Kia Carnival 2023 Owner's Manual page 65

Safety features of your vehicle
Lower anchors are metal bars built into
the vehicle. There are two lower anchors
for each LATCH seating position that will
accommodate a child restraint with
lower attachments.
To use the LATCH system in your vehi-
cle, you must have a child restraint with
LATCH attachments.
The child seat manufacturer will provide
you with instructions on how to use the
child seat with its attachments for the
LATCH lower anchors.
8 seats
OKA4030059L
7 seats
OKA4030059
For the 7 passenger vehicle, LATCH
anchors have been provided in the left
and right outboard rear seating posi-
tions. For the 8 passenger vehicle, a sec-
3 44
Child Restraint System (CRS)
ond row center seat LATCH anchor is
also provided. Their locations are shown
in the illustrations. There are no LATCH
anchors provided for the 3rd row center
seating position.
WARNING
LATCH Lower Anchors
On the third row seating position, never
attempt to attach a LATCH equipped
seat in the center seating position.
LATCH lower anchors are only to be
used in the left and right rear outboard
seating positions. You may damage the
anchors or the anchors may fail and
break in a collision if the seat is in the
center seating position.
The lower anchor position indicator sym-
bols are located on the left and right rear
seatbacks to identify the position of the
lower anchors in your vehicle (see
arrows in illustration).
OKA4030060N
1. Lower Anchor position indicator
2. Lower Anchor
The LATCH anchors are located
between the seatback and the seat
cushion of the rear seat left and right
outboard seating positions.
To use the lower anchor, push the upper
portion of the lower anchor cover.