To tell him to remove the car seat?!!

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Dh needs wheels changing. He’s lost the wheel nut so that’s now got to be sorted too when they come out tonight to change them. Aibu to expect him to take car seat out to do this? Won’t it harm the car seat?

There's no reason to remove the carseat. But, if you feel strongly about it you know you could remove it, right? No need to ask anyone.

We lost our locking wheel nut and had to pay someone to come and lob them off and fit normal bolts on them. I think they're a bit daft nowadays, is anyone still nicking alloy wheels?

It won't harm the car seat, I'm not sure how you think it could?

Erm, nothing inside the car, including the car seats, will be affected. They won’t even open the car doors…

Or OP could needlessly remove it since she's the one that is being ridiculous.

Correct!

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https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/5174086-to-think-you-need-to-remove-the-car-seat-before-changing-a-tyre

What a strange person.

Pretty sure the AA guy knows what he's doing.

LOL LOL LOL LOL

SWEET JESUS!!!!

You know that was a joke, right?

Tyres and wheel nuts are outside the car.

Car seats are inside the car.

This is like saying you are worried your television will be broken when they are weeding your garden.

OUTSIDE THE CAR.

On a separate but related note your complete ignorance of this being two very separate things is worrying.

Pretty sure we left the children in the car while a tyre was repaired once.

The only time you need to remove the car seats is when it goes in for a MOT as they can't test the seatbelts.

This will be fine.

Eh?

I wonder if the OP is meaning that the back strap that goes over the car seat and clips on the boot floor will need to be taken off so they can get to the spare wheel, jack and equipment out? We had a wagon with the car seats like this, you can loosen the strap and unclip then when finished just reclip them on and tighten it all up.

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Why would the car seat be damaged by the locking wheel nut? They don’t turn the car upside down to change wheels.

I would think removing it and re-installing it would have the potential to cause more damage to it (damged while stored and in particular re-installing incorrectly in a dangerous manner) than leaving it in place where it has been perfectly fine for the last X months.

Leave it in OP and have a cup of tea.

There's anxiety about things that actually might happen or have an effect, and then there's this.

Eh?

This is fucking bizarre. I've left my car seats in for wheel replacements, MOT's and other repairs.

You should for the MOT, otherwise they won't be able to check the seatbelts.

Both my car seats are in an isofix so can check seat belts without removing them.

I'd go belt and braces and take off the gearbox and clutch as well.

Bloody part timer you are. Whole drivetrain out, no excuses

Bloody part timer you are. Whole drivetrain out, no excuses

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might be worth removing the child seat in case the missing nut is trapped underneath it?

OP, kindly, in what way would the car seat be risked / damaged / etc if it isn't removed for the wheel to be changed? Do you think the locknut is underneath it?

I think most of us are all kinds of confused here