can a britax car seat be retrofitted w/ LATCH?

TheQueenMother

New member
I am getting a spare MA from a friend, great condition but preLATCH. Can I have it retrofitted with a tether?
Thanks
Amanda
 
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Michi

Member
I called Britax to ask this about our '02 RA and they told me "no."
They said that if that model was not manufactured with LATCH, then it was not tested with LATCH.

Are you sure it doesn't have LATCH? I thought all MA's were made with LATCH???
( Now, RA's are another story, because they have been around longer than the MA,
but the first MA's only came out a few years ago, and I thought that they have had LATCH from the beginning???)
...I could very well be wrong, though.
 

TheQueenMother

New member
HMMM, maybe I am wrong, she said the seat is almost 5 years old and I had seen a post somewhere about a 2002 RA not having LATCH and my 2002 MA has LATCH so I thought her pre-2002 MA would not have LATCH either. Maybe it does.
 

SusanMae

Senior Community Member
Remember that Britax seats expire in 6 years. It sounds like you'll only get a lil over a year out of this seat.

Susan
 

Jeanum

Admin - CPS Technician Emeritus
Staff member
Britax didn't begin to sell the Marathon in the U.S. until the fall of 2002. Any new seat sold in the U.S. after 9/1/2002 was required to be LATCH compatible, so your friend's Marathon has to be LATCH equipped. It also probably wouldn't have a date of manufacture more than 4 years old since the Marathon was a brand new model launched in the fall of 2002, so it would have around 2 years remaining before it expires. Roundabouts made prior to the LATCH requirement didn't come with LATCH and cannot be retrofitted for LATCH, but all Marathons should be LATCH equipped. The LATCH straps may be tucked into the storage pouches for them on either side of the Marathon's cover. :)
 

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