Anyone know LATCH weight limits for Mazdas?

[southpawboston]

all this discussion about the kyle miller misinformation has me concerned about the LATCH limits in my mazda3. i have scoured the owner's manual and nowhere is it mentioned that the LATCH anchors have a weight limit. does anyone know?

second question, do you factor in the weight of the carseat when calculating the load on the LATCH system? i.e., if you have a carseat that weighs 22 lbs, and your child is only 26 lbs, then the total load on the LATCH system is already 48 lbs! so i would assume you do NOT include the weight of the seat... am i right? because otherwise, almost all kids plus their carseats would exceed the typical 48 lb limit by the time they were FFing!

[CPSDarren]

all this discussion about the kyle miller misinformation has me concerned about the LATCH limits in my mazda3. i have scoured the owner's manual and nowhere is it mentioned that the LATCH anchors have a weight limit. does anyone know?

second question, do you factor in the weight of the carseat when calculating the load on the LATCH system? i.e., if you have a carseat that weighs 22 lbs, and your child is only 26 lbs, then the total load on the LATCH system is already 48 lbs! so i would assume you do NOT include the weight of the seat... am i right? because otherwise, almost all kids plus their carseats would exceed the typical 48 lb limit by the time they were FFing!

The best resource on these topics is from the experts who "wrote the book":

http://www.saferidenews.com/html/LATCH_P8.htm

http://www.saferidenews.com/html/LATCH_P49.htm

http://www.saferidenews.com/pdfs/LATCHApp_B_pg105.pdf

There are also some relevant threads in the forums on related topics, but ultimately the links above are the best information until we get better standards.