Buick Encore: Child Restraints / Recommended Methods for Attaching Child Restraints

Buick Encore 2020-2026 Owner's Manual / Seats and Restraints / Child Restraints / Recommended Methods for Attaching Child Restraints

Buick Encore. Recommended Methods for Attaching Child Restraints

See Securing Child Restraints (With the Seat Belt in the Rear Seat) or Securing Child Restraints (With the Seat Belt in the Front Seat).

Child restraints built after March 2014 will be labeled with the specific child weight up to which the LATCH system can be used to install the restraint.

The following explains how to attach a child restraint with these attachments in the vehicle.

Not all vehicle seating positions have lower anchors. In this case, the seat belt must be used (with top tether where available) to secure the child restraint. See Securing Child Restraints (With the Seat Belt in the Rear Seat) or Securing Child Restraints (With the Seat Belt in the Front Seat).

Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH System)

The LATCH system secures a child restraint during driving or in a crash. LATCH attachments on the child restraint are used to attach the child restraint to the anchors in the vehicle...

Lower Anchors

Lower anchors (1) are metal bars built into the vehicle. There are two lower anchors for each LATCH seating position that will accommodate a child restraint with lower attachments (2)...

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Buick Encore 2020-2026 Owner's Manual: Engine Compartment Fuse Block

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Buick Encore 2020-2026 Owner's Manual: USB Port (8 Inch Screen)

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