Lower Anchors And Tethers For Children (Latch) - Chevrolet Kodiak 2006 Owner's Manual

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If you need to secure a forward-facing child
restraint in the right front static seat or right
front bench seat, always move the front
passenger seat as far back as it will go. It is
better to secure the child restraint in a rear seat.
If your vehicle has an air-suspension seat in the right
front passenger's position, do not secure a child restraint
there. Here is why:
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A child restraint cannot be secured properly in
an air-suspension type seat. This is because
an air-suspension seat is designed to move up
and down for an adult passenger. Do not use a
child restraint in an air-suspension seat.
Wherever you install a child restraint, be sure to secure
the child restraint properly.
Keep in mind that an unsecured child restraint can
move around in a collision or sudden stop and injure
people in the vehicle — even when no child is in it.
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.
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