Tether Attachments

Tether Attachment
1. Fold down the rear seat and look inside the luggage compartment underneath the metal panel in the area behind the top of the rear seat back and locate the two existing 9mm (0.35 inch) tether anchorage holes identified by the letter "T" stamped in the metal panel.

NOTE: The following illustration is looking upward into the luggage compartment.






2. Choose the desired tether hole location.

WARNING: USE ONLY THE TETHER ATTACHMENT HOLE LOCATIONS SHOWN. THE TETHER ANCHORAGE WILL NOT PERFORM PROPERLY IF THE WRONG MOUNTING LOCATION IS USED.

NOTE: You can attach an anchor to the metal panel located between the top of the rear seat back and the bottom of the rear window glass. However, before you attach the tether anchor, you must pierce a hole in the interior trim panel for the anchor.

3. Pierce a hole in the interior trim panel for the tether anchor. Use a sharp instrument such as an awl or ice pick and insert the instrument up through the desired tether anchorage hole in the metal panel and up into the small diameter hole provided in the bottom surface of the trim panel as shown.

WARNING: AVOID HOLDING DOWN THE TRIM PANEL IN THE AREA THAT THE HOLE IS BEING PIERCED TO AVOID HAND OR ARM INJURY. A NARROW BLADE IS NOT RECOMMENDED AS IT COULD BREAK, POSSIBLY CAUSING EYE INJURY.

4. From the top of the trim panel, use the small diameter hole as a locator and cut a 3Omm (1-3/18 inch) slot centered on the pierced hole. Use a utility knife to cut the cloth and sound insulation. Use protective eye wear when cutting the slot in the trim.






5. Carefully slit and cut away just enough cloth and sound insulation material to allow the tether anchor to be inserted through the slot in the rigid panel material as shown in the following illustration.






6. Install the tether anchor using the parts supplied in the tether anchorage kit.

WARNING: THE TETHER ANCHOR BRACKET MUST BE BOLTED DIRECTLY TO THE SHEET METAL.

WARNING: TIGHTEN THE ANCHOR TO 22-34 Nm (16-25 LB-FT). OTHERWISE, THE SAFETY SEAT MAY NOT BE PROPERLY SECURED AND THE CHILD MAY BE INJURED IN A SUDDEN STOP OR COLLISION.

WARNING: THE THREADED HOLE IN THE TETHER ANCHOR OR RETAINING NUT HAS AN 8 MM METRIC THREAD. A WRENCH WILL BE NEEDED TO TIGHTEN THE 8MM BOLT TO THE REQUIRED TORQUE. SOME CHILD RESTRAINTS COME WITH A NON-METRIC BOLT WITH A DIFFERENT THREAD. DO NOT USE A NON-METRIC BOLT AS IT MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE TO SCREW IT ALL THE WAY INTO THE HOLE, RESULTING IN INADEQUATE RETENTION OF THE CHILD RESTRAINT. USE ONLY THE METRIC ANCHOR BOLT SUPPLIED IN THIS KIT. IF YOU NEED A REPLACEMENT METRIC BOLT OR RETAINING NUT, OR ASSISTANCE, ANY FORD DEALER WILL BE HAPPY TO ASSIST YOU.









7. Return the rear seat back to the upright position.

NOTE: Follow the child seat manufacturer's instructions to attach the tether strap to the tether bracket.