FORD 2001 Focus - Manual (Page 121)

Seating and safety restraints
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Attaching child safety seats with
LATCH attachments
Some child seat manufacturers
make safety seats that are labeled
as LATCH or LATCHĆcompatible
child seats. These seats include two
rigid or webbing mounted
attachments that connect to two
LATCH anchors at specific seating
positions in your vehicle. This type
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.
LATCH lower anchors have been
provided in your vehicle at the
following locations:
The anchors at the center of the
rear seat are much further apart
than the sets of lower anchors for
child seat installation at other
seating positions. A child seat with
rigid LATCH attachments cannot be
installed at this seating position.
LATCH compatible child seats (with
attachments on belt webbing) can
be used at this seating position only
if the child seat instructions state
that the child seat can be installed
to anchors that are 450 mm apart.
Do not attach a child seat to any
lower anchor if an adjacent child
seat is attached to that anchor.