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restraint properly in the vehicle
using the vehicle safety belt or
LATCH system, following the
instructions that came with that
child restraint and the instructions
in this manual.
To help reduce the chance of injury,
the child restraint must be secured
in the vehicle. Child restraint
systems must be secured in vehicle
seats by lap belts or the lap belt
portion of a lap-shoulder belt, or by
the LATCH system. See Lower
Anchors and Tethers for Children
(LATCH System) 094. Children can
be endangered in a crash if the child
restraint is not properly secured in
the vehicle.
When securing an add-on child
restraint, refer to the instructions
that come with the restraint which
may be on the restraint itself or in a
booklet, or both, and to this manual.
The child restraint instructions are important, so if they are not
available, obtain a replacement
copy from the manufacturer.
Keep in mind that an unsecured
child restraint can move around in a
collision or sudden stop and injure
people in the vehicle. Be sure to
properly secure any child restraint in
the vehicle
—even when no child is
in it.
In some areas of the United States
and Canada, Certified Child
Passenger Safety Technicians
(CPSTs) are available to inspect
and demonstrate how to correctly
use and install child restraints. In
the U.S., refer to the National
Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA) website to
locate the nearest child safety seat
inspection station. For CPST
availability in Canada, check with
Transport Canada or the Provincial
Ministry of Transportation office.
Securing the Child Within the
Child Restraint
{Warning
A child can be seriously injured or
killed in a crash if the child is not
properly secured in the child
restraint. Secure the child
properly following the instructions
that came with that child restraint.
Where to Put the
Restraint
According to accident statistics,
children and infants are safer when
properly restrained in a child
restraint system or infant restraint
system secured in a rear seating
position.
Whenever possible, children age
12 and under should be secured in
a rear seating position.
If a child restraint is secured in the
front outboard passenger seat, and
the vehicle has a switch on the
passenger side instrument panel
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outboard passenger airbag, see
Airbag On-Off Switch078 and
Securing Child Restraints (Center
Front Seat) 0105
or Securing Child Restraints (Rear
Seat) 0105 orSecuring Child
Restraints (Front Passenger Seat)
0 108 for more information,
including important safety
information.
Never put a rear-facing child seat in
the front. This is because the risk to
the rear-facing child is so great,
if the airbag deploys.
{Warning
A child in a rear-facing child
restraint can be seriously injured
or killed if the front outboard
passenger frontal airbag inflates.
This is because the back of the
rear-facing child restraint would
be very close to the inflating
airbag. A child in a forward-facing
child restraint can be seriously
injured or killed if the front
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outboard passenger frontal airbag
inflates and the passenger seat is
in a forward position.
Even if the passenger sensing
system or airbag switch has
turned off the front outboard
passenger frontal airbag, no
system is fail-safe. No one can
guarantee that an airbag will not
deploy under some unusual
circumstance, even though it is
turned off.
Secure rear-facing child restraints
in a rear seat, even if the airbag
is off. If you secure a
forward-facing child restraint in
the front outboard passenger
seat, always move the front
outboard passenger seat as far
back as it will go. It is better to
secure the child restraint in a
rear seat.
{Warning
A child in a child restraint in the
center front seat can be badly
injured or killed by the frontal
airbags if they inflate. Never
secure a child restraint in the
center front seat. It is always
better to secure a child restraint in
a rear seat.
Do not use child restraints in the
center front seat position.
When securing a child restraint in a
rear seating position, study the
instructions that came with your
child restraint to make sure it is
compatible with this vehicle.
Child restraints and booster seats
vary considerably in size, and some
may fit in certain seating positions
better than others.
Depending on where you place the
child restraint and the size of the
child restraint, you may not be able
to access adjacent safety belt
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restraints. Adjacent seating
positions should not be used if the
child restraint prevents access to or
interferes with the routing of the
safety belt.
If the vehicle does not have a rear
seat that will accommodate a
rear-facing child restraint, a
rear-facing child restraint should not
be installed in the vehicle, even if
the airbag is off.
Wherever a child restraint is
installed, be sure to secure the child
restraint properly.
Keep in mind that an unsecured
child restraint can move around in a
collision or sudden stop and injure
people in the vehicle. Be sure to
properly secure any child restraint in
your vehicle—even when no child
is in it.
Lower Anchors and
Tethers for Children
(LATCH System)
The LATCH system secures a child
restraint during driving or in a crash.
LATCH attachments on the child restraint are used to attach the child
restraint to the anchors in the
vehicle. The LATCH system is
designed to make installation of a
child restraint easier.
In order to use the LATCH system in
your vehicle, you need a child
restraint that has LATCH
attachments. LATCH-compatible
rear-facing and forward-facing child
seats can be properly installed
using either the LATCH anchors or
the vehicle’
s safety belts. Do not
use both the safety belts and the
LATCH anchorage system to secure
a rear-facing or forward-facing
child seat.
Booster seats use the vehicle’s
safety belts to secure the child in
the booster seat. If the manufacturer
recommends that the booster seat
be secured with the LATCH system,
this can be done as long as the
booster seat can be positioned
properly and there is no interference
with the proper positioning of the
lap-shoulder belt on the child. Make sure to follow the instructions
that came with the child restraint,
and also the instructions in this
manual.
When installing a child restraint with
a top tether, you must also use
either the lower anchors or the
safety belts to properly secure the
child restraint. A child restraint must
never be attached using only the top
tether.
The LATCH anchorage system can
be used until the combined weight
of the child plus the child restraint is
29.5 kg (65 lbs). Use the safety belt
alone instead of the LATCH
anchorage system once the
combined weight is more than
29.5 kg (65 lbs).
The following explains how to attach
a child restraint with these
attachments in the vehicle.
Not all vehicle seating positions or
child restraints have lower anchors
and attachments or top tether
anchors and attachments. In this
case, the safety belt must be used
(with top tether where available) to
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Securing Child Restraints (Center
Front Seat)0105 orSecuring Child
Restraints (Rear Seat) 0105 or
Securing Child Restraints (Front
Passenger Seat) 0108.
Lower Anchors
Lower anchors (1) are metal bars
built into the vehicle. There are two
lower anchors for each LATCH
seating position that will
accommodate a child restraint with
lower attachments (2).
Top Tether Anchor
A top tether (3, 4) anchors the top of
the child restraint to the vehicle.
A top tether anchor is built into the
vehicle. The top tether
attachment (2) on the child restraint
connects to the top tether anchor in
the vehicle in order to reduce the
forward movement and rotation of
the child restraint during driving or in
a crash.
The child restraint may have a
single tether (3) or a dual tether (4).
Either will have a single
attachment (2) to secure the top
tether to the anchor. Some child restraints that have a
top tether are designed for use with
or without the top tether being
attached. Others require the top
tether always to be attached. In
Canada, the law requires that
forward-facing child restraints have
a top tether, and that the tether be
attached. Be sure to read and follow
the instructions for your child
restraint.
Lower Anchor and Top Tether
Anchor Locations
Regular Cab
—Two-Passenger
Front Seat

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Regular Cab—Three-Passenger
Front Seat
i: Seating positions with
top tether anchors.
Do not install a child restraint in the
center front seating position. See
Securing Child Restraints (Center
Front Seat) 0105 orSecuring Child
Restraints (Rear Seat) 0105 or
Securing Child Restraints (Front
Passenger Seat) 0108 for more
information.
Crew and Double Cab Rear Seat
i: Seating positions with
top tether anchors.
j: Seating positions with two lower
anchors.
To assist in locating the lower
anchors on crew cab models, each
seating position with lower anchors has two labels near the crease
between the seatback and the seat
cushion.
For double cab models, the rear
outboard seating positions have
exposed metal lower anchors in the
crease between the seatback and
the seat cushion.
For regular cab models, there is an
anchor symbol on the cover to
assist you in locating the top tether
anchors.
Do not install a child restraint in the
center seating position. See
Securing Child Restraints (Center
Front Seat)
0105 orSecuring Child
Restraints (Rear Seat) 0105 or
Securing Child Restraints (Front
Passenger Seat) 0108 for more
information.

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Regular Cab
For regular cab models, the top
tether anchors are under covers on
the back panel behind the
passenger seat. Remove the trim
plug to access the anchor. Be sure
to use an anchor on the same side
of the vehicle as the seating
position where the child restraint will
be placed.Crew Cab Shown, Double Cab Similar
For crew and double cab models,
the top tether anchors are the loops
near the top of the seatback for
each rear seating position. These
loops will be used to route the top
tether through, as well as to secure
the top tether to the vehicle. Be sure
to use the anchor (loop) on the
same side of the vehicle as the
seating position where the child
restraint will be placed.
Be sure to read the following
instructions to properly install a child
restraint using these loops. Do not secure a child restraint in a
position without a top tether anchor
if a national or local law requires
that the top tether be attached, or if
the instructions that come with the
child restraint say that the top tether
must be attached.
According to accident statistics,
children and infants are safer when
properly restrained in a child
restraint system or infant restraint
system secured in a rear seating
position. See
Where to Put the
Restraint 092 for additional
information.
Securing a Child Restraint
Designed for the LATCH
System
{Warning
If a LATCH-type child restraint is
not attached to anchors, the child
restraint will not be able to protect
the child correctly. In a crash, the
child could be seriously injured or
killed. Install a LATCH-type child
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restraint properly using the
anchors, or use the vehicle's
safety belts to secure the
restraint, following the instructions
that came with the child restraint
and the instructions in this
manual.
{Warning
Do not attach more than one child
restraint to a single anchor,
except for the center top tether
anchors in the crew and double
cabs. Attaching more than one
child restraint to a single anchor
could cause the anchor or
attachment to come loose or even
break during a crash. A child or
others could be injured. To reduce
the risk of serious or fatal injuries
during a crash, attach only one
child restraint per anchor.
{Warning
Children can be seriously injured
or strangled if a shoulder belt is
wrapped around their neck. The
shoulder belt can tighten but
cannot be loosened if it is locked.
The shoulder belt locks when it is
pulled all the way out of the
retractor. It unlocks when the
shoulder belt is allowed to go all
the way back into the retractor,
but it cannot do this if it is
wrapped around a child’s neck.
If the shoulder belt is locked and
tightened around a child’s neck,
the only way to loosen the belt is
to cut it.
Buckle any unused safety belts
behind the child restraint so
children cannot reach them. Pull
the shoulder belt all the way out
of the retractor to set the lock,
and tighten the belt behind the
child restraint after the child
restraint has been installed.
Caution
Do not let the LATCH
attachments rub against the
vehicle’s safety belts. This may
damage these parts. If necessary,
move buckled safety belts to
avoid rubbing the LATCH
attachments.
Do not fold the rear seatback
when the seat is occupied. Do not
fold the empty rear seat with a
safety belt buckled. This could
damage the safety belt or the
seat. Unbuckle and return the
safety belt to its stowed position,
before folding the seat.
If you need to secure more than one
child restraint in the rear seat, see
Where to Put the Restraint 092.
This system is designed to make
installation of child restraints easier.
When using lower anchors, do not
use the vehicle's safety belts.
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secure the restraints. Some
restraints also use another vehicle
anchor to secure a top tether.
Regular Cab Models1. For models without a rear seat, forward-facing child restraints
should only be installed in the
right front seating position with
safety belts and a top tether.
See Securing Child Restraints
(Center Front Seat) 0105 or
Securing Child Restraints
(Rear Seat) 0105 orSecuring
Child Restraints (Front
Passenger Seat) 0108.
If the child restraint
manufacturer recommends that
the top tether be attached,
attach and tighten the top
tether to the top tether anchor,
if your vehicle has one. Refer
to the child restraint
instructions and the following
steps:
1.1. Fold the passenger seatback forward to
access the top tether
anchor. See Reclining
Seatbacks 059. 1.2. Find the top tether anchor.
1.3. Remove the cover to
expose the anchor.
1.4. Route, attach, and tighten the top tether according to
your child restraint
instructions and the
following instructions:
If the position you are
using has an adjustable
head restraint and you are
using a dual tether, route
the tether around the head
restraint.
If the position you are
using has an adjustable
head restraint and you are
using a single tether, raise
the head restraint and
route the tether under the
head restraint and in
between the head
restraint posts.
2. Secure the child restraint in the right front seating position with
the vehicle safety belts. See
Securing Child Restraints
(Center Front Seat) 0105 or
Securing Child Restraints
(Rear Seat) 0105 orSecuring
Child Restraints (Front
Passenger Seat) 0108.
3. Before placing a child in the child restraint, make sure it is
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check, grasp the child restraint
at the safety belt path and
attempt to move it side to side
and back and forth. There
should be no more than 2.5 cm
(1 in) of movement for proper
installation.
Crew Cab Models 1. Attach and tighten the lower attachments to the lower
anchors. If the child restraint
does not have lower
attachments or the desired
seating position does not have
lower anchors, secure the child
restraint with the top tether and
the safety belts. Refer to your
child restraint manufacturer ’s
instructions and the
instructions in this manual.
1.1. Find the lower anchors for the desired seating
position.
1.2. Put the child restraint on the seat. 1.3. Attach and tighten the
lower attachments on the
child restraint to the lower
anchors.
2. For forward-facing child restraints, attach and tighten
the top tether to the top tether
anchor (loop), if your vehicle
has one. Follow the child
restraint instructions the
vehicle LATCH anchor weight
limits described at the
beginning of this section, and
the following steps:
Example —Rear Driver Side
Position
Example —Rear Driver Side
Position
2.1. For a top tether in the rear driver side position:
2.1.1. Raise the headrest.
2.1.2. Route the top tether (4) between
the headrest posts,
through the
loop (3), behind the
inboard headrest
post, and under the
center shoulder
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2.1.3. Then attach the toptether (4) to the top
tether
anchor (loop) (1) at
the center rear
seating position.
2.2. For a top tether in the rear center position:
2.2.1. Route the top tether (4) through
the center loop (1),
and behind the
passenger side
headrest post.
2.2.2. Then attach the top tether (4) to the top
tether anchor (loop)
at the rear
passenger side
seating position.
2.3. For a top tether in the rear passenger position:
2.3.1. Raise the headrest.
2.3.2. Route the top tether (4) between
the headrest posts,
through the loop on
the passenger side and behind the
inboard
headrest post.
2.3.3. Then attach the top tether (4) to the top
tether
anchor (loop) (1) at
the center rear
seating position.
3. Tighten the top tether per the child restraint manufacturer's
instructions.
When the top tether is properly
tightened, the anchor (loop)
may bend. This is normal and
will not damage the vehicle.
If child restraints are installed
in both outboard positions, both
top tethers can be attached to
the center loop. Top tethers
can be attached for child
restraints in all three rear
seating positions at the same
time, following the routing
instructions above.
4. Before placing a child in the child restraint, make sure it is
securely held in place. To check, grasp the child restraint
at the LATCH path and attempt
to move it side to side and
back and forth. There should
be no more than 2.5 cm (1 in)
of movement for proper
installation.
Double Cab Models 1. Remove the headrest prior to installing a forward-facing child
restraint in an outboard rear
seating position. See “Headrest
Removal and Reinstallation” at
the end of this section.
2. Attach and tighten the lower attachments to the lower
anchors. If the child restraint
does not have lower
attachments or the desired
seating position does not have
lower anchors, secure the child
restraint with the top tether and
the safety belts. Refer to your
child restraint manufacturer ’s
instructions and the
instructions in this manual.
2.1. Find the lower anchors for
the desired seating
position.