Anchor, Child Seat: Description: Description

Fig 1: View Of Rear Seat Latch Anchors

Courtesy of CHRYSLER GROUP, LLC

Vehicles manufactured for sale in the North American market are equipped with a Lower Anchors and Tether for CHildren (LATCH) child restraint anchorage system. The LATCH system provides for the installation of suitable child restraints in certain seating positions without using the standard equipment seat belt provided for that seating position. The rear seats are equipped with a fixed-position child restraint upper tether anchor and child restraint lower anchors for the two outboard seating positions only for convertible vehicles. The sedan vehicles are equipped with a fixed-position child restraint upper tether anchor for both the center and the two outboard seating positions.

Fig 2: Child Tether Icon

Courtesy of CHRYSLER GROUP, LLC

There are three upper tether anchors located on the rear shelf panel, just behind the rear seat back for the sedan. The convertible has two tether anchors located behind the rear seat back on the rear shelf panel. These child tether anchors are concealed under a cover on the rear shelf panel and are easily identifiable by the ISO symbol molded onto the cover. The tether strap anchors are stamped into the rear shelf panel and are not serviceable.

Fig 3: ISO Icon

Courtesy of CHRYSLER GROUP, LLC

The anchors are mounted on the seat hinge frame. They are each accessed from the front of their respective seats, at each side where the seat back meets the seat cushion. There is an ISO symbol just above each anchor identifying each anchor location. These lower anchors cannot be adjusted or repaired and, if faulty or damaged, they must be replaced as a unit with the seat frame.