Carrie_R
Ambassador - CPS Technician
I had a several-hour fight with carseats and the back row of my Pilot today. I worked on it so hard that I took of my socks, sweatshirt, and eventually had to turn on the ac, (in Ohio, in Feb)... plus I lost my shoe, lol. It was a heroic effort, but the Pilot won.
I need to put three kids back there, at least sometimes. I can put two carseats and my 8yo dcb back there; he's legal and mostly passes the 5-step test. I note "mostly" because although he passes, he won't stay like that the entire ride. I was hopeful, but he both slides down/slouches, and leans out of position to poke at the kids he's sitting near (not in a mean way.) It may be a possibility to constantly stay on him 'til he learns to sit right, but I'd much rather just put him in a backless. I thought he'd need a highback, but I had him in a backless yesterday and it fixed the problem.
I have a variety of kids, some RF, some FF, some either, some booster, and a variety of seats. I'm willing to put whoever wherever, I just need to fit them all back there.
The overall width of the seat isn't a problem, however, it's a 60/40 split and I cannot for the life of me get two seats to fit on the 60 portion. The driver's side has a fixed "plug" for the non-buckle end of the lap belt, and a long buckle stalk for the female end. The center has a long flexible stalk for the "plug" end, and a fixed stalk for the female end. These are both 3-point belts.
If I don't get the base of both seats totally within those fixed points, it doesn't work. They seem to be super-tight, then I remove one and yeah... independently installed they are not. There can be overhang on either side of the set, but both bases have to fit in between for the install to be tight.
I have the following seats:
Radian80SL
Coccoro
Nautilus
Cosco Ambassador
MyRide
Scenera
(Plus a Monterey on the way.)
Any combination of seats, RF or FF is fine, except FF Coccoro w/FF Scenera. I can make the other seats work as I need to; anything but the Nautilus works on the 40 split back there and I can put lots of combos in the second row, I think. I feel like at this point, getting this puzzle to work out is the key to getting the kids in the vehicle.
Thanks for any flashes of brilliance. Otherwise I guess I'm going to attempt to acquire a second Radian and hope it works. Sigh.
I need to put three kids back there, at least sometimes. I can put two carseats and my 8yo dcb back there; he's legal and mostly passes the 5-step test. I note "mostly" because although he passes, he won't stay like that the entire ride. I was hopeful, but he both slides down/slouches, and leans out of position to poke at the kids he's sitting near (not in a mean way.) It may be a possibility to constantly stay on him 'til he learns to sit right, but I'd much rather just put him in a backless. I thought he'd need a highback, but I had him in a backless yesterday and it fixed the problem.
I have a variety of kids, some RF, some FF, some either, some booster, and a variety of seats. I'm willing to put whoever wherever, I just need to fit them all back there.
The overall width of the seat isn't a problem, however, it's a 60/40 split and I cannot for the life of me get two seats to fit on the 60 portion. The driver's side has a fixed "plug" for the non-buckle end of the lap belt, and a long buckle stalk for the female end. The center has a long flexible stalk for the "plug" end, and a fixed stalk for the female end. These are both 3-point belts.
If I don't get the base of both seats totally within those fixed points, it doesn't work. They seem to be super-tight, then I remove one and yeah... independently installed they are not. There can be overhang on either side of the set, but both bases have to fit in between for the install to be tight.
I have the following seats:
Radian80SL
Coccoro
Nautilus
Cosco Ambassador
MyRide
Scenera
(Plus a Monterey on the way.)
Any combination of seats, RF or FF is fine, except FF Coccoro w/FF Scenera. I can make the other seats work as I need to; anything but the Nautilus works on the 40 split back there and I can put lots of combos in the second row, I think. I feel like at this point, getting this puzzle to work out is the key to getting the kids in the vehicle.
Thanks for any flashes of brilliance. Otherwise I guess I'm going to attempt to acquire a second Radian and hope it works. Sigh.