Cosco Child Seat: Material/Padding

Cosco is recalling about 500,950 vehicles over a problem with the child seat. The elastic straps that secure the pad to the shell can come loose and be accessible to the child.

Campaign
07C012000
Manufacturer
DOREL JUVENILE GROUP
Reported
17 December 2007
Vehicles
500,950
Built between
Sep 2004 – Sep 2007
Models
2
Recall type
Child restraint
Initiated by
Manufacturer
Owners notified
18 December 2007
Repaired
Not reported
Unrepaired
Not reported

Does this affect my vehicle?

This recall covers vehicles built between September 2004 and September 2007. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.

  • Cosco TourivaBuilt September 2004 to September 2007
  • Cosco Kids Regal RideBuilt September 2004 to September 2007

What the defect is

Certain cosco touriva convertible child restraints, models 22100TTD, 22100FSN, 22100TIP, 22111FSM, and 22130WAL, and cosco regal ride, model 22139MON, manufactured from september 28, 2004, through september 20, 2007. Models 22100FSM and 22111FSM were also sold as two packs with model 93100FSM and 93111FSM. The outside packaging would have the 93 number however the individual units are marked with the 22.

What could happen

The elastic straps that secure the pad to the shell can come loose and be accessible to the child. The child could then loop the elastic strap around portions of his or her body possibly resulting in injury.

What gets fixed

DOREL WILL NOTIFY REGISTERED OWNERS AND PROVIDE A FREE REPAIR KIT. THE RECALL BEGAN ON DECEMBER 18, 2007.

Timeline

  1. Vehicles builtSeptember 2004 to September 2007
  2. Recall reported to NHTSA17 December 2007
  3. Owners notified18 December 2007

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 17 December 2007.

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 can contact dorel at 1-888-698-6681, monday through friday 8AM to 4:30PM est or visit their website at www.djgusa.com.

Official source

Recalling manufacturer
DOREL JUVENILE GROUP
Recall initiated by
MFR

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

Dorel has not made a decision that these units contain a safety related defect, however dorel will provide a free repair kit.customers may 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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