- Vehicles
- 11,020
- Built between
- Sep 1994 – Nov 1994
- Models
- 1
- Recall type
- Child restraint
- Initiated by
- Manufacturer
- Owners notified
- 15 December 1994
- Repaired
- Not reported
- Unrepaired
- Not reported
Does this affect my vehicle?
This recall covers vehicles built between September 1994 and November 1994. If yours was built outside that window, it is not part of this recall.
- Fisher Price 9173Built September 1994 to November 1994
What the defect is
The seats have an incorrectly positioned label warning that any car seat used in the rear-facing position should not be installed in an automobile seat on which an air bag may deploy. This does not comply with the requirements of FMVSS no. 213, "child restraint systems."
What gets fixed
A NEW LABEL WILL BE SENT TO CONSUMERS WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO CORRECTLY PLACE THE LABEL ON THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT.
Timeline
- Vehicles builtSeptember 1994 to November 1994
- Recall reported to NHTSA14 November 1994
- Owners notified15 December 1994
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 14 November 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
- FISHER-PRICE
- 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
System: equipment: child safety seats.equipment description: infant child safety seats.consequence of noncompliance: owners may inadvertently install the child seatincorrectly resulting in injury to the child seat occupant in an accident inwhich the passenger side air bag deploys.note: consumers can call fisher-price consumer affairs at 1-800-432-5437 FROM8 a.m. To 6 p.m., est, monday through friday, to obtain a new label. If youhave a problem obtaining a new label, please contact the national highwaytraffic safety administration's auto safety hotline at 1-800-424-9393.( previous recall number 94E035000)
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.