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      09-08-2013, 11:50 AM   #1
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Car Seat Belt Extender

Any of you folks using the "Car Seat Belt Extender", I am finding the seat belt in the back of my F10 to be the joke of the century by BMW, so difficult to buckle or release the belt with kids car seats, to the point we opt more and more to take my wife X3 for trips just because of the belts.
How on earth they end up screwing such an important part of a family car is beyond me, they should fire the moron behind designing the back seat and seat belts, or simply put a notice when buying the 5 series, not suitable for kid car seats.
Is it an-safe to use the Car Seat Belt Extender, I find the normal seat belt so difficult to release, I question if this is not dangerous, should you have to get your kids out very quickly.
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Would like to find a solution for this as well. I have my 6 year old son in a booster seat and he is now unable to buckle himself in because of the location of the buckle. Very annoying because I have to strap him in everytime. I thought I was the only person that this was driving crazy.
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I've been using extenders for both of my vehicles for close to a year. They work great. Bought mine on amazon through vendor greatravel.
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I've been using extenders for both of my vehicles for close to a year. They work great. Bought mine on amazon through vendor greatravel.
Same. Use 2 of them for for my 4yo and 6yo booster seats. It's really the only option.
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Would like to find a solution for this as well. I have my 6 year old son in a booster seat and he is now unable to buckle himself in because of the location of the buckle. Very annoying because I have to strap him in everytime. I thought I was the only person that this was driving crazy.
know the feeling my kids aged 8 and 5 learned how to do the belts with the E60, once the F10 arrived it was back to me or my wife braking our backs in the process. no problems at all with the X3 using the isofix seats used in the F10, I wonder if the issue is fixed with the face lift f10.
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Same. Use 2 of them for for my 4yo and 6yo booster seats. It's really the only option.
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I've been using extenders for both of my vehicles for close to a year. They work great. Bought mine on amazon through vendor greatravel.
Thanks folks look like the option to go by, I am getting a per of them the earliest possible.
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Great post, I thought I just had an abnormal booster seat. I don't have an issue in the X5 but in the F10 I have to push the booster to reach the clip. I never knew seat belt extenders existed.
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Ordered a set belt extender today from Amazon! Thanks guys, great post!
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