99 Toyota Tacoma

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wendytthomas

Admin - CPST Instructor
Staff member
I've put rear facing carseats in a truck like that. Britaxes and an Evenflo Titan worked well. This is one time when I would recommend a Britax, since with the glass right there, the tethering rear facing would be a nice feature.

Wendy
 

friskykitty

New member
Yeah, but I am not sure it will be helpful. Here are the problems.

First, part of the seat (the part that the child's butt and legs are on) hangs over the front edge of the actual truck's seat. From what I have read as long as 80% of it is on the seat this is acceptable.

Next, We can't get the seatbelt (it's a shoulder/lap belt) to get tight enough to prevent the 1 inch or less of movement. There are no latch things in the tacoma.

My other vehicle is a Toyota Rav 4 2006 or 07? I can get a good install rear facing using latch. Tried to do a forward facing install last night and this AM. I can't do it. I can't get it to not move much. I am so frustrated that I could cry. No wonder so many people have their kids' seats installed incorrectly. It should not be this hard. Dh and I have read the manual, fiddled, fiddled, and fiddled more to get that #$% # Radian installed and it's just miserable.

We really need a solid install forward facing in the back of the Tacoma. It will make life much easier. My local inspection center is at a fire department. They are absolutely incompetent. They installed my infant seat incorrectly so I just don't trust them enough to ask for their help.

I know this is operator error, since I can't even do it right in my Rav. I just wish it wasn't so hard. I seriously think I am going to cry. I have a really stressful week. This is just icing on the cake.
 

Judi

CPST/Firefighter
Your truck has the seat that flips down, right? Or actually, yours has the cup holders that cup up? Similar to this?

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flippedout.jpg
 
U

Unregistered

Guest
I have a 99 Tacoma as well. It's not the pictures you have Judi. Its the cupholder that folds up. I've been using a Britax Marithon in it for a while with a seatbelt, but the more I have been reading the more apprehensive I feel about the situation.

However, I do get it in snug enough and it doesn't move at all.
 

Judi

CPST/Firefighter
Yeah, my pics are from a newer Tacoma. The 99 has the cup holders, but they have to be flipped up, before installing the car seat.
 

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