​​How Do Car Seats Fit in a GMC Sierra 1500?​

As the biggest consumer of pickup trucks in this country, it should not come as a surprise that many Texans use them to transport their families. When you have infants and toddlers, are you making sure they ride as comfortably and safely inside a pickup truck cab as they do in any automobile? 

To find out, Cars.com employs a test called the Car Seat Check that examines how child safety seats fit in many vehicles sold in our market—even pickup trucks. Recently, they did their Car Seat Check test for the 2024 GMC Sierra 1500. According to Cars.com, our full-size pickup truck passed the test quite well.  

Cars.com has two staff members who are certified child safety seat installation technicians conduct its Car Seat Checks. They use popular examples of child seats for their testing, including an infant-safety seat, a convertible seat, and a booster seat. The testers adjust the front seats for a six-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 tested behind the front passenger seat. 

Then, the Cars.com testers install the forward-facing convertible seat in the second-row middle seat with the booster and infant seats in the outboard positions to see if three child seats would fit. A child sitting in the booster seat must be able to reach the seat belt buckle. 

To receive the highest score for the Car Seat Check tests—an “A” grade—there must be plenty of room for the car seat and the child, which should not impact driver or front-passenger legroom. It should also be easy to find and connect to Latch and tether anchors for these seats. There should also be no fit issues involving head restraints or seat contouring.  

How did the 2024 GMC Sierra 1500 fare in the Child Seat Check tests?  

Our full-size half-ton pickup truck received four “A” grades: latching the child seats, overall infant seat fitting, overall rear-facing convertible seat fitting, and overall booster seat fitting. This once again proves that the 2024 GMC Sierra 1500 is a good family vehicle that can double as a work truck.   

Cars.com adds one tip for parents utilizing child seats. “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.” 

To see for yourself whether your child seats can fit in a 2024 or 2025 GMC Sierra 1500, contact us at Ewing GMC of Plano and bring them along for a test fit.