News Dorel Recalls Certain Onboard 35 and Comfy Carry Infant Seats

Admin

Admin - Webmaster

• May 5, 2012

• #1

Dated: MAY 02, 2012 DOREL JUVENILE GROUP (DJG) IS RECALLING CERTAIN INFANT CHILD RESTRAINTS, MODELS IC124FSM (ONBOARD 35) AND IC123FSM (COMFY CARRY), PRODUCED FROM MAY 2011 THROUGH APRIL 2012, WERE SOLD WITHOUT THE SEPA...

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Judi

CPST/Firefighter

• May 5, 2012

• #2

onboard 35 recalled

http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/recall...rchtype=quicksearch&summary=true&refurl=email

 

Baylor

New member

• May 5, 2012

• #3

I saw this this morning posted by Admin and posted it on my facebook.

Can I just say how awesome it is to get these recalls so fast??

auto correct hates me

 

Judi

CPST/Firefighter

• May 5, 2012

• #4

I swear I looked for a thread.

 

PikkuMyy

New member

• May 5, 2012

• #5

Thank you! I'm about to leave for a seat check event and I printed this in case we come across any of these.

 

MomToEliEm

Moderator

• May 5, 2012

• #6

I didn't realize that they sold infant seats without the base. The recall only says there are 1,737 affected seats so I guess there aren't too many of these seats out there.

The few seatbelt installs I have done were pretty easy on baseless infant seats. The recall seems to make it sound like latch is better than the seatbelt. I know it is a requirement that all seats have latch, but it seems like overkill on a baseless infant seat.

 

cpsaddict

New member

• May 5, 2012

• #7

Am I the only one that took this to mean that the bases included with the seats did not have the LATCH attachments, not that they didn't include a base at all?

 

Judi

CPST/Firefighter

• May 5, 2012

• #8

cpsaddict said:

Am I the only one that took this to mean that the bases included with the seats did not have the LATCH attachments, not that they didn't include a base at all?

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no, I took it that way as well.

 

xursusmaritimusx

New member

• May 5, 2012

• #9

cpsaddict said:

Am I the only one that took this to mean that the bases included with the seats did not have the LATCH attachments, not that they didn't include a base at all?

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yeah... you are correct.

the bases were sold without the required LATCH system

 

Brigala

CPST Instructor

• May 5, 2012

• #10

I read it the other way - that they were sold baseless (perhaps as program seats?) and somehow someone overlooked the fact that it meant they didn't conform to the federal LATCH requirements that way.

 

ketchupqueen

CPST and ketchup snob

Staff member

• May 6, 2012

• #11

They don't sell baseless program seats though, their program pricing includes bases last I checked.

 

Brigala

CPST Instructor

• May 6, 2012

• #12

Yeah, you're probably right. They probably accidentally sent out bases without LATCH straps. But if that's the case the recall is worded incorrectly. What it says is that they:

WERE SOLD WITHOUT THE SEPARATE SEAT BASE THAT CONTAINS THE REQUIRED LATCH ATTACHMENT ASSEMBLY

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MommyShannon

New member

• May 6, 2012

• #13

I read it to mean the carriers were sold without a base too. it sounds just like the technicality that they then don't meet the requirement to have LATCH.

 

ketchupqueen

CPST and ketchup snob

Staff member

• May 6, 2012

• #14

They could have done either- accidentally not included bases, or accidentally sent bases out without LATCH straps. In either case I don't think they did it intentionally- that's a pretty big QC screwup, but at least they figured it out...

 

Cath3114

New member

• May 6, 2012

• #15

But part of the manufacturing process would be connecting the LATCH strap to the base, right? There's usually a way the strap is connected to the seat or base, via a different type of strap glued on or attached in some other way. It seems like that would be done by a machine. Then the packaging would be by human hands (I assume). So I guess I see more room for error by the human, rather than the machine.

 

Cath3114

New member

• May 6, 2012

• #16

And it seems like they would just send out LATCH straps with instructions for attaching it to the base if that was it. But they're sending out whole bases.

I really think the bases weren't included with the seats.

 

ketchupqueen

CPST and ketchup snob

Staff member

• May 7, 2012

• #17

Hmm, it seems likely to me that the LATCH strap is at least partly attached by human hands- threaded through or whatever- but I agree, it reads to me like they did not include the base.

 

christineka

New member

• May 7, 2012

• #18

The email on cpst list clears it all up. The seats were for institutional use and came baseless.

 

ketchupqueen

CPST and ketchup snob

Staff member

• May 7, 2012

• #19

Huh, when did they start baseless pricing?

 

LISmama810

Admin - CPS Technician

• May 7, 2012

• #20

ketchupqueen said:

Huh, when did they start baseless pricing?

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Probably when no one was looking, which is how they were able to sell seats without LATCH.