Kid car seat: rear headrest getting so squished!

[dtccivic]

I finally switched my rear facing car seat to be forward facing.

The strap that goes to the mount point on the trunk deck reallllllly squishes the rear headrest.

Did I install this right? There's no way to remove that head rest?

What do other people do about this?

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[mocaSi]

Yeah I hate that. I use a nice thick hand towel and fold it into a square or rectangle and place it on top of the headrest. Hook over too and tighten as usual. Helps a whole lot, makes all the difference in the world.

 

[WOPSiWOT]

I was starting to write, “is that top tether even necessary, I’ve never used it.” But apparently yes. Well, thanks. https://www.safekids.org/blog/new-research-car-seat-tethers-released

 

[Donuyen18]

Something i faced when i switched my son to forward facing. Unfortunately, it is what it is and yes, there will be a crease once you remove the belt.

 

[dtccivic]

Yeah I hate that. I use a nice thick hand towel and fold it into a square or rectangle and place it on top of the headrest. Hook over too and tighten as usual. Helps a whole lot, makes all the difference in the world.

Is the idea to spread the pressure more evenly across the cushion?

Curse Honda for not making this removable or putting a gap at the bottom!

 

[vandalSI]

i wonder if a piece of wood or plastic across the top would spread the load across the top of the headrest?

 

[verbalj]

As someone else said, it is what it is. It's a design flaw for sure, and it'll look like shit by the time they're out of those seats (if I still have the car by then lol), but so be it in the name of safety for my kiddies.

 

[VarmintCong]

Yes, you did that right and it's necessary. Don't worry, when your kids are a little older they'll trash your car a lot worse than that and you won't care. My 6 year old has a bike with a metal hand brakes, he's smacked that into the side of my car several times.

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