Question How to lock the seatbelt (Volvo V70)

HelenW · Sep 25, 2014

Hello!
We just bought a new Diono Radian Rxt and are trying to install it rear-facing in our 1998 Volvo V70.

We are using the lap/shoulder belt. On the reverse of the buckle there's a red button that we slid over to "child seat" but I'm not sure if it's actually locking or not. The belt still comes out of the upper shoulder spot when pulled.
How do you know that the belt is locked? Should it not cone out at all when pulled?

I'm also not sure about using the tether. There aren't any bolted down parts under the seat to use and the only thing we could find is a metal loop that come out of the bottom of the backseat (below the child seat) does it make any sense to tether to that? This would mean the tether belt goes at an angle back towards the child seat.

Thanks so much!
Helen

carseatcoach · Sep 25, 2014

I don't know about Volvo seatbelts.

You cannot tether a seat under itself. Do you have the D-ring to make a rear-facing tether point?

safeinthecar · Sep 25, 2014

Switching the button makes it lock at the buckle, not at the shoulder belt retractor. Just buckle, pull tight, and it will stay tight. The metal loop on the floor is a rear facing tether location for Swedish rear facing seats.

henrietta · Sep 25, 2014

HelenW said:
Hello!
We just bought a new Diono Radian Rxt and are trying to install it rear-facing in our 1998 Volvo V70.

We are using the lap/shoulder belt. On the reverse of the buckle there's a red button that we slid over to "child seat" but I'm not sure if it's actually locking or not. The belt still comes out of the upper shoulder spot when pulled.
How do you know that the belt is locked? Should it not cone out at all when pulled?

I'm also not sure about using the tether. There aren't any bolted down parts under the seat to use and the only thing we could find is a metal loop that come out of the bottom of the backseat (below the child seat) does it make any sense to tether to that? This would mean the tether belt goes at an angle back towards the child seat.

Thanks so much!
Helen

SafeintheCar got it on the seatbelt.

Where exactly is this metal loop you're referring to? Did Volvo actually have tether anchors in cars in 1998?

The '02 Volvo XC70 (Cross Country version of the V70) that we recently sold had 3 top tether anchors for *forward* facing car seats on the seat backs of the back seat. I did look for top tether locations to tether my car seat rear facing and could find a few not-so-great possibilities. It's my understanding that the rear facing tether should be attached to a structure in front of the car seat (like one of the fixed legs of the front seat in front of it).

hths

safeinthecar · Sep 25, 2014

henrietta said:
SafeintheCar got it on the seatbelt.

Where exactly is this metal loop you're referring to? Did Volvo actually have tether anchors in cars in 1998?

The '02 Volvo XC70 (Cross Country version of the V70) that we recently sold had 3 top tether anchors for *forward* facing car seats on the seat backs of the back seat. I did look for top tether locations to tether my car seat rear facing and could find a few not-so-great possibilities. It's my understanding that the rear facing tether should be attached to a structure in front of the car seat (like one of the fixed legs of the front seat in front of it).

hths

Yes, the 98 volvo had metal rfing tether loops http://thecarseatlady.com/rearfacingtether/

Britax seats that tether to the top of the shell actually were in conflict with the WHIPPS system on older Volvos, but the lower TT locations of Radians should be OK. I would call Volvo to confirm however.

carseatcoach · Sep 26, 2014

safeinthecar said:
Yes, the 98 volvo had metal rfing tether loops http://thecarseatlady.com/rearfacingtether/.

Which is not what the OP is describing. She is referring to a (possibly fine for forward-facing) tether point UNDER the vehicle seat on which the carseat is installed. Carseats can't be tethered under themselves.

safeinthecar · Sep 26, 2014

carseatcoach said:
Which is not what the OP is describing. She is referring to a (possibly fine for forward-facing) tether point UNDER the vehicle seat on which the carseat is installed. Carseats can't be tethered under themselves.

Oh, I read it wrong. Maybe the pic I posted will help the OP find the correct anchors.

Dillipop · Sep 26, 2014

carseatcoach said:
Which is not what the OP is describing. She is referring to a (possibly fine for forward-facing) tether point UNDER the vehicle seat on which the carseat is installed. Carseats can't be tethered under themselves.

I thought Diono had ok'd this? Or am I thinking about something else?

henrietta · Sep 29, 2014

Aha!!!

I remember those!!! LOL We tethered our Combi Coccorro to them, and I thought they looked an awfully lot like a deliberate spot to rear facing tether!!! LOL But I do not recall them EVER being mentioned in the car's manual. Weird, huh?

OP, use the metal things that are on the seat tracks of the front seats to rear facing tether your Radians.

Just click on the link given and scroll down. You'll see it where she talks about Volvo and it's rear facing tether point.

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