2013 Dodge Dart Owner Manual - Page 89

THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING YOUR VEHICLE 87 WARNING! When your child restraint is not in use, secure it in the vehicle with the seat belt or remove it from the vehicle. Do not leave it loose in the vehicle. In a sudden stop or accident, it could strike the occupants or seatbacks and cause serious personal injury. Lower Anchors and Tether for CHildren (LATCH) Your vehicle's rear seat is equipped with the child restraint anchorage system called LATCH. The LATCH system provides for the installation of the child restraint without using the vehicle's seat belts, instead securing the child restraint using lower anchorages and upper tether straps from the child restraint to the vehicle structure. having attachments for those anchorages will continue to have features for installation using the vehicle's seat belts. Child restraints having tether straps and hooks for connection to the top tether anchorages have been available for some time. For some older child restraints, many child restraint manufacturers offer add-on tether strap kits or retrofit kits. You are urged to take advantage of all the available attachments provided with your child restraint in any vehicle. 2 The two outboard seating positions have lower anchorages that are capable of accommodating LATCHcompatible child seats. You can also use the inboard mounting loops from the each outboard LATCH system loops to install a child seat when the child seat is equipped with flexible straps. You should never install LATCH-compatible child seats so that two seats share a LATCH-compatible child restraint systems are now avail- common lower anchorage. If installing child seats in able. However, because the lower anchorages are to be introduced over a period of years, child restraint systems