6. If your child restraint manufacturerrecommends using a top tether, attach andtighten the top tether to the top tether anchor.Refer to the instructions that came with thechild restraint and see Lower Anchorsand Tethers for Children (LATCH) on page 50.7. Push and pull the child restraint in differentdirections to be sure it is secure.To remove the child restraint, if the top tether isattached to the top tether anchor, disconnectit. Unbuckle the vehicle’s safety belt and let it goback all the way. The safety belt will movefreely again and be ready to work for an adult orlarger child passenger.Securing a Child Restraint in theRight Front Seat PositionYour vehicle has a right front passenger airbag. Arear seat is a safer place to secure a forward-facingchild restraint. See Where to Put the Restraint onpage 48.In addition, your vehicle has a passenger sensingsystem. The passenger sensing system isdesigned to turn off the right front passenger’sfrontal airbag when an infant in a rear-facing infantseat or a small child in a forward-facing childrestraint or booster seat is detected. SeePassenger Sensing System on page 74 andPassenger Airbag Status Indicator on page 245 formore information on this including importantsafety information.A label on your sun visor says, “Never put arear-facing child seat in the front.” This is becausethe risk to the rear-facing child is so great, if theairbag deploys.59
