How Do Car Seats Fit in a 2024 Toyota Land Cruiser?
The verdict: Toyota redesigned its aging Land Cruiser SUV for 2024 after a two-model-year break. The new Land Cruiser is smaller, more off-road-focused and has a more affordable price. For this Car Seat Check, we tested the base 1958 trim and found some pros and cons, and one of them is a big one: Unlike the 2021 Land Cruiser, the 2024 model no longer fits three car seats across the second row, according to our parameters.
Does it fit three car seats? No.
Take a look at how the Latch system and each car seat scored below in our Car Seat Check of the 2024 Toyota Land Cruiser.
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Latch: Grade A
The two sets of lower anchors sit under a long flap that’s raised for access, and three top tether anchors sit on the rear seatbacks. All of the anchors are easy to find and use.
Infant Seat: Grade B
This seat was very easy to install via the lower anchors. We had to move the front passenger seat forward a bit to make room for it, however; our 5-foot-7-inch front passenger needed more legroom to be comfortable.
Rear-Facing Convertible: Grade B
As with the infant seat, the convertible in rear-facing mode installed easily but impacted the front passenger’s legroom.
Forward-Facing Convertible: Grade A
This seat was easy to install and fit well. The Land Cruiser’s head restraints are removable, making it easy to situate the convertible flush against the seatback.
Booster: Grade B
The booster fit well, but the seat belts sink into the upholstery and are held in place with elastic, which could make them tough for kids to use independently.
Grading Scale
A: Plenty of room for the car seat and the child; doesn’t impact driver or front-passenger legroom. Easy to find and connect to Latch and tether anchors. No fit issues involving head restraint or seat contouring. Easy access to the third row.
B: One room, fit or connection issue. Some problems accessing the third row when available.
C: Marginal room plus one fit or connection issue. Difficult to access the third row when available.
D: Insufficient room, plus multiple fit or connection issues.
F: Does not fit or is unsafe.
About Cars.com’s Car Seat Checks
Editors Jennifer Geiger and Jennifer Newman are certified child safety seat installation technicians.
For the Car Seat Check, we use a Chicco KeyFit 30 infant-safety seat, a Graco Contender 65 convertible seat and Graco TurboBooster seat. The front seats are adjusted for a 6-foot driver and a shorter passenger. The three child seats are installed in the second row. The booster seat sits behind the driver’s seat, and the infant and convertible seats are installed behind the front passenger seat.
We also install the forward-facing convertible in the second row’s middle seat with the booster and infant seat in the outboard seats to see if three car seats will fit; a child sitting in the booster seat must be able to reach the seat belt buckle. If there’s a third row, we install the booster seat and a forward-facing convertible. Learn more about how we conduct our Car Seat Checks.
Parents should also remember that they can use the Latch system or a seat belt to install a car seat, and that Latch anchors have a weight limit of 65 pounds, including the weight of the child and the weight of the seat itself.
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