Harness adjustment on Britax Marathon 70 Convertible Car Seat: Can anyone tell me how the harness straps are re-adjusted for this carseat.
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Hi Carrie, I measured the backseat of my outback. It measures approx 50 inches across. I hope this helps with determining if the marathon will be too big for your forester. The marathon fits great in my outback. I'm 5'4" and my hubby is average height and we don't have a problem with not being able to sit comfortably in the front. Good luck!
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Good afternoon, that seat enters precione it seems strange not quite understand because they can not adjust. should read the instructions for better advice.anything let me know for how it went. thank you
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We currently have the Britax Marathon 70 in a 2008 Honda Civic LX Sedan. We previously had the same car seat* in a 2004 Civic LX Coupe. It fit just fine in both, even with the front seat adjusted all the way back. The difference in the trim/option packages (LX vs. Si) won't affect whether the car seat fits at all. And the body did not change from 2008 to 2009, so that shouldn't affect anything either. I'm very confident it will fit. It wasn't all that easy getting our daughter in and out of the coupe (2 doors), but that's going to be the case with any car seat. After doing that for awhile, the sedan (4 doors) is a pleasure. By the way, we were rear-ended pretty hard (we were stopped waiting to make a left-hand turn) with this our daughter in this car seat in the 2004 Civic. The trunk was crumpled too close to the back seat for my comfort. And yet my daughter was completely protected. I'm 100% sold on the Civic/Marathon combination. *ETA: Not the exact same car seat. We replaced it with the same model and disposed of the seat that was in the accident.
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There are 3 height adjustments on this seat and the top settings look like the straps go over the top of the car seat but they do not. This is just like all 3 point harness car seats.
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We tried a Britax Marathon on an airplane in coach and one big concern we had was that our daughters's legs we very close to the seat in front of us. If that person quickly pushed back their seat with a lot of force it appeared that her legs would have been crushed (between the seat and the bottom of the carseat). Thankfully my in-laws were in the seat in front of us so it wasn't an issue, but I would be very panicked of her being injured if somebody put the seat back. The Marathon is smaller than the Boulevard so I think the issue would apply here. From now on we will use one of the harness solutions when we fly. We tried a Britax Marathon on an airplane in coach and one big concern we had was that our daughters's legs we very close to the seat in front of us. If that person quickly pushed back their seat with a lot of force it appeared that her legs would have been crushed (between the seat and the bottom of the carseat). Thankfully my in-laws were in the seat in front of us so it wasn't an issue, but I would be very panicked of her being injured if somebody put the seat back. The Marathon is smaller than the Boulevard so I think the issue would apply here. From now on we will use one... » Read More We tried a Britax Marathon on an airplane in coach and one big concern we had was that our daughters's legs we very close to the seat in front of us. If that person quickly pushed back their seat with a lot of force it appeared that her legs would have been crushed (between the seat and the bottom of the carseat). Thankfully my in-laws were in the seat in front of us so it wasn't an issue, but I would be very panicked of her being injured if somebody put the seat back. The Marathon is smaller than the Boulevard so I think the issue would apply here. From now on we will use one of the harness solutions when we fly. « Show Less
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is exclusively made for use on select BRITAX convertible car seats including the ROUNDABOUT 55, MARATHON 70, BOULEVARD 70, BOULEVARD 70 CS, and ADVOCATE 70 CS. These are the sizes the site says they fit. Not sure if that was helpful or not :-)
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I had the same problem. After looking through car seat installation guides online, I figured out that for forward facing seats such as this one, the straps for the harness needs to be threaded through AT or ABOVE the child's shoulder. Mine was set a little below, because that's the way we used to do it for the rear facing seats. Once I fixed that (it's now just a tad above my son's shoulder), I have no more problems tightening the harness. If in doubt, contact Britax as they steered me toward the right direction.
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I thought they were failry easy to adjust...probably easier than my Graco. This is a carseat for my parents' care
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No they adjust in the back. However it is super easy and if you need to move straps it's easy as well. It is definatly a user friendly an secure carseat. I hope that helps.
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Sorry to be so late to the discussion, but I own this carseat and I just want to be clear what you mean to by "adjust".If you are referring to pulling the straps tighter once the child is placed in the seat, then yes, the adjustment is made from the front of the seat. There is a strap located inbetween your child's thighs that you pull to tighten the straps, to loosen there is a little metal button hidden there that you push to release.If you are referring to raising the straps to a higher position for when the child is taller, than you must re-thread the straps through the back into the higher slots manually.I hope this makes sense! Sorry to be so late to the discussion, but I own this carseat and I just want to be clear what you mean to by "adjust".If you are referring to pulling the straps tighter once the child is placed in the seat, then yes, the adjustment is made from the front of the seat. There is a strap located inbetween your child's thighs that you pull to tighten the straps, to loosen there is a little metal button hidden there that you push to release.If you are referring to raising the straps to a higher position for when the child is taller, than you must re-thread the... » Read More Sorry to be so late to the discussion, but I own this carseat and I just want to be clear what you mean to by "adjust".If you are referring to pulling the straps tighter once the child is placed in the seat, then yes, the adjustment is made from the front of the seat. There is a strap located inbetween your child's thighs that you pull to tighten the straps, to loosen there is a little metal button hidden there that you push to release.If you are referring to raising the straps to a higher position for when the child is taller, than you must re-thread the straps through the back into the higher slots manually.I hope this makes sense! « Show Less
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We took off the top hooks, un-threaded the whole strap, put the waist clip back on, re-threaded through the little sliding length adjuster. You will have some strap still dangling, because it is long, but it is working for us and way easier to load and unload our twins. They would hate being strapped down! This is on the 2009 version, but I think the straps are the same. Does this make any sense to you?
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Tightening the sides is much more important. Loosen the top and redo your fasten focusing on getting the seat lined up to the suitcase as flush as possible. Make sure the suitcase is standing straight up... maybe even tilted towards the car seat slightly. Pull the base in and up and then tighten the crap out of the side straps. The top of the car seat may be higher than your suitcase. Then tighten the top just to secure it.You have to get it tight enough around the middle so it doesn't allow the car seat to slide down or take on any additional angle.I have a G1 and G3 Marathon and I definitely have more trouble with the G3. But its mainly because of the heavy duty base with the rubber lining Tightening the sides is much more important. Loosen the top and redo your fasten focusing on getting the seat lined up to the suitcase as flush as possible. Make sure the suitcase is standing straight up... maybe even tilted towards the car seat slightly. Pull the base in and up and then tighten the crap out of the side straps. The top of the car seat may be higher than your suitcase. Then tighten the top just to secure it.You have to get it tight enough around the middle so it doesn't allow the car seat to slide down or take on any additional angle.I have a G1 and... » Read More Tightening the sides is much more important. Loosen the top and redo your fasten focusing on getting the seat lined up to the suitcase as flush as possible. Make sure the suitcase is standing straight up... maybe even tilted towards the car seat slightly. Pull the base in and up and then tighten the crap out of the side straps. The top of the car seat may be higher than your suitcase. Then tighten the top just to secure it.You have to get it tight enough around the middle so it doesn't allow the car seat to slide down or take on any additional angle.I have a G1 and G3 Marathon and I definitely have more trouble with the G3. But its mainly because of the heavy duty base with the rubber lining « Show Less
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When you say seat belt, I'm assuming you're referring to the harness straps that secure the child in the seat. On the back of the carseat, you will find two black levers with straps secured through them. Hold down the two levers with one hand and then pull the harness straps on the front of the seat to loosen the belt. To tighten the belt, just pull the strap hanging from the back of the black levers.If you're looking to adjust the height of the shoulder straps, you're going to have to rethread the strap through a higher or lower slot.Go to 3:13 in this video to see:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9pi6x90lLU When you say seat belt, I'm assuming you're referring to the harness straps that secure the child in the seat. On the back of the carseat, you will find two black levers with straps secured through them. Hold down the two levers with one hand and then pull the harness straps on the front of the seat to loosen the belt. To tighten the belt, just pull the strap hanging from the back of the black levers.If you're looking to adjust the height of the shoulder straps, you're going to have to rethread the strap through a higher or lower slot.Go to 3:13 in this... » Read More When you say seat belt, I'm assuming you're referring to the harness straps that secure the child in the seat. On the back of the carseat, you will find two black levers with straps secured through them. Hold down the two levers with one hand and then pull the harness straps on the front of the seat to loosen the belt. To tighten the belt, just pull the strap hanging from the back of the black levers.If you're looking to adjust the height of the shoulder straps, you're going to have to rethread the strap through a higher or lower slot.Go to 3:13 in this video to see:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9pi6x90lLU « Show Less
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The safe seat does not adjust in the back, it adjust just like convertable does...by pulling the webbing between the babies leg at the end of the seat. Hope that helps.
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There is a latch at the top of the seat that you pinch and pull up. Super easy and so much nicer than on my graco where you have to rethread it. Go on the Britax website and you can watch the video! So easy to install and adjust. We bought two for my 10 month old twins. They took a couple minutes to install. Awesome!
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We have a Tahoe with an isofix system and that is what how we attach the carseat. Hope that helps !
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I'm sorry, I meant the Marathon in the previous answer. Not the Boulevard. Although, they are all about the same size. It's the features that set apart Britax convertible seats.