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For those of you hauling kids around in your Armada, here's some info from my latest shopping trip for a rear facing child's seat.
I've got three boys under 5. One is in a booster using the shoulder/lap belt. Not a problem to use in any seat. The middle guy is forward facing in a basic GRACO seat - not a problem to install with either the belt or LATCH system. And the last guy is just moving out of the infant carrier to a rear facing seat. So we hit the stores to find one that fits - armed with the recommended child seat list from the Nissan site.
Beware - if you want to put the kid in the middle seat in the 2nd row (the safest place in the truck), the child seat can be no wider than 16". If it is wider, you won't be able to flip down the side seats to access the third row and you may not be able to access the seat belt buckle for the seat on the passenger side in the second row.
So I took a tape measure and found that the narrowest convertible (rear facing/forward facing) car seat is the Britax roundabout at 14" near the base to 18" across the seat itself. It's $200 - ouch! Other seats range in size from 18-24"! Still, even the Britax interferes with operation of the outboard seats.
We'll play musical chairs to get the kids in workable locations, but just an FYI that there are limits to the seating arrangements.
I've got three boys under 5. One is in a booster using the shoulder/lap belt. Not a problem to use in any seat. The middle guy is forward facing in a basic GRACO seat - not a problem to install with either the belt or LATCH system. And the last guy is just moving out of the infant carrier to a rear facing seat. So we hit the stores to find one that fits - armed with the recommended child seat list from the Nissan site.
Beware - if you want to put the kid in the middle seat in the 2nd row (the safest place in the truck), the child seat can be no wider than 16". If it is wider, you won't be able to flip down the side seats to access the third row and you may not be able to access the seat belt buckle for the seat on the passenger side in the second row.
So I took a tape measure and found that the narrowest convertible (rear facing/forward facing) car seat is the Britax roundabout at 14" near the base to 18" across the seat itself. It's $200 - ouch! Other seats range in size from 18-24"! Still, even the Britax interferes with operation of the outboard seats.
We'll play musical chairs to get the kids in workable locations, but just an FYI that there are limits to the seating arrangements.