Using Tether Straps
Many forward-facing child safety seats
include a tether strap which extends from
the back of the child safety seat and hooks
to an anchoring point called the top tether
anchor. Tether straps are available as an
accessory for many older safety seats.
Contact the manufacturer of your child seat
for information about ordering a tether strap,
or to obtain a longer tether strap if the tether
strap on your safety seat does not reach the
appropriate top tether anchor in the vehicle.
Some of the rear seats of your vehicle are
equipped with built-in tether strap anchors
located behind the seats as described below.
In the third row center seating position, the
tether anchor is a loop at the bottom of the
seatback.
The tether strap anchors in your vehicle are
in the following positions (shown from top
view).
Second row bench seat
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Second row bucket seats
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Attach the tether strap only to the
appropriate tether anchor as shown. The
tether strap may not work properly if
attached somewhere other than the correct
tether anchor.
Once the child safety seat has been installed
using either the safety belt, the lower
anchors of the LATCH system, or both, you
can attach the top tether strap.
If you install a child seat with rigid LATCH
attachments, do not tighten the tether strap
enough to lift the child seat off the vehicle
seat cushion when the child is seated in it.
Keep the tether strap just snug without lifting
the front of the child seat. Keeping the child
seat just touching the vehicle seat gives the
best protection in a severe crash.
Perform the following steps to install a child
safety seat with tether anchors:
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