Thursday, April 10, 2003
NHTSA 10-03
Contact: Tim Hurd
Tel. No.: (202) 366-9550
NHTSA Reminds Parents of Safety Recall Involving
Graco’s SnugRide Infant Seats
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) today reminded consumers that
Graco Children’s Products is conducting a safety recall involving 650,000 of
its SnugRide infant car seats.
This safety recall, which
Graco announced on March 12, involves certain infant seats with Model Numbers
8402, 8412, 8442, 8442L, 8443, 8443L, 8444, 8444L, 8446, 8446L, 8447, 8447L,
8448, 8448L, 8457, 8458, 8459, 8601, 8463, 8464, 8470, 8471, 8478 and C844342
that were manufactured between March 1, 2002, and March 6, 2003.
Some of these seats may have
missing hardware that is used to attach the carrier to the base.
If the hardware is missing, the carrier may not be securely attached to
the base. In the event of a sudden
stop or vehicle crash, the carrier may detach from the base, possibly resulting
in serious injury or death.
NHTSA Administrator Jeffrey W.
Runge, M.D., strongly urged parents to inspect their SnugRide infant car seats.
Parents who find that a SnugRide infant seat does not have hooks or pins
should not use the base and should call Graco at 1-866-473-0163 for a new base.
Inspection instructions are at the Graco
web site on the World Wide Web.
The infant carrier may, however,
be used in the car without the base. For
proper instructions on installing the carrier in the car without the base,
parents should consult an instruction manual.
Installation instructions are available online at www.gracobaby.com.
For more information, owners
should write to Graco Children’s Products, Inc., 150 Oaklands Boulevard,
Exton, PA 19341.
Consumers with questions about this or any other safety recall campaign should call NHTSA’s toll-free Auto Safety Hotline, (888) 327-4236.
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