Audi Q5 2017 - LATCH System (Lower Anchorages and Tethers for Children)

/!\ WARNING
-
Imprope rly inst alled child safety seats in-
crease the risk of serious personal injury and
death in a collision.
- Never unfasten the safety belt to deactivate
the convertible locking retractor for child re-
straints while the vehicle is moving. You
would not be restrained and could be seri-
ously injured in an accident.
-Always read and heed all WARNINGS when-
ever using a child restrained in a vehicle is
being used ¢
page 168. Spec ial precaut ions
apply when installing a child safety seat on
the front passenger seat ¢
page 149, Child
restraints on the front seat - some impor-
tant things to know .
LATCH system (lower
anchorages and tethers
for children)
Child Restraint System anchors and how
are they related to child safety
To provide a simpler and more practicable way to
at tach the child rest raint on the vehicle seat ,
Federal regulat ions require special lower ancho-
rages in vehicles and devices on new child re-
stra ints to attach to the veh icle anchorages .
In the United States, the combination of the
tether anchorages and the lower anchorages is
now generally called the LATCH system for
"Lower Anchorages and Tethers for Children ". In
Canada, the terms "top tether " with "lower uni-
ve rsal anc horages" (or "lower un iversal anchor-
age ba rs") are used to describe t he system.
In other countr ies the term "ISO FIX" is used to
describe the lowe r anchorages.
Forward-facing child restr a ints man ufactured af-
ter September 1, 1999 , are required by U.S. fed -
eral regulations to comply with new child head
movement performance requi rements. These
new perfo rmance requirements make a tethe r
~ necess ary o n most new child seats .
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~ Instal ling a child restraint that requi res a top
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g tether wit hout one can serio us ly impair the per-
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Ch ild sa f ety
formance of t he child restraint and its abi lity to
protect the child in a collision. Installing a child
restra int that requires a top tether without the
top tether may be a violat ion of state law .
Child restraint manufacturers offer LATCH lowe r
anchorag es on th e ir child seats with hook-on or
push-on connectors attached to adjustab le
st raps.
In addition to the LATCH lower anchorages, these
child restraint systems usua lly require th e use of
tether straps to help keep the child restra int
firmly in place .
A WARNING
Improper insta llation of child restra ints will
increase the risk of injury and death in a
crash .
- Always follow the instructions prov ided by
the manufactu rer of the ch ild restraint you
inten d to insta ll in your vehicle .
- Never install a chi ld restraint without a
proper ly attached top tether strap if the
child restrain t manufacture r's instructions
require the top te t her st ra p to be used.
- Improper use of child restraint LATCH lower
anchorage poin t s can lead to injury in a coll i-
sion . The LATCH lower anchorage points are
des igned to withstan d only those loads im-
posed by correctly fitted child restrain t s.
- Never mo unt two child restr aint systems o n
one LATCH lowe r anchorage po int.
- Never secure or at t ach any luggage or other
item to the LATCH lowe r an chor ages.
Location
Fig. 1 77 Schemati c overv iew: LATCH anchorage poin t loca·
ti ons
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