How do I install the top tether for a forward-facing car seat?
How do I install the top tether for a forward-facing car seat?
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If your child’s forward facing car seat has a top tether, it can offer additional security and safety. Installing it is pretty simple, too. Here’s how:
Make sure the car seat is correctly positioned in the seat.
Raise and then remove the head restraint for that seating position (store it somewhere safe).
If the second row seat is all the way back, slide it forward one position.
Route the top tether of the car seat over the seatback.
Connect the hook to the lower anchor on the underside back of the second row seat.
Remove all the slack.
Replace the head restraint if you want (or you can leave it stored).
Move the second row seat to the rearmost position.
Tip
If you’re installing the car seat in the center seating position of the second row seat, there’s an upper anchor point on the ceiling behind the seat itself. Route the tether over the seat back and lock it into the upper anchor point.
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Child restraint anchor points can generally be found in the following locations: In sedans – on the rear parcel shelf. In hatchbacks – below the tailgate in the beaver panel/on the floor or in rear of rear seat. In station wagons – in the roof, on the floor or in the rear of the rear seat.
Tethers are used with forward-facing car seats that have a harness. Using a top tether is essential.
If your vehicle doesn`t have a tether anchor, please do not try to install the tether anchor on your own. Instead, you may contact your dealership to have one retrofitted by a professional.
Top Tether Anchor Locations and Types
They can be located in the vehicle`s ceiling, the back hatch, on the back of the back seat, on the cargo floor area, behind the headrest, or on the rear filler panel.
Tethers give important extra protection by keeping the car safety seat and your child`s head from moving too far forward in a crash or sudden stop. All new cars, minivans, and light trucks are required to have tether anchors as of September 2000. Forward-facing seats come with tether straps.
Tether anchors are located behind the seat, either on the panel behind the seat (in sedans) or on the back of the seat, ceiling, or floor (in most minivans, SUVs, hatchbacks, and pickup trucks). All forward-facing car safety seats have tethers or tether connectors that fasten to these anchors.
You should only use EITHER the seat belt or LATCH to install your harnessed car seat. The top tether should always be used for a forward-facing, harnessed car seat, but doesn`t need to be used for most rear-facing and booster seats.
Isofix mounts securely hold the base of a child seat, while top tethers brace the top of the seat in place, so that in the event of a crash, the child seat doesn`t flip forward. Not all child seats come with a top tether, though. Some use a `supporting leg` instead, which locks in place against the footwell.
The Top Tether is a safety device found in ISOFIX child restraint systems ISOFIX child restraint systems. It is the third point of anchorage that secures the upper part of the child car seat to the vehicle and stops it from tipping forward in a crash.
Once a car seat is turned forward-facing, it must be held in place with both a tether strap and the seat belt or universal anchorage system (UAS). The tether strap is on the back of the car seat. It must be hooked to a tether anchor in the vehicle. If a tether strap isn`t used, your child is more likely to be hurt.
Why it`s essential to use the tether strap with your forward-facing car seat. The tether strap helps prevent the top of the car seat from moving forward during a sudden stop or collision. This greatly reduces your child`s risk of serious head and neck injuries or even death.
If your child is in a forward-facing car seat, the harness strap should be at or above your child`s shoulders. While forward-facing the crash forces will cause the child`s body to be thrown forward.
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How do I install the top tether for a forward-facing car seat?
ANSWER : If your child’s forward facing car seat has a top tether, it can offer additional security and safety. Installing it is pretty simple, too. Here’s how:
Make sure the car seat is correctly positioned in the seat.
Raise and then remove the head restraint for that seating position (store it somewhere safe).
If the second row seat is all the way back, slide it forward one position.
Route the top tether of the car seat over the seatback.
Connect the hook to the lower anchor on the underside back of the second row seat.
Remove all the slack.
Replace the head restraint if you want (or you can leave it stored).
Move the second row seat to the rearmost position.
Tip
If you’re installing the car seat in the center seating position of the second row seat, there’s an upper anchor point on the ceiling behind the seat itself. Route the tether over the seat back and lock it into the upper anchor point.
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