Very disappointed in Schwinn bike rack
I am very disappointed in the Schwinn trunk bike rack. I bought it at Target for and thought it was a brand name I could trust. The straps do not stay tight at all...and they are thin and flimsy (not something you would want to rely on holding your bikes on the car with). Our 2002 Subaru Forester was listed in the vehicle compatibility chart - but should be removed. The rack does not fit securely on a hatchback - the bars press onto the back window. When my husband tried to get the straps to tighten properly, our rear window shattered from the pressure of the rack. Overall, this product is a piece of crap.

Doesn't do it on a Santa Fe
Just like everyone else says, it loosens up almost immediately. Had to pull off the highway then put the bikes inside the car. Scarey.

DO NOT BUY THIS RACK
I purchased this rack to carry two bikes and all it took was one patch of bad road and it bent my trunk so bad that I can't latch my trunk anymore.

AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN!
This rack by Schwinn is low cost and simple. It is also a potential disaster with deadly flaws!

The rack is easy to fit to a "compatible listed" saloon like mine, even if the printed instructions can be a bit confusing.

The rack's workings are based on having two sets of rubber feet resting on the top and rear of the outside of the car's trunk lid. The carrier is then held in place by two sets of 2 tensioning straps which clip over the top and bottom of the trunk lid. The bike(s) are then held in place in a cradle by two plastic "bangles" which are punched with holes which "pop" over four buttons on the other side of the strap.

Easy and simple! And so it seems. A bit of huffing and puffing to make sure the straps are really tight (and tying knots to keep them secure after running the straps through the buckles three times), and a bit of concern about the reliability of the plastic "bangles" and it is time to fit on a bike (in our case we tried only one first thank goodness).

Off we drove - and within a couple of miles the problems became apparent as I saw in my rear-view mirror the two lower straps flapping in the wind - detached. On pulling over I found that the two lower clips had indeed slipped off the bottom of my trunk lid and that the top ones were on their way to being loose as well. At which point of course the whole theory - and the rack with your bike - collapses in front of moving traffic if you haven't been quick enough to spot what is happening.

Enough sarcasm! The flaws are as follows:

(1) No matter how tight you manage to get the straps - and how securely you fasten them in the buckles - the weight of the bike when you drive over a bump in the road forces the whole rack down by the fractions of an inch necessary to allow the clips to start slipping off the bottom of your trunk lid. A few bumps and they are off. In our case it took around 4 miles on an urban road at less than 40 mph. The tensioning in the straps necessary to avoid this just cannot be applied by (most) human efforts.

(2) Once the bottom straps are loose there is more than enough "play" for the top ones to bounce out over a few miles too. There will be no downward pull to stop them coming free - at which point the rack ((with bike) falls off the car in front of following traffic.

(3) Those plastic loops or "bangles" holding the bikes do not look too secure either. We tied our bike down with twine as well to try to be safe.

Bear in mind we only loaded 1 bike. With 2 on the rack the problem mentioned in (1) above would be much worse as the downward thrust on a bump in the road would be that much more because of the additional weight.

In this case "cheap" is far from "cheerful". BE VERY VERY WARY OF THIS PRODUCT - which I honestly think Schwinn (and Target in our case) should withdraw.

Lost 0ver 0 in bikes
I would give this rack negative numbers if possible. I mounted the rack on my car and attached it to my RV. We went 40 miles down the road and when we stopped for gas, the bikes and rack were gone. It had fallen off in traffic on the interstate. I lost over 0 inbikes plus the rack. DO NOT TRUST THIS RACK!!!