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Looking for Subaru Forrester-friendly seat/latch system
We have a 2001 Subaru Forrester. We've been trying to find a car seat for our one year old (front facing) that will work in the center seat.
We've found that the seatbelts in the subaru just don't work very well. Every seat we've tried till still move back and forth near the front at least 8" or more. Part of this is the seat belt, and I believe part of this is the slightly rounded back and seat bottom preventing a snug fit with the seat.
So, we've decided to have the dealer install LATCH hooks for us.
The questions I have are:
1) Has anyone found a good seat that works with the center seatbelt in a Forrester?
2) Has anyone gotten center-LATCH hooks installed and does it work for your vehicle?
The dealer said that new Forresters have the LATCH system on each rear passenger side, but not the center. Since the center is the safest place, I'd like to install them there, but if there isn't a compatible car seat, I will have them installed on the sides.
Sadly, the dealership has been of no help what so ever in this manner.
Thanks!
We have a 2001 Subaru Forrester. We've been trying to find a car seat for our one year old (front facing) that will work in the center seat.
We've found that the seatbelts in the subaru just don't work very well. Every seat we've tried till still move back and forth near the front at least 8" or more. Part of this is the seat belt, and I believe part of this is the slightly rounded back and seat bottom preventing a snug fit with the seat.
So, we've decided to have the dealer install LATCH hooks for us.
The questions I have are:
1) Has anyone found a good seat that works with the center seatbelt in a Forrester?
2) Has anyone gotten center-LATCH hooks installed and does it work for your vehicle?
The dealer said that new Forresters have the LATCH system on each rear passenger side, but not the center. Since the center is the safest place, I'd like to install them there, but if there isn't a compatible car seat, I will have them installed on the sides.
Sadly, the dealership has been of no help what so ever in this manner.
Thanks!