BRITAX 161 (ROUNDABOUT) Complaints

BRITAX, MODEL 900217, DOM DATE 1-27-00 , CHILD IS ABLE TO UNBUCKLE HARNESS, CONSUMER FEELS THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW. *AK

ROUND ABOUT SEAT MANUFACTURED IN APRIL 1998. FORWARD FACING RED SEAT BELT LOCK OFF FAILED. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK MANUFACTURER PROVIDED REPLACEMENT AT NO COST. *YH

BRITAX MODEL # 161-12, DOM 4/6/98; DAUGHTER WHO IS NOT TWO YEARS OF AGE IS ABLE TO UNBUCKLE THE CAR SEAT BETWEEN LEGS. DAUGHTER HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO THIS SINCE SHE WAS 16 MONTHS OLD. BRITAX IS SENDING PARENT A HIGHER RESISTANT BUCKLE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

BRITAX MODEL# 161, DOM 13 FEB 99: CONSUMER'S 16 MONTH OLD CHILD CAN RELEASE THE BUCKLE. IF CHILD DOES THIS, AND THEN VEHICLE IS INVOLVED IA A CRASH, CHILD WOULD NOT BR PROTECTED BY THE RETRAINT SYSTEM, AND COULD BE INJURED. MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFED AT THIIS TIME. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

BRITAX MODEL 161, DOM 12/1997; CHILD WAS ABLE TO PUSH LITTLE RED LEVER DOWN AND GET OUT OF SEAT. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED MANUFACTURER. MANUFACTURER SENT REPLACEMENT PARTS, CHILD WAS STILL ABLE TO GET OUT THE SEAT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

THE RECALL KIT FOR THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT WAS RECEIVED, CONSUMER FOLLOWED INSTRUCTIONS HOWEVER THE SEAT STRAPS DO NOT WORK PROPERLY AFTER RECALL WORK COMPLETED, THE CHILD IS NOT PROPERLY SECURED. *SLC

BRITAX MODEL # 16106, DOM 10/97: THERE IS A CRACK IN THE STYROFOAM THAT GOES OVER THE PLASTIC MOLDING, AT CHEST LEVEL OF THE CAR SEAT. PARENT NOTICED THIS WHEN THE COVER WAS TAKEN OFF THE SEAT. MANUFACTURER WILL BE CONTACTED ABOUT THE SEAT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

BRITAX 00E 034 000/FMVSS 213 HARNESS ADJUSTER: REPAIRS KIT CONCERNING THE METAL CLIP ATTACH TO THE NEW HARNESS GETS CAUGHT IN THE OLD HARNESS, AND CAUSES EXCESSIVE SPACE AND UNABILITY TO SECURE THE CHILD PROPERLY. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

RECALL 00E034000 EQUIPMENT: CHILD SEAT: CONVERTIBLE; BRITAX MODEL # 161, DOM, 1/22/99. SHOULDER KIT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO ADJUST THE SHOULDER BELT. METAL CLIP GETS STUCK ON THE HOLE IN THE BACK OF THE SEAT. OFTEN THE CAR SEAT HAS TO BE TAKEN OUT OF THE VEHICLE IN ORDER TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATON.*AK

BRITAX MODEL # 161; DOM 20-FEB-1999; 00E 034 000/FMVSS 213 HARDNESS AJUSTER: REPLACEMENT HARDNESS AJUSTER CAUSES A PROBLEM WITH UNABLE TO AJUST THE HARDNESS STRAP; MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF THE THE PROBLEM. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK