I have a 1997 Expedition. My daughters are now old enough to be forward facing so I can put them in our cor or the Expedition. The car has the LATCH anchors on the seat and the tether on the top for the car seat making it easy to install.

The Expedition doesn't so I have to use the seat belt and a clip on the seat belt to keep it tight enough for the car seat. Since my car gets better gas mileage than the truck it would be nice to be able to easily swap the car seats back and forth.

Is there a way to add the lower and upper anchors to my Expedition to make it easier to swap the car seats around?

Thanks,
Pat

 

I haven't had to do this so I can't confirm, but I have heard the dealer has a kit for doing this. Your first step would be to ask at the service desk of your local dealership. These are your kids, don't take shortcuts or settle for a cheaper aftermarket setup.

 

It looks like there is a Ford program to add the tethers for a forward facing car seat to a 1989-2001 Ford vehicle, the program is R7C. My local dealership is trying to find the part numbers for the anchors, I will post them once I get them.

The program details are:

COMPLIMENTARY TETHER ANCHOR INSTALLATION - Program Code R7C

This complimentary installation program allows participating dealerships to install multiple supplied tether anchor kits at no charge to the customer. The installation offer applies to all 1989-2001 Model-Year Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury passenger cars and light trucks (2002 & newer come factory installed) that do not have at least one factory-installed tether anchor in a rear seating position (U.S. Federal regulations require that new vehicles produced after September 1, 2000 have factory-installed tether anchors, and that new forward-facing child Ford Motor Company Marketing, Sales and Service seats have tether straps).

CLAIMING GUIDELINES
Dealers will be reimbursed (via ACES II) as follows:

Parts reimbursement for the tether anchor kit(s) will be at the Dealer Price plus the applicable parts allowance for the given model year.
Labor reimbursement for installing anchor kits will be at the standard labor operation hours multiplied by the Dealer's approved warranty labor rate in effect on the date of installation.
The following should be included on the claim submitted to ACES II:

Program Code: R7C
Labor Operations:
995001A - 0.5 hr for one anchor
995001B - 0.8 for two anchors
995001C - 1.0 for three anchors
Causal Part Use Child Seat Belt Anchor Kit part number (70613D74 for customer-supplied hardware.)
No anchor hardware kit is available for a few older trucks (1989-1990 Bronco II and 1989-1991 Aerostar, Econoline, and Bronco I) that were designed to use the generic hardware now supplied with most forward facing child seats. For these vehicles, Ford will reimburse Dealers for installation of owner-supplied hardware provided with child seats or the Ford kit (if and when available). Instructions for installing the hardware are included in the Owner Guides and shop manuals for these vehicles.

Note: This program (R7C) does not apply to 2002 & newer vehicles.

 

You can't beat that deal with a stick.