Infiniti Child Seat: Latch Strap

Infiniti is recalling about 167 vehicles over a problem with the child seat. If a child seat is not secured, there is an increased risk of injury in a crash.

Campaign
05V374000
Manufacturer
NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Reported
29 August 2005
Vehicles
167
Built between
Sep 2004 – Jun 2005
Models
1
Recall type
Vehicle
Initiated by
NHTSA compliance test
Owners notified
17 October 2005
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between September 2004 and June 2005. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • 2005 Infiniti Q45Built September 2004 to June 2005

What the defect is

Certain passenger vehicles equipped with power rear seats fail to conform to the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 225, "child restraint anchorage systems." the lower anchorage brackets in the rear seats do not meet the location requirement in this standard. This may cause difficulty in attaching some child seats to these brackets.

What could happen

If a child seat is not secured, there is an increased risk of injury in a crash.

What gets fixed

DEALERS WILL REPLACE THE LOWER ANCHORAGE BRACKETS WITH MODIFIED ONES TO ENSURE THAT THE STANDARD IS MET. THE RECALL BEGAN ON OCTOBER 17, 2005.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtSeptember 2004 to June 2005
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA29 August 2005
  3. Owners notified17 October 2005

Your rights

A safety recall repair is free. Under US federal law the manufacturer must fix a safety defect at no cost to you — no charge for parts, labor or diagnosis — whether or not you are the original owner. A dealer cannot charge you for recall work, and cannot require you to have bought the vehicle from them.

That entitlement is not unlimited. It applies where the vehicle was first sold less than 15 years before the recall was announced — 5 years for tires. Past that a manufacturer may still do the repair free of charge, and many do, but they are no longer obliged to. This recall was reported on 29 August 2005.

To arrange the repair, contact any franchised dealer for the brand. If a dealer refuses the work or tries to charge for it, you can report that to NHTSA at nhtsa.gov/recalls or on 1-888-327-4236.

Manufacturer contact

Owners may contact infiniti at 1-800-662-6200.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Safety standard
FMVSS 225
Recall initiated by
OVSC

Everything on this page — the models listed, the build dates and the repair figures — comes from the manufacturer's filing to NHTSA and describes the vehicle line as a whole, not any individual car. Only the manufacturer can confirm whether a specific vehicle is affected, and whether its recall work has already been carried out. Check yours by VIN and read the official notice at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

Additional notes

Customers may also contact the national highway traffic safety administration's vehicle safety hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (tty 1-800-424-9153), or go to http://www.safercar.gov.

Check your own vehicle

This page describes the recall, not any one car. To see which recalls cover a specific vehicle, search by make, model and year.

A VIN lookup here identifies your vehicle and shows recalls issued for that make, model and year. It cannot tell you what is still open on your individual car - only the manufacturer knows that. Search by VIN instead, or check your VIN at nhtsa.gov for whether a recall is still open on your individual car.

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