Audi Q5: Installing the upper tether strap on the anchorage

Fig. 183 Tether strap: proper routing and mounting

Fig. 184 Tether strap: proper routing and mounting

Installing the tether strap

• Release or deploy the tether strap on the child restraint according to the child restraint manufacturer's instructions.
• Guide the upper tether strap under the rear head restraint and into the rear cargo area > fig. 184 (raise the head restraint if necessary).
• Slide the tether strap hook over the anchor bracket.
• Pull on the tether strap hook so that the spring catch of the hook engages.
• Tighten the tether strap firmly following the child restraint manufacturer's instructions.

Attaching to the center seating position

• Slide the rear seat forward.
• Pull the anchor bracket forward and connect the tether strap hook.
• Tighten the tether strap and move the seat backward.

Releasing the tether strap

• Loosen the tension following the child restraint manufacturer's instructions.
• Depress the spring catch on the hook and release it from the anchorage.

Note

If you leave the child restraint with the tether strap firmly installed for several days, this could leave a mark on the upholstery on the seat cushion and backrest in the area where the tether strap was installed. The upholstery would also be permanently stretched around the tether strap. This applies especially to leather seats.

Using tether straps on rearward-facing child restraints

Currently, few rear-facing child restraint systems come with a tether. Please read and heed the child restraint system manufacturer's instructions carefully to determine how to properly install the tether.

WARNING

A child in a rearward-facing child safety seat installed on the front passenger seat will be seriously injured and can be killed if the front airbag inflates - even with an Advanced Airbag System.

• The inflating airbag will hit the child safety seat or infant carrier with great force and will smash the child safety seat and child against the backrest, center armrest, or door.
• A tight tether or other strap on a rearward-facing child restraint attached to the front passenger seat can put too much pressure on the weight-mat in the seat and register a heavier weight in the Advanced Airbag System.

  The heavier weight registered can make the system work as though an adult were on the seat and deploy the Advanced Airbag when it must be suppressed causing serious or even fatal injury to the child.

• If you must install a rearward facing child safety seat on the front passenger seat because of exceptional circumstances and the PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF light does not come on and stay on, immediately install the rear-facing child safety seat in a rear seating position and have the airbag system inspected by your Audi dealer.

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