Child Safety Seat Tether Anchors

WARNING: This page is about a different car, the 2004 Mercury Mountaineer and 2004 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 five passenger vehicle are located directly behind the seat, attached to the floor pan protruding from the carpet. Either of the tether anchors for a five 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 seven 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 two 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.