Why does our rf MA get more reclined over time?

diaperjoys · Oct 5, 2009

Can anyone give me some tips? Our little gal will be 2 next month, and she enjoys a more upright rf install. I can get the seat installed pretty uprightly, and it is very tight. But after a couple weeks it is back to nearly a 45 degree install. It isn't as if it is wiggling loose - it is still tight. But the angle of recline does change, and the rear tether becomes slack over time as the seat reclines itself.

Why? And is there a solution, or should we just resign ourselves to an infant recline?

ketchupqueen · Oct 5, 2009

Is it because you are pulling it away from the seat bight to install upright, and your seats are very sloped and/or slick? If so, more compression may or may not help/be possible; moving to another spot in the car may be more helpful.

NannyMom · Oct 5, 2009

I have found with my MA, that when I install it with LATCH, tightening it pulls it out of recline mode just a bit (or at least it looks like it is). So maybe that, combined with the weight of the child pushing it back where it 'should' be.

KelliBella · Oct 5, 2009

Ours does the same thing. I am keeping ours in a more upright position for my 2.5 year old, and I end up loosening up the LATCH straps, returning it to it's previous upright position, and then tightening it back down again. I can always tell it's time because the tether starts getting saggy.

diaperjoys · Oct 5, 2009

NannyMom said:
I have found with my MA, that when I install it with LATCH, tightening it pulls it out of recline mode just a bit (or at least it looks like it is). So maybe that, combined with the weight of the child pushing it back where it 'should' be.

I should have mentioned it is a seat belt installation (no latch in our '99 Suburban), and yes, they are squishy, slippery leather seats.

lovemyfamily · Oct 7, 2009

I have the SAME problem with my MA, RF in my 2001 Yukon XL. I also have, as the PP said, installed mine away from the bight of the seat to get a more upright seat. But I too notice this from time to time. I just take a few mins. to reinstall. Not sure if there is anything you can do. My seats are also slippery leather.

Why does our rf MA get more reclined over time?

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