BRITAX 101 (FREEWAY) Complaints

REPLACEMENT WAS INSTALLED PER INSTRUCTIONS BUT CHILD IS EASILY ABLE TO UNBUCKLE THE REPLACEMENT BUCKLE. NLM

BRITAX ROUNDABOUT MODEL 161 AUG 1998. CHILD IS ABLE TO PUSH RED RELEASE BUTTON AND GET OUT OF CSS, CAUSING LOSS OF PROTECTION . *AK

BRITAX MODEL # 10106S, DOM 04/03/98; SCREWS (SECURITY PURPOSES) ON THE RED SAFETY HARNESS LATCH OF THE CSS HAD FALLEN OFF, CAUSING THE CSS TO NOT BE SECURE PROPERLY. *AK

BRITAX MODEL # 161, DOM 4/98; SEATBELT LOCK OFF CLIP LOCATED ON THE RIGHT AND LEFT SIDE OF THE CSS, HOLDS THE CSS IN PLACE. THE CLIP WAS STRIPPED OFF, CAUSING THE CSS TO MOVE SIDE TO SIDE. THE SEATBELT LOCKOFF CLIP BROKE 3 TIMES. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH BRITAX MODEL # 311-03, DOM 6/6/97. CSS SHIELD FITS VERY TIGHTLY INTO CHILD'S STOMACH, MAKING IT HARD FOR THE CHILD TO BREATH. IN ADDITION, IT CAUSES INDENTATION IN THE CHILD'S SKIN. THE MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

ADJUSTER BUTTON THAT ADJUSTS THE SHOULDER STRAPS WHEN PUSHED IN POPPED OUT ON ONE SIDE OF THE CLAMP OF THE BUTTON, BUTTON IS INOPERABLE, MANUFACTURER NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

1 1/2 YEAR OLD IS ABLE TO OPEN THE BUCKLE HIMSELF, REPLACE BUCKLE FOUR TIMES ON THE CSS.

THE BUCKLE ON THE CAR SEAT WILL NOT STAY TOGETHER. HAS NOT TALKED TO MANUFACTURER. *AK

BRITAX MODEL # 10101014, DOM 10/18/96; RECALL # 97E012000, CONSUMER HAS NOT RECEIVED KIT WHICH WAS ORDERED OVER (3) MONTHS AGO. KIT WAS ORDERED IN MAY OF 97. *AK

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE APR./97 FOR THE BUCKLE OF CSS. CONSUMER'S MANUFACTURING DATE DOES NOT MATCH RECALL MODEL NUMBERS. RECALL WAS FOR SEATS MANUFACTURED JUNE / 96. CONSUMER'S SEAT WAS MANUFACTURED MAY / 97, AND SHE SAYS THAT SHE HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH THE ORIGINAL BUCKLE, BUT BECAUSE SHE RECEIVED A RETROFIT KIT SHE CHANGED BUCKLES. SHE NOW HAS MORE PROBLEMS THAN EVER. SEAT SOMETIMES DOES NOT LOCK, THE MACHANISM CAN BE PULLED ON SLIGHTLY AND THE BELTS ARE RELEASED. *AK