Anyone know LATCH weight limits for Mazdas?

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southpawboston

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all this discussion about the kyle miller misinformation has me concerned about the LATCH limits in my mazda3. i have scoured the owner's manual and nowhere is it mentioned that the LATCH anchors have a weight limit. does anyone know?

second question, do you factor in the weight of the carseat when calculating the load on the LATCH system? i.e., if you have a carseat that weighs 22 lbs, and your child is only 26 lbs, then the total load on the LATCH system is already 48 lbs! so i would assume you do NOT include the weight of the seat... am i right? because otherwise, almost all kids plus their carseats would exceed the typical 48 lb limit by the time they were FFing!
 
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southpawboston said:
all this discussion about the kyle miller misinformation has me concerned about the LATCH limits in my mazda3. i have scoured the owner's manual and nowhere is it mentioned that the LATCH anchors have a weight limit. does anyone know?

second question, do you factor in the weight of the carseat when calculating the load on the LATCH system? i.e., if you have a carseat that weighs 22 lbs, and your child is only 26 lbs, then the total load on the LATCH system is already 48 lbs! so i would assume you do NOT include the weight of the seat... am i right? because otherwise, almost all kids plus their carseats would exceed the typical 48 lb limit by the time they were FFing!
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The best resource on these topics is from the experts who "wrote the book":

http://www.saferidenews.com/html/LATCH_P8.htm

http://www.saferidenews.com/html/LATCH_P49.htm

http://www.saferidenews.com/pdfs/LATCHApp_B_pg105.pdf

There are also some relevant threads in the forums on related topics, but ultimately the links above are the best information until we get better standards.
 

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