2007 Honda Pilot

[mindiv]

Thank goodness for this forum! My husband took our new Honda Pilot to have our SS1 installed before coming to the hospital to pick my newborn up and the tech installed it on the latch system in the center of the 2nd row. It wasn't until I was reading here that I learned just because there are latch rings doesn't mean they are meant for a center latch install. After reading about the bars connecting latch rings here, I read the owners manual for the SUV and found that the latch was only meant for the outboard seats. We quickly moved the seat to the passenger outboard side. Now my question is, are we better keeping it there or installing it with a seat belt installation in the center? The problem here being that the center belt in the 2nd row of a Pilot is a shoulder/lap belt system that comes from the ceiling and it has to be snapped into two separate places to form the lap portion (no separate lap section preinstalled). Help!

BTW, to all who answered my questions about a SS1 on an airplane...all went well! I installed the SS1 RF in the window seat without the base and it worked like a champ! On Jet Blue in the first 9 rows you have so much space between seats that the seat in front of him even had space to fully recline!!! The airline attendants were impressed with my installation and I had many passengers flying with <2yo kids saying that they should have gotten a seat for their children as well. Thanks for your help on that one!

[crunchierthanthou]

Those are both great!

I really do :love: JetBlue. I'd probably still work there if dh wasn't so dang busy and it made more sense for me to have a part-time job for my hobby. I just hang out here instead. ;)

You can still use that center position with the seatbelt, as long as your vehicle manual says it's okay (which I belive it does). You might find it tilts the base a bit because it comes from the ceiling. In that case you can use the built-in lockoff in the SS1 base instead of locking the seatbelt itself.

[UlrikeDG]

After you attach the first point on that seatbelt, it works just like a regular lap-shoulder belt. I never had any real trouble installing seats in the center position in my Pilot, but I didn't use an infant carrier in that vehicle. For me, it would be worth a shot, and if you have trouble getting a good fit, you can always move the seat back outboard.

[whineandchz]

We have a Pilot and I have installed my sister's SS1 in the middle position using the lock off on the base not the seat belt's. I did need to recline the seat back to get a good tight fit and then move it back into position.

eta: One more thing - I think I had to twist the belt stalk once or twice as well. Good luck!

[mindiv]

Thanks for the advice! Now here is a question, I've looked through many a post and I can't find the reason for twisting the stalk. I know I can't twist it more than three times but why would I do it at all? I assume its something about shortening the belt and getting it into a better position. I'm sorry I'm missing some of these basics!

[crunchierthanthou]

You twist the belt stalk when the buckle is too high. You need to make sure the buckle is completly clear of the beltpath- either in or out (out is my preference). It can prevent you from getting a tight install if it is pushing against the carseat shell- or base in this situation. It can also cause the buckle to fail if hits the hard edge of the beltpath in a crash.

[steph]

I installed our Keyfit (infant seat) fine in the center of our Honda Pilot.

You shouldn't need to twist the buckle for the SS1, now when you move on to a convertable you probably will - to install my Britax BV I have to twist the stock 3 times but I never had to for the Keyfit base.

HTH

[emandbri]

bumping this up. What other seats have people tried in the center? Curious what fits and what doesn't carseatdata.org didn't have much at all.