DH almost bought a mighty tight!

hunypooh77 · Sep 2, 2011

Until I yelled at him and told him the baby would NOT be riding in his seat with that thing on the base! We cant get the base of the KF to stay tight in Dh's truck no matter what we do so he figured that would work :thumbsdown:

gsdguenter · Sep 2, 2011

Whew, good save on your part!

How do your seat belts lock? What kind of truck is it and which seating position? Perhaps we can give you some help :thumbsup:

Brianna · Sep 2, 2011

Glad you could talk him out of it!

Have you tried searching for a tech from the forums near you to help out with the KF? http://www.car-seat.org/showthread.php?t=59135

hunypooh77 · Sep 2, 2011

gsdguenter said:
Whew, good save on your part!

How do your seat belts lock? What kind of truck is it and which seating position? Perhaps we can give you some help :thumbsup:

Its a 2004 F250 crew cab. The base is installed in the passenger OB seat, the seatbelt has a locking retractor. Dh, who is 235 lbs put his knees on the base and pulled as tight as he could (the seat is pretty squished under it too) and it still moves a good 2 inches side to side after a few days.

We were thinking of switching it to the center seat and moving Dd's Fr85 to that seat to see if we could get it tighter there, but the Fr85 was a huge PITA to install the first time! LOL

Shanora · Sep 2, 2011

What about a LATCH install?

hunypooh77 · Sep 2, 2011

Shanora said:
What about a LATCH install?

no latch

wendytthomas · Sep 2, 2011

Are you using the lockoff?

Wendy

hunypooh77 · Sep 2, 2011

wendytthomas said:
Are you using the lockoff?

Wendy

Thats the yellow slot on it? If so, yes.

christineka · Sep 2, 2011

If you have the belt correctly in the lockoff, the belt should not loosen. I suggest finding a good cpst to help you out.

wendytthomas · Sep 2, 2011

Right. The yellow/orange slot on the shoulder belt side only. Push the seatbelt toward the backseat until it stops.

Wendy

hunypooh77 · Sep 2, 2011

wendytthomas said:
Right. The yellow/orange slot on the shoulder belt side only. Push the seatbelt toward the backseat until it stops.

Wendy

Yea, we did that. I dont understand it...we get it really tight and a few days later it is able to move again.

rxmommy · Sep 2, 2011

I would call Chicco. I've read reports of the lockoffs loosening and you may have a defective one. In the meantime could you use it baseless?

hunypooh77 · Sep 2, 2011

rxmommy said:
I would call Chicco. I've read reports of the lockoffs loosening and you may have a defective one. In the meantime could you use it baseless?

Its the KF22 so its a bit hard to use baseless...I might switch it with the one in my Explorer since that one is installed with LATCH and see if there is a difference.

Dorothy · Sep 2, 2011

hunypooh77 said:
Its the KF22 so its a bit hard to use baseless...I might switch it with the one in my Explorer since that one is installed with LATCH and see if there is a difference.

Can I ask why its hard to use baseless? I always thought my KF22 was pretty easy. Just flipped back the cover on the sides to reveal the belt path, tightened it and locked the seatbelt. Is there more to it?

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creideamh · Sep 2, 2011

DorothyoutofOz said:
Can I ask why its hard to use baseless? I always thought my KF22 was pretty easy. Just flipped back the cover on the sides to reveal the belt path, tightened it and locked the seatbelt. Is there more to it?

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I don't think it's hard per se, just an epic pain when you want to take the seat out and put it back in all the time.

hunypooh77 · Sep 2, 2011

creideamh said:
I don't think it's hard per se, just an epic pain when you want to take the seat out and put it back in all the time.

thats exactly how I see it! LOL

Dorothy · Sep 2, 2011

Ah... I see. Had a slight panic that maybe I was doing it wrong.

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ninejr · Sep 2, 2011

hunypooh77 said:
no latch

If it is a 2004 it should have latch. Have you checked your car manual for latch positions?

Jeanum · Sep 3, 2011

An F250 is exempt from having LATCH - vehicles weighing over 8500 lbs. are exempt. Some exempt models have LATCH any way, or top tether anchors but no lower LATCH anchors, but the larger Ford F-series pickups (F250/350/450/550 series) don't have lower LATCH anchors.

CrunchyMaineMama · Sep 3, 2011

I would check your lock-offs. I started a thread a few weeks ago about my KF base loosening as well. Sure enough I checked the lock=offs and the one in us was looser than the other. I could easily slide a nickle into the slot while on the unused side I couldn't. I haven't contacted Chicco yet, but plan too.

ETA: Here's the thread I started: http://www.car-seat.org/showthread.php?t=181325

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