How To Find Out If Your Child Safety Seat Has Been Recalled
How can I find out if my child safety seat has been recalled?
Well, the federal government keeps a record of child safety seats that have been recalled, and has a recall list which it's on their website and so forth. SafetyBeltSafe U.S.A. has developed a recall list that is extremely comprehensive. First of all, we cover all the seats that are out there within the last ten years. We list which recalls there are by manufacturers name, model name, date of manufacture, problem, and what to do about it. We also list all the good seats, so you can find your seat on the list, and know whether it's had a recall or not had a recall. We list older seats that we don't want you to use because they're too old, and some of the comments will even say "many of these models are on recall" as well, so not only are they too old, but there was a recall on them. The point is, it gives parents as much information as possible. Finally, we have started adding safety seats that are not on recall, but for which we know there is either a replacement part, there's a change in the instructions, or there's something that you should know about that seat; a warning of some sort. The reason we began to do this is that at one point, there was a warning about a safety seat we thought was pretty important, but it did not develop into a recall. We realised that if somebody happened to call the company, they would be told about this, but if they didn't happen to call the company, they wouldn't know about it. That's when we expanded our list. Anyone can watch or look at our list on our website; that's www.carseat.org, and we invite people to check there.
