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SECTION TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE 1 INTRODUCTION .....................................................................2 2 INSTALLING CHILD RESTRAINTS .......................................................4 3 OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS FOR BUILT-IN (INTEGRATED) CHILD RESTRAINT — IF EQUIPPED . 8 4 INSTALLING CHILD RESTRAINTS IN YOUR VEHICLE .....................................13 5 INDEX .............................................................................29 2 INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION CONTENTS Ⅵ Welcome From FCA US LLC...................3 Ⅵ How To Use This Supplement..................3 INTRODUCTION 3 Welcome From FCA US LLC How To Use This Supplement If you have opened this guide, chances are you have Section two of this supplement, “Installing Child Re- questions about the correct use of child restraints in your straints,” provides general information about the installa- vehicle. This supplement has been developed to help an- tion of child restraints in vehicles. It provides step-by-step swer those questions. This document is intended to supple- instructions for installing a car seat using either the seat ment the information provided in the Owner’s Manual belts or the LATCH anchorages in your vehicle. Read this and/or User Guide that came with your vehicle. If you no section to learn how to: longer have your Owner’s Manual or User Guide, please • Locate LATCH and Tether anchorages in vehicles visit www.techauthority.com to order a replacement. • Install a car seat using LATCH This guide does not cover the proper selection of car seats or the proper usage of car seats. For questions about car seat • Install a car seat using seat belts selection and usage, please visit NHTSA’s website: http:// This section also includes key warnings about the misuse of www.safercar.gov/parents/Car-Seat-Safety.htm. This car seats. Read and follow all of these warnings when website also features videos showing step-by-step instal- transporting children in your vehicle. lation of different types of car seats. Section three provides instructions for using the built-in (integrated) child restraint, if your vehicle is equipped with one. Section four provides information that is specific for the Model Year, Make and Model of your vehicle. To use this section, first refer to the table of contents to find your vehicle. Some listings will include a range of model years. Click on the section for your vehicle to find information about: • Locating the LATCH anchorages in your vehicle • Frequently asked questions about LATCH • Directions for locating and using the Tether Anchorages in your vehicle • Seat belt systems in your vehicle for installing car seats • Frequently asked questions about seat belts and car seats Copyright ©2015 FCA US LLC 4 INSTALLING CHILD RESTRAINTS INSTALLING CHILD RESTRAINTS CONTENTS Ⅵ Installing Child Restraints ....................5 Ⅵ Installing Child Restraints Using The Vehicle Seat Belt ................................6 Ⅵ Rear-Facing Car Seats And Air Bags .............5 Ⅵ Installing A Child Restraint With A Switchable Ⅵ Lower Anchors And Tethers For CHildren (LATCH) Automatic Locking Retractor (ALR) — Restraint System ...........................5 If Equipped ..............................6 Ⅵ Locating The LATCH And Tether Anchorages ......5 Ⅵ Installing A Child Restraint With A Cinching Latch Ⅵ Installing Child Restraints Using The LATCH Plate (CINCH) — If Equipped .................6 Lower Anchorages .........................5 Ⅵ Installing Child Restraints Using The Top Tether Ⅵ How To Stow An Unused ALR Seat Belt ..........6 Anchorage ...............................7 INSTALLING CHILD RESTRAINTS 5 Installing Child Restraints Locating The LATCH And Tether Anchorages Children 12 years or younger should ride properly buckled The lower anchorages are round bars that are found at the up in a rear seat, if available. According to crash statistics, rear of the seat cushion where it meets the seat- children are safer when properly restrained in the rear seats back. If the bars are not readily visible, they are rather than in the front. located below the anchorage symbols on the seat- back (if equipped). You will easily feel them if you Every state in the United States and all Canadian provinces run your finger along the gap between the seat- require that small children ride in proper restraint systems. back and seat cushion. This is the law, and you can be prosecuted for ignoring it. There are tether strap anchorages behind the rear NOTE: For additional information, refer to www.seatcheck.org seating positions located on the back of the seat or or call 1-866-SEATCHECK. Canadian residents should near the floor. See the section “LATCH and Teth- refer to Transport Canada’s website for additional infor- ers in Your Vehicle” for more information about mation: http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/motorvehiclesafety/ finding tethers in your vehicle, as not all seating positions safedrivers-childsafety-index-53.htm have a tether anchorage and some may be hidden behind a Rear-Facing Car Seats And Air Bags panel or cover. Always follow the directions of the child restraint manufac- WARNING! turer when installing your child restraint. Not all child restraint systems will be installed as described here. • Never place a rear-facing child restraint in front of an air bag. A deploying passenger Advanced Front Air Installing Child Restraints Using The LATCH Lower Bag can cause death or serious injury to a child 12 Anchorages years or younger, including a child in a rear-facing child restraint. • 1. If the selected seating position has a Switchable Auto- Only use a rear-facing child restraint in a vehicle with matic Locking Retractor (ALR) seat belt, stow the seat a rear seat. belt, following the instructions below. See the section “Seat Belt Systems in Your Vehicle” to check what type of Lower Anchors And Tethers For CHildren (LATCH) seat belt each seating position has. Restraint System 2. Loosen the adjusters on the lower straps and on the tether strap of the child seat so that you can more easily attach the hooks or connectors to the vehicle anchorages. 3. Place the child seat between the lower anchorages for that seating position. For some second row seats, you may need to recline the seat and/or raise the head restraint to get a better fit. If the rear seat can be moved forward and rearward in the vehicle, you may wish to move it to its rear-most position to make room for the child seat. You may also move the front seat forward to allow more room for the child seat. 4. Attach the lower hooks or connectors of the child re- Your vehicle is equipped with the child restraint anchorage straint to the lower anchorages in the selected seating system called LATCH, which stands for Lower Anchors and position. Tethers for CHildren. The LATCH system has three vehicle 5. If the child restraint has a tether strap, connect it to the anchor points for installing LATCH-equipped child seats. top tether anchorage. See the section “LATCH and Teth- There are two lower anchorages located at the back of the ers in Your Vehicle” for directions to attach a tether seat cushion where it meets the seatback and one top tether anchor. anchorage located behind the seating position. These an- chorages are used to install LATCH-equipped child seats 6. Tighten all of the straps as you push the child restraint without using the vehicle’s seat belts. Some seating posi- rearward and downward into the seat. Remove slack in tions may have a top tether anchorage but no lower anchor- the straps according to the child restraint manufacturer’s ages. In these seating positions, the seat belt must be used instructions. with the top tether anchorage to install the child restraint. 7. Test that the child restraint is installed tightly by pulling NOTE: The LATCH system was phased into vehicles during back and forth on the child seat at the belt path. It should the 2000–2002 model years. Certain 2000 and 2001 model not move more than 1 inch (25.4 mm) in any direction. year vehicles did not feature lower anchorages. These vehicles had tether anchorages only. See the section “LATCH and Tethers in Your Vehicle” for more information. 6 INSTALLING CHILD RESTRAINTS How To Stow An Unused ALR Seat Belt vehicle, you may wish to move it to its rear-most position to make room for the child seat. You may also move the When using the LATCH attaching system to install a child front seat forward to allow more room for the child seat. restraint, stow all ALR seat belts that are not being used by 2. Pull enough of the seat belt webbing from the retractor to other occupants or being used to secure child restraints. An pass it through the belt path of the child restraint. Do not unused belt could injure a child if they play with it and twist the belt webbing in the belt path. accidentally lock the seat belt retractor. Before installing a child restraint using the LATCH system, buckle the seat belt 3. Slide the latch plate into the buckle until you hear a “click.” behind the child restraint and out of the child’s reach. If the 4. Pull on the webbing to make the lap portion tight against buckled seat belt interferes with the child restraint installa- the child seat. tion, instead of buckling it behind the child restraint, route the seat belt through the child restraint belt path and then 5. To lock the seat belt, pull down on the shoulder part of buckle it. Do not lock the seat belt. Remind all children in the belt until you have pulled all the seat belt webbing the vehicle that the seat belts are not toys and that they out of the retractor. Then, allow the webbing to retract should not play with them.