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We have five kids (8yr son, 5 yr daughter, 3 yr son, and 10 month twin daughters) and use the limo seating configuration without the 4th row. Twins and the wife sit in second row, and the three older kids sit in the third. Plenty of leg room and more space than anything comparable for a double stroller and the obligatory routine trips to Costco.

Its completely safe to put a rear facing car seat anywhere in rows 2 through 4, including behind thendrivers seat. The front two seats are the only place where car seats are not approved. The warnings regarding no rear facing car seats that some people mention are a carryover from the cargo van manual and dont apply to the passenger version. Call Nissan North America Commercial and they will send you a letter to that effect.

We're with Progressive and the rate we got is only slightly higher than what we were paying for an MDX. You shouldn't be paying commercial rate since you're not running a business in the van. Make sure they know it's passenger version and not the cargo version. I do recall them having to do some research before giving me the initial quote… I don't think the vehicle was entered into their system and they had to manually add the passenger version.

We had the sliding door lock issue as well. The part they needed was on back order, so they replaced the entire power lock mechanism from one of the other vehicles on the lot. Knock on wood, but that was four months ago and we haven't had any issues since.

I've been looking into this as well...even with the step it's a bit high for the kiddies to climb into. 4-6" lower would help immensely.