- Vehicles
- 308,271
- Built between
- Feb 1993 – Aug 1993
- Models
- 3
- Recall type
- Child restraint
- Initiated by
- NHTSA investigation
- Owners notified
- Not yet
- Repaired
- Not reported
- Unrepaired
- Not reported
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between February 1993 and August 1993. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- Evenflo 224 (champion/Scout/Trooper)Built February 1993 to August 1993
- Evenflo 231 (ultara I)Built February 1993 to August 1993
- Evenflo 232 (ultara I)Built February 1993 to August 1993
What the defect is
The seats are equipped with a latching aid, which is a gray or white plastic sleeve located at the base of the webbing at the point where the webbing is joined to the buckle tongue. The latching aid is to provide the consumer with a convenient stiffener for the webbing, in order to ease the insertion of the buckle tongue into the receiving end of the buckle. This latching aid can become torn or split or can slip out of position.
What could happen
This condition can cause the consumer to have difficultyin latching the safety seat's internal buckling system.
What gets fixed
EVENFLO WILL PROVIDE AN INSTRUCTION SHEET SHOWING HOW TO REMOVE THE PLASTIC SLEEVE. REMOVING THIS SLEEVE WILL NOT DECREASE OR AFFECT THE SAFETY OF THE CHILD SEAT.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtFebruary 1993 to August 1993
- Recall reported to NHTSA27 May 1994
No owner-notification date has been published yet. Manufacturers normally write to registered owners within 60 days of reporting a recall.
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 27 May 1994.
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.
Official source
- Recalling manufacturer
- EVENFLO COMPANY, INC.
- Recall initiated by
- ODI
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
System: child seat.equipment description: champion model 224, ultara 1 model 231 and ultara iimodel 232 manufactured from february 8 through august 4, 1993.NOTE: if you have any problems obtaining or carrying out the instructions forthe corrective action, please contact evenflo at 1-800-233-5921. Also, contactnational highway traffic safety administration's auto safety hotline AT1-800-424-9393.( previous recall number 94E016000)
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.