How Do Car Seats Fit in a 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E?
The verdict: The 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E has all the makings of a good family car: a spacious interior, lots of tech and two cargo areas. Depending on the trim, this EV can go up to 305 miles on single charge, according to EPA estimates.
We tested the 2021 Mustang Mach-E First Edition trim. It made easy work of installing the majority of our car seats.
Does it fit three car seats? No, but it was close. With narrower car seats, parents and caretakers may be able to fit three car seats across this EV’s backseat.
Take a look at how the Latch system and each car seat scored below in our Car Seat Check of the 2021 Ford Mustang Mach-E.
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A Grade
- Latch system: The Mach-E has two sets of lower Latch anchors in the outboard seats. They sit behind slits in the upholstery and are easy to use. This EV also has three top tether anchors halfway down the seatbacks. They’re exposed and easy to locate.
- Infant seat: Our Chicco KeyFit 30 car seat’s rigid Latch connectors made easy work of installing this car seat. We quickly connected to the lower Latch anchors. There was enough room to fit this rear-facing car seat without having to adjust the position of the front passenger seat for our 5-foot-8-inch front passenger.
- Rear-facing convertible: This car seat, which can take up a lot of backseat space, fit well in the Mach-E. We didn’t need to move the front passenger seat to fit the rear car seat behind it.
- Forward-facing convertible: The forward convertible fit well in the Mach-E. We had no issues connecting the car seat’s hooklike Latch connectors to the anchors.
B Grade
- None
C Grade
- Booster: The rear seats are wide, but there aren’t any bolsters to help hold this car seat in place, and the seat belt buckle sits low in the seat cushions. Taken together, this means that the booster seat can easily slide over the seat belt buckle, making it extremely difficult for little ones to buckle up 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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