FORD 2000 Focus - Manual (Page 116)

Seating and safety restraints
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Attaching child safety seats
with ISOFIX attachments
Some child seat manufacturers
make safety seats that are labeled
asISOFIX or ISOFIXĆcompatible
child seats. These seats include two
rigid or webbing mounted
attachmentsthat connect to two
ISOFIX anchors at specific seating
positionsin your vehicle. Thistype
of child seat eliminates the need to
use seat belts to attach the child
seat. for forwardĆfacing child seats,
the tether strap must also be
attached to a proper tether anchor
point. For information on using
tether straps with the child safety
seats, refer to Attaching safety
seats with tether straps in this
chapter.
ISOFIX anchorshave been
provided in your vehicle at the
following locations:
Do not install a child safety
seat at the center rear
seating position using the
vehicle'sISOFOX anchors. In a
crash, the child seat ISOFIX
attachmentsmay not be strong
enough in the rear center seating
position and may break, causing
serious injury or death.