Latch Lower Anchorages And Tethe R; For Children - Audi AS Coupe 2014 Owner's Manual

LATCH Lower
anchorages and tether
for children
Child Restraint System anchors and how
are they related to child safety
To provide a s impler and more pract icable way
to attach the child restraint on the vehicle
seat, Federal regu lations require special lower
anchorages in vehicles and dev ices on new
child restraints to attach to the vehicle ancho-
rages.
The combination of the t ether anchorages and
the lower anchorages is now generally called
the LA TCH system for "Lower Anchorages and
Tethers for Children ."
Forward-facing child restraints 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 seats.
Installing a chi ld restraint that requires a top
tether without one can seriously impair the
performance of the chi ld restraint and its ab il-
ity to protect the ch ild in a collision . Installing
a child restraint that requires a top tether
without the top tether may be a violation of
state law.
Child restraint manufacturers offer LATCH
lower anchorages on their child seats with
hook -on or push-on connectors attached to
adj ustable straps .
In addition to the LATCH lower anchorages,
these child restraint systems usually require
the use of tether straps to help keep the child
restra int firmly in place .
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WARNING
Improper insta llation of chi ld restraints
will increase the risk of inju ry and death in
a crash.
- Always follow the instructions provided
by the manufacturer of the ch ild re-
Child S a f ety 1 7 5
straint you intend to install in your vehi-
cle.
- Never install a chi ld restraint without a
properly attached top tether strap if the
child restraint manufacturer's instruc-
tions require the top tether strap to be
used.
- Improper use of child restraint LATC H
lower anchorage points can lead to injury
in a collision . The LATC H lowe r anchorage
points are designed to withstand on ly
those loads imposed by correctly fitted
child restraints.
- Never mo unt two child restra int systems
on one LATC H lower anchorage point.
- Never secure or attach any luggage or
ot her item to the LATCH lower anchorag-
es.
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Tips
In Canada, the terms "top tether" with
"lower u niversal anchorages" (or "lowe r
universa l anchorage ba rs") are used to de-
scribe the sys tem.
- In other countries, the t erm "ISOFIX" is
used to describe the lower a ncho rages.
Location
Fig. 14 7 Schemat ic overv iew: LATCH ancho rage point
locations
The illust rat ion shows the seati ng loca t ions in
your vehicle which are equipped with the low-
er anchorages system.