Description And Operation: Operation

All vehicles manufactured for sale in the United States and Canada are required to be equipped with a Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children, or LATCH child restraint anchorage system. The second row seats in this vehicle have anchor provisions for installing a LATCH-compatible child seat. A single seat may be mounted in the center seating position, or in either outboard seating position.

With LATCH, child seats are secured by direct attachment to the vehicle seat structure, rather than by the seat belts. With LATCH-compatible child seats, lower anchors (also known as ISOFIX) attach to the seat structure through heavy-gauge wire loops located at the intersection between the seat cushion and the seat back surfaces.

Two or three, if equipped with the optional center second row seat, upper tether anchors are integral to the second row seat back frames to secure the top tether strap of child seats equipped with this feature. On third row seats, an upper tether anchor is also integral to each of the two third row seat back frames. These upper tether anchors work with both LATCH-compatible and other child seats equipped with a top tether strap.

The owner's information packet in the vehicle glove box contains details and suggestions on the proper use of all of the factory-installed child restraint anchors.