Hazelandlucy
Active member
Just out of curiosity, has Recaro addressed the Consumer Reports test results with it's convertible? Is that not a lawsuit waiting to happen if a kid does go flying through the harness in a real world accident?
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I'm not aware of anything new in terms of a response.
The Consumer Reports test used forces significantly stronger than NHTSA testing, which is already more severe than most real-life crashes. The seat meets federal standards, so I don't know that Recaro is responsible for anything beyond that. (Not that I'm letting them off the hook, because I do think it's a problem that a seat would fail that catastrophically with a 3-year-old dummy while other seats didn't. I'd like to believe that public pressure would lead to some changes---and perhaps it is--but I don't think many people actually know about it.)
This concerns me about other seats also having harnesses rip through at weights well below the upper limit. I'm no longer convinced that harnessing larger children is safe if the plastic seat shells cannot withstand crash forces at 40-50-60 pounds.
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