Should I contact sunshinekids about the cracks in my seat?

remken · Feb 1, 2007

For those who don't know I was involved in a very low speed rearend crash (less than 10 mph) wich resulted in my sons radian getting 2 crack in it.

Here are pics of the cracks.
The first is of the crack on the bottom left side if your facing the seat.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v481/remken/102_0185.jpg

The next pic is of the crack by one of the screws on the same side

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v481/remken/102_0456.jpg

This car seat has not been involved in any other accidents and did not have these crack when I first installed it. So the crash is the only thing I can think of that caused them.

southpawboston · Feb 1, 2007

ABSOLUTELY contact them. but they may say they are not liable for the damage... and that you may have to have insurance pay for replacing them... was the other party at fault? if so, their insurance should cover the replacement.

scatterbunny · Feb 1, 2007

Wow--I have to admit, that's more than a little scary to me. A 10mph crash causes the seat shell to crack?

becca011906 · Feb 1, 2007

give them a call/email and see what they have to say, but i have to agree it does worry me if a 10mph crash will do that, what's my seat going to do at 35 or 60, i know i know it passed standards at 30mph, but what if someone backs into it a walmart and drives off, i'm screwed b/c i don't have a police report, and ya know.... ok that's not likely but still... ???

southpawboston · Feb 1, 2007

i'm wondering if the radian was defective to begin with? and the cracks weren't visible when you first installed it but got worse once the seat was in the car and under tension from being installed tightly?

adamsmommy · Feb 1, 2007

Your first pic is cracker in the same spot where mine was when I recieved it. Strange. Let me see if I can find the thread.

southpawboston · Feb 1, 2007

wow, this really makes me worry that there is a design or manufacturing flaw in the radian frames...

adamsmommy · Feb 1, 2007

Nope, I erased them. I showed dh your pic and he seems to think ours was lower. Man, why do I erase my pictures sometimes!! Didn't think I would need them again.

adamsmommy · Feb 1, 2007

Ok, dh saved the pic on a disk. He said for future reference.

Sorry for the scare, but my heart about jumped out my chest when I first saw your pic. Here is mine.

Again. sorry if I freaked anyone out!!

skaterbabs · Feb 1, 2007

Is there a reason you didn't replace the seat after a crash? Car seats are a one-time use item, after a crash (no matter how minor) they're supposed to be replaced unless the manufacturer specifies differently.

remken · Feb 1, 2007

Not sure if your asking me or the other poster with the crack.

My radian is no longer in use. I took it out the same day I was rearended and put my sons wizard in.

I also got him a regent since I prefer having 2 seats for him.

remken · Feb 1, 2007

adamsmommy said:
Ok, dh saved the pic on a disk. He said for future reference.

Sorry for the scare, but my heart about jumped out my chest when I first saw your pic. Here is mine.

Again. sorry if I freaked anyone out!!

Does yours have a crack by the screw above it also?

I'm going to e-mail them in the morning and see what they say.

Patriot201 · Feb 2, 2007

Yikes!!! That is really scary!!!

I can't believe they were cracked in the same place!

adamsmommy · Feb 2, 2007

remken said:
Does yours have a crack by the screw above it also?

I'm going to e-mail them in the morning and see what they say.

I actually didn't look that close. I saw that big chunk missing and took it back. I am going to go take the new one out and look it over real close just to be safe.

stayinhomewithmy6 · Feb 2, 2007

Yikes! I am going to be checking our new Radian frequently for cracks! How scary that a 10 mph crash could cause cracks! I'm really hoping it's a defect because it sure wouldn't be good if seats were cracking at 10 mph! What are the DOM's for these 2 cracked Radians? Just curious!

remken · Feb 2, 2007

Mine was manufactured in Sept. 2005.

southpawboston · Feb 2, 2007

stayinhomewithmy3 said:
Yikes! I am going to be checking our new Radian frequently for cracks! How scary that a 10 mph crash could cause cracks! I'm really hoping it's a defect because it sure wouldn't be good if seats were cracking at 10 mph! What are the DOM's for these 2 cracked Radians? Just curious!

it may not have been the crash that caused them. they may be casting flaws or some other structural flaw that happened after the seat was tightened into place.

remken · Feb 2, 2007

I'm getting ready to E-mail them now. If the crash didn't cause the cracks, would it be my fault from installing it to tight?

adamsmommy · Feb 2, 2007

The DOM on the cracked one was 8/06.

With the seat folded, it is very bottom heavy in that area. I wonder if they are being dropped by the manufacturer and not really being looked at??

Or maybe the box being dropped in that area?

southpawboston · Feb 2, 2007

remken said:
I'm getting ready to E-mail them now. If the crash didn't cause the cracks, would it be my fault from installing it to tight?

of course not. no seat should break from installing too tight... i'm just thinking that the frame might have had a manufacturing defect that didn't get noticed until some sort of force was placed on it... either by installing it or by the crash... because you said those cracks weren't there when you first got the seat. but there's no way in a proper seat should break just from installing tightly!

Should I contact sunshinekids about the cracks in my seat?

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