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car seats and pet/guard cargo barrier in suabru outback wagon
Hi all,
My wife and I recently purchased a 2001 Subaru Outback wagon. We have a dog and want to purchase the Subaru factory model pet barrier/divider for the rear cargo portion of the wagon. We have been advised that this model is the best shape and will fit the best for our wagon. However I have heard that if you have a pet barrier/divider you cannot use the upper LATCH anchors for child car seats. Since we are expecting our first child soon, this incompatability is a concern. I know that most infant seats only use the lower LATCH anchors, but toddler seats can use upper and lower. Is this claim true? The subaru rep told me that to install the pet barrier you may have to remove 1 or all upper anchors? is this true? I am looking for advice from people that may have installed the pet barrier/divider in their outback and that may or may not have a child seat in the back that uses upper anchors. Thanks, M |
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car seats and pet/guard cargo barrier in suabru outback wagon
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mpagriffin wrote: *The subaru *rep told me that to install the pet barrier you may have to *remove 1 *or all upper anchors? is this true? I am looking for advice M, I haven't used the cargo barrier. However, looking at Subaru's website, if you go to Outback and look under accessories, and then dog guard divider -- it says right there "not for use with child safety seats requiring tether straps." So, clearly, you are not supposed to use it with a seat that has a tether. It's probably a better idea not to use this type of barrier UNLESS you are able to cut a window in it for the tether to go through to reach the anchor. Otherwise the tether would be compressed between the barrier and the top of the car and subject to weird types of stresses. -- hillary israeli vmd http://www.hillary.net "uber vaccae in quattuor partes divisum est." not-so-newly minted veterinarian-at-large |
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