D. General Vehicle Installation
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Your vehicle’s features may be considerably different than
those pictured here. Consult your vehicle owner’s manual to
help identify your vehicle’s specific features and locations.
D-1
Understanding Your Vehicle
Anchor Brackets
For Tether Strap
(Forward-Facing Only)
UAS Anchor Bars
Located in the seat
bight.
Airbags
Consult your vehicle
owner’s manual for
all air bag locations.
Seat Bight
Vehicle Seat Belts
Consult your vehicle
owner’s manual for
vehicle belt use.
Safety Tip:
To help protect your vehicle seat’s upholstery from
damage, use a car seat mat or a single layered towel
underneath and behind child restraint.
To avoid your child being seriously burned,
take the following precautions:
1. Park in the shade or where sun does not directly
hit the child restraint.
2. Cover the child restraint with a sheet or blanket
when not in use.
3. Check for hot seat and buckles before placing
child in child restraint.
D-2
Vehicle Seating Position
Use the child restraint
only on vehicle seats
that face forward. Do not
use on seats that face
the sides or rear of the
vehicle. For vehicles with
an airbag, but without a
back seat, refer to your
vehicle owner’s manual.
Never install a rear-facing child
restraint in the front seat of a vehicle
equipped with an active passenger
side frontal airbag.
In very few vehicles, the child restraint cannot be
properly installed because of the type of seat belt
system, airbag system and/or lack of location to
anchor the tether strap. Always read and follow
the vehicle owner’s manual instructions for child
restraint use.
Safety Tip:
Children are safer when
properly restrained in
a rear seating position
than in the front seating
position.
According to accident statistics, children
in rear seating positions are statistically
safer, whether you have airbags, advanced
airbags, or no airbags at all.
