Child Restraints - Jeep Wrangler 2013 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 all Canadian provinces require that small
children ride in proper restraint systems. This is the law, and you can be prosecuted
for ignoring it.
NOTE:
For additional information, refer to www.seatcheck.org or call 1–866–SEATCHECK.
Canadian residents, should refer to Transport Canada's website for additional informa-
tion. http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/roadsafety/safedrivers-childsafety-index-53.htm
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.
• Four-Door models: The rear outboard seating positions have lower anchors, and all
three rear seating positions have top tether anchors. 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.
• Two-door models can accommodate
flexible LATCH-compatible child seats
in the two outboard seating positions
only. Both rear seating positions have
lower anchors and top tether anchors.
Child seats with fixed or flexible
LATCH-compatible attachments can
be installed in either outboard seating
position.
• 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
over the top of the anchorage bars,
pushing aside the seat cover material.
You will easily feel the anchorage bars
if you run your finger along the inter-
section of the seatback and seat cush-
ion surfaces.
GETTING STARTED
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