Child Restraint Anchor: Description

Fig 1: Child Restraint Anchor Locations

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This model is equipped with a Lower Anchors and Tether for Children, or LATCH child restraint anchorage system. See Fig 1. The LATCH system provides for the installation of suitable child restraints in certain seating positions without using the standard equipment seat belt provided for that seating position. The rear seats in this model are equipped with a fixed-position child restraint upper tether anchor for both the center and the two outboard seating positions, and child restraint lower anchors for the two outboard seating positions only.

The three upper tether anchors are integral to the rear seat back panels. See Fig 2. Two anchors are integral to the back of the right rear seat back panel, and one is integral to the left rear seat back panel. These anchors are each constructed from a short piece of heavy-gauge steel wire stock that is securely welded into a stamped cup integral to the seat back panel. There is a separate molded plastic trim bezel located around each of the three anchors. The child restraint upper tether anchors cannot be adjusted or repaired and, if faulty or damaged, they must be replaced as a unit with their respective rear seat back panels.

Fig 2: Child Tether Anchors

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The lower anchors for this model are also integral to their respective rear seat back panels. See Fig 3. These anchors are also constructed from heavy-gauge steel wire stock that is formed into a U-shape, then securely welded to the lower edge of the seat back panel. They are each accessed from the front of their respective seats, at each side where the seat back meets the seat cushion. These lower anchors cannot be adjusted or repaired and, if faulty or damaged, they must be replaced as a unit with the seat back panel.

Fig 3: Child Restraint Lower Anchors

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