What NHTSA investigated
On April 2, 2014 Evenflo notified the the agency that it would conduct a safety recall of 1,368,649 convertible and harness booster car seats manufactured with AmSafe QT and QT3 harness buckles.Evenflo specifically excluded from that recall the Embrace Rear Facing Infant car seats with AmSafe buckles.Please see recall 14C-003 for details of the recall.The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) has upgraded this investigation to Engineering Analysis EA14-003 to focus on the Embrace Rear Facing Infant car seats produced with AmSafe buckles that were excluded from safety recall 14C-003.The ODI reports cited above, which were received through April 2, 2014, the date of Evenflo's Defect Information Report, can be reviewed at http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/owners/SearchSafetyIssues under the following (ODI) identification numbers:10482687, 10483527, 10484695, 10502087, 10503896, 10521737, 10534021, 10542666, 10542864, 10546235, 10548880, 10549197, 10549573, 10554661, 10555117, 10559278, 10559771, 10560817, 10563917, 10563968, 10563986, 10564030, 10564056, 10564131, 10564342, 10564497, 10564498, 10564629, 10564938, 10565555, 10566042, 10567941, 10568751, 10568813, 10572823, 10573193, 10574313, 10588386, 10590412.
The recall that followed
Vehicles covered
| Make | Model | Model years |
|---|---|---|
| Evenflo | CHASE | Model year not recorded |
| Evenflo | MAESTRO | 2011–2012 |
| Evenflo | SECUREKID | 2011–2012 |
| Evenflo | TITAN | 2011–2012 |
Source
From NHTSA’s investigation file, rebuilt daily. To report a problem with your own vehicle, go to nhtsa.gov/report-a-safety-problem. All open investigations.