Mercury 2002 Cougar Owner's Manual page 111

Attaching child safety seats with tether straps
Most new forward-facing child safety seats include a tether strap which
goes over the back of the seat and hooks to an anchoring point. 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.
The tether strap anchors in your
vehicle are in the following positions
(shown from top view):
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.
1. Position the child safety seat on
the seat cushion.
2. Route the child safety seat tether
strap over the back of the seat.
Remove the cargo cover over the
luggage area from the vehicle. For
vehicles with moveable head
restraints, route the tether strap
under the head restraint posts if you
can. Otherwise, route the tether
strap over the top of the seatback.
3. Locate the correct anchor for the selected seating position as shown
previously.
4. Clip the tether strap to the anchor.
5. Refer to Installing child safety seats in combination lap and
shoulder belt section of this chapter for further instructions to secure
the child safety seat.
If the safety seat is not anchored properly, the risk of a child
being injured in a collision greatly increases.
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