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Tuesday, October 21, 2003
Contact: Tim Hurd, (202) 366-9550
NHTSA 46-03
Britax to Conduct Safety Recall of Super Elite Youth Restraints
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) today announced that Britax Child
Safety, Inc., will conduct a safety recall of Super Elite youth restraints
(Model E9031) manufactured from April 25, 2001, through Feb. 15, 2002.
Crash tests conducted by NHTSA have demonstrated that forces on certain
Super Elite restraints during a crash could cause the child’s head to move
forward further than allowed by Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 213,
“Child Restraint Systems.” Head movement like this in a real crash could result
in injury to a child.
Britax will mail a free repair kit along with easy-to-follow installation
instructions to owners who have returned their registration cards. Owners who
have not registered their product should contact Britax’s toll-free number,
1-888-4BRITAX (1-888-427-4829) or visit Britax’s web site (BritaxUSA.com) to
receive the free kit or to obtain more information.
NHTSA encourages parents to obtain and install the repair kit as soon as
possible, so that the child seat provides adequate protection. If they have no
substitute child safety seat, parents should continue to use the seat while
waiting to receive and install the repair kit because this unrepaired Britax
seat will provide better protection than an adult seat belt or no restraint.
Also, owners are encouraged to mail in the registration card if they have not
already done so.
Consumers with questions about this or any other safety recall campaign
should call NHTSA’s toll-free Auto Safety Hotline, 1-(888) 327-4236, or check
NHTSA’s web site, http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/.
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