2012 Chevrolet Traverse: Car Seat Check
This Car Seat Check was originally published in September 2011 on MotherProof.com.
With seating for seven or eight passengers, the 2012 Chevrolet Traverse can easily handle a large family in its three rows. For our Car Seat Check, we tested a Traverse with eight seats.
For the Car Seat Check, we use a Graco SnugRide 30 rear-facing infant-safety seat, a Britax Roundabout convertible child-safety seat and Graco high-back TurboBooster seat.
Convertible seat: We struggled to install both the forward- and rear-facing convertibles because of the hard-to-access inboard Latch anchor. Once installed, both seats fit well in the Traverse’s second row.
The forward-facing convertible also fit well in the third row (below), which doesn’t have any Latch anchors. We used a seat belt to install the car seat.
Third-row access: With a three-seat bench in the second row, the 60/40-split bench can fold and slide forward to create access to the third row.
How many car seats fit in the second row? Two
How many car seats fit in third row? Two
Editor’s note: For three car seats — infant-safety seat, convertible and booster seats — to fit in a car, our criterion is that a child sitting in the booster seat must be able to reach the seat belt buckle. Parents should also remember that they can use the Latch system or a seat belt to install a car seat.
