Ford 2012 Mustang Owner's Manual page 159

Seating and Safety Restraints
10. Before placing the child in the
seat, forcibly move the seat forward
and back to make sure the seat is
securely held in place. To check
this, grab the seat at the belt path
and attempt to move it side to side
and forward and back. There should
be no more than 1 inch (2.5 cm) of
movement for proper installation.
Ford recommends checking with a NHTSA Certified Child Passenger
Safety Technician (CPST) to make certain the child restraint is properly
installed. In Canada, check with your local St. John Ambulance office for
referral to a CPST.
Attaching child safety seats with LATCH (Lower Anchors and
Tethers for CHildren) attachments
The LATCH system is composed of three vehicle anchor points: two (2)
lower anchors (if equipped) located where the vehicle seat back and seat
cushion meet (called the "seat bight") and one (1) top tether anchor
located behind that seating position.
LATCH compatible child safety seats have two rigid or webbing mounted
attachments that connect to the two lower anchors (if equipped) at the
LATCH equipped seating positions in your vehicle. This type of
attachment method eliminates the need to use safety belts to attach the
child seat, however the safety belt can still be used to attach the child
seat. For forward-facing child seats, the top tether strap must also be
attached to the proper top tether anchor, if a top tether strap has been
provided with your child seat. Ford Motor Company recommends the use
of a child safety seat having a top tether strap. See Attaching child
safety seats with tether straps and Recommendations for attaching
child safety restraints for children in this chapter for more information.
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