Chrysler Sebring User Manual page 12

GETTING STARTED
Installing The LATCH-Compatible Child Restraint System
• Your vehicle's second row passenger seats are equipped with the child restraint
anchorage system called LATCH, which stands for Lower Anchors and Tether for
CHildren.
• Child seats with fixed lower attachments must be installed in the outboard
positions only. Child seats with flexible lower attachments can be used in all three
seating positions.
• Never install LATCH-compatible child seats such that two seats share a common
lower anchorage. If you are installing LATCH-compatible child restraints in adjacent
rear seating positions, you can use either the lower anchors or the vehicle seat belt
in the outboard seating position, but the center seating position must use the
vehicle seat belt. Always use the top tether anchorage with a forward facing child
seat.
• In addition, there are tether strap anchorages behind each rear seating position
located in the panel between the rear seatback and the rear window. These tether
strap anchorages are under a plastic cover.
• Loosen the 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 over the top of the seat cover material.
• Then rotate the tether anchorage cover directly behind the seat where you are
placing the child restraint and attach the tether strap to the anchorage, being
careful to route the tether strap to provide the most direct path between the
anchor and the child restraint.
• Tighten all three straps as you push the child restraint rearward and downward into
the seat.
• The rear seat lower anchorages are round
bars, located at the rear of the seat
cushion 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.
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