2012 Jeep Wrangler Owner Manual - Page 78

76 THINGS TO KNOW BEFORE STARTING YOUR VEHICLE NOTE: If your child restraint seat is not LATCH- restraint. You will easily feel them if you run your finger compatible, install the restraint using the vehicle seat along the intersection of the seatback and seat cushion belts. surfaces. Regardless of the specific type of lower attachment, never install LATCH-compatible child seats such WARNING! that two seats share a common lower anchorage. An incorrectly anchored tether strap could lead to increased head motion and possible injury to the child. Use only the anchor position directly behind the child seat to secure a child restraint top tether strap. Lower Anchors and Tether for CHildren (LATCH) The rear seating positions have lower anchorages capable of accommodating LATCHcompatible child seats having flexible, webbing-mounted lower attachments and child seats with fixed lower attachments. The rear seat lower anchors can be readily identified by the symbol located on the seatback directly above the anchorages and are just visible when you lean into the rear seat to install the child 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. LATCH-compatible child restraint systems are now available. However, because the lower anchorages are to be 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 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