TA in 1996 Jeep Cherokee (was Re: Britax Frontier or Graco Nautilus)

xj-boonie · Nov 23, 2008

Jeanum said:
It's from the LATCH manual, a master volume of lower LATCH anchor and tether anchor information, thoroughly researched by its authors with their contacts at the various automotive companies to provide child passenger safety professionals with authoritative information. A section of the LATCH manual is devoted to each auto manufacturer, and the page I posted is from the Saab section of the manual. It's not pulled out of thin air, I assure you, although it seems like Saab is now in denial about it. That's so aggravating and unfortunately not uncommon for dealerships to not be on the same page about the manufacturer's retrofit policy, or for corporate to give conflicting information. Maybe you can go higher up at Saab corporate to nudge/rebuke the dealership into honoring the retrofit policy? After all, Saab owes you a favor for not tracking you down sooner about the lug nuts recall, right? :twocents:

Sorry to hope into this thread - but do you know if they will install tethers in a 96 Jeep Cherokee?

Thanks, Mike

Jeanum · Nov 24, 2008

Yes, according to the LATCH manual's Jeep section, the '96 Cherokee can have two top tether anchors retrofitted for the outboard (side) rear seating positions, but not for the center rear seating position. The Jeep tether anchor retrofit part number is 05003422AB and the retrofitting is supposed to be done free of charge at a Chrysler/Jeep dealership through Chrysler Technical Service Bulletin Number 23-008-00 Rev. B. The Jeep section of the LATCH manual with the part and service bulletin info. is currently online (as an Adobe Acrobat .pdf file) at http://www.saferidenews.com/SRNDNN/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=/A8hqBPi67c=&tabid=54&mid=372 Based on the experience of other Chrysler/Jeep vehicle owners, printing out the Jeep section of the LATCH manual to show the Jeep dealership service department as documentation about retrofitting is likely to be a good idea. Some dealerships aren't fully up to speed on the retrofit program and need some "proof" to get the ball rolling.

skaterbabs · Nov 24, 2008

Additionally, the LATCH manual says the anchors for the Cherokee are in their ceiling. That is ONLY true for the Grand Cherokee. For the regular Cherokee they will take the cargo anchors nearest to the liftgate and replace that hardware with the tether anchor hardware.