Seat Leon Owner's Manual page 38

Front passenger seat: adjustment and
Fig. 30
assembly according to the Top Tether belt.
Child seats with the Top Tether system come
with a strap for securing the seat to the vehi-
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Safety
cle anchor point, located at the back of the
rear seat backrest and provide greater re-
straint.
The objective of this strap is to reduce for-
ward movements of the child seat in a crash,
to reduce the risk of injuries to the head from
hitting the inside of the vehicle.
Using the Top Tether in rear-facing moun-
ted seats
Currently, there are very few rear-facing child
safety seats that have Top Tether. Please
carefully read and follow the seat manufac-
turer instructions to learn the proper way to
install the Top Tether strap.
Securing the retainer strap
Follow the manufacturer's instructions to
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deploy the child seat Top Tether retaining
strap.
Position the belt under the headrest (de-
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pending on the instructions of the seat itself,
lift or remove the headrest if necessary)
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Slide the strap and secure it properly with
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the anchorage of the backrest
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Fig. 30 .
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Firmly tighten the strap following the manu-
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facturer's instructions.
Releasing the retaining strap
Loosen the strap following the manufactur-
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er's instructions.
Push the lock and release it from the an-
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choring support.
WARNING
An undue installation of the safety seat will
increase the risk of injury in the event of a
crash.
Never tie the retainer strap to a hook in
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the luggage compartment.
Never secure or tie luggage or other
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items to the lower anchorages (ISOFIX) or
the upper ones (Top Tether).
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