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Unlike the CPSC, the NHSTA doesn’t list the country of manufacture, so who knows where this stuff is being made, whether it is the United States, of Communist China.
It is disheartening to see how little child safety really matters to Corporations. I mean these are seats required to protect the lives of children, and there are over 1 million items being recalled in this list.
EVENFLO IS RECALLING 1,038 DISCOVERY INFANT CHILD RESTRAINTS, MODELS 3021769Z AND 3021854Z, MANUFACTURED ON FEBRUARY 4, 2008. DUE TO A MANUFACTURING VARIABILITY, SOME UNITS MAY HAVE BEEN PRODUCED WITHOUT COMPLETE ASSEMBLY OF THE RELEASE HANDLE LOCATED ON THE BACK OF THE SEAT. (Details Here)
GRACO IS RECALLING 121,042 CARGO BOOSTER SEATS (CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS) MANUFACTURED BETWEEN JANUARY 9, 2007 AND MARCH 3, 2008. THESE SEATS WERE LABELED WITH AN INCORRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION (NHTSA) WHICH FAILS TO CONFORM TO THE LABELING REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 213, CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS. (Details Here)
COMBI IS RECALLING 67,167 CENTRE, CENTRE ARB, AND SHUTTLE INFANT CHILD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS, MODEL NOS. 8065, 8074, 8086, 8087, AND 8520, AND ASSOCIATED TRAVEL SYSTEMS, MODEL NOS. 4400, 4515, AND 4520, THAT CONTAIN CENTRE AND SHUTTLE CAR SEAT MODELS. THIS RECALL INCLUDES THE ENTIRE PRODUCTION OF THESE MODELS FROM OCTOBER 2005 THROUGH DECEMBER 2007. IN THE EVENT OF A FRONTAL CRASH, THE CAR SEAT COULD POTENTIALLY BECOME SEPARATED FROM ITS BASE. (Details Here)
EVENFLO IS RECALLING 1,000,000 MODELS 390, 391, 534, AND 552 DISCOVERY CAR SEATS OR ASSOCIATED TRAVEL SYSTEMS MANUFACTURED FROM APRIL 2005 THROUGH JANUARY 2008. IN RECENT LABORATORY TESTS CONDUCTED BY EVENFLO AND NHTSA TO EVALUATE THE PERFORMANCE OF THESE SEATS IN HIGH IMPACT SIDE COLLISIONS, IT WAS REVEALED THAT THE CAR SEAT COULD POTENTIALLY BECOME SEPARATED FROM ITS BASE UNDER THESE CONDITIONS. (Details Here)
It seems that a lot of these recalls are started earlier on, or are continuations of earlier recalls, which makes me wonder, why weren’t the whole lot recalled to begin with? None of this makes much sense, other than it benefits the corporate profit line.
At the expense of Children’s safety.
Sphere: Related Content Ian @ May 12, 2008
