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2 Child Pasenger Safety TECH REPORT Summer 2002

Child Passenger Safety TECH

REPORT is published quarterly by

the National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration.

Articles are compiled with permis-

sion from copyrighted material

originally published by Safe Ride

News Publications, Shoreline, WA, in

the November/December 2001,

January/February 2002, March/April,

and May/June 2002 issues of Safe

Ride News, as well as one special

report from July 2002.

Seen at the Seattle Auto Show:

▲ Some LATCH lower anchors were

found about 1.5 inches above the seat

bight. This position is determined by

placing a standard “mock” CR in a

specified position on the vehicle seat.

The elevated position is likely due to

the slope of the cushion.

▲ Many LATCH anchors are behind ver-

tical or horizontal slits in the rear cush-

ion. Some are not obvious, but most are

marked with the little round logo. (il-

lustrate).

▲ Some tether anchors were obvious, oth-

ers not at all visible and apparently un-

marked. It would be necessary to refer

to owner’s manuals. Some look like

cargo tie-down hardware or are simple

bars.

▲ Most right-side frontal air bags were

well marked, but the Dodge Caravan had

a seamless dashboard, and no visible

compartment cover.

▲ More vehicles seem to have a head re-

straint in the center rear position as well

as a three-point safety belt.

▲ Lower-cost luxury models appealing to

young, affluent families are coming with

features such as side-impact air bags that

may not be suitable for use with chil-

dren (see owner’s manual).

Child safety features

Listings in NHTSA’s booklet, Buying

a Safer Car for Child Passengers, 2002,

show some positive trends. Most features

listed for 2002 model year vehicles (see

below) are voluntary, not mandated.

Some features available as standard equip-

ment seem to be declining. This may be

due in part to increasing numbers of dif-

ferent models listed. There are 23 percent

more passenger car models listed, for in-

stance. The listing also does not distin-

guish high volume family-style vehicles

from other models. Features include:

Air bag on/off switches: All light pickup

trucks except the Lincoln Blackwood of-

fer on/off switches, but only half are stan-

dard equipment. Some passenger ve-

hicles, primarily sports cars, have them

as standard equipment or options. Even

a few larger sedans, such as Toyota Camry

and Avalon, have them as options. A

number of SUVs, such as Mitsubishi

Montero, Lexus LX 470, and Toyota

Tether &

LATCH

Use Vary

With Combo Seats

Combination seats use a harness for

the child under 40 pounds and convert to

a booster. In the harness mode, they have

tethers and most recent models can be used

with LATCH retrofit kits; they will come

with LATCH attachments as of Septem-

ber 2002. In the belt-positioning booster

(BPB) mode, LATCH anchors and tethers

are not needed because the vehicle lap-

shoulder belt, not the booster itself, re-

strains the child.

For the BPB mode, manufacturers’ in-

structions differ on use of LATCH. An-

choring the BPB can add stability when

the child climbs in and out. The anchors

also can hold the device in place when it

is not occupied. Safe Ride News surveyed

manufacturers for their recommendations:

Car Seat Specialty:

Remove the tether to convert to BPB mode.

Cosco/Eddie Bauer/Safety 1st:

Remove the tether when switching to BPB

mode. Do not use the Cosco LATCH retrofit

kit with BPBs (or shield boosters).

Evenflo:

The tether MAY be used in the BPB, mode,

but it is not required. The Evenflo LATCH

kit is not for use with BPBs.

Graco-Century:

Both Graco and Century combination CR/

BPBs may be tethered when switching to BPB

mode, but tethering is not required.

The Graco-Century LATCH retrofit kit can be

used to stabilize a BPB, but also is not neces-

sary. Some LATCH-ready combination seats

may have different instructions for LATCH at-

tachment use with BPBs.

—Sue Miller Smith SRN, Nov/Dec 2001

New Vehicle Safety Features for Children

RAV4, also have the option, as do two

vans, Honda Odyssey and Toyota Sienna.

Rear-seat center shoulder belts: Slightly

less than 60 percent of passenger cars and

about 25 percent of vans and SUVs have

center shoulder belts as standard equip-

ment, down slightly from last year.

Built-in CRs: Offerings have declined

and almost all are options only.

Adjustable upper anchors (AUAs) for

shoulder belt in the rear seat: These

are standard equipment in only 19 per-

cent of passenger car models this year,

down from 25 percent last year. For vans

and SUVs, the percent with AUAs de-

clined sharply, to just under 50 percent.

Federally required features

Lower LATCH anchors: Almost 60 per-

cent of passenger cars and 50 percent of

vans and SUVs have these as standard

equipment, up considerably since last year.

These are required to be in at least 50 per-

cent of vehicles in the 2002 model year

and in 100 percent of passenger vehicles

starting in September 2002 (MY 2003).

Interior trunk releases: 89 percent of

passenger car models have releases, which

are mandated for vehicles with trunks

starting in the 2002 model year. (The list

does not distinguish sedans from station

wagons or hatchbacks.) The trunk release

also is installed in the Lincoln Blackwood

SUV, Chrysler PT Cruiser (listed as a

minivan), and is an option for Ford F-150

and Ranger pickups with hard cargo cov-

ers.

Editor’s Note

Center rear head restraints, back-seat

side air bags, and pickup trucks with full-

size rear seats are not listed in the NHTSA

booklet.

Resources

NHTSA Booklet: Buying a Safer Car for

Child Passengers, 2002. View on NHTSA

website: www.nhtsa.dot.gov. Order in

quantity from the NHTSA Hotline, 888/

DASH-2-DOT (427-4236), or by fax: 301/

386-2194

SRN Fact Sheet: Choosing a Vehicle for

Family Safety (emphasizes used car selec-

tion), one of a set of 21 reproducible fact

sheets, download order form from

www.saferidenews.com or call 800/422-

4121.

SRN, March/April 2002

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