Audi A3 Sedan 2015 Owner's Manual page 185

restraint systems
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Safety.
Tether anchors and tether straps
Fig. 14 1 Tether anchors: recess flaps behind t he rear
seatbacks
The tether anchors for the rear seating posi-
tions are located in recesses in the rear win-
dow shelf
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fig. 141
A tether is a straight or V-shaped strap that
attaches the top part of a child restraint to
special anchorage points in the veh icle.
The purpose of the tether is to reduce the for-
ward movement of the child restraint in a
crash, in order to he lp reduce the risk of head
injury that could be caused by striking the ve-
hicle inter ior.
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 chi ld safety
seats.
A
WARNING
Improper insta llation of chi ld res t raints
will increase the risk of inju ry and death in
a crash.
- Always follow the instructions provided
by the manufacturer of the child re-
straint you intend to install in your Audi.
- Improper use of ch ild restraint anchors
(incl uding tether anchors) can lead to in-
jury in a collision. The anchors are de-
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sig ned to withstand only those loads im-
posed by correctly fitted child 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 compartment .
- Never use child rest raint 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 insta ll a rearward facing
child safety seat on the front passenger
seat because of exceptional circumstan-
ces and the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does not come on and stay on, im-
mediately insta ll the rear-fac ing ch ild
safety seat in a rear seating position and
have the airbag syste m inspected by your
Audi dea le r.
Installing the upper tether strap on the
anchorage
Fig. 14 2 Tether strap: prope r rout ing and mount ing
Installing the tether strap
.,.. Release or deploy the tether strap on the
child res t raint accord ing to the child re-
straint manufacture r's instructions.
.,.. Guide t he upper tether st rap
under
the rear
head restr aint
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fig. 142 (ra ise t he head re-
str aint if necessa ry).
... Tilt the recess flap up to expose the anchor
bracket .