Can the tether be used in an older car that has the child safety clips on the back seat ledge of the car?
57129
Yes. I attach mine to my seat buckle for both of my dogs. 1 clip per buckle.
57130
I would look at a totally different harness. I couldn't get mine to fit my dog and when I did she was out of it in 10 seconds. I should have returned it but I never did. Waste of money.
57131
Those are actually top tether anchors for child restraint. It would work to anchor it to, but the harness itself isn't the greatest. I returned mine
57132
You could probably set it up on a car like that. Honestly, our dogs slipped out, got tangled up, and this was after nearly 20 minutes of trying to get it to fit the dogs properly. If you have a fairly calm dog, these harness are a good idea. If your dog is anything like our lab (a little more active in the car, you might be better off with a crate.
356536
I used carabiner clips to attach the straps to the child safety anchors on each side above the seat backs. It worked perfectly in a car with no headrests :-)
1744262
I don't know. This item fit securely in my back seat without clips...just used headrests straps for adjustment. Worked nicely for large dog..increased back seat area.
1631112
I don't think it would be safe..The point is to restrain with little chance of twisting or "flinging" should an accident occur. Mine is tethered to the back seat with the seatbelt so that she can turn a bit on the seat and re-adjust to get comfortable or lie down, but I have placed padded "boxes" in the floor wells to prevent her sliding off the seat. So, short of an overturned car, she should be ok... But tethered to the floor would seem to afford more opportunity for errant (and possibly injuring) movement. Just my thoughts, though...
2078084
I use it on my driver's seatbelt to prevent the "cross piece" from rubbing my neck. Once installed, after use most of the belt retracts up to the clip - which is great because I don't have to re-adjust every time I use it. However, a different size driver would have to undo the clip before using. I'm not sure about the child car seat ..... but the good thing is that it's metal & won't break.
628347
I'm not sure where its attached to, but its not just the cloth. It's a firm tether.Correction: I took the seat apart to really look at it and the two tethers are attached to the cloth underneath the padded cushion -- but they're attached very firmly, so for smaller dogs it shouldn't be a problem. My dog is paralyzed in the rear end and the seat keeps her safe in the car, and she can stare at me easily while I'm driving! Great car seat/great buy.
518832
We use the top tether with the latch on one car and we use it without the latch in the other.
629135
I don't see why not -- it hangs around the supports for the headrest. But. There would not be anything to secure the bottom to keep it from swinging away from the seat back. As long as there wasn't anything hard or sharp in it, you should be good to go.
2231992
if the male/female connectors don't fit perfectly I wouldn't use it. The torq on the connector is probably measure in 100s if not over a 1000 pounds and (your) a kid is attached to it... This is not something I would gerry rig with duct tape or zips ties. Imagine trying that with a camper to the back of your car. Has bad idea written all over it.
1527553
No, most boosters do not tether to the vehicle. The child's weight plus the seatbelt keep the booster in place while they are buckled in, and when the child is not in the booster the seatbelt should be buckled around it to prevent it from flying around the car in a crash. If you are looking for a booster that tethers to the vehicle, the Britax Parkway SGL is one that I know of.
1553250
Hi, I think that would be a great idea as long as the tether was long enough so the dog was comfortable. You could always hook two of them together to make it longer if needed. I'm glad you asked because this safety harness saved our little chihuahua (Bitsy's) life. I didn't think a car harness was necessary, but we were going on a lot of long trips and my daughter nagged me until I got one. Six months later we were hit by a cab at 65mph on a 3 lane interstate. Bitsy was hooked to my daughters seatbelt (front passenger), unfortunately the seatbelt did NOT lock and airbag did NOT deploy. My daughters head shattered our windshield and she and Bitsy were thrown around as the car spun around 5 times then hit the center concrete divider head on!! We all suffered severe whiplash and Bitsy injured her left leg but we are certain that if not tethered she would have shot out of the car on impact and been dead. I am so grateful she had her harness and if only Toyota's safety equipment had worked properly they both would have not been injured. I wish I could have thought to tether both of them to the anchor but who knew. I will hook Bitsy to it next time. Good luck!
1060665
Kind of yes because although they are steel straps they stick to the inside of the car only by velcro which may be easy to pull out. In my case, I made a cable (out of a metal wire with plastic casing), looped it around one end (near the velcro straps) and used a padlock to secure the other end to a hook inside the trunk. This may prevent people from pulling it out.
260697
no it will not work if you don't have a headrest or somekind of carseat tether.
1207422
Yes, as long as the car has the hooks to anchor the seat and the tether hooks in the back. U need that so the car seat will sit upright.
318902
You need to use a seatbelt and not the latch system after the child reaches a certain weight and can use the seatbelt before they reach the "required" weight (we never used the latch system). You do still need to use the anchor on the back of the car's seat to secure the top/back of the Pinnacle.
674000
I never used ours whole in the car but I don't see why it wouldn't work. It clips right to the diaper and then dress the baby and your set. We LOVED ours.
2142037
The cable is not long enough to reach from the front headrest to the opposite side back headrest. Depending on what vehicle you drive it could work if you mount the secondary screen on the middle back headrest which has adequate viewing for the smaller child in the rear facing seat. For reasons of safety, it would be best to invest in longer cables, so you can tuck the cables away from the older childs reach.