So we're going to install this car seat this is a rear-facing convertible car seat
uh so we can go rear-facing or forward-facing um and we're gonna use the lower anchors part of
the latch system of the vehicle latch stands for lower anchors and tethers for children and they're
really really simple there's a tag on every single vehicle made that's got the same symbol on it it's
either going to be a tag like this or it'll be a plastic brown button and underneath it
there's a metal bar that's universal across every vehicle manufacturer and installation is as simple
as clicking in just like that do the same thing to the other side
and straighten it up a little bit we'll put a little bit of pressure in the bottom
and then just tighten it up
now what we're looking for is less than one inch of movement side to side
so this one still needs to be tightened up a little bit
leather seats can be kind of difficult just because the seat doesn't have as much to grip onto
and a lot of parents do like to put seat protectors down they want to protect the leather
we don't recommend that unless they're either made by the vehicle manufacturer
or the seat manufacturer the reason for that is
they've not been crash tested if they're made by a third company
so now we've achieved less than one inch of movement side to side uh and what i'm doing
is i'm grabbing right here where this belt's going through and that's where i'm checking
uh one of the other things you want to do is this seat because it is a ford
can go forward facing it also has a top tether that right now is unsecured uh on most of these
seats there is a small ring to attach it to up here on the top part of the seat
we just want to make sure that's secure we do want a clean cabin as much as possible so
we want to keep flying debris from flying around hitting our children and ourselves
that can do a lot of damage one of the other things we want to be sure that that our child
passer seat and the seat in front of it do not contact doesn't have to be a huge gap
but as long as you can kind of pass your hand through that's fine
all right so now we're going to install the same rear-facing convertible seat in the forward-facing
mode uh one of the first things that that i've always found is easiest is to go and take the
top tether which is going to be on the back of the seat and go ahead and run it underneath the
headrest again consult the the seat owner's manual or the vehicle owner's manual to find out exactly
where and how that needs to be run around or underneath the head headrest and whether the
headrest needs to be removed and stowed or not in this case we'll just leave the headrest as it is
we'll get out and mess with that in just a moment but we're going to use the seatbelt
this time so last time we used the the lower anchors and we want to be sure that those are
secured just like we secured the top tether last time these do have a spot usually there's a ring
and we'll just hook right into that so those are secured and they're not going to fly around
and hit our children so we'll take the seat belt out give ourselves a little bit of slack
a little bit of room to work with make sure there's no twists or anything in the seat belt
and we'll pass it in the forward facing position around the back of the seat
and then buckle it up as
normal right from there we want to do and this
is important we want to actually pull the seat belt all the way out
and make sure it locks so as i let it go back in it will not come back out
you can usually hear a slight clicking sound with this if it does come back out then you
pull it all the way out again if you cannot get it to lock use a different seat again
we're going to put a little bit of pressure on the bottom to see we'll just pull the belt tight
getting it back up into the retractor so again here we are we're tight again so
inside this part of the car we're ready to go now we'll attach the back top tether strap
so back here we've already got our tether strap run and we're going to attach it right
on the silver bar there there will be a picture above each one of these
that looks like a a child passenger seat the vehicle seat with an anchor going over the back
we'll just snug that up