Kia 2014 Sportage Owner's Manual page 61

Safety features of your vehicle
Lower Anchor
Position Indicator
Lower Anchor
Child restraint symbols are located
on the left and right rear seat backs
to indicate the position of the lower
anchors for child restraints.
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WARNING
• When using the vehicle's
"LATCH" system to install a
child restraint system in the
rear seat, all unused vehicle
rear seat belt metal latch
plates or tabs must be latched
securely in their seat belt
buckles and the seat belt web-
bing must be retracted behind
the child restraint to prevent
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the child from reaching and
taking hold of unretracted
seat belts.
latch plates or tabs may allow
the child to reach the unre-
tracted seat belts which may
result in strangulation and a
serious injury or death to the
child in the child restraint.
• Do not place anything around
the lower anchors. Also make
sure that the seat belt is not
caught in the lower anchors.
LATCH anchors have been provided
in your vehicle. The LATCH anchors
Unlatched metal
are located in the left and right out-
board rear seating positions. Their
locations are shown in the illustra-
tion. There is no LATCH anchor pro-
vided for the center rear seating
position.
The LATCH anchors are located
between the seatback and the seat
cushion of the rear seat left and right
outboard seating positions.
Follow the child seat manufacturer's
instructions to properly install child
restraint seats with LATCH or
LATCH-compatible attachments.
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