EVENFLO 561 (DISCOVERY) Complaints

TL* - THE CONTACT OWNS AN EVENFLO DISCOVERY CHILD SAFETY SEAT. THE CONTACT SAW A REPORT ON CBS 1/11/07 RE: SAFETY RECALL ON THE EVENFLO DISCOVERY. THE CONTACT HAS ALSO RESEARCHED ON THE INTERNET AND READ THAT THE EVENFLO RATED POORLY AND DIDN'T MEET THE REQUIREMENTS IN THE TEST CONDUCTED BY CONSUMER REPORT. THE MANUFACTURER DATE FOR THE EVENFLO CHILD SAFETY SEAT IS MARCH 6, 2005.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHEN THE CANOPY TOP WAS FULLY EXTENDED WITH THE CHILD IN THE SAFETY SEAT, THE SEAT FELL OVER. THERE WERE NO INJURIES SUSTAINED. THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED TWICE, AND SENT A REPLACEMENT CANOPY, BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. THE CONTACT STATED THE CANOPY HUNG TOO LOW, AND WOULD DRAG ON THE FLOOR WHEN CARRIED OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THIS WAS AN EVENFLO DISCOVERY. DOM:02/15/06.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT WAS TOO VERTICAL WHEN INSTALLED IN THE VEHICLE BY A CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY TECHNICIAN, CAUSING THE HEAD OF THE INFANT TO JERK FORWARD UPON STOPPING THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING 35 MPH WHEN IT WAS STOPPED UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, WHO STATED THAT THIS SITUATION DID NOT POSE A HAZARD TO THE CHILD. THE SAFETY SEAT WAS AN EVENFLO DISCOVERY.

THE HARNESS STRAP ADJUSTER IN THE BACK OF THE EVENFLO DISCOVERY CAR SEAT BROKE. *TS WHEN IT BROKE THERE WAS NOTHING TO HOLD THE HARNESS STRAP IN PLACE. *NM

DT: EVENFLO MODEL # 316129P1, THE CONTACT'S CHILD IS ABLE TO SLIDE THE HARNESS CLIP DOWNWARD. THIS ALLOWED THE CHILD TO GET HER ARMS THROUGH THE HARNESS STRAPS. THE HARNESS CLIP WAS LOCATED AT ARM PIT LEVEL ON THE CHILD. *AK

DURING A SINGLE-VEHICLE ROLLOVER, A 7-MONTH OLD INFANT WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN HIS EVENFLO DISCOVER ADJUST RIGHT INFANT CAR SEAT (MODEL 4791270P1, DATE OF MANUFACTURER 3/23/02) WAS SEPARATED FROM ITS BASE AND EJECTED*NM. 4/16/2007 CONSUMER WOULD LIKE TO ADD ADDITIONAL INFO 34 PAGES. *MC. UPDATED 04/16/07. *JB

DT: EVENFLO DISCOVERY, DOM 08/13/2003. THE SEAT IS NOT LOCKING PROPERLY INTO THE BASE FOR THE INFANT CARRIER. THE SEAT FLOPPED FORWARD, THE BABY WAS NOT INJURED. SHE DID TAKE HIM TO THE DOCTOR. THIS HAPPENED ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2005, AND THE CONSUMER HAS NOT USED THE SEAT SINCE. *AK

DT: EVENFLO DISCOVERY CHILD SAFETY SEAT. THE CONSUMER STATES THERE IS A RED CLAMP IN THE BACK OF THE SEAT. IT WAS CLAMPED ONTO A SHOPPING CART, AND THE WHOLE SEAT CAME OFF BECAUSE THE CLAMP. CAME UNDONE. THE CHILD WAS NOT INJURED WHEN THIS HAPPENED. THERE WAS AN INCIDENT REPORT TAKEN AT WALMART, WHERE THIS HAPPENED. THIS HAPPENED ON AUGUST 18, 2005.*AK

DT: EVENFLO DISCOVERY MODEL NO. 3162356P1, DOM 12-9-04. THE ADJUSTER STRAP CAN BE PUSHED DOWN BY A 4 MONTH OLD CHILD. THIS ALLOWS THE CHILD TO BE ABLE TO CLIMB OUT OF THE SEAT. THE SEAT IS A 3. HARNESS. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, AND THEY TOLD HER THAT NO ONE ELSE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS. LATER THE SAME DAY THE CONSUMER MET SOMEONE THAT HAD A 2 MONTH OLD CHILD THAT COULD SLIDE THROUGH THE ADJUSTER STRAP. CONSUMER CONSIDERED THAT THE CHILD COULD CLIMB OUT WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING, AND BE AT A RISK OF INJURY BECAUSE SHE WAS NOT PROPERLY SECURED. AND THERE ARE NO OTHER KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH THE SEAT AT THIS TIME. *AK

DT: EVENFLO DISCOVERY MODEL NO. 3161098P1, THE PINS THAT ARE IN THE BASE OF THE CHILD SEAT THAT ATTACH THE SEAT TO THE BASE HAVE FALLEN OUT, THERE IS NO BREAKAGE, THE CONSUMER WAS PUTTING THE CHILD SEAT INTO HER VEHICLE AND NOTICE THIS PROBLEM, THE CONSUMER HAD NOT NOTICED WHEN THE PINS BECAME LOSE, THIS OCCURRED ON JULY 7, 2005, REAR FACING INFANT SEAT, MANUFACTURED ON JULY 1, 2003. *NM