LATCH in the front?

unityco

Ambassador - CPS Technician
This is probably old news to some of you, but it was a bizarre discovery to me! My BIL's '04 Chevy Extended cab - extended meaning it has a back seat - has a LATCH position in the FRONT! :confused: It also has one single LATCH position in the back seat (centre) as well as three tether points. It does have a keyed passenger airbag, but what was the thinking on providing a front LATCH position?
 
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wendytthomas

Admin - CPST Instructor
Staff member
It wouldn't surprise me if that's the bench seat for all of those trucks, not just the extended cabs. So the single bench seats have that LATCH position.

Wendy
 

unityco

Ambassador - CPS Technician
It wouldn't surprise me if that's the bench seat for all of those trucks, not just the extended cabs. So the single bench seats have that LATCH position.

Ahhh... that makes a lot of sense! Thanks, Wendy! :)

ETA: Are front-row only vehicles *required* to provide a LATCH position?
 

J-max

CPST Instructor
It wouldn't surprise me if that's the bench seat for all of those trucks, not just the extended cabs. So the single bench seats have that LATCH position.

Wendy
Yup, it is the same seat as for a stand cab (I know DH's 04 and 09 have them)
 

Jeanum

Admin - CPS Technician Emeritus
Staff member
ETA: Are front-row only vehicles *required* to provide a LATCH position?

No, they're exempt. Some vehicles with front rows only do have front passenger seat LATCH any way (thinking of a few exotic examples like a Porsche model), but that's done voluntarily by the vehicle manufacturer and not because it's required.
 

Pixels

New member
FMVSS 225 requires manufacturers of motor vehicles and child restraint systems to provide consumers with the equipment that will lead to improved child safety. The new standard requires all passenger cars, trucks and multipurpose vehicles of 8,500 pounds gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) or less and all buses (including school buses) of 10,000 pounds GVWR or less, to be equipped with:

1. Two child restraint anchorage systems (rigid 6 mm bars) in rear seating positions with tether anchorages, plus a tether anchorage in a third seating position (if there are three or more rear seating positions),

2. If an air bag cutoff switch is provided that deactivates the air bag for the front passenger position, one child restraint anchorage system must be provided in that position, and another anchorage system in a rear seating position. If there is no rear seat and no air bag cutoff switch, a full child seat anchorage system would be disallowed in the front passenger seat but a tether anchor would be required at each front passenger seat.

3. A built-in child restraint may be substituted at one of the three required positions, but not all. Rear-facing built-in systems are currently unavailable, and it is desirable to maintain this seating option, which would be precluded if all positions had built-in forward-facing systems.
Source: http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/cars/rules/rulings/ucra-omb-j08/econ/regeval.213.225.html
 

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