Honda's compact crossover took home the top slot at Cars.com's $25,000 Compact SUV Shootout in 2012; how does the revised-for-2015 model measure up? The CR-V was lightly updated with styling and powertrain tweaks this year but interior dimensions remain the same, so its backseat still easily handles two child-safety seats thanks to plenty of space and easy-to-access Latch anchors, including a bonus extra anchor for the center seat.
How many car seats fit in the second row? Two
What We Like
- Like the previous model, the 2015 CR-V has two sets of lower Latch anchors in the outboard seats and an additional anchor in the center seating position. Parents can use that anchor and one from an outboard set to install a car seat in the middle spot. All the anchors are easy to access in slits in the seat fabric.
- The infant seat installed easily and we did not have to move the front passenger seat forward to accommodate it, so the front passenger had plenty of knee room.
- The backseat is wide and flat, great for fitting our booster. The head restraints are fixed, but they're small enough that they didn't interfere with the angle of the booster. The buckles are rigid and should be easy for kids to grasp.
What We Don't
- The rear-facing convertible was easy to install but we had to move the front passenger seat up to fit it; the front passenger will be somewhat uncomfortable with the remaining legroom.
- In forward mode, the convertible installed easily and had plenty of room, but parents should note the placement of the tether anchors. On the outboard seats, they are on the base of seatback but the middle seat's anchor is in the roof, which would be annoying to use and cut into rear visibility.
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: Plenty of room. One fit or connection issue. Some problems accessing third row when available.
C: Marginal room. Two fit or connection issues. Difficult to access third row when available.
D: Insufficient room. Two or more fit or connection issues.
F: Does not fit or is unsafe.
About Cars.com's Car Seat Checks
Editors Jennifer Newman and Matt Schmitz are certified child safety seat installation technicians. Editor Jennifer Geiger is working on renewing her certification.
For the Car Seat Check, we use a Graco SnugRide Classic Connect 30 infant-safety seat, a Britax Marathon convertible seat and Graco TurboBooster seat. The front seats are adjusted for a 6-foot driver and a 5-foot-8 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. To learn more about how we conduct our Car Seat Checks, go here.
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.
Cars.com photos by Evan Sears
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