Attaching Child Safety Seats With Tether Straps; Front Seats - Ford 1996 Escort Manual

Attaching Child Safety Seats with Tether
Straps (For all vehicles)
Some manufacturers make safety seats that
include a tether strap that goes over the back of
the vehicle seat and attaches to an anchoring
point. Other manufacturers offer the tether strap
as an accessory. Contact the manufacturer of
your child safety seat for information about
ordering a tether strap.
If you use a tethered safety seat on one of the
rear seats, you can anchor the strap to the
appropriate tether anchor directly behind that
seat position.

Front Seats

To install a tether from a child safety seat in the
front seat:
1. Buckle the lap/shoulder belt (in the seat
directly behind the front passenger seat in
which the child safety seat will be installed).
2. Pull at the stored belt out of the rear seat
retractor to switch the retractor to automatic
locking mode.
3. Let the retractor wind up the slack from the
lap/shoulder belt.
4. Install the child safety seat in the front seat.
Refer to the previous section on Installing
Safety Seats. Hook the tether strap hook
around the webbing near the center of the
shoulder portion of the locked lap/shoulder
belt.
5. Tighten the tether strap.
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