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My daughter occasionally carpools with a friend and rides in a built-in harnessed seat in the middle row of her Dodge Caravan. My friend's daughter rides in the other built-in seat. I realized yesterday that the back of the vehicle seat in the middle row wiggles backwards and forwards a good 2" or so. I asked my friend about it and she said she thinks that's as solid as it gets. She used to have two tethered marathons in that spot, and I think the tethers secured the vehicle seat because I don't remember this wiggling before. It seems to me that if the back of the seat moves forward that much it is a problem--kind of like installing a carseat with that much "play" and not tethered. Do you have any idea whether this is a fixable problem? Is this kind of movement considered acceptable by car manufacturers? Do you think I'm right that it is a safety problem?
My friend moved the marathons because her older child grew out of hers and she now uses her younger child's marathon in the third seat to make room for car-poolers with the built-ins. MAybe if she moved the one remaining marathon back to the middle the tether on the marathon would help secure the seat, even though it'll only be on one side? My daughter has been using a Wizard to car-pool in other friends' cars, but I actually just bought her a Parkway because she has just about outgrown the Wizard. With the above plan, my dughter could just use her Parkway in the third seat.
Thank you very much for any advice!
My daughter occasionally carpools with a friend and rides in a built-in harnessed seat in the middle row of her Dodge Caravan. My friend's daughter rides in the other built-in seat. I realized yesterday that the back of the vehicle seat in the middle row wiggles backwards and forwards a good 2" or so. I asked my friend about it and she said she thinks that's as solid as it gets. She used to have two tethered marathons in that spot, and I think the tethers secured the vehicle seat because I don't remember this wiggling before. It seems to me that if the back of the seat moves forward that much it is a problem--kind of like installing a carseat with that much "play" and not tethered. Do you have any idea whether this is a fixable problem? Is this kind of movement considered acceptable by car manufacturers? Do you think I'm right that it is a safety problem?
My friend moved the marathons because her older child grew out of hers and she now uses her younger child's marathon in the third seat to make room for car-poolers with the built-ins. MAybe if she moved the one remaining marathon back to the middle the tether on the marathon would help secure the seat, even though it'll only be on one side? My daughter has been using a Wizard to car-pool in other friends' cars, but I actually just bought her a Parkway because she has just about outgrown the Wizard. With the above plan, my dughter could just use her Parkway in the third seat.
Thank you very much for any advice!