Commander 2WD V8-5.7L (2008)
Child Seat Tether Attachment: Description and Operation
Description
DESCRIPTION
This vehicle is equipped with a Lower Anchors and Tether for CHildren, or LATCH child restraint anchorage system. The LATCH system provides for
the installation of suitable child restraints in certain seating positions without using the standard equipment seat belt provided for that seating position.
The second row seats in these vehicles are equipped with a fixed-position child restraint upper tether anchor (2) for both the center and the two outboard
seating positions, and child restraint lower anchors (1) for the two outboard seating positions only.
The two outboard upper tether anchors (1) are integral to the second row outboard seat back panels. The outboard anchors are each constructed from
short lengths of heavy-gauge steel wire that is securely welded into stamped steel cups that are integral to the seat back panels. There is a separate
molded plastic trim bezel (2) located around each of these outboard anchors. These child restraint upper outboard tether anchors cannot be adjusted or
repaired and, if ineffective or damaged, they must be replaced as a unit with their respective second row seat back panels.
The center upper anchor (2) is integral to the second row center seat cushion frame (1). This anchor is constructed from a heavy-gauge steel wire loop
that is securely welded to the back of the center seat cushion frame. The child restraint upper center tether anchor cannot be adjusted or repaired and, if
ineffective or damaged, it must be replaced as a unit with the second row center seat cushion frame.
