Locking clips for '05 Odyssey and Cosco conv. seats?

waterbaby · Sep 12, 2007

Necessary?

A friend says the kids she sits during the week are in Cosco seats and she drives the mom's '05 Odyssey. Her son's seat tipped over turning a curve

and she says the two other seats (for the two she sits) are loose and obvious bad installs.
She's going to get more specific info... but I thought I'd throw this out there and see what I could get back on it.

Does she need locking clips?

She's hoping to get a couple of seats to use in HER car, so she can leave her son installed and get the other two seats installed correctly, at the least. And she's trying to convince the mother to go with her to a seat check.

MySillyKids · Sep 12, 2007

I haven't had to use a locking clip with my cosco seats in the van.

I have a Cosco high back booster in there now, rock solid.
I just had a safety first Apex (whatever lol) in there too, no issue.

Yea i have an '05 ody also.

waterbaby · Sep 12, 2007

So, if the seatbelts aren't locking properly on their own, should they be checked? She says she pulls them out all the way and lets them lock every few inches as she's installing the seat, but they somehow wiggle loose again?

lovinwaves · Sep 12, 2007

The 2005 Honda Odyssey has "Switchable Retractor" seatbelts in every seating positions except the driver's seat. This means that a locking clip is not necessary to properly install a child restraint.

To engage the locking mechanism have her pull the seatbelt SLOWLY all the way until it stops. Then let the seatbelt feed back in. She will hear or feel a very faint "ratcheting" noise. Have her try to pull the seatbelt after she thinks it is engaged. If the seatbelt will not give her any slack then she probably has it properly locked.

Now onto the carseat installations. Have her actually put her knee or weight into the seat when tightening the seatbelt. The child restraint needs to move less than a inch side to side, front to back.

I would still have her try contacting a local CPST for a carseat check

MySillyKids · Sep 12, 2007

:yeahthat: to lovinwaves!

crunchierthanthou · Sep 12, 2007

Is it in the third row outboard?

I did a check in a 2005 Odyssey where the seatbelts weren't locked when I got in the van. The mom swore the whole time that she had switched them to locking mode when installing the seats. She had Cosco Sceneras.

Maybe a properly used locking clip isn't such a bad idea.

waterbaby · Sep 12, 2007

Thank you!
I told her to try what was suggested, and if she couldn't get it to work, to use LATCH until the belts can be looked at by the dealership.

lovinwaves · Sep 12, 2007

waterbaby said:
Thank you!
I told her to try what was suggested, and if she couldn't get it to work, to use LATCH until the belts can be looked at by the dealership.

LATCH in Honda vehicles is only allowed until the child is 40lbs. So as long as the children weigh less than 40lbs she can use the LATCH system. Just curious why she wasn't before

waterbaby · Sep 12, 2007

lovinwaves said:
LATCH in Honda vehicles is only allowed until the child is 40lbs. So as long as the children weigh less than 40lbs she can use the LATCH system. Just curious why she wasn't before

That's what we were wondering... she's not very open to info on carseats, so the sitter (friend) is taking it on herself.

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