car seat recalls

What do you do when you see a seat has been involved in a recall, and you try to tell the seller this, the model number matches the list and you point this out and they reply along the lines of "well i've used it for 2 children, and i believe it is prefectly safe".

The seat has an issue with the handle collapsing (guess what company that might be?) and the warning is not to use it, until the fix kit has been applied. The seller thinks because it was used for 2 children and nothing was a problem then, it shouldn't be now.
 
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Jeanum

Admin - CPS Technician Emeritus
Staff member
Just because the seller didn't have a problem with it doesn't mean the new owner won't. It just means the seller was lucky not to have encountered the problem for which the seat is being recalled, KWIM? It's a sue happy world we live in. If you're going to contact the seller to discourage selling a recalled item, I'd suggest asking if they would be willing to assume liability and risk being sued for knowingly selling a recalled product in the event the buyer had a catastrophic failure of the handle before obtaining the recall repair/fix. If it's an online auction/listing, I would flag it or report it as a recalled item.
 

MomToEliEm

Moderator
It depends on how he is selling the items.

If he is an actual business (doesn't sound like it is since he is selling seats he has personally used), then contact a government agency or something like the better business bureau telling them the business is trying to sell recalled items.

If it is an online auction site (like ebay or craigslist), try contacting the site managers (or local group leader on the site) and have the post pulled for being recalled.

If it is an ad in the paper or at a garage sale, the best you can probably do is inform the seller of the recall. If he is aware of the recall and still sells the seat as-is, then he may be putting himself at risk of a lawsuit for selling a recalled seat (not sure if the lawyers would really go after him though).

Hopefully the seller will realize that the seat needs to be fixed prior to being sold, but if not, hopefully whoever buys the seat will know enough to check the seat out for recalls and get the recall fixed in place prior to using the seat.
 

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