Installing Child Restraints Using The Top
Tether Anchorage
WARNING!
Do not attach a tether strap for a rear-facing car seat
to any location in front of the car seat, including
the seat frame or a tether anchorage. Only attach
the tether strap of a rear-facing car seat to the
tether anchorage that is approved for that seating
position, located behind the top of the vehicle seat.
For the location of approved tether anchorages in
your vehicle, see
WARNING!
Never place a rear-facing child restraint in front of
an air bag. A deploying passenger front air bag can
cause death or serious injury to a child 12 years
or younger, including a child in a rear-facing child
restraint.
The top tether anchorages in this vehicle
are tether strap loops located between the
rear glass and the back of the rear seat.
There is a tether strap loop located behind
each seating position. Follow the steps below to attach
the tether strap of the child restraint.
Tether Strap Through Outboard Tether Strap
Loop And Attached To Center Tether Strap Loop
NOTE:
If there are child seats in both of the outboard (left
and right) seating positions, the tether strap hooks of
both child seats should be connected to the center
tether strap loop. This is the correct way to tether two
outboard child seats.
Center Seat:
1. Reach between the rear seat and rear glass to
access the tether strap loop.
Center Tether Strap Loop Location
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1. Reach between the rear seat and rear glass to
access the tether strap loop.
2. Place a child restraint on the seat and adjust the
tether strap so that it will reach over the seat back,
through the space between the head restraint and
the seat back, through the tether strap loop behind
the seat and over to the tether strap loop behind
the center seat.
3. Pass the tether strap hook through the space
between the head restraint and the seat back
behind the child seat, through the tether strap loop
behind the seat and over to the center tether strap
loop.
Tether Strap Through
Outboard Tether Strap Loop
4. Attach the hook to the center tether strap loop (see
diagram). Tighten the tether strap according to the
child seat manufacturer’s instructions.
Right Or Left Outboard Seats:
