Child seat in a 2014 double cab

my wife has a boy due in Jan. I am planning on putting the infant seat in the center of the back seat with the seat belts. I am s bit bummed that the latch system is only on the sides. What do y'all do?

 

The seat straps will reach the LATCH bars when the car seat is in the middle.

 

i have a 2008 which i think should be the same, but my seat has Latch bars. I also have mine hooked with the seatbelt.

 

I just had 3 car seats across back of my 15 double cab yesterday. Rear facing at each side, forward facing in middle. Used latch anchors on side seats and seatbelt on middle seat. All felt solid. Rear facing were hitting headrests of front seats but just barely. I have the Radian RXT seats FYI. Nice thin profile.

 

Just a heads up man. Unless the taco manual and the car seat manual specifically states that you can use the lower anchors of the sides seats to secure a car seat in the center seat, then I wouldn't even consider it. People will say it passed their "pull test" , but this isn't sufficient.

I remember reading the lower latches can be no more then 11 inches apart and if they are wider the seat may move from side to side, which is is probably the case with the Tacoma.

I would just stick with the seat belt, there is a reason there isnt a latch system in the center of our tacos.

 

This, it's not recommended to install a child seat in the center using the outboard latch connectors. I ran a brtitax bsafe in the center of mine using the seatbelt to install it. Worked great, moved up to britax boulevard convertible now and it's installed passenger side using the latch. Gives plenty of room while installed rear facing.

 

Haha, good Dad.

I feel like the middle is the "safer" spot in the vehicle. I've always been paranoid of the outside seats. Proper latching is critical though.

 

My wife and I have our first child. He is 2 months and the seat faces rear. We have him behind the passanger seat and my wife slides her seat up some. It's a little snug. She is only 5'2 thought. I love they taco though , we take it everywhere!

Matt
2009 toyota tocoma 4wd double cab short bed.

 

CA does as well. I'd be surprised if any state doesn't. Call your local fire department / police department. They can point you in the right direction.

 

I feel like the middle is safer too that's for sure. When my first kid was born the car seat was in the middle but that was for my wifes pilot.

Currently I have two car seats setup in the Taco, can't wait till they go to booster seats, save some space!