Question Chicco NextFit Loosening

BW1426

Well-known member
I did a seat check for someone the other day on a rear facing Nextfit in the center of a 2003 Honda Accord with the seatbelt. She was complaining that it would loosen every couple of days. I discovered that they were misusing the lock off. We fixed that and the seat seemed very secure. Except, I got an email from her a week later that the seat was still loosening up. Not as much, but still too loose. Does anyone have experience with this?
 
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thepote

New member
That issue sounds like defective LATCH. We were installing with the seatbelt.

Oh ok, hmm. Maybe re-install and mark where the seatbelt is at the retractor and the buckle (like with chalk or something). You'll see where the belt is slipping - out of the retractor or in the lap/shoulder belt part.
 

BW1426

Well-known member
Oh ok, hmm. Maybe re-install and mark where the seatbelt is at the retractor and the buckle (like with chalk or something). You'll see where the belt is slipping - out of the retractor or in the lap/shoulder belt part.

That is an interesting idea, but the NextFit has a lock off, so you do not lock the retractor. So, it is obviously slipping at the lock off.
 

Snow mom

New member
Maybe slippery or thinner seatbelts are going through the lock off? I remember that the funny lock off from my combi coccorro didn't stay put on the seatbelts of my 2010 subaru outback. I don't have experience with the nextfit to know whether the design would fail to really lock down all seatbelts.

ETA: did she bring the car back for you to see how loose it really was? I wonder if she was testing how tight the install was correctly (I'm sure you explained this but still wondering about the possibility).
 

thepote

New member
I'd call Chicco then. It isn't a known issue. The lockoff is usually pretty solid.

I didn't see anything specific in the manual, but the review of the Nextfit on carseatblog said locking the seatbelt isn't prohibited, just redundant and usually unnecessary. You could lock it as a temporary fix until you get help from Chicco.

Good luck!
 

ebp913

New member
Any followup on this? I'm going to be working with someone this week who is having a similar issue with the seat belt install not staying tight.
 

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