Thank you for sharing! I didn’t know this when I first turned my daughter forward facing 😭 and I happened to discover it. But I’m so grateful that you’re educating parents to keep their kids safe in the seat!

Thanks, straightforward and simple advice. Wasn’t even sure what top tether was but it’s Really important to do it right.

@safeintheseat

5 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! And now you know!

I had no clue!!! I will need to take care of this before our next car ride. Thanks 😊

@safeintheseat

Жыл бұрын

Glad you saw this video then!

The amount of times I’ve forgotten to pull it through at the beginning and had to reinstall the whole seat.🙈😂

@safeintheseat

Жыл бұрын

That's happened to me too lol

So glad I watched this and rechecked things! We just got a 2008 Honda Odyssey a few weeks ago and our daughter who is forward facing is in a third row outboard seat. We have the tether strap routed over the head restraint but I just checked the manual for our van and the head restraint has to be removed when a forward facing car seat or high back booster is installed. We will be fixing that before our next ride! Thanks so much for your helpful content- love it and appreciate it!

@safeintheseat

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

was trying to figure this out today!! thank you!!!

@safeintheseat

Жыл бұрын

Happy to help!

I’m good! I’m so glad I’ve taken these tips and advice for my toddler

@safeintheseat

Жыл бұрын

Perfect!

Already in use in the correct spot! Watched anyway to make sure I didn’t miss anything.

@safeintheseat

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Thank you for sharing! It's very useful.

@safeintheseat

10 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!

Very helpful. Thank you!

@safeintheseat

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Absolutely phenomenal video!

@safeintheseat

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks for sharing!!!

@safeintheseat

Ай бұрын

No problem 😊

In use and in the correct spot ❤ our seat uses the teether for rear and forward facing.

@safeintheseat

Жыл бұрын

Perfect!

@bigchainring1977

11 ай бұрын

Your child says ty..

Love this! We have a 2017 Dodge Grand Caravan and it’s so frustrating that the 3rd row only has one of center tether hook so it’s very hard to fit more than one seat in the back. 😓

@safeintheseat

Жыл бұрын

That's a very difficult vehicle for 3rd row use for sure!

Thank you

@safeintheseat

7 ай бұрын

You're welcome

We have our son forward facing in the third row but the top tether hook is not centered with his seat in the back. It’s more diagonal. It’s a 2019 dodge caravan, I’ve heard it is a common problem with this van. Now we can’t put any other car seats back there because fit only has one tether latch for the entire third row. Any suggestions?

I’m nowhere near ready for forward face my son yet (he’s only 2.5 and somewhere around 30-35 pounds, and his seat goes to 50 pounds rear facing. I intend to let him max out the weight limit before switching him) but I’m watching anyway to be prepared for when I do switch him. I have a used vehicle so I don’t have the manual, hopefully I can find it online.

@safeintheseat

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! You should be able to find the manual online, most are available.

Thank you so much for your really helpful and clear video 🙂 My car seat does not have a top tether strap!! Is it possible to buy one and add it?

@safeintheseat

Жыл бұрын

If it is a seat that forward faces it’s required to have one!

What about a pick up truck like a ford f150? They usually have leather loops on the top of the seats.

@safeintheseat

Жыл бұрын

It's just a different kind of routing. Look in your manual to see how to route the top tether through the loops.

In seatbelt high back booster mode, do those typically need the top tether strapped too? I would think so, but am about to switch car seats and am trying to decide how quickly these will be able to go in and out of the vehicle.

@safeintheseat

8 ай бұрын

Most high back boosters don't have top tethers (only if it's part of a 3-in-1/all-in-1 seat). If you are using an all-in-1 seat, some don't allow the top tether anyway. High back boosters only need the seat belt

In the video, I see that the harness booster is strapped to the car with the seat belt and the top chest belt is out and behind the harness booster. I had threaded the top chest belt back through the harness booster to continue to tighten it down. Should the top chest belt not feed back through the harness booster?

@safeintheseat

Жыл бұрын

I don't understand what you mean by top chest belt. Maybe you would like to do a 1:1 consult? It's a video chat, so we can help make sure everything looks correct for you. shop.safeintheseat.com/products/virtual-consult-car-seat-confidence-boost

Thank you! Never knew this. Whoops. 😮

@safeintheseat

5 ай бұрын

Now you do!

I need help. I changed my child’s car seat to forward facing recently. I am using the UAS anchor system and the tether strap as well. The install is tight and won’t move side to side. But when my child is in the car seat. To tighten the 5 point harness, the strap you have to pull upward. When you do that, that lifts the car seat upward to the car ceiling which moves the car seat out of place

@safeintheseat

8 ай бұрын

When you check installation tightness, check side to side and front to back for no more than 1" of movement. If it's moving out of place when you tighten the harness, then it's probably not tight enough. It's hard to say what's going on without more details, but there are sometimes incompatibility issues when forward-facing. If the manufacturer of your car seat has free video chat assistance, you can try that. If not, we do have consults available: shop.safeintheseat.com/products/virtual-consult-car-seat-confidence-boost

Hi,.I have the Diono 3R Radian seats in a 2023 toyota sienna limited and the top seems very loose (moving back and forth alot) so when I use the top tether, I have to tighten it really tight but it crumples up my leather seats quite a bit. I don't like how it crumples my leather seats but if I don't do this then my baby seat remains loose.

@safeintheseat

2 ай бұрын

There is nothing holding the top from moving side to side. You only check for movement where the seat belt is going through the seat. Check in this place to make sure that the seat does not move more than 1" side to side or front to back. This seat has a lot of problems with that front to back movement, so do make sure to check it.

@Freed0703

2 ай бұрын

@safeintheseat So I shouldn't over tighten the top tether I guess? I am a fairly strong person, and I have pulled super hard on that thing, using your technique from the inside of the seat. Can you do a video on the diono please?

Can you do a video about 3 across with situations it does and doesn't work in?

@safeintheseat

Жыл бұрын

That's so hard to do. It's really much easier to do a consult with us or meet with a CPST in person and try out seats. Each vehicle is so, so different, and sometimes only very specific seats will work depending on how difficult the vehicle is. shop.safeintheseat.com/products/virtual-consult-help-me-choose-a-car-seat

Any tips for cars with fixed headrests (2017 Camry)? Do I just put it over the headrest? The manual wasn’t clear.

@safeintheseat

Жыл бұрын

It just goes over the headrest

@rachaelkallick5106

Жыл бұрын

@@safeintheseat literally had this exact question! thank you!!!

Can you shed some light on pick up trucks with the top tether? Is it correct that you feed the top tether strap through the loops and hook it to the middle one?

@safeintheseat

Жыл бұрын

That's how must trucks have you route the top tether, but always double check your vehicle's manual

What should we do for our older car that has no tether anchor? We have a 1973 Ford Bronco we like to take out on occasion. There is no anchor point in this vehicle. Any suggestions?

@safeintheseat

Жыл бұрын

We highly recommend rear-facing until 5-6 and going straight into a high back booster.

@amandabeaudoin6693

Жыл бұрын

@@safeintheseat What if rear facing is not an option for this vehicle?

I have 3 under 3 with a sequoia that has bucket seats. There’s two tethers on the bucket seats and one on the middle seat in the third row… what would I do if I needed a fourth tether?!

@safeintheseat

Жыл бұрын

You will need to make sure that you never need 4 top tethers at the same time. This may mean keeping a kid rear-facing for longer than you had planned to do so. Since there are seats that rear face to 50#/49", it is possible to max out rear-facing and then have the child move straight into a high back booster as long as they were able to fit rear-facing until 5-6 years of age.

What do you do when you have older cars that don’t have the top tether anchors?

@safeintheseat

Ай бұрын

You rear face the child in a seat with 50 pound/49" limits and then move them into a high back booster. Most kids can get to at least 5 rear-facing with those limits.

Hi, when I attaches top tether in correct way with tighten. I think it defects the original car seat. On the top part of the regular seat, there is cavity happened and never go. Is it normal?

@safeintheseat

8 ай бұрын

I don't understand what you mean?

trying to install a new seat and the tether strap doesn’t fit through the headrest and the headrest isn’t removable 😭 are we screwed and need to get a new seat??

@safeintheseat

Ай бұрын

Before doing that, I would contact the car seat manufacturer and see if they have any tips.

Top tethers are required by law for all FF seats in Canada

@safeintheseat

Жыл бұрын

Indeed they are!

To use the ceiling top tether does the child have to be in the middle?

@safeintheseat

8 ай бұрын

Each top tether anchor is designated for one seating position. There are very few exceptions to that rule, and I don't know of any vehicles with a ceiling tether that is not for the center position only.

Why can't it go over the headrest? are we concerned it's going to slide to the side even when it's tight?

@safeintheseat

Жыл бұрын

In some vehicles, it can. The vehicle owner's manual will tell you how to route it

Ok wow so don’t use both the anchors and the seatbelt for the bottom? Anchors no longer seem to reach now that I’ve turned it forward.

@safeintheseat

2 ай бұрын

You don't use both the lower anchors and the seat belt to install the seat. If you want to use the lower anchors to install, you need to do 2 things. 1. Check what the lower anchor limit for your seat is and make sure your child is under that limit. 2. Move the lower anchors from the rear-facing belt path to the forward-facing belt path (this is why they are too short, they are not in the right place).

But do it in a vehicle that doesn’t have a trunk or third row - like a pick up