2011 Dodge Nitro Owner Manual - Page 84

THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING YOUR VEHICLE 81 • The lap portion should be low on the hips and as snug as possible. introduced over a period of years, child restraint systems having attachments for those anchorages will continue to also have features for installation using the vehicle's seat • Check belt fit periodically. A child's squirming or belts. Child restraints having tether straps and hooks for slouching can move the belt out of position. connection to the top tether anchorages have been avail• If the shoulder belt contacts the face or neck, move the able for some time. For some older child restraints, many child closer to the center of the vehicle. Never allow a child restraint manufacturers offer add-on tether strap child to put the shoulder belt under an arm or behind kits or retro-fit kits. You are urged to take advantage of all the available attachments provided with your child retheir back. straint in any vehicle. Lower Anchors and Tether for CHildren (LATCH) Your vehicle's rear seat is equipped with the child re- All three rear seating positions have lower anchorages straint anchorage system called LATCH. The LATCH that are capable of accommodating LATCH-compatible system provides for the installation of the child restraint child seats having flexible webbing mounted attachwithout using the vehicle's seat belts, instead securing the ments. Child seats with fixed lower attachments must be child restraint using lower anchorages and upper tether installed in the outboard seating positions only. The center seating position will accommodate LATCHstraps from the child restraint to the vehicle structure. compatible lower anchorages with flexible webbing LATCH-compatible child restraint systems are now availmounted attachments only. Regardless of the specific able. However, because the lower anchorages are to be 2