EVENFLO 470 (EVENFLO BOOSTER) Complaints

DT: CHILD SAFETY SEAT IS SUPPOSE TO FIT A CHILD OF UP TO 7 YEARS AND 80 POUNDS, SEAT WILL NOT FIT CONSUMER'S CHILD THAT IS 3 YEARS OLD AND 47 POUNDS. *TT

DT: THE POSITIONING CLIP ON THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT BROKE WHILE TRYING TO CLIP IT. *NM

EVENFLO MODEL # 3182198P1,DOM 03/10/2005. I WORK FOR AAA AUTO CLUB SOUTH AS A CERTIFIED PASSENGER SAFETY TECHNICIAN. THIS WEEKEND, APRIL 2, 2005, WE WERE HAVING A SAFETY SEAT CHECKPOINT IN CORAL SPRINGS. WE PURCHASED 36 BOOSTER SEATS (WITH INTERNAL HARNESS SYSTEMS) FROM EVENFLO TO HAVE IN CASE WE NEEDED TO REPLACE A SEAT (WE ALSO PURCHASED 84 CONVERTIBLE SEATS - BUT THEY ARE FINE). I NEED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS A VERY SERIOUS DEFECT WITH THE BOOSTER SEATS THAT WE PURCHASED. HERE IS THE PROBLEM: IF YOU TAKE THE HARNESS STRAP AND MOVE IT TO THE TOP SLOT (ON THE LEFT SIDE) THERE IS NO PLASTIC "TOOTH" TO SNAP THE METAL BAR BACK INTO. BASICALLY, THERE IS NO WAY TO SECURE THE HARNESS STRAP BEHIND THE SEAT. IF THE PARENT OR CHILD MOVES THE HARNESS WHILE WEARING THE STRAPS, IT WILL COME OUT OF THE HOLDER IN THE BACK. *AK *JB

THE STYLE OF BELT POSITIONING CLIP ON THE EVENFLO COMET BOOSTER SEAT ALLOWS SLACK TO BE INTRODUCED INTO THE SHOULDER BELT BUT DOES NOT ALLOW THE SEAT BELT TO RETRACT. *AK

EVENFLO EXPRESS MODEL# 312198P1. METAL HARNESS ADJUSTER IS SUPPOSED TO SNAP TO THE BACK OF THE BOOSTER SEAT. ON THIS SEAT, THERE IS NOTHING TO SNAP THE ADJUSTER TO. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, WHO INDICATED THAT THE SEAT WAS SAFE. *AK

I AM A CERTIFIED INSTRUCTOR IN CPS (I001572). COMPLAINT IS ABOUT THE HARNESS STRAP TENSIONER SEEMS LOOSE. MOTHER COMPLAINED THAT THE METAL FLAP THAT PROVIDES TENSION TO THE HARNESS STRAPS SEEMS LOOSE AND RATTLES. I PULLED ON HARNESS TO SEE IF IT WAS TIGHT AND IT DOES HOLD WITH MY PULL. CONCERNED FOR WHEN THERE IS A CRASH. PLEASE NOTE PROBLEM AND INVESTIGATE IF NECCESSARY. EVENFLO TRIBUTE MODEL NUMBER 3792098P1 MANUFACTURED ON 07AUG03. THANK YOU. KLM

CHILD SEAT HAS A DEFECT IN THE HARNESS ADJUSTER.*MR THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE HARNESS HAD TIGHTENED AROUND THE CHILD'S NECK AND IT APPEARED THE CHILD WAS BEING STRANGLED, AFTER THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO RELEASE THE HARNESS, THERE WAS A DEEP LONG RED MARK ON THE CHILD'S NECK AND THE ALSO HER SKIN WAS BROKEN. *LA *JB *CB *JB

I HAVE A 1999 HYUNDAI ACCENT. THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR SEAT BELT IS MALFUNCTIONING. IT WILL EITHER PULL OUT AND NOT RETRACT, OR IT WILL RETRACT ALL THE WAY AND NOT COME OUT. I CALLED A DEALER TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY RECALLS FOR THIS, BEING A SAFETY ISSUE AND ALL, THEY TOLD ME NO. I HAD MY DAUGHTER'S CAR SEAT BELTED IN THAT SEAT IN THE MORNING WITH NO PROBLEM, TOOK IT OUT AND WHEN WE TRIED TO PUT IT BACK IN, THE SEAT BELT WAS RETRACTED ALL THE WAY AND WOULDN'T PULL OUT AT ALL. FOR THE TIME BEING THE CAR SEAT IS IN THE MIDDLE POSITION, BUT NOW MY OLDEST CHILD'S BOOSTER SEAT WILL NOT FIT. IF THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE WITH THIS PROBLEM, MAYBE A RECALL COULD BE ISSUED OR SOMETHING.

WHILE SECURING THE EVENFLO COMET BOOSTER CAR SEAT, THE STYROFOAM BETWEEN THE SEAT AND THE BACK BROKE. MY TWO-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER IS ABLE TO SLIDE THE HARNESS CLIP DOWN AND WIGGLE HER ARMS OUT OF THE HARNESS, EVEN THOUGH IT IS SNUG ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTIONS. BOTH MY TWO-YEAR-OLD AND I HAVE SCRATCHED OURSELVES, EVEN LACERATING THE SKIN RESULTING IN BLEEDING, ON THE SHOULDER STRAP POSITIONER BECAUSE THE PLASTIC EDGES ARE SO SHARP. MY TWO-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER HAS BRUISED THE BACKS OF HER THIGHS AND HER BOTTOM ON THE HARNESS ADUSTMENT KNOB WHILE GETTING OUT OF THE SEAT.

CONSUMER STATED THE SEAT BELT GUIDE CLIP WAS DEFECTIVE. THE CLIP WAS MADE OF CHEAP PLASTIC, WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER APPLIED BRAKES NORMALLY AND CLIP BROKE.*JB CSS INFO: EVENFLO/245119P1/2002