Stresch
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My mom has a 2006 Ford Escape Hybrid. On page 158 of the manual, under the heading of Installing Child Safety Seats with combination lap shoulder belts it says "The rear seat head restraints must be removed when using a child seat."
They never say why. We have my daughter's Scenera installed rearfacing using LATCH. I can't figure out what good removing the head restraint in front of her will do. They don't even specify that they mean the particular head rest.
It seems from the pictures that they mean with forward facing seats, and (maybe) only with the belts.
I know someone else has an Escape. What do they mean? And why?
Removing the head rest isn't really a problem, but it's one more thing to have to do.
Thanks
They never say why. We have my daughter's Scenera installed rearfacing using LATCH. I can't figure out what good removing the head restraint in front of her will do. They don't even specify that they mean the particular head rest.
It seems from the pictures that they mean with forward facing seats, and (maybe) only with the belts.
I know someone else has an Escape. What do they mean? And why?
Removing the head rest isn't really a problem, but it's one more thing to have to do.
Thanks
. *as long as* a FF top tether isn't a problem around the headrest... can you imagine for a minute if the top tether is right in the middle of the headrest and the strap has to kind of wrap over or under it? That'd be bad, from a 'stress point' perspective. As long as the headrest isn't interfering with the tether or making the seat install way too upright, I'd leave it on, personally.
