How Do Car Seats Fit in a 2025 Nissan Altima?
The verdict: For 2025, Nissan dropped the Altima’s turbo engine, and the sedan carries over otherwise unchanged for the new model year. For this Car Seat Check, we tested the SR trim with all-wheel drive and found car seat installation easy thanks to the Altima’s accessible lower latch anchors; the model’s fixed head restraints caused some issues with our forward-facing car seats, however.
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 2025 Nissan Altima.
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Latch: Grade A
The two sets of lower anchors sit under a flap and are body-color for great visibility (in this case, blue). Three body-color top tether anchors sit behind the head restraints; they’re clearly marked but nestled behind the fixed head restraints, so caregivers might not see them.
Infant Seat: Grade A
This seat was very easy to install, and our 5-foot-6-inch front passenger had ample legroom.
Rear-Facing Convertible: Grade A
As with the infant seat, installation of the rear-facing convertible was a breeze, and front-passenger legroom was good.
Forward-Facing Convertible: Grade B
Installation via the lower anchors was easy. However, the sedan’s fixed head restraints push the car seat off of the seatback, and it should sit flush against it. The fixed head restraint also obstructs and hides the top tether anchor. Per the owner’s manual, route the strap over the head restraint for connection.
Booster: Grade C
Again, the fixed head restraint pushed the booster off of the seatback. The Altima’s stubby buckles will likely be tough for kids to grasp and 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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