- 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 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 a tether or other strap is used to at-
tach a child restraint to the front passen-
ger seat, make sure that it is not so
t ight , that it causes the weight-sensi ng
mat to measure more weight than is ac-
tually on the seat .
- The heav ier weight reg istered can make
the Advanced Airbag System work as
though an adult were on the seat and de-
ploy the Advanced Airbag when it must
be suppressed causing serious or even
fatal injury to the child.
- If you mus t install a rearward facing
child safe ty seat on the front passenger
seat beca use of exceptional circumstan-
ces and the
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF
light does not come on and stay on, im-
med iately install the rear-facing child
safety seat in a rear seating position and
have the airbag system inspected by your
Audi dealer.
Installing the upper tether strap on the
anchorage
Fig. 149 Tether strap: proper routing and mount ing
Child S af ety 159
Fig. 150 Tether strap: proper rout ing and mounti ng
Installing the tether strap
.. Release or deploy the te t her st rap on the
child restraint according to the child re-
straint manufacture r's instructions .
.. Guide the upper tether st rap
under the rear
head restra int and into the rear cargo area
r=;, fig. 150 (raise the head restraint if neces -
sary).
.. Slide the tether strap hook over the anchor
bracket.
.. Pull on the tether st rap hook so th at the
spring catch of the hook engages .
.. Tighten the tether strap firmly follow ing
the child restra int manufacturer's inst ruc-
tions.
Releasing the tether strap
.. Loosen the tension following the child re-
strain t manufac turer 's instruct ions.
.. Depress the spring catch on the hook and
release it from the anchorage .
(D Note
If you leave the child restraint with the
tether strap firm ly installed for several
days, this could leave a ma rk on the up-
holstery on t he seat cushion and backrest
in the area where the tether strap was in-
stalled. The upholstery would also be per-
mane nt ly stretched around the tether
strap. This app lies especia lly to leather
seats.
Using tether straps on rearward-facing
child restraints
Currently, few rear-facing child restraint sys-
tems come with a tether . Please read and ...,
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