Kia Carnival 2nd Row Reversal USA - How To and Results
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ย. 2024
- After we purchased the 2022 Kia Carnival we found out the 2nd row could not be turned around in the USA version (maybe all north America).
Well that was a huge bummer, and we were banking on that. And several sales people heard us talk about it, and never corrected our assumption.
So I did some digging and found a way to reverse the 2nd row seats in our 2022 LXS (Seat Package) Kia Carnival.
This video is for information only, and I do not claim to know the laws 100% nor know the true reasons why they added a small plastic restriction device. Use this information at your own risk.
SERIOUSLY THANK YOU! I thought this was going to require imported hooks and rails from the Asian spec cars. This is WAYYYY simpler than I thought it would be.
I just did the same thing to my wife’s 2023 Kia carnival. Super cool to be able to switch it up if we want.
Check your car seat manual. You can’t install a car seat on a rear facing seat, and you shouldn’t drive with the seats facing backwards
@@meganrasmussen4827 No worries, the vehicle seats with car seats haven’t been reversed. And you can have whatever seats you want. They made production vehicles with the seats that were adjustable facing before. They just don’t sell them like that anymore because most people prefer facing forward seats. It’s actually safer for the passenger seats to be rear facing if a head on collision was to occur.
Thank you!!! We've been trying to figure this out for 2 years!
Road trip here we come!
Thank you sooooo much for this! You have no idea how greatful I am. This worked for my van!
I’ve been looking for a video just like this. Thank you.
Thanks for this information! I have a disabled adult that needs to sit in the third row with no one sitting in front of them. Reversing the seat may be a way to keep the seat in the van and allow easy access to the third row (Instead of removing the seat). Can you provide a view of the access to the rear with the revers seat folded and the front passenger comfortable for someone your wife’s height? Again thanks for posting this video. Looking for options other than a Pacifica with fold in the floor seats or having one seat sitting in my garage getting dusty and impacted by humidity.
Thank you for this wonderful video. I was looking for a way to reverse my 2022 Carnival seats for a road trip and your video helped me a ton! God bless you and your beautiful family!
soon the kids will learn how to play poker on long trips
Fits perfectly rear-facing in our truck, which has a slightly smaller back seats. th-cam.com/users/postUgkx6_FKRYB2ClSPRyjcd8HptiCS3EiQoNX4 Feels as comfy and plush as our Graco Contender carseat.
I believe that second row middle seat, when folded down, acts as a center table when the seats are in the "club seating" configuration. It slides WAY back, much further than the other two seats, so that it can be stopped between the four seats when they face each other. Kinda like a limo. I think that's how they are used in Asia.
That makes so much sense. I was like why on earth would one slide so far. That makes sense.
@@staceygrant7217 Thanks. I need to add that the club seating configuration is not offered in the USA. Apparently it was never evaluated in crash testing by the feds. There are videos online showing how to do it, if you insist.
I wanted to add this before someone makes a purchase decision based on incomplete information from me.
As of the date of this comment, the Mercedes benz e 450 all-terain is sold in USA with rear facing 3rd row seat. Its never been illegal to drive/use rear facing seats in the USA. Its just very uncommon. If you get pulled over and a cop questions this , i would point him to the KIA Worldwide youtube videos of kia carnival 8-seat configuration. In most areas , US safety laws are one dependent on seat beats and driver visibility: headlights taillights side mirrors, no obstruction to Vision like dice hanging from rear view mirror.
Limos , taxis , busses , RV are different . Because the driver of the have to carry a CDL, the passengers can have reduced safety regulations , no deat belts, because the driver has extra driver certification.
I remember back in the 80's as a kid, I rode in one of those super long station wagons with a backward facing kids seat in the trunk. Don't remember the make of the car, but I think all American car makers made station wagons like that back then.
One major reason that has me seriously considering buying a Kia Carnival is this feature.
Don’t buy it for this feature. Car seats cannot be installed in rear facing vehicle seats (check your manual…it is in there) and the vehicle manual likely also prohibits driving while the seats are turned around.
So do you take those black plastic pieces out for good? And you can use the seats the original way no problem?
Great video! Can you move the backward 2nd row seats all the way back and connect their cushion with the 3rd row - to form a "bed"?
A very uncomfortable bed !
Good to see how this configuration works, thanks. My only question is why not move the rear facing car seat from the driver's side to behind the passenger chair that has the most space? That way theres more room over all...
Because they are planning to have an adult behind the passenger seat, and they need space for the adult's legs
This looks like an awesome feature! I'm not telling anyone not to do this, or that I believe it's unsafe - but my child seat's manual explicitly states to never mount the child seat to a rear-facing or side-facing vehicle seat... Doesn't make sense to me, but there it is in case people are wondering. For reference, we have a Chicco NextFit Zip Air. Perhaps not all U.S. Child seats have that in their manuals - just check yours if you are concerned with the legalities/recourse of the seat failing or your child being injured in the event of an accident. Like I said - doesn't make sense to me, but for me it's not a gamble worth taking.
ALL us car seats have this prohibition.
Yeah all car seats say it. But if your kid is properly secured in their car seat, I don’t see the problem having them facing forward or backwards. They just put in there so if you get in an accident their asses are covered. Just like when you see a commercial and someone does a backflip off a diving board into their pool at home and it says do not try this at home on the screen. And you’re like, why not? It’s just a backflip into your pool? We’ll they have to say that in case you decide to do a backflip into your pool and blame their commercial 😆😆.
You can also swap the right seat with the left one and that's it No need to disassemble anything 😅
Huh?
That's what I thought, you just need to switch the left and right 2nd row seats to the opposite side right?
Correct this link by Kia explains how to do it th-cam.com/video/s80xndnBVmA/w-d-xo.htmlsi=QcjQ8c17dxnTZJ28
Does anyone know if this actually works?
Awesome! Thank you so much for this video. I’ve been trying to do the same on my 2022 kia carnival too.
Thank you! I have been searching everywhere for information on how to do this and how much legroom you will get.
amazing, kids will love this rear facing 2nd row set up.
Please do not do this. Look at the manual for your car seat and you will see that it cannot be installed in a vehicle seat that faces backwards.
Thanks for posting.
How do the car seat belts work in this configuration? Are there extra seat belts between the front and 2nd row to be used when reversed?
The seat belts are built into each seat
Is it possible just to reverse just one seat(not the middle seat)?
There are zero child seats that allow the seat to be installed on a vehicle seat that is not a forward faced vehicle seat. In addition, it is not allowed by the vehicle manufacturer to travel with the vehicle seat in a reversed position. Anyone watching this video who’s considering doing this to allow you children to face each other while traveling please reconsider. This is not safe and both the vehicle seat and the child seat are being used in a configuration that has not been tested and may fail to properly protect the occupant in a collision.
Great video!
Put the three seater behind the front seats and the other one at the back, then use the back door as entry.
does the middle seat in the 2nd row also have those plastic restrictors or is it just the two outer seats? thanks in advance
Same question
No, the middle seat does not have them, at least in my 2022 Carnival it doesn't. The middle seat can be installed either as rear facing or front facing. Hope this helps!
@@treysifuentes1765 No, the middle seat does not have them, at least in my 2022 Carnival it doesn't. The middle seat can be installed either as rear facing or front facing. Hope this helps!
Gotta get one
This legal though?
Serious question bc I want to do this. Is this legal in USA like is there a law that covers this that I can look up
I don't think so, limo's busses, and other special cars have this, so I think it is ok, and the seats are still rear facing and safe.
Who cares! Just don’t get caught
I don’t think they can say anything anyway. It doesn’t hurt anything.
@@OctaviaBoesWifey not that any average cop would know anyways, but my personal beliefs are: if it’s a dumb law, ignore it
@@yukozuna1130 here in Arkansas apparently there is a law that you can not take a shower on Wednesday…😳
You wouldn’t need to worry about the arm rests/handles. Your other arm I’ll rest just fine on the door arm rest.
It sucks that Kia didn't include an armrest on the inner part of the captains chairs. You only have an arm rest on the power sliding door.
This saved us so much trouble. Thank you!!!!
Y’all. You can’t do this! I’m not sure where you looked to find out this was ok, but I guarantee that you DID NOT look at the manual for that chicco. Look around page 30 and you will see that it cannot be installed in a vehicle seat that faces backwards. A seat that is designed to be installed rear facing on a forward facing vehicle seat is not going to react the same in a crash as a seat installed in forward facing mode on a vehicle seat that is flipped around.
So you’re saying that if my child is rear facing then I eventually turn her front facing, she is perfecting safe and fine because of the car seat. But if have the same car seat and I turn the actually vehicle seat rear facing, then the car seat realizes it and ceases to function properly?? With this logic, you and the car seat manufacturers are implying that the child’s car seat with fail in either a head on or rear end accident. The car seat is only effective in one form of accidents. I feel sorry if someone is t boned. No car seats are made to protect against that.
Chicco does not allow seat protectors to be used with their seats so you need to remove those towels.
They didn’t look at the manual to see that they can’t be installed on a rear facing vehicle seat, so they definitely missed the part about no seat protectors.
I dont know about you. But I fought with these damn things. Many 4 letter words were said
I am the car seat advocate for Chicco and this is not allowed in any vehicle with any car seat. Car seats are designed to perform in the direction they were created for. This is very dangerous and I would ask that you take the video down to help prevent potential injury that could be caused by those who view it and feel it is an approved way to transport children.
Not trying to argue but my understanding is this is allowed in other markets. It would leave me to believe that other professionals in other countries find it to be safe. I'm not sure . We did have rear facing seats in the USA at one point not that long ago. My question is why does it make it less safe?
Probably just a cover your ass statement because rear facing seats are common in many countries but Chicco never tested it and they don't want their product associated with this scenario.
Good job. Now what?
Questions. With the seats oriented like this, would it be safe to have the car seats in the rear facing position (facing the back of the seat. ) for the 2nd row.
I hope this makes sense.
We want all of the 2nd row seats to be facing the trunk, but the infant car seats to be facing the seats back.
We plan on having the 3rd row in cargo mode 90% of the time.
Hi, if i bring my Kia Carnival to you, are u able to do this for me. I will pay for it. Pls let me know. Thanks
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If the it's not legal to sell the car with the seats reserved than if you get into a crash and someone in those reversed seats gets hurt your insurance may not pay that claim because of what you have done to those seats so think before you do those may well be your kids sitting in those seats be smart be safe just because you can do something doesn't mean you should.
The seat belts are made into the seats. Regardless of the position of the seats in relation to the impact from the accident, the seat belts are still gonna act as designed.
@@michaelbruce9129 maybe but car seat are made in away to protect us from rear end collision the head rest keeps you from getting whiplash so if your seat is facing backwards your their is nothing to protect your upper body there for you are less protected in a rear facing seat
Fantastic video!