Car "seat" regulation ? (re. Amazon product)

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I was looking at a few things online and saw the following seat (and then several similar seats linked in their you might like section) on Amazon.

Amazon.com : Sun*Glory New Portable Children Safety Seat Belt Baby Car Belt & Car Seat Strap /Lap-belt : Baby


I am appalled that they are even allowing them to be listed for sale on their website and have reported them. I don't know off the top of my head (and couldn't quickly find) specific regulations that would allow them to not be sold here, beyond the OMG those look horrendously unsafe. Does anyone have specific things I can reference or want to report them to Amazon as well?
 
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ketchupqueen

CPST and ketchup snob
Staff member
Please report it to Amazon- they do not want these sold on their site but need reports when they show up. Their chat has been very helpful in assisting me to report these, and the more reports they get the better.
 

AllieK

New member
Isn't Amazon a global site? Certainly this product is legal in some countries (although I agree it's unsafe).
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LISmama810

Admin - CPS Technician
Amazon has other sites for other countries. (I don't know if it has other sites for ALL other countries, but there are others.)

All seats sold in the U.S. must meet FMVSS 213. Unfortunately, it's unclear whether NHTSA can do anything about non-legit companies like this. Reporting to Amazon (or etsy, or wherever else they show up) is probably the best course of action.
 

wendytthomas

Admin - CPST Instructor
Staff member
Isn't Amazon a global site? Certainly this product is legal in some countries (although I agree it's unsafe).
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amazon.com is a US site. amazon.ca is Canada, amazon.de is German, amazon.it is Italy, amazon.co.uk is the UK.

Wendy
 

jess71903

Ambassador
Please report it to Amazon- they do not want these sold on their site but need reports when they show up. Their chat has been very helpful in assisting me to report these, and the more reports they get the better.

Is there an easy way to report an item on Amazon?
 
U

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Is there an easy way to report an item on Amazon?

I went to Help at the very bottom right of my screen, then Need More Help, then Contact Us, selected Something else, then More Non-Order Questions, then Other Non-Order Questions, then typed in a quick summary and then was able to choose Chat. A huge pain, but at least they have my complaint now.
 

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