- Vehicles
- 43,994
- Built between
- Nov 2006 – Oct 2007
- Models
- 2
- Recall type
- Child restraint
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 19 December 2008
- Repaired
- Not reported
- Unrepaired
- Not reported
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between November 2006 and October 2007. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- Graco 8C04FRR (comfort Sport)Built November 2006 to October 2007
- Graco 8C04FRR2 (comfort Sport)Built November 2006 to October 2007
What the defect is
Graco is recalling 43,994 comfortsport<sup>tm</sup> convertible car seats, in the frazier<sup>tm</sup> fashion, manufactured from november 1, 2006 through october 8, 2007. These seats were equipped with a large sized, supplemental pad or "body pillow" that partially obscures the child airbag warning label which is on the seat pad. The partial obscuring of this label fails to conform with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 213, "child restraint systems".
What could happen
Serious injury could occur to the child should the seat be improperly placed in the vehicle.
What gets fixed
GRACO WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND INSTRUCT THEM TO DISCARD THE SUPPLEMENTAL PILLOWS. THE PILLOWS ARE PROVIDED FOR COMFORT ONLY AND DO NOT AFFECT THE SEAT'S ABILITY TO PROTECT YOUR CHILD IN THE EVENT OF A CRASH. THE RECALL BEGAN ON DECEMBER 19, 2008.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtNovember 2006 to October 2007
- Recall reported to NHTSA4 December 2008
- Owners notified19 December 2008
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 4 December 2008.
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 graco at 1-800-345-4109 or by e-mail at consumerservices@gracobaby.com
Official source
- Recalling manufacturer
- GRACO CHILDREN'S PRODUCTS INC
- Safety standard
- FMVSS 213
- 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
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.