Child Safety Seat Tether Anchors

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2005 Mercury Mountaineer and 2005 Ford Explorer. However, it is still accessible from the selected car via links, so may be relevant.

WARNING: The child safety seat tether anchor/bolt MUST be securely tightened to specification. Otherwise, the child safety seat may not be correctly secured and the child could be injured if the vehicle is involved in a collision or stops suddenly.

The second row outboard child safety seat tether anchors for a 5-passenger vehicle are located directly behind the seat, attached to the floor pan protruding from the carpet. Either of the tether anchors for a 5-passenger vehicle located near the back hatch door can be used for the second row center child safety seat tether anchor.

The three second row seats of a 7-passenger vehicle have child safety seat tether anchors that are located directly behind the second row seats attached to the floor pan, protruding from the carpet. The 2 third row child safety seat tether anchors are located directly behind the seat near the back hatch door.

If the child safety seat tether anchors were in use during a collision, inspect and install new anchors as necessary. Return the vehicle structure to its original production configuration.