Securing Child Seats - Seat Leon Owner's Manual

52 Child safety

Securing child seats

Ways to secure a child seat
A child seat can be secured differently on the rear seat and
on the front passenger seat.
Fig. 31 On the rear seats: figure
using lower retaining rings and the upper retaining strap figure
straint system mounting using the vehicle seat belt
You can secure a child seat to the rear seat or front passenger seat in the
following ways:
● Child seats in groups 0 to 3 can be secured with a seat belt.
● Child seats in groups 0, 0+ and 1 with the ISOFIX and Top Tether* sys-
tems can be secured without using the seatbelt, thanks to the ISOFIX and
Top Tether* securing rings ⇒ p age 54.
● During installation of some models of group I, II and III car seats in the
rear seat, difficulty may arise in mounting the seat given that it comes into
contact with the head restraint. In this case adjust the height of the head
shows the basic child restraint system mounting
A
shows the child re-
B
restraint or remove it from the seat following the instructions in the corre-
sponding chapter ⇒ p age 127. Once you remove the car seat, replace the
head restraint in its original position.
Securing the child seat using the seat belt
The seat belt may be used to secure universal type child seats to the vehicle
seats marked with a U in the table below.
● If the front passenger seat lacks a height adjustment, child seats cannot
be mounted is this location.
Mass group
Front passenger
seat
Group 0 U*
to 10 kg
Group 0+ U*
to 13 kg
Group I U*
9 to 18 kg
Group II U*
15 to 25 kg
Group III U*
22 to 36 kg
U: Suitable for universal restraint systems for use in this mass group.
*: Only compatible for models with adjustable seat height. Place seat in
the backmost highest position possible.
Seating position
Rear side seat Rear central
seat
U U
U U
U U
U U
U U
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