Attaching Safety Seats With Latch (Lower Anchors And Tethers For Children) Attachments For Child Seat Anchors - Ford Edge Owner's Manual

4. Clip the tether strap to the
anchor as shown.
If the tether strap is clipped
incorrectly, the child safety
seat may not be retained properly
in the event of a collision.
5. Install the child safety seat tightly
using the LATCH anchors or safety
belts. Follow the instructions in this
chapter.
6. Tighten the child safety seat tether strap according to the
manufacturer's instructions.
If the safety seat is not anchored properly, the risk of a child
being injured in a collision greatly increases.
Attaching safety seats with LATCH (Lower Anchors and Tethers for
Children) attachments for child seat anchors
Some child safety seats have two rigid or webbing mounted attachments
that connect to two anchors at certain seating positions in your vehicle.
This type of child seat eliminates the need to use safety belts to attach
the child seat. For forward-facing child seats, the tether strap must also
be attached to the proper tether anchor. See Attaching safety seats with
tether straps in this chapter.
Your vehicle has LATCH anchors for child seat installation at the seating
positions marked with the child seat symbol.
The anchors at the center of the rear
seat are further apart than the sets of
lower anchors for child seat
installation at other seating positions.
A child seat with rigid LATCH
attachments cannot be installed at
this seating position. LATCH
compatible child seats (with
attachments on belt webbing) can be used at this seating position only if the
child seat instructions state that the child seat can be installed to anchors
that are spaced up to 20 inches (500 mm) apart. Do not attach a child seat
to any lower anchor if an adjacent child seat is attached to that anchor.
2007 Edge (edg)
Owners Guide (post-2002-fmt)
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