Evenflo Embrace Recall

[vonfirmath]

It's on the CPSC site as of May 10.
Fall Hazard Prompts NHTSA, CPSC and Evenflo to Announce Recall of Embrace™ Infant Car Seat/Carriers

 

[scatterbunny]

Evenflo has received 679 reports of the handle on the car seat/carriers unexpectedly releasing, resulting in 160 injuries to children. These reports include a skull fracture, two concussions, cuts, scrapes and bruises.

Is it just me, or does that sound like an exorbitant amount of reports for Evenflo to receive before deciding to recall?

 

[Splash]

Is it just me, or does that sound like an exorbitant amount of reports for Evenflo to receive before deciding to recall?

Sounds like the On My Way fiasco. That one they actually blamed the parents for...

 

[Judi]

Crazy! Waiting for that many kids to get hurt!

 

[concerned]

My evenflo seat numbers begin with 556 but the date is 9/28/06 for manufacturing. Does this include our seat? Only concerned cause i saw our 556 numbers included. Thanks for any info.

 

[vonfirmath]

My evenflo seat numbers begin with 556 but the date is 9/28/06 for manufacturing. Does this include our seat? Only concerned cause i saw our 556 numbers included. Thanks for any info.

If you want to be sure, call Evenflo and ask them.
I'd assume you are fine though because your DOM is after the April 8, 2006 date the recall gives.

 

[snowbird25ca]

This is what I don't get - they redesigned the handle/reinforced it starting with August 2006 manufacture dates, but they're just recalling the bad seats now? After hundreds of incidents and some serious injuries?

That's really not acceptable.. to fix a problem they knew about, but continue to let parents keep using car seats that they knew could injure kids for an additional 9 months after the fact?

:thumbsdown:

 

[Judi]

Yeah, crazy huh? :scratcheshead:

 

[Doda]

...

 

[joolsplus3]

recalls take a long time to set up when your retesting the seat over and over again. and think about this, just because there are X about of complaints doesnt mean they all came in before X date. there is no date to show when the issues came forward. it may take 8 months for you to see real data flow =]

Nah...Britax has recalls all the time for things that only a handful of parents complain about and NO children get hurt. Evenflo had the opportunity to learn to make proper handles during all their other recalls over the decade for the SAME issue on other seats, and they didn't... it's definitely negligence to have let this many kids get hurt before having a recall.

 

[skaterbabs]

I agree with Julie - if kids are getting hurt from an issue the same company has dealt with repeatedly before, it's not a matter of testing.

 

[jenniferlee]

I am noticing that a lot of you think Evenflo seats are bad in general. We have had the express for about 4yrs and are using fit or a second child now and we really have liked it. Easy to put in and out of the car and the straps adjust easily and have never gotten twisted up. Is it not a good seat for another reason?

 

[scatterbunny]

jenniferlee, no, we don't think Evenflo seats are all bad. It's a case-by-case basis, it really is. We hate many, many Dorel (Cosco, Eddie Bauer, Safety 1st) seats as well, and some Graco seats, and other brands, too. Opinions here are truly based on the merits of the seat, not our opinion of the company as a whole.

I wanted to quit recommending Evenflo alltogether when I realized they said a 1 year old who hit 30 pounds could safety use one of their belt positioning booster seats. I emailed them with my concerns about this low limit and the customer service rep basically danced around my questions and said it was fine.

But to get back to your question, the Express is a good seat. It has very high top slots, which ensures kids can make it to the full harnessed weight limit (40 pounds in the US, 47 pounds in Canada). Lots of other combination harness/boosters have very low top slots and are outgrown by height way too soon. The Evenflo combination seats are among the highest top slots out there for 40 pound weight limit harnesses, so we recommend them quite often (the Express isn't made anymore, but we recommend the Chase, Bolero and Generations all the time).

 

[Victorious4]

My issue with Evenflo is that they did not maintain professional integrity with this situation by letting so many kids get hurt when it's obvious there was a problem + their customer service gives poor advice (letting 12 month olds use backless boosters :thumbsdown