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02-13-2008, 07:12 AM
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My brother is giving me his 04 truck but there are no seats in the back of the cab. Is there a place that can put seats and seat belts in? It only has a place up front for two children in seat belts (with air bags that scares the heck out of me) and nothing in the back but a ton of room. Oh and please pray for me..........I'm learning to drive a stick!!!!! Stay off the roads!!! UPDATE: I switched with my mom so my mom has the truck and I have her van so my children are safe! Last edited by musicmom : 02-15-2008 at 05:16 AM. | ||
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02-13-2008, 07:16 AM
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a body shop should be able to order those for you
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02-13-2008, 07:33 AM
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some cars there is a button but in others there isn't...I think they can use a key to shut it off or if nothing else I'm pretty sure they will take it out for you. we had a car before my truck the would shut off the air bag is a weight limit wasn't met by whoever was sitting in the seat. if you were lighter then like 70 lb the airbag would shut off on its own
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02-13-2008, 07:48 AM
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I'll have to read the manual hopefully he has that. I am so terrified..........yikes...............he'll be here in an hour. I am seriously sick to my stomach. I'm afraid of being at a red light and it stalling and someone hits me from behind or blows their horn. I have a temper and I will start cussing... ROAD RAGE! hahaha | ||
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02-13-2008, 08:14 AM
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The best is when you stall out right when the light turns green, and you can't get it going until it turns red again...so it's too late...and the people behind you are super pissed because they missed the light too! *remembers his first weeks at stick* | |||
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02-13-2008, 08:17 AM
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I know that's what I'm scared of!! Oh...and how do I do the parent pick up line where they go and stop, go and stop, go and stop....Do I just not switch gears?. I never understood the whole gear thing. | ||
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02-13-2008, 08:33 AM
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Is it a full cab or compact cab? If it's a compact cab you can't use car seats or boosters in the back. If a full cab, did he take out the seats? Doesn't sound like a family friendly vehicle. As mentioned, some trucks have a switch so that you may turn off the air bag. If not, there is a formal process which is very difficult to get OKed to disable an air bag. A lot of dealerships will refuse to do it. *If* you can turn off the airbag, then the outboard passenger seat is the only option for a child. The center spot isn't an option because the driver airbag extends that far. | ||
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02-13-2008, 08:37 AM
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Well crap. No it's not family friendly at all for us but it's all we have for now until I can come up with $1500 for the tranny in my van. It's extended cab but it's empty, there are no seats. He didn't take them out, it just came that way. Usually trucks have seats back there or on the sides back there but this one has nothing. I'll have to find a way to stop the air bags all together. | ||
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02-13-2008, 08:38 AM
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Taken from http://www.carseat.org in the FAQ section. Can I put my child in the front seat of a pickup truck? Many pickup trucks have back seats that are too small for child safety seats. Researchers at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia have found that the risk of injury to children riding in the back seat of a compact extended-cab pickup truck is five times higher than when riding in any other vehicle. Injuries appear to be caused by hitting the inside of the pickup. If you have a larger pickup with a back seat that faces the front of the truck, a safety seat may be installed there if the truck’s manual recommends it and at least 80% of the safety seat’s base sits on the truck seat cushion. You can reduce the risk of injury for forward-facing children by tethering the safety seat. Using a top tether can greatly reduce the chance of a child’s head striking the interior of the pickup. Installation of a safety seat on a side-facing jump seat is not allowed by any child restraint manufacturer. If you must install a safety seat in the front seat of a pickup truck, disable the air bag by using the air bag on-off switch. If an on-off switch is not available, you may ask NHTSA to let you have one installed. Until a switch can be installed, do not transport a rear-facing child in the front seat. Some passenger air bags will expand to cover the center seating position, so installing a safety seat in that location may be dangerous to your child. Check the vehicle owner’s manual to find out where child safety seats may be installed. Installing a safety seat in the front seat of any vehicle increases the risk of death to your child by more than 30%, so a pickup truck without a back seat is not the safest choice for transporting a child. | ||
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