EVENFLO 561 (DISCOVERY) Complaints

EVENFLO MODEL # 4531156P1, DOM 11/15/2000. AFTER PUTTING THE CHILD SEAT IN THE GRASS DURING SUNNY WEATHER THE CHILD SEAT CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED. *AK

COMPLAINT REGARDING CAR SEAT IN WHICH INFANT WAS SEATED IN DURING A FATAL ACCIDENT.*MR (EVENFLO CHILD SAFETY SEAT, MODEL #3161291P1). *NM

MY FAMILY AND I WERE INVOLVED IN A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT. ANOTHER VEHICLE CROSSED THE CENTER LINE AND STRUCK OUR VEHICLE HEAD-ON. DURING THE ACCIDENT, MY THREE MONTH OLD SON'S REAR FACING EVENFLO DISCOVERY CAR SEAT CAME UNLATCHED FROM THE SEAT'S BASE. MY SON SUFFERED SEVERE BRAIN INJURY AND DIED TWO DAYS LATER. *AK

EVENFLO, MODEL # 4791270P1, CHILD SEAT STUCK TO THE BASE, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO REMOVE THE CHILD FROM THE VEHICLE. ON ONE OCCASION CHILD SUSTAINED A HAIR LINE FRACTURE BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. CONSUMER HAD TO USE EXCESSIVE FORCE TO SEPARATE THE SEAT FROM THE BASE, WHICH RESULTED IN THE SEAT SWINGING BACKWARDS WHEN IT POPPED FREE. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED, AND WAS GOING TO REPLACE THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT. THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH EVENFLO CHILD SEATS. *AK

CONSUMER PLACED CHILD IN CARRIER AND WHILE DRIVING NOTICED THE BASE WAS IN PLACE BUT THE CARRIER WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WITH THE CHILD FACING UPWARD. *PH *JB MODEL #2091F2P.

EVENFLO MODEL # 2091E8P1, CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS HIT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE BY ANOTHER VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT FELL ON THE FLOORBOARD AND BOTH HARNESS CLIPS ON THE BACK OF THE CAR SEAT CAME APART. THE 8 MONTH OLD INFANT WAS EJECTED FROM THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT AND FELL ONTO THE MEDIUM. THE INFANT SUSTAINED EYE INJURIES BECAUSE THE INFANT LANDED ON HIS FACE. THE CONSUMER FELT BECAUSE THE INFANT WAS WEARING A LOT OF LAYERED CLOTHING OTHER INJURIES OR DEATH WAS PREVENTED. *AK THE CHILD SEAT HAD COME OFF THE BASE, FELL TO THE FLOOR AND THE CLIP THAT HELD THE STRAP TIGHT FOR ADJUSTMENTS IN THE BACK CRACKED. *SC *JB

MY CHILD WAS RESTRAINED IN EVENFLO DISCOVERY CAR RESTRAINT SEAT PROPERLY AND DID NOT EXCEED WEIGHT OR HEIGHT MEASUREMENTS. WE HAD A ROLL OVER ACCIDENT AND ROLLED APPROXIMATELY 3.5 TIMES. DURING THIS ROLLOVER HIS BODY WAS THROWN OUT OF THE SEAT AND HIS HEAD WAS LEFT IN WITH THE CHEST PLATE HOLDING HIM IN. WHEN WE CAME TO A STOP THE CAR WAS FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN AND HE WAS LEFT HANGING. WHEN I GOT TO THE BACK SEAT WHERE HE WAS LOCATED HE WAS BLUE AND NOT ABLE TO EVEN MOVE AIR TO CRY. I PROMPTLY GOT HIM OUT WITH THE HELP OF MY 13 YEAR OLD SON. HE WAS OKAY A FEW SECONDS LATER. THESE TYPES OF CAR SEATS ARE NOT SAFE IN MY OPINION IN A ROLL OVER TYPE ACCIDENT AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. HE WOULD HAVE HUNG HAD WE BEEN INCAPICITATED AND UNABLE TO REACH HIM. I WILL NEVER USE THIS TYPE OF CAR RESTRAINT AGAIN.

EVENFLO MODEL # 3161356P1, DOM 11/08/2003. IT WAS HARD TO PUSH DOWN ON THE RELEASE BUTTON TO UNLOCK THE CHILD FROM THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT HARNESS. *AK

EVENFLO CARSEAT DISCOVERY MODEL #4771273P1 CONCERN REGARDING PLASTIC "CLIPS" THAT HOLD IN THE 5 PT HARNESS AND ALSO THE LATCH BUCKLE EXCESSIVE WEAR/TEAR SEEM TO MAKE CLIPS BEND OUT OF SHAPE AND NOT SECURELY HOLD IN BUCKLE AND HARNESS. *AK

THE HANDLE STARTED TO CRACK AT THE BOTTOM WHERE IT HOOKED ONTO THE SEAT ON BOTH SIDES. *PH THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS TOLD NOTHING COULD BE DONE BECAUSE THE CHILD SEAT WAS OLDER THAN 3 MONTHS. THE CONSUMER ALSO NOTICED THE SIDE NOTCHES WHERE THE SEAT BELTS GO WHEN NOT IN USE SHOWED SIGNS OF STRESS.( MODEL #3161356O1) *JB