emars002
07-15-2008, 05:26 PM
I just had my seats checked at the fire dept by safe kids - They said they haven't seen a Britax in a long time and they had never seen a true fit. Anyway - the TF and the RF MA in my malibu passed with flying colors - the FF BLVD in my van was fine - but they made me undo the tether to the RF BLVD. They said the bar I attached the D ring to isn't bolted to the floor - which they are correct, the actual bar is not - it is bolted to the seat - they want me to attach the d ring to the seat track but there is no where to put the d ring - anyway, they had me undo it and told me to call britax b/c when they tried to call they were already closed. If anyone has a seat Rf and using the tether in a 2001 dodge caravan in the middle row help! Here are pics:
The bar that the D ring is attached to (where I originally had it tethered):
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll208/emars002/DSC00845.jpg
this is the bar again - it is up under the passenger front seat - DH shook it as hard as he could - whatever that bar is it does not move:
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll208/emars002/DSC00847.jpg
This is a picture of the area they want me to tether to - as you can see there is no place to wrap the d ring through so they said i was best off not to use it:
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll208/emars002/DSC00846.jpg
If they are right, then so be it - I feel more comfortable with the RF tether but obviously i don't want it if it is unsafe. they told me b/c there was not an authorized location that I should not use the tether at all. Otherwise, i was impressed - they were very thourough - they wanted me to install one of my seats for them but then didn't bother with the other 3, i had to explain to them to look under learning curve for the True fit on their recall list and when I was the only person left all 5 techs were admiring the shannon BLVD's:) They asked if they could call me when there next tech class is to see if i want to go - i told them sure.
The bar that the D ring is attached to (where I originally had it tethered):
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll208/emars002/DSC00845.jpg
this is the bar again - it is up under the passenger front seat - DH shook it as hard as he could - whatever that bar is it does not move:
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll208/emars002/DSC00847.jpg
This is a picture of the area they want me to tether to - as you can see there is no place to wrap the d ring through so they said i was best off not to use it:
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll208/emars002/DSC00846.jpg
If they are right, then so be it - I feel more comfortable with the RF tether but obviously i don't want it if it is unsafe. they told me b/c there was not an authorized location that I should not use the tether at all. Otherwise, i was impressed - they were very thourough - they wanted me to install one of my seats for them but then didn't bother with the other 3, i had to explain to them to look under learning curve for the True fit on their recall list and when I was the only person left all 5 techs were admiring the shannon BLVD's:) They asked if they could call me when there next tech class is to see if i want to go - i told them sure.