Attaching child safety seats with tether straps, Seating and safety restraints – FORD 2010 Edge v.3 User Manual

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Attaching child safety seats with tether straps

Many forward-facing child safety seats include a tether strap which
extends from the back of the child safety seat and hooks to an anchoring
point called the top tether anchor. Tether straps are available as an
accessory for many older safety seats. Contact the manufacturer of your
child seat for information about ordering a tether strap, or to obtain a
longer tether strap if the tether strap on your safety seat does not reach
the appropriate top tether anchor in the vehicle.

The rear seats of your vehicle are equipped with built-in tether strap
anchors located behind the seats as described below.

The tether anchors in your vehicle are located under the second row
seat gap cover marked with tether anchor symbols (shown with title).

The tether strap anchors in your
vehicle are in the following positions
(shown from top view):

WARNING: Attach the tether strap only to the appropriate
tether anchor as shown. The tether strap may not work properly

if attached somewhere other than the correct tether anchor.

WARNING: Do not use seat anchors as cargo tie downs.

Once the child safety seat has been installed, using either the safety belt,
the lower anchors of the LATCH system, or both, you can attach the top
tether strap.

1. Route the child safety seat tether strap over the back of the seat.

For vehicles with adjustable head restraints, route the tether strap under
the head restraint and between the head restraint posts, , otherwise
route the tether strap over the top of the head restraint. If the top of the
safety seat hits the adjustable head restraint, raise the head restraint to
let the child seat fit further rearward.

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2010 Edge (edg)
Owners Guide, 3rd Printing
USA
(fus)

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