What to do about no headrests?

TyAndCheyMommy · Oct 19, 2012

My husbands pickup is an 2002 Dodge Ram quad cab. We are going to be traveling with it in a few days, and I just realized that there are no headrests on the back seat.
The children that will be riding are:
DD 5- Radian (will likely be in front middle).
DS 6- Special Tomato rear middle.
DD- 14 Seatbelt rear drivers side
DS- 15 Seatbelt rear passenger side.
Myself- Front Passenger
DH- Driver

Is there a way to add headrests? Is there an alternative?

Baylor · Oct 19, 2012

You have to have headrests behind any child that is higher than that seat back. I would get hbb for the bid kids. Do all spaces have lap shoulder?

TyAndCheyMommy · Oct 19, 2012

All spaces have lap shoulder. There is no hbb that 14 and 15 year olds would fit in.

bobandjess99 · Oct 20, 2012

unfortunately, there really isn't anything to be done. Your older kids at 14 and 15 won't fit into any HBB unless they are super duper tiny, and i assume you would have mentioned that. Not use the vehicle is the only true solution, but I'm also assuming that isn't an option you want to choose.

Keeanh · Oct 20, 2012

Is the seat right up against the window, or is there a space? For travel in a few days, I would either tape thick dense foam to the window (if the window is right there), or else jam a long duffle bag packed with clothes behind the seat with half sticking up. Neither is ideal, but better than nothing. Long term I'd look into switching out the seatbacks with a newer model (if that's possible), or else check out my thread about adding headrests to my 15-p Chevy Express van (let me know if you can't find it) -- you might be able to do the same thing depending on the structure of your seatbacks.

What to do about no headrests?

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