2025 Kia Sedona Child Restraint System (CRS) User Guide
The cutting-edge Child Restraint System (CRS) of the 2025 Kia Sedona will be covered in this guide, along with installation instructions, safety advice, and features intended to provide the utmost security and comfort for young passengers.
Kia Child Restraint System (CRS) Guide
Infants and younger children must be restrained in an appropriate rear-facing or forward-facing Child Restraint System (CRS) that has first been properly secured to the rear seat of the vehicle.
Children always in the rear
Children under age 13 must always ride in the rear seats and must always be properly restrained to minimize the risk of injury in an accident, sudden stop or sudden maneuver.
WARNING
Restraint Location
Never install a child or infant seat on the front passenger’s seat. A child riding in the front passenger seat can be force-fully struck by an inflating airbag and get seriously injured.
WARNING
Hot Child Restraint
A Child Restraint System can become very hot if it is left in a closed vehicle on a sunny day. Be sure to check the seat cover, buckles and latches before plac-ing a child in the restraint system.
According to accident statistics, children are safer when properly restrained in the rear seats than in the front seat. Even with air bags, children can be seriously injured or killed. Children too large for a child restraint must use the seat belts provided. Most countries have child restraint laws which require children to travel in approved child restraint devices. The laws governing the age or height/weight restrictions at which seat belts can be used instead of child restraints differs among countries, so you should be aware of the specific requirements in your country, and where you are travel-ing. The CRS must be properly placed and installed in the rear seat. You must use a commercially available CRS that meets the requirements of the Safety Stan-dards of your country. A CRS is generally designed to be secured in a vehicle seat by lap belt por-tion of a lap/shoulder belt, or by a LATCH system in the rear seats of the vehicle.
Child Restraint System (CRS)
Infants and younger children must be restrained in an appropriate rear-facing or forward-facing CRS that has first been properly secured to the rear seat of the vehicle. Read and comply with the instructions for installation and use pro-vided by the manufacturer of the CRS.
Child Restraint Installation
An improperly secured child restraint can increase the risk of serious injury or death in an accident. Always take the following precautions when using a Child Restraint System:
- Always follow the Child Restraint Sys- tem manufacturer’s instructions for installation and use.
- Always properly restrain your child in the child restraint.
- If the vehicle head restraint prevents proper installation of a child seat (as described in the Child Restraint Sys-tem manual), the head restraint of the respective seating position shall be readjusted or entirely removed.
- Do not use an infant carrier or a child safety seat that “hooks” over a seatback as it may not provide adequate protection in an accident.
- A child restraint in the center seating position may also contact or push up against the safety belt buckles, which can damage the buckles and make them unusable or unsafe. Always check that the child restraint does not contact any of the safety belt buckles. Check the placement of the child restraint regularly to make sure that it has not shifted and come into contact with any of the safety belt buckles.
NOTICE
After an accident, have a Kia dealer check the Child Restraint System, seat belts, tether anchors and lower anchors.
Selecting a CRS
When selecting a CRS for your child, always:
- Make sure the CRS has a label certify- ing that it meets applicable Safety Standards of your country.
- Select a child restraint based on your child’s height and weight. The
required label or the instructions for use typically provide this information. - Select a child restraint that fits the vehicle seating position where it will be used.
- Read and comply with the warnings and instructions for installation and use provided with the CRS.
- The American Academy of Pediatrics provides helpful fit and safety information about child restraints at www.healthychildren.org.
WARNING
Holding children
Never hold a child in your arms or lap when riding in a vehicle. The violent forces created during a crash will tear the child from your arms and throw the child against the car’s interior. Always use a Child Restraint System which is appropriate for your child’s height and weight.
WARNING
Unattended children
Never leave children unattended in a vehicle. The car can heat up very quickly, resulting in injuries to the child in the vehicle.
WARNING
Seat belt use
Do not use one seat belt for two occu-pants at the same time. This will elimi-nate any safety benefit provided by the seat belt to the occupants.
CRS types
There are three main types of the CRS: rear-facing seats, forward-facing seats, and booster seats. They are classified according to the child’s age, height and weight.
Rear-facing child seats
A rear-facing child seat provides restraint with the seating surface against the back of the child. The harness sys-tem holds the child in place, and in an accident, acts to keep the child posi-tioned in the seat and reduces the stress to the neck and spinal cord. All children under age one must always ride in a rear-facing infant child restraint. Convertible and 3-in-1 child seats typi-cally have higher height and weight lim-its for the rear-facing position, allowing you to keep your child rear-facing for a longer period of time. Continue to use a rear-facing child seat for as long as your child will fit within the height and weight limits allowed by the child seat manufacturer. It’s the best way to keep them safe. Once your child has outgrown the rear-facing child restraint, your child is ready for a forward-facing child restraint with a harness.
Forward-facing child restraints
Booster seats
A booster seat is a restraint designed to improve the fit of the vehicle’s seat belt system. A booster seat positions the seat belt so that it fits properly over the lap of your child.
Keep your child in a booster seat until they are big enough to sit in the seat without a booster and still have the seat belt fit properly. For a seat belt to fit properly, the lap belt must lie snugly across the upper thighs, not the stom-ach. The shoulder belt should lie snug across the shoulder and chest and not across the neck or face. Children under age 13 must always ride in the rear seats and must always be properly restrained to minimize the risk of injury.
Installing a CRS
After selecting a proper child seat for your child, check to make sure it fits properly in your vehicle.
Follow the instructions provided by the manufacturer when installing the child seat. Note these general steps when installing the seat to your vehicle:
- Properly secure the child restraint to the vehicle. All child restraints must be secured to the vehicle with the lap part of a lap/shoulder belt or with the LATCH system.
- Make sure the child restraint is firmly secured. After installing a child restraint to the vehicle, push and pull the seat forward and from side-to-side to verify that it is securely attached to the seat. A child restraint secured with a seat belt should be installed as firmly as possible. How-ever, some side-to-side movement can be expected.
- Secure the child in the child restraint. Make sure the child is prop-erly strapped in the child restraint according to the manufacturer instructions.
Lower Anchors and Tether for Children (LATCH) system
The LATCH system holds a child restraint during driving and in an acci-dent. This system is designed to make installation of the child restraint easier and reduce the possibility of improperly installing your child restraint. The LATCH system uses anchors in the vehicle and attachments on the child restraint. The LATCH system eliminates the need to use seat belts to secure the child restraint to the rear seats.
Lower anchors 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. To use the LATCH system in your vehi-cle, you must have a child restraint with LATCH attachments. The child seat manufacturer will provide you with instructions on how to use the child seat with its attachments for the LATCH lower anchors.
8 seats
7 seats
For the 7 passenger vehicle, LATCH anchors have been provided in the left and right outboard rear seating posi-tions. For the 8 passenger vehicle, a sec-ond row center seat LATCH anchor is also provided. Their locations are shown in the illustrations. There are no LATCH anchors provided for the 3rd row center seating position.
WARNING
LATCH Lower Anchors
On the third row seating position, never attempt to attach a LATCH equipped seat in the center seating position. LATCH lower anchors are only to be used in the left and right rear outboard seating positions. You may damage the anchors or the anchors may fail and break in a collision if the seat is in the center seating position.
The lower anchor position indicator sym-bols are located on the left and right rear seatbacks to identify the position of the lower anchors in your vehicle (see arrows in illustration).
- Lower Anchor position indicator
- Lower Anchor
The LATCH anchors are located between the seatback and the seat cushion of the rear seat left and right outboard seating positions.
To use the lower anchor, push the upper portion of the lower anchor cover.
NOTICE
When installing CRS in center seat (For 8 seats), the seat belt buckle should be extracted from the seat cushion before-hand.
Securing a child restraint with the LATCH anchors system
To install a LATCH-compatible child restraint in either of the rear outboard seating positions:
- Move the seat belt buckle away from the lower anchors. Otherwise, the webbing or buckle can be damaged by the latch anchor, which can make them become unusable or unsafe.
- Move any other objects away from the anchors that could prevent a secure connection between the child restraint and the lower anchors.
- Place the child restraint on the vehicle seat, then attach the seat to the lower anchors according to the instructions provided by the child restraint manu-facturer.
- Follow the child restraint instructions for properly adjusting and tightening the lower attachments on the child restraint to the lower anchors.
WARNING
Take the following precautions when using the LATCH system:
- Read and follow all installation instructions provided with your Child Restraint System.
- To prevent the child from reaching and taking hold of the unused seat belts, buckle all unused rear seat belts before the child is placed into the vehicle. Lock each unused seatbelt following the instructions in the “auto-matic locking mode” subsection, and place the webbing behind the child seat or against an unused seatback. Children can be strangled if a shoul-der belt becomes wrapped around their neck and the seat belt tightens.
- NEVER attach more than one child restraint to a single anchor. This could cause the anchor or attachment to come loose or break.
- Always have the LATCH system inspected by your authorized Kia dealer after an accident. An accident can damage the LATCH system and may not properly secure the child restraint.
Securing a child restraint seat with “Tether Anchor” system
2nd row seat
2nd row center seat
3rd row seat
First secure the child restraint with the LATCH lower anchors or the seat belt. If the child restraint manufacturer recom-mends that the top tether strap be attached, attach and tighten the top tether strap to the top tether strap anchor. Child restraint system tether anchorages are located on the back of the rear cush-ions.
WARNING
Take the following precautions when
installing the tether strap:
- Read and follow all installation instructions provided with your Child Restraint System.
- NEVER attach more than one child restraint to a single tether anchor. This could cause the anchor or attachment to come loose or break.
- Do not attach the tether strap to anything other than the correct tether anchor. It may not work properly if attached to something else.
- Do not use the tether anchors for adult seat belts or harnesses, or for attaching other items or equipment to the vehicle.
- Always fasten the seat belts behind the child restraint seat when they are not used to secure the child seat. Fail-ure to do so may result in child stran-gulation.
To install the tether anchor:
- Route the Child Restraint System seat strap over the seatback.
For vehicles with adjustable headrest, route the tether strap under the head-rest and between the headrest posts, otherwise route the tether strap over the top of the seatback. - Connect the top-tether to the top-tether anchorage, then tighten the top-tether according to the instruc-tions of your Child Restraint System’s manufacturer to firmly attach the Child Restraint System to the seat.
- Check that the child restraint is securely attached to the seat by push-ing and pulling the seat forward and from side-to-side.
Securing a child restraint with a lap/shoulder belt
When not using the LATCH system, all child restraints must be secured to a vehicle rear seat with the lap part of a lap/shoulder belt.
Automatic locking mode
All passenger seat belts move freely under normal conditions and only lock under extreme or emergency conditions (emergency locking mode). So, in order to secure a child restraint, you must manually pull the seat belt all the way out to shift the retractor to the “auto-matic locking” mode. The “automatic locking” mode will help prevent the normal movement of the child in the vehicle from causing the seat belt to loosen and compromise the CRS.
To install a CRS on the rear seats, do the following:
- Place the CRS on a rear seat and route the lap/shoulder belt around or through the child restraint, following the restraint manufacturer’s instruc-tions. Be sure the seat belt webbing is not twisted.
- Fasten the lap/shoulder belt latch into the buckle. Listen for the distinct “click” sound. Position the release button so that it is easy to access in case of an emer-gency.
- Pull the shoulder portion of the seat belt all the way out. When the shoul-der portion of the seat belt is fully extended, it will shift the retractor to the “automatic locking” (child restraint) mode.
- Slowly allow the shoulder portion of the seat belt to retract and listen for an audible “clicking” or “ratcheting” sound. This indicates that the retrac-tor is in the “automatic locking” mode. If no distinct sound is heard, repeat steps 3 and 4.
- Remove as much slack from the belt as possible by pushing down on the CRS while feeding the shoulder belt back into the retractor.
- Push and pull on the CRS to confirm that the seat belt is holding it firmly in place. If it is not, release the seat belt and repeat steps 2 through 6.
- Double check that the retractor is in the “automatic locking” mode by attempting to pull more of the seat belt out of the retractor. If you cannot, the retractor is in the “automatic lock-ing” mode.
If your CRS manufacturer instructs or recommends you to use a tether anchor with the lap/shoulder belt, refer to “Securing a child restraint seat with “Tether Anchor” system” on page 3-41 for more information.
NOTICE
When the seat belt is allowed to retract to its fully stowed position, the retractor will automatically switch from the “auto-matic locking” mode to the emergency lock mode for normal adult usage.
WARNING
Auto lock mode
Set the retractor to Automatic Lock mode when installing any Child Restraint System. If the retractor is not in the auto-matic locking mode, the child restraint can move when your vehicle turns or stops suddenly. A child can be seriously injured or killed if the child restraint is not properly anchored in the car.
To remove the child restraint, press the release button on the buckle and then pull the lap/shoulder belt out of the restraint and allow the seat belt to retract fully.
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