Which cars have anchor points under the front passenger seat?

StevePH

Hello there
I'm on the lookout for a second car for herself and would like to find another car (current car is a volvo S40) which has anchor points/loops under the passenger seat. We use these wee loops to tether the childseat.
Does anyone know of cars (around 05/06) that have these loops.

Or to put it another way, does anyone else use a Maxi Cosi Mobi in a car other than a volvo?

Any help appreciated. Ta.

colm_mcm

Britax or mamas and papas website have a checking tool to see where the car has isofix.


Pretty sure the post 03 scenic has them front and back.

StevePH

Thanks for that. Some websites eg Maxi Cosi are better than others, but, without sounding like a total lazy git, I'm hoping to hear from the experience of others before having to search through model by model, year by year...

Any other Maxi Cosi Mobi owners out there?

R.O.R

Only found out recently that this was a feature on Volvo's, as it's been dropped as a standard feature for MY14 (still available as an option).

Are you putting the child seat on the front passenger seat? If so, first thing you'll need to check is whether there is an airbag cut off switch as it's not standard on most vehicles.

Front seat isn't really the best place for a child seat....

StevePH

R.O.R wrote: »

Only found out recently that this was a feature on Volvo's, as it's been dropped as a standard feature for MY14 (still available as an option).

Are you putting the child seat on the front passenger seat? ....

Nope.
The Mobi is a rear facing toddler seat which, when placed in the back seat, is tethered to anchor points under the front passenger seat.

R.O.R

StevePH wrote: »

Nope.
The Mobi is a rear facing toddler seat which, when placed in the back seat, is tethered to anchor points under the front passenger seat.

Ahhhh - wasn't aware of such a set up. Only have seatbelt secured child seats in our cars rather than isofix or tethered ones. Have transferred a couple of isofix seats for customers and they are much easier and seen secure, but the shape of the rear seats can sometime cause an issue with how well the isofix seats sit.

I'll have a look at a few motors if I get a chance and see if any have anchor points. From a search of google images, it seems like it may be fairly common.

ThisRegard

The anchor points can be common in the boot of cars, not so sure about under the passenger seats. But doesn't the mobi come with a kit for cars in which there's no factory fitter anchor points ?

StevePH

R.O.R wrote: »

Ahhhh - wasn't aware of such a set up. Only have seatbelt secured child seats in our cars rather than isofix or tethered ones. Have transferred a couple of isofix seats for customers and they are much easier and seen secure, but the shape of the rear seats can sometime cause an issue with how well the isofix seats sit.

Strangely enough my 06 volvo doesn't have regular isofix/loops behind/under the back seat - just these two loops on the rail the passenger seat sits on.
(There are also two more loops in the boot area directly behind the lights - for the life of me haven't figured out what these ones are for.)

In any case, the Mobi isn't an isofix model.

R.O.R wrote: »

I'll have a look at a few motors if I get a chance and see if any have anchor points. From a search of google images, it seems like it may be fairly common.

Thanks in advance

StevePH

ThisRegard wrote: »

The anchor points can be common in the boot of cars, not so sure about under the passenger seats. But doesn't the mobi come with a kit for cars in which there's no factory fitter anchor points ?

You might be right there.
That'll be plan B. But simply clipping to the anchor points makes for a v handy installation

R.O.R

Had a quick root in a few vehicles downstairs.

Nothing in the Mondeo, Kuga, old model (E90) 3 Series or Insignia.

Some kind of anchor point (metal bar) in the current A4, Old model Passat and current Superb. A4 had it under both passenger and driver side - didn't bother checking driver side on the other stuff. Now have cobwebs in my hair from a Mondeo...........

Seems to be common across VAG group cars but not so much on others.

HTH

colm_mcm

Id say a metal bar wouldn't be for a child seat

R.O.R

Not sure how the tether system works, and didn't have a Volvo to see what sort of set up is in there (and no way I'm popping out to XC60 at this time of the evening), but it's the sort of thing I thought it might be, while feeling around under seats.

Metal bar isn't really the best way to describe it, but it's not a hook - more something to clip on to, that feels like it's put in the place that it's in, to stay just in that place.

Have a S60 on the way back, so if that comes in tomorrow I'll see if they are the same sort of thing.

StevePH

R.O.R wrote: »

Not sure how the tether system works....

:-) Tethering sure isn't the word I would use...I always thought only animals were tethered
...but its the terminology used in installation guides.

Its really just the use of a seat belt fabric with a clip on the end. Two of these then clip into a loop (anchor point) on either side of the seat rail on the floor of the car.

(You'll see these loops also in the boot of a volvo.)

R.O.R

StevePH wrote: »

:-) Tethering sure isn't the word I would use...I always thought only animals were tethered
...but its the terminology used in installation guides.

Its really just the use of a seat belt fabric with a clip on the end. Two of these then clip into a loop (anchor point) on either side of the seat rail on the floor of the car.

(You'll see these loops also in the boot of a volvo.)

Have a V60 here that I might need to bring in tonight, if it's not picked up, so might have a look in that.

Out of interest, is the toddler seat any bigger than a normal baby seat? From reading up they use rear facing seats in Scandanavian Countries up to 25kg, but our oldest was very uncomfortable in the Group 0-1 when that was rear facing - turned it at 9 months from advice given in Mothercare, but his knees were nearly on his nose by that time. Have the young fella in that seat now, and we'll try and keep him rear facing to 9 months, but he's going to be in the same situation at the rate he's going.

StevePH

First of all, THANKS R.O.R for all that runnin about checkin cars/dodgin cobwebs

Re size of seat - the blurb on the Mobi says, "...this rearward facing car seat for children from 9 months to 5 years of age…"
I have to say, our wee one (17 months/11kgs) is happy as larry(ette) rear facing, with loads of leg room.


Re Mothercare - we actually bought the Mobi in Mothercare - I found the 'advice' there varied, depending on who I/my wife spoke to :rolleyes:.

(I recommend getting advice from the girl(s) who install the seats, rather than girls on the floor/selling.)

R.O.R

StevePH wrote: »

First of all, THANKS R.O.R for all that runnin about checkin cars/dodgin cobwebs

Re size of seat - the blurb on the Mobi says, "...this rearward facing car seat for children from 9 months to 5 years of age…"
I have to say, our wee one (17 months/11kgs) is happy as larry(ette) rear facing, with loads of leg room.


Re Mothercare - we actually bought the Mobi in Mothercare - I found the 'advice' there varied, depending on who I/my wife spoke to :rolleyes:.

(I recommend getting advice from the girl(s) who install the seats, rather than girls on the floor/selling.)

I'll have a look at the Mobi when the time comes to upgrade the Group 0-1 for the youngest, but I'm struggling to visualise how it's going to fit in the car and give enough leg room. Current rear facing seat is almost touching the passenger seat, and while that could be moved forward a bit, it's not going to be comfy for the front seat passenger.