Question Is it possible to fit a car seat and two high back booster in a 2017 Honda CR-V?

Unregistered · Apr 11, 2017

I went to a car dealership and tried to check fit the three car seats and found that the center seat belt overlaps with the driver's side seat belt. This made installing the seat belt over the high back booster seat very difficult. In an emergency, it would be hard to get your hand in to unlatch the seat belt. I used a Diono Radian RXT in the center and the Britax Parkway Booster on the two sides. Is there a trick to getting the seat belt on the second row driver's side latched and unlatched easily. I found that there is almost no play between the two seat belt latches in the 2017 Honda CR-V, therefore making it very difficult to get the seat belt latched over the booster seat.

ketchupqueen · Apr 13, 2017

Looking at pictures, I see what you mean. Is there any chance that the anchor for the middle seatbelt can be moved forward or back out of the way? If not, that may not work well for a booster next to another seat.

Unregistered · Apr 14, 2017

Thanks for your response. No, there is hardly any play with the anchor belt latch. We tried to twist it around but that didn't work either. I was almost set on purchasing a 2017 Honda CR-V before I found this out. The space is available to fit the car seat and two high back booster, but the seat belt configuration makes it almost impossible. I am surprised that Honda would design their second row middle seat belt like this. I tried my same car seats and booster on a 2017 Subaru Impreza and was able to fit them even though it was tighter. The latches for the driver's side and middle seat belt do not overlap each other on the Subaru.

ketchupqueen · Apr 15, 2017

The CR-V has always had car seat challenges, quite honestly.

Unregistered · Oct 28, 2017

I run into the same problem.
I was almost ready to purchase CRV 2017, as in comparison to others SUVs CRV 2017 does have 1 ISOFIX in the middle to let you have two car seats close each other and let some adult to seat behind driver.
BUT if car seat that is in middle use "Rigid lower latch" then adult(behind driver) can not click his belt !!!! Nonsense that you can experience only then you actually try this.
Solution could be is to use "lower anchor strap" - see example: http://www.carsafetyrules.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Tether_points1.jpg
It is less convenient to setup and re-locate car seats in car but It is extra few minutes, and usually never required to change location of car seat in rush.

I will purchase "lower anchor strap" and will try it on dealership.

ketchupqueen · Oct 29, 2017

Flexible lower connector straps are also forbidden to use at the same time as the adjacent seating position. Also, you cannot safely substitute a flexible lower anchor strap for ISOFIX/rigid lower connectors; the seat is not built or tested that way.

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