low tech, big safety

curveball2 · 06-20-2009, 02:56 PM

Just inherited a '98 Malibu. Need to install child safety seat in the back.
The owner's manual says to ask the dealer how to install an anchor under/behind the back seat for the anchor strap from the child safety seat.
Thought I'd try here rather than wait for Monday and go to a dealer.
Also, ?how to get the back of the back seat?

**wrench97** · 06-20-2009, 03:17 PM

Do you have the GM supplied strap?

curveball2 · 06-20-2009, 08:01 PM

No.
The child safety seat has an over-the-back strap with clip built in. I just need a loop/hook on which to attach it.

abbyroadkill · 07-10-2009, 06:56 AM

just wondering if you got the dealer to fix this. how much $$$ did they charge?

or did you figure out someway to do it?

thanks

curveball2 · 07-11-2009, 09:32 AM

I called the dealer and waited on hold for 5 minutes. The guy finally came back and said he could find nothing in their computer/catalogue about this device.
So, having no time to re-invent GM, I ran the strap into the trunk and clipped it inside the edge of one of the holes cut into the sheet metal in the upper part of the trunk area but not the inside of the trunk lid itself.

Don't know how strong that bit of sheetmetal will be in a serious crash but I think the seat is quite tightly secured with the belt.
I do have some concern about the possibility of a sideways jerk from side impact, though I don't expect it to spin around.

06-20-2009, 02:56 PM	#1 (permalink)
curveball2 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 3 OS: vista	low tech, big safety Just inherited a '98 Malibu. Need to install child safety seat in the back. The owner's manual says to ask the dealer how to install an anchor under/behind the back seat for the anchor strap from the child safety seat. Thought I'd try here rather than wait for Monday and go to a dealer. Also, ?how to get the back of the back seat?

06-20-2009, 03:17 PM	#2 (permalink)
wrench97 Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Pennsylvania Posts: 17,916 OS: Win7	Re: low tech, big safety Do you have the GM supplied strap? __________________ Power Supply and Selection

06-20-2009, 08:01 PM	#3 (permalink)
curveball2 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 3 OS: vista	Re: low tech, big safety No. The child safety seat has an over-the-back strap with clip built in. I just need a loop/hook on which to attach it.

07-10-2009, 06:56 AM	#4 (permalink)
abbyroadkill Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 6 OS: xp sp2	Re: low tech, big safety just wondering if you got the dealer to fix this. how much $$$ did they charge? or did you figure out someway to do it? thanks __________________ Forever a Canuck

07-11-2009, 09:32 AM	#5 (permalink)
curveball2 Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 3 OS: vista	Re: low tech, big safety I called the dealer and waited on hold for 5 minutes. The guy finally came back and said he could find nothing in their computer/catalogue about this device. So, having no time to re-invent GM, I ran the strap into the trunk and clipped it inside the edge of one of the holes cut into the sheet metal in the upper part of the trunk area but not the inside of the trunk lid itself. Don't know how strong that bit of sheetmetal will be in a serious crash but I think the seat is quite tightly secured with the belt. I do have some concern about the possibility of a sideways jerk from side impact, though I don't expect it to spin around.