Audi A7 Sportback 2014 Owner's Manual page 194

192 Child S a f e t y
Tether anchors and tether straps
Fig. 180 Tether ancho r s: attachment hook locations
behind the rea r seatbacks
The tether anchors for the two/three* rear
seating positions are located o n the backside
of the rear seatbacks ¢ fig. 180 . Vehicles with
two rear seating positions are equipped with
two tether anchors.
A tether is a straight or V-shaped strap that
attaches the top part of a child restraint to
specia l anchorage points in the veh icle.
The purpose of t he tether is to reduce the for-
ward movemen t of the child restra int in a
crash, in order to help reduce the risk of head
injury that could be caused by striking the ve-
hicle interior.
Forward facing child rest ra ints manufactured
after September 1, 1999, are required by U.S.
federal regulations to comply with new child
head movement performance requirements .
These new performance requirements make a
tether necessary on most new child safety
seats.
A
WARNING
Improper insta llation of child restraints
will increase the risk of inju ry and death in
a crash.
- Always follow the instructions provided
by the manufacturer of the child re-
st rain t you intend to install in your Audi.
- Improper use of ch ild restra int anchors
(including tether anchors) can lead to in-
jury in a collision. The anchors are de-
signed t o withstand on ly those loads im-
posed by corre ctly fitted ch ild restraints.
- Never mount two child restraint systems
on one LATCH lower anchor point.
- Never attach two child restraint systems
to one tether strap or tether anchorage.
- Never attach a tether strap to a tie-down
hook in the luggage compa rtment .
- Never use child restraint tether ancho -
rages to secure safety belts or other
kinds of occupant restraints.
- Never secure or attach any luggage or
other items to the LATCH lower ancho-
rages or to the tether anchors.
- If you must install a rearward fac ing
child safety seat on the front passenger
seat because of exceptiona l circumstan-
ces and t he PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does not come o n and stay on, im-
mediately install the rear-fac ing ch ild
safety seat in a rear seating position and
have t he airbag system inspe cted by your
Audi deale r.
Installing the upper tether strap on the
anchorage
Fig. 181 Tether strap: proper rout ing and mou nt ing
Installing the tether st rap
• Release or deploy the tether strap on the
child restraint according to the child re-
st raint manufacture r's instructions.
• Guide t he upper te t her st rap under the rear
head restraint¢ fig. 181 (raise the head re-
straint if necessary) .
• Attach the tether strap ancho rage hook into
the tether anchorage.
.,. Pull on the tether strap hook so that the
spring catch of the hook engages.
• Tighten the tether strap firmly follow ing the
child restraint manufacturer's instructions. ..,