KIA Sportage 2010 User Manual

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Knowing your vehicle

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Follow the child seat manufacturer’s
instructions to properly install child
restraint seats with LATCH or
LATCH-compatible attachments.
Once you have installed the LATCH
child restraint, assure that the seat is
properly attached to the LATCH and
tether anchors. Also, test the child
restraint seat before you place the
child in it. Tilt the seat from side to
side. Also try to tug the seat forward.
Check to see if the anchors hold the
seat in place.

WARNING

If the child restraint is not
anchored properly, the risk of a
child being seriously injured or
killed in a collision greatly
increases.

WARNING -

LATCH lower
anchors

LATCH lower anchors are only
to be used with the left and right
rear outboard seating positions.
Never attempt to attach an
LATCH equipped seat in the
center seating position.You may
damage the anchors or the
anchors may fail and break in a
collision.

WARNING

When using the vehicle’s
“LATCH” system to install a
child restraint system in the rear
seat, all unused vehicle rear
seat belt metal latch plates or
tabs must be latched securely in
their seat belt buckles and the
seat belt webbing must be
retracted behind the child
restraint to prevent the child
from reaching and taking hold
of unretracted seat belts.
Unlatched metal latch plates or
tabs may allow the child to
reach the unretracted seat belts
which may result in strangula-
tion and a serious injury or
death to the child in the child
restraint.

CAUTION

Do not allow the rear seat belt
webbing to get scratched or
pinched by the child-seat latch
and LATCH anchor during the
installation.

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