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Lower Anchors and Tethers for
Children (LATCH)
Some child restraints have a LATCH system.
As part of the LATCH system, your child restraint
may have lower attachments and/or a top
tether. The LATCH system can help hold the
child restraint in place during driving or in a crash.
Some vehicles have lower and/or top tether
anchors designed to secure a child restraint with
lower attachments and/or a top tether.
Some child restraints with a top tether are
designed to be used whether the top tether is
anchored or not. Other child restraints require that
the top tether be anchored. A national or local
law may require that the top tether be anchored.
In Canada, the law requires that forward-facing
child restraints have a top tether, and that
the tether be attached.
Your vehicle does not have lower anchors or
top tether anchors to secure a child restraint
with the LATCH system. If a national or local
law requires that your top tether be anchored, do
not use a child restraint in this vehicle because
a top tether cannot be properly anchored.
You must use the safety belts to secure your child
restraint in this vehicle, unless a national or
local law requires that the top tether be anchored.
Refer to your child restraint instructions and
instructions in this manual for securing a child
restraint using the vehicle’s safety belts.
Securing a Child Restraint in the
Passenger Seat Position
Your vehicle has a passenger’s airbag. In addition,
your vehicle has the passenger sensing system.
The passenger sensing system is designed to
turn off the passenger’s frontal airbag when
an infant in a rear-facing infant seat or a small
child in a forward-facing child restraint or booster
seat is detected. See Passenger Sensing
System on page 50 and Passenger Airbag Status
Indicator on page 131 for more information on
this including important safety information.
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