchor. Try to tilt the child
seat from side to side. Also try to tug the seat forward. Check to see if
the anchors hold the seat in place.

If the safety seat is not anchored properly, the risk of a child
being injured in a crash greatly increases.

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