BookMama
Senior Community Member
And you aren't going to see seats that RF beyond 40 lbs in the US until NHTSA certifies LATCH beyond 40 lbs! Look at the new Graco MyWay65... It has a 40 lb RF weight limit. Why that number? Because that is the max weight allowed by LATCH, and in order to pass FMVSS 213 standards the seat has to be usable in all installation methods per the NHTSA memo.
I'm confused by this. First, NHTSA doesn't set or certify LATCH limits ... automobile manufacturers set their own limits. There are a number of manufacturers with limits greater than 40 lbs (Ford, for instance). Second, if what you say is true, how could we have seats that FF past 40 lbs, which more and more current seats (and nearly all newer models) do?