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Mrs.Greg · April 2012

So I have a question. In a post a couple days ago, some of you were raving about your minivans, saying something about how the middle row splits and the middle section/seat slides back and forth a few inches. I'm curious which model that feature is on? And what is the feature called exactly? I'm looking at them online, trying to "build my Honda" and I can't figure out which model has this feature. TIA!!

emma12210 · April 2012

I have a 2011 odyssey... what you're talking about should be the same in all of the odysseys that are 2011 and newer (not sure about 2010 and older) in the middle row, you can remove 1 side captain's chair and the middle seat. I put my twins in the middle row w/ the side captain's chair removed, (so they're in the middle seat and other captain's chair) then put DD1 in the back row on the side, so I have a big open area in the middle.

The cool thing is that the middle seat in the middle row has the anchor system for a carseat. So, all 3 seats in the middle row have the anchor system and the 2 side seats in the back row have the anchor system, so you can do 5 carseats

The toyota sienna (the newest model) - the side seats cannot be removed in the middle row, but I think the middle seat can... and there's only enough anchor systems for 3 carseats...

It's all really hard to figure out, and the salespeople don't always know a lot about it. The older models have different configurations tho.

cocojack10 · April 2012

We have an 2012 Touring. Not sure what the feature is called. When traveling with more adults, we take off middle bench, leaving 2 captain chairs in middle row to make it easy to get in/out. Otherwise, we keep it in and have boys on either end of the row, giving me space to sit between them if they act up, etc.

The seats slide a bit together/apart, but 1) don't know what it is called, or 2) don't know how to use the feature, but know it exists.

GypsyEsq · April 2012

cocojack10:

We have an 2012 Touring. Not sure what the feature is called. When traveling with more adults, we take off middle bench, leaving 2 captain chairs in middle row to make it easy to get in/out. Otherwise, we keep it in and have boys on either end of the row, giving me space to sit between them if they act up, etc.

We have the 2012 EX-L (no navi and no entertainment system). The middle of the bench seat is removable [EDITED] It's the "8th seat." It actually is very comfortable for an adult. That middle seat/8th seat also moves forward, towards driver and passenger, about 5 inches to bring a baby, or a person, closer. Could be helpful, I don't see us ever using it. If you remove the middle seat/8th seat and the driver/passenger console you can have an alley all the way down the minivan to walk back to the kids, if you need to.

The seats slide a bit together/apart, but 1) don't know what it is called, or 2) don't know how to use the feature, but know it exists.

This is called wide mode - allows for basically three convertible seats to be used in the middle row/second row. However, only certain models of convertible will fit on the middle seat because it is narrow. Britax, for example, will not fit rear facing because the LATCH attachments don't adequately secure the bottom. Very easy to do and nice to get three car seats in a row even if you've got one convertible and two bucket seats in that row.

HTH!

ETA: I lied. Just double checked. Per the Honda site, only EX level and above have "LATCH capable multi-function center seat" in the second row.

angelfire02 · April 2012

We are picking up our van on Saturday and we ordered the EXL model, which is one level below the touring and ours has it. I think actually that the EX model has it also but I have no idea what it is called. Sorry but I hope it at least helps to know that it comes in the EX and EXL models! That is a feature I am very excited about too!

emma12210 · April 2012

GypsyEsq:
cocojack10:

We have an 2012 Touring. Not sure what the feature is called. When traveling with more adults, we take off middle bench, leaving 2 captain chairs in middle row to make it easy to get in/out. Otherwise, we keep it in and have boys on either end of the row, giving me space to sit between them if they act up, etc.

We have the 2012 EX-L (no navi and no entertainment system). The middle of the bench seat is removable [EDITED] It's the "8th seat." It actually is very comfortable for an adult. That middle seat/8th seat also moves forward, towards driver and passenger, about 5 inches to bring a baby, or a person, closer. Could be helpful, I don't see us ever using it. If you remove the middle seat/8th seat and the driver/passenger console you can have an alley all the way down the minivan to walk back to the kids, if you need to.

The seats slide a bit together/apart, but 1) don't know what it is called, or 2) don't know how to use the feature, but know it exists.

This is called wide mode - allows for basically three convertible seats to be used in the middle row/second row. However, only certain models of convertible will fit on the middle seat because it is narrow. Britax, for example, will not fit rear facing because the LATCH attachments don't adequately secure the bottom. Very easy to do and nice to get three car seats in a row even if you've got one convertible and two bucket seats in that row.

HTH!

ETA: I lied. Just double checked. Per the Honda site, only EX level and above have "LATCH capable multi-function center seat" in the second row.

Also, not sure if this helps, but if it's a "7 passenger" van, that means it has a console in the 2nd row rather than the "8th" seat mentioned above.

emma12210 · April 2012

Here is a pic of ours w/ the side captains chair removed, and the carseat bases in the 2nd row and DD1's carseat in the back row. I love it!

I hope this helps... we spent weeks trying to research how these seating configurations worked!

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