EVENFLO 207 (ON MY WAY) Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS AN EVENFLO REARFACING INFANT SEAT, MODEL 2580191 OR 2580336 (NA). THE SEAT WAS MANUFACTURED ON MAY 1, 2008. WHILE CARRYING THE SEAT, THE HANDLE COLLAPSED AND THE BABY FELL OUT OF THE SEAT. THE BABY WAS TAKEN TO THE DOCTOR FOR BRUISES. ON OCCASION, THE HANDLE LOCKS AND THE CONTACT CANNOT REMOVE HER CHILD FROM THE INFANT SEAT. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN.

WE WERE GIVEN AN EVENFLO CAR SEAT FOR A PAST CHILD THAT WE NEVER USED. WE RECENTLY HAD A NEWBORN AND DECIDED TO USE IT AS OUR OTHER ONE WAS USED HEAVILY. MY HUSBAND PICKED UP OUR SON WHILE IN THE SEAT ON TUESDAY MAY 8, 2007. THE HANDLE WAS UP BUT UNEXPECTEDLY BECAME UNSECURED ,WHICH RESULTED IN OUR 1 WEEK OLD CHILD BEING JARRED FORWARD. YESTERDAY I SAW ON THE NEWS THAT THERE WERE SOME EVENFLO CAR SEATS ON RECALL FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. I DID NOT SEE THE RECALL FOR OUR MODEL BEGINNING WITH 495. WAS THERE ONE? *AK

DT: EVENFLO ON MY WAY MODEL 48431025P2, DOM 02/18/2000. THE CONTACT STATED THAT CAR SEAT FAILED THIS WEEKEND. THE SEAT WOULD NOT UNLATCH FROM THE BASE. THE CONTACT WAS TRYING TO REMOVE THE SEAT INTO A DIFFERENT VEHICLE, AND THE LATCH WOULD NOT DISENGAGE FROM ITS BASE. THE CONTACT CONTACTED EVENFLO, AND THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD TAKE HER SAFETY CONCERN INTO CONSIDERATION, AND NOT TO USE THE CAR SEAT AGAIN. THEY DID NOT OFFER ANY FREE REMEDY OR REPLACEMENT SEAT.*AK

EVENFLO MODEL # 70256014, THE HARNESS LATCH BROKE. CONSUMER IS UNABLE TO FASTEN THE CHILD INTO THE SEAT. THE MANUFACTURE WILL BE CONTACTED. *AK

EVENFLO ON MY WAY, MODEL #211/MFR. DATE, 16 FEB 01: THE PLASTIC AROUND THE SCREW AREA BROKE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE STRAP ADJUSTER. *JB

THERE IS A PADDED BAR THAT COMES OVER THE BABY'S HEAD. CONSUMER THE BAR CATCHES THE CHILD'S ARM BETWEEN THE BAR AND SEAT. IT PINCHES THE CHILD'S ARM. *AK THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER. *NM

WE OWN A EVENFLO ON MY WAY MODEL # 8450PVNV INFANT REAR FACING CHILD SEAT MODEL ON THE BACK OF THE CAR SEAT WHERE YOU TIGHTEN THE HARNESS THERE IS A MAJOR STRESS POINT, AND IT HAS BROKEN TWICE. IT HAS ONLY BROKEN WHEN WE HAVE WENT TO TIGHTEN THE HARNESS. IF IT WAS TO BRAKE DURING AN ACCIDENT THE HARNESS COULD COME FREE EJECTING THE CHILD FROM THE SEAT. *AK

THE HARNESS ADJUSTER BROKE ON THE LEFT SIDE, WHILE THE CONSUMER WAS ADJUSTING THE HARNESS STRAPS. MODEL # 2111124P1. THE MANUFACTURE HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *LA

UPON IMPACT THE CHILD SEAT SEPARATED FROM ITS BASE WITHOUT WARNING. AS A RESULT, THE SEAT FLIPPED OVER ONTO THE CHILD. NO INJURIES REPORTED.

THE CLIP ON ONE SIDE OF THE CAR SEAT BROKE. THE CLIP IS WHAT THE SEAT BELT WEAVED INTO AT THE BACK OF THE CAR SEAT. THE ACTUAL PART THAT LOOSENED AND TIGHTENED THE SET BELT BROKE AWAY FROM THE BACK OF THE CAR SEAT. THE MANUFACTURER REPLACED THE CAR SEAT. *JB