Child Restraints - Dodge DART User Manual

CHILD RESTRAINTS

• Children 12 years and under should ride properly buckled up in a rear seat, if available.
According to crash statistics, children are safer when properly restrained in the rear
seats rather than in the front.
• Every state in the United States and every Canadian province requires that small children
ride in proper restraint systems. This is the law, and you can be prosecuted for ignoring it.
Installing The LATCH-Compatible Child Restraint System
• Your vehicle's second row passenger seats are equipped with the child restraint anchor-
age system called LATCH, which stands for Lower Anchors and Tether for CHildren.
• Child seats with fixed lower attachments can be installed in the outboard positions only.
Child seats with flexible lower attachments can be used in all three seating positions.
• Never use the same lower anchorage to attach more than one child restraint. If you are
installing LATCH-compatible child restraints next to each other, you must use the seat
belt for the center position. You can then use either the LATCH anchors or the vehicle's
seat belt for installing the next child seat in the outboard position.
• The LATCH lower anchorages are round
bars, located at the rear of the seat cush-
ion where it meets the seatback. They are
just visible when you lean into the rear seat
to install the child restraint. You will easily
feel them if you run your finger along the
intersection of the seatback and seat
cushion surfaces.
• In addition, there are tether strap anchor-
ages behind each rear seating position
located in the panel between the rear seat-
back and the rear window. These tether
strap anchorages are under a plastic cover.
• Loosen the child seat adjusters on the lower straps and tether straps so that you can
attach the hook or connector to the lower and tether anchorages more easily.
• Attach the lower hooks or connectors of the child restraint to the lower anchorages that
are designated for that seating position.
GETTING STARTED
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