800,000 Car Seats Recalled: How to Find Safety Ratings

babble.com - Posted by heatherturgeon on February 15th, 2011 at 2:44 pm

Costco infant seat, made by Dorel

As Madeline reported yesterday, there is a massive automobile centre request underway. 800,000 of the Dorel Juvenile Group’s automobile way (which include Costco, Quinny, Edie Bauer and more) are being recalled cod to country restraint problems.

The automobile seats’ harness “center front adjuster” allows the band to slip out, which is bad programme in the circumstance of a crash. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has ostensibly known most these problems for years, but made the selection to request the way yesterday.

Here are more details on which models and dates are affected:

Also, if you’re in the mart for a automobile centre or are wondering how your existing one stacks up in country ratings, here’s how to encounter out:

The way were made between May 2008 to April 2009. Models include Safety 1st, Eddie Bauer, Disney, Cosco and more.

Madeline has provided a link to the flooded itemize of recalled models.

Car centre country resources:

Consumer Reports provides Car Seat Buying Advice, rank with country ratings and break testing results.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration rates automobile way for “ease of use” and says every way included are up to country standards (although their andante state on the underway request doesn’t drill much confidence).

Here is the dweller Academy of Pediatrics aggregation on automobile centre country for every ages.

Where do you go for automobile centre country information?

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