Child Safety Seat Tether Anchors and Lower Anchors and Tethers For Children Attachments
Safety Belt System
WARNING: After any crash, all of the following safety belt assemblies and attaching hardware must be inspected by an authorized dealer to verify correct function:
- Retractors
- Buckles
- Belt tension sensor (BTS) (if equipped)
- Front safety belt buckle support assemblies (slide bar) (if equipped)
- Safety belt shoulder belt height adjusters (if equipped)
- Child safety seat tether bracket assemblies
- Automatic locking retractor (ALR) feature for child safety seats (passenger seating positions only)
If any safety belt assembly is damaged, does not operate correctly or does not pass all of the Functional Tests in the Diagnosis and Testing, a new safety belt assembly must be installed. If any safety belt assembly attaching areas are damaged or distorted, the sheet metal must be restored to its original structural integrity and new safety belt assembly and attaching hardware must be installed. Failure to install new safety belt assemblies and attaching hardware may increase the risk of serious personal injury or death in a crash.
After any crash that results in deployment of the driver and/or front outboard passenger safety belt pretensioners, new driver and/or front outboard passenger safety belt systems (including retractors, buckles and height adjusters) must be installed. Failure to install new safety belt systems increases the risk of serious personal injury or death in a crash.
All outboard safety belts, and second and third row center safety belts (if equipped) are continuous-loop, 3-point systems. The combination lap and shoulder belt (continuous-loop) uses a common slip tongue and retractor.
The shoulder harness retractor is designed to let the webbing move freely in and out at all times, except during vehicle hard braking, hard cornering or an impact of 8 km/h (5 mph) or more, when it is automatically locked by a mechanically actuated inertia sensor.
When replacing safety belt buckles and/or retractor assemblies, use only the replacement parts specified in the Ford Customer Service Division Master Parts and Accessories Catalog.
Child Safety Seat Tether Anchors and Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children Attachments
WARNING: Always tighten the child safety seat tether anchor/bolt to specification. Failure to follow this instruction may result in the child's safety seat being incorrectly secured, which increases the risk of serious personal injury or death to the child in a sudden stop or crash.
Some manufacturers make child safety seats with a tether that straps over the seat backrest and attaches to an anchoring point behind the seat.
Ford recommends the placement of tethered safety seats in a rear seating position, with the tether strap attached to the tether anchoring point. The right front seating position can be used if it is the only seating position available. The tether anchor attachment point for the right front seating position is located on the rear edge of the seat. For additional information, refer to the vehicle Owner's Literature for installation instructions.
Child Safety Seat Tether Anchors
Child safety seat tether anchors are located at the following seat positions:
- On the seat riser of the front passenger seat and second row bucket seats.
- On the 3-passenger bench seat cushion frame at the center seating position.
- On the 3- and 4-passenger bench seat risers at the outboard seating positions.
If a child safety seat was in use during a collision, inspect the seat frame, riser, pedestal and tether anchor for damage. If damaged, install a new seat frame, riser, pedestal and tether anchor, as necessary.
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children Attachments
The lower anchors and tethers for children system is a standardized and uniform attachment system for installing child safety seats in passenger vehicles. Lower anchors and tethers for children equipped child safety seats have 2 lower attachments that connect to the vehicle portion of the lower anchors and tethers for children system.
The vehicle portion of the system consists of 2 attachment points (6-mm wires) bolted to the seat frame of either the rear bucket or rear bench seat. For location of the lower anchors and tethers for children attachments, refer to the Owner's Literature. The attachment points protrude from the bight line between the seat cushion and seat backrest.
If a child safety seat was in use during a collision, inspect the vehicle portion of the system for damage. If any of the attachment points (6-mm wires) are damaged, install a new lower anchors and tethers for children assembly. Refer to Child Safety Seat Tether Anchor - LATCH, Quad Bucket Seat Child Safety Seat Tether Anchor - Latch, Quad Bucket Seat or Child Safety Seat Tether Anchor - LATCH, Rear, Bench Seat Child Safety Seat Tether Anchor - Latch, Rear, Bench Seat.