{"@context":{"@vocab":"https://schema.org/"},"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/api/v1/nhtsa/complaints/check?make=BRITAX","name":"BRITAX","_source":{"data_provider":"AI Analytics","data_provider_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/","primary_source":"https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/downloads/","generated_at":"2026-09-09T21:59:24.745Z"},"summary":{"total_complaints":40,"deaths":4,"injured":53,"fires":4},"top_components":[{"component_desc":"CHILD SEAT","n":13},{"component_desc":"CHILD SEAT:TETHER: STRAP/WEBBING","n":4},{"component_desc":"CHILD SEAT:HARNESS:STRAP/WEBBING","n":4},{"component_desc":"CHILD SEAT:LATCH CONNECTOR/CLIP","n":3},{"component_desc":"CHILD SEAT:HARNESS RETAINER/CHEST CLIP","n":3},{"component_desc":"CHILD SEAT:HARNESS BUCKLE:INFANT","n":3},{"component_desc":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","n":2},{"component_desc":"CHILD SEAT:SHELL:CONVERTIBLE","n":2},{"component_desc":"CHILD SEAT:MATERIAL/PADDING","n":2},{"component_desc":"Other/I am not sure","n":1}],"recent_complaints":[{"cmplid":"1966007","date_received":"2024-02-09","make":"BRITAX","model":"E1C20-GROW WITH YOU","model_year":2019,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"Other/I am not sure","description":"The plastic part of the car seat by the head rest broke.  My kid's hand went through it when he was climbing into the seat and got scratched up a little due to the sharp edges from the break. When the plastics were examined, it felt brittle. The care seat is about 3 years old.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1966007"},{"cmplid":"1656001","date_received":"2020-03-25","make":"BRITAX","model":"FRONTIER CLICKTIGHT XE","model_year":null,"deaths":1,"injured":1,"fire":1,"crash":1,"component_desc":"CHILD SEAT","description":"RE: NHTSA ODI #11317879  DEFECT PETITION REQUEST TO INVESTIGATE CATASTROPHIC STRUCTURAL FAILURE OF THE BRITAX FRONTIER CLICKTIGHT CAR SEAT THAT RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF A 4 YEAR OLD IN NOVEMBER 2019. *JB  SEE ATTACHED PDF*DT  *JB*DT","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1656001"},{"cmplid":"1654132","date_received":"2020-03-13","make":"BRITAX","model":"FRONTIER CLICKTIGHT XE","model_year":null,"deaths":1,"injured":2,"fire":1,"crash":1,"component_desc":"CHILD SEAT:TETHER: STRAP/WEBBING","description":"ON 11/13/19 AT 06:18 A 2016 NISSAN ROGUE SWERVED LEFT, THEN RIGHT, STRUCK A UTILITY POLE HEAD ON AT 30 MPH. DRIVER HAD MINOR ABRASIONS. TWO CHILDREN IN BACK BOTH IN FF CAR SEATS SECURED W LOWER ANCHOR TETHER.*DT*DT*DT*DT*DT*DT*DT*DT*JB*DT   REAR PASSENGER SIDE: 2Y2M MALE IN COSCO ALPHA OMEGA ELITE (DOM 5/17/2011) W/ MINOR INJURIES FEW ABRASIONS, BRUISES ON HEAD, BIT TONGUE.   REAR DRIVERS SIDE: 4Y0M MALE 42 INCHES (38.5LBS DURING LAST EXAM, APPROX 2 MO. PRIOR) IN BRITAX FRONTIER CLICKTIGHT XE WHOSE 5 POINT HARNESS PULLED AND BROKE THROUGH THE PLASTIC FRAMING OF THE SHELL. 4Y/O INITIALLY CRYING & WHIMPERING BUT QUICKLY UNRESPONSIVE WENT INTO CARDIAC ARREST AT SCENE. EVENTUALLY REVIVED, BUT DECLARED BRAIN DEAD. REMOVED FROM LIFE SUPPORT 11/15. AUTOPSY CONCLUDES CHILD DIED OF MULTIPLE BLUNT FORCE INJURIES: ACUTE SUBDURAL & SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE, CEREBRAL SWELLING W/ HERNIATION, HIS, SKULL FXS, PULMONARY CONTUSIONS  CAR SEATS REMAINED INSTALLED. EVALUATED IN-VEHICLE 11/14 BY MSP OFFICER WHO IS CPST. NOTED: FRONTIER INSTALLED USING LA STRAP WHICH WAS PROPERLY ATTACHED, ROUTED, & LOCKED TO THE VEHICLE SLAG, TETHER STRAP PROPERLY ROUTED UNDER HER AND ATTACHED TO TA. APPROX. 4 IN. OF SIDE TO SIDE & FORWARD MVMT OF FRONTIER. FROM OFFICERS REPORT: THE 5 POINT HARNESS PULLED AND BROKE THROUGH THE PLASTIC FRAMING OF THE SHELL, CAUSING THE HARNESS AND ADJUSTABLE PORTION OF THE SEAT TO COME FORWARD, WITH THE FRAME STILL BEING ATTACHED TO THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE CHILD WAS FIRST CONTACTED AF","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1654132"},{"cmplid":"1654133","date_received":"2020-03-13","make":"BRITAX","model":"FRONTIER CLICKTIGHT XE","model_year":null,"deaths":1,"injured":2,"fire":1,"crash":1,"component_desc":"CHILD SEAT:MATERIAL/PADDING","description":"ON 11/13/19 AT 06:18 A 2016 NISSAN ROGUE SWERVED LEFT, THEN RIGHT, STRUCK A UTILITY POLE HEAD ON AT 30 MPH. DRIVER HAD MINOR ABRASIONS. TWO CHILDREN IN BACK BOTH IN FF CAR SEATS SECURED W LOWER ANCHOR TETHER.*DT*DT*DT*DT*DT*DT*DT*DT*JB*DT   REAR PASSENGER SIDE: 2Y2M MALE IN COSCO ALPHA OMEGA ELITE (DOM 5/17/2011) W/ MINOR INJURIES FEW ABRASIONS, BRUISES ON HEAD, BIT TONGUE.   REAR DRIVERS SIDE: 4Y0M MALE 42 INCHES (38.5LBS DURING LAST EXAM, APPROX 2 MO. PRIOR) IN BRITAX FRONTIER CLICKTIGHT XE WHOSE 5 POINT HARNESS PULLED AND BROKE THROUGH THE PLASTIC FRAMING OF THE SHELL. 4Y/O INITIALLY CRYING & WHIMPERING BUT QUICKLY UNRESPONSIVE WENT INTO CARDIAC ARREST AT SCENE. EVENTUALLY REVIVED, BUT DECLARED BRAIN DEAD. REMOVED FROM LIFE SUPPORT 11/15. AUTOPSY CONCLUDES CHILD DIED OF MULTIPLE BLUNT FORCE INJURIES: ACUTE SUBDURAL & SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE, CEREBRAL SWELLING W/ HERNIATION, HIS, SKULL FXS, PULMONARY CONTUSIONS  CAR SEATS REMAINED INSTALLED. EVALUATED IN-VEHICLE 11/14 BY MSP OFFICER WHO IS CPST. NOTED: FRONTIER INSTALLED USING LA STRAP WHICH WAS PROPERLY ATTACHED, ROUTED, & LOCKED TO THE VEHICLE SLAG, TETHER STRAP PROPERLY ROUTED UNDER HER AND ATTACHED TO TA. APPROX. 4 IN. OF SIDE TO SIDE & FORWARD MVMT OF FRONTIER. FROM OFFICERS REPORT: THE 5 POINT HARNESS PULLED AND BROKE THROUGH THE PLASTIC FRAMING OF THE SHELL, CAUSING THE HARNESS AND ADJUSTABLE PORTION OF THE SEAT TO COME FORWARD, WITH THE FRAME STILL BEING ATTACHED TO THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE CHILD WAS FIRST CONTACTED AF","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1654133"},{"cmplid":"1654134","date_received":"2020-03-13","make":"BRITAX","model":"FRONTIER CLICKTIGHT XE","model_year":null,"deaths":1,"injured":2,"fire":1,"crash":1,"component_desc":"CHILD SEAT:HARNESS:STRAP/WEBBING","description":"ON 11/13/19 AT 06:18 A 2016 NISSAN ROGUE SWERVED LEFT, THEN RIGHT, STRUCK A UTILITY POLE HEAD ON AT 30 MPH. DRIVER HAD MINOR ABRASIONS. TWO CHILDREN IN BACK BOTH IN FF CAR SEATS SECURED W LOWER ANCHOR TETHER.*DT*DT*DT*DT*DT*DT*DT*DT*JB*DT   REAR PASSENGER SIDE: 2Y2M MALE IN COSCO ALPHA OMEGA ELITE (DOM 5/17/2011) W/ MINOR INJURIES FEW ABRASIONS, BRUISES ON HEAD, BIT TONGUE.   REAR DRIVERS SIDE: 4Y0M MALE 42 INCHES (38.5LBS DURING LAST EXAM, APPROX 2 MO. PRIOR) IN BRITAX FRONTIER CLICKTIGHT XE WHOSE 5 POINT HARNESS PULLED AND BROKE THROUGH THE PLASTIC FRAMING OF THE SHELL. 4Y/O INITIALLY CRYING & WHIMPERING BUT QUICKLY UNRESPONSIVE WENT INTO CARDIAC ARREST AT SCENE. EVENTUALLY REVIVED, BUT DECLARED BRAIN DEAD. REMOVED FROM LIFE SUPPORT 11/15. AUTOPSY CONCLUDES CHILD DIED OF MULTIPLE BLUNT FORCE INJURIES: ACUTE SUBDURAL & SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE, CEREBRAL SWELLING W/ HERNIATION, HIS, SKULL FXS, PULMONARY CONTUSIONS  CAR SEATS REMAINED INSTALLED. EVALUATED IN-VEHICLE 11/14 BY MSP OFFICER WHO IS CPST. NOTED: FRONTIER INSTALLED USING LA STRAP WHICH WAS PROPERLY ATTACHED, ROUTED, & LOCKED TO THE VEHICLE SLAG, TETHER STRAP PROPERLY ROUTED UNDER HER AND ATTACHED TO TA. APPROX. 4 IN. OF SIDE TO SIDE & FORWARD MVMT OF FRONTIER. FROM OFFICERS REPORT: THE 5 POINT HARNESS PULLED AND BROKE THROUGH THE PLASTIC FRAMING OF THE SHELL, CAUSING THE HARNESS AND ADJUSTABLE PORTION OF THE SEAT TO COME FORWARD, WITH THE FRAME STILL BEING ATTACHED TO THE VEHICLE. WHEN THE CHILD WAS FIRST CONTACTED AF","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1654134"},{"cmplid":"1494459","date_received":"2018-08-27","make":"BRITAX","model":"ADVOCATE CLICKTIGHT","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"CHILD SEAT:SHELL:CONVERTIBLE","description":"CPSC: WE PURCHASED THE BRITAX ANTI-REBOUND BAR FOR OUR SON'S BRITAX ADVOCATE CLICKTIGHT CONVERTIBLE  CAR SEAT. THE WEBSITE STATES 'THE ANTI-REBOUND BAR ACCESSORY ATTACHES TO THE FRONT OF THE BRITAX  CLICKTIGHT CONVERTIBLE CAR SEATS FOR REAR-FACING INSTALLATIONS TO LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF REBOUND  MOVEMENT EXPERIENCED IN FRONTAL-IMPACT CRASH.' OUR SON'S FOOT GOT STUCK BETWEEN THE ANTI-  REBOUND BAR AND THE SEAT OF THE CAR WHILE IN TRANSIT. *DT  *JS  *TR  NO VIN NUMBER UPDATED 10/9/18*JB  *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1494459"},{"cmplid":"1413866","date_received":"2017-10-12","make":"BRITAX","model":"MARATHON CLICKTIGHT","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"UNKNOWN OR OTHER","description":"CPSC: FLAME RETARDANTS RELEASED FROM BRITAX MARATHON CLICKTIGHT CAR SEAT CONTAMINATED MY HOUSE AND CAR. I PURCHASED A BRITAX MARATHON CLICKTIGHT CAR SEAT FOR MY INFANT SON IN APRIL 2017. IN LATE MAY OR EARLY JUNE 2017, AFTER MY SON DEVELOPED A RASH AROUND HIS NECK THAT APPEARED TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE CAR SEAT STRAPS. *BF    UPDATED 10/16/2017*JS","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1413866"},{"cmplid":"1343582","date_received":"2016-12-26","make":"BRITAX","model":"ADVOCATE 70 G3","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":5,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"CHILD SEAT:TETHER: CONNECTOR/CLIP","description":"BRITAX CAR SEAT. ADVOCATE 70-G3. MANUFACTURER 01/2013.COMPLAINING OF TOP LATCH COMPONENT! WE HAVE OWNED THIS CAR SEAT FOR 3 YEARS AND NEVER HAD AN ACCIDENTWITH IT UNTILNOW. WE WERE SITTING AT A RED LIGHT AND GOT REAR ENDED BY A BIG PICK UP TRUCK SMASHING OUR TRUNK IN AND LIFTING OUR BACK END OFF THE GROUND. OUR ONE YEAR OLD WHO WAS IN THIS CAR SEAT WAS REAR FACING AND LATCHED IN CORRECTLY WEARING A LIGHT FLEECE (NO PUFFY JACKET.. WE ARE VERY CAREFUL TO FOLLOW EVERY CAR SEAT RULE). DURING THE ACCIDENT HER TOP LATCH CAME UNDONE! THE ADULT SITTING NEXT TO HER WITNESSED THE TOP HALF OF HER BODY FLY FORWARD HITTING THE SEAT SHE WAS FACING! SHE VOMITED SHORTLY AFTER AND WAS SAID TO HAVE A CONCUSSION! WE ARE REPORTING HERE AND COMPLAINING TO BRITAX! WE ARE NEVER BUYING THAT BRAND AGAIN AND WE HOPE THEY CAN FIX THIS FOR ANY OTHER CHILDREN WITH THIS CAR SEAT THAT FAILS TO DO ITS JOB!WE BOUGHTA GRACO REAR FACING CAR SEAT TO REPLACE THIS HORRIBLE ONE.WE STILL HAVE THE CAR SEATAT OUR HOUSE(WE ARE NOT USING IT)AND SENDING A VIDEO TO BRITAX OF HOW EASILY THE CLIP COMES UNDONE AFTER CLICKED IN! WE ARE NOT HAPPY AND UPSET THAT OUR DAUGHTER GOT INJURED!","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1343582"},{"cmplid":"1343584","date_received":"2016-12-26","make":"BRITAX","model":"ADVOCATE 70 G3","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":5,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"CHILD SEAT:HARNESS RETAINER/CHEST CLIP","description":"BRITAX CAR SEAT. ADVOCATE 70-G3. MANUFACTURER 01/2013.COMPLAINING OF TOP LATCH COMPONENT! WE HAVE OWNED THIS CAR SEAT FOR 3 YEARS AND NEVER HAD AN ACCIDENTWITH IT UNTILNOW. WE WERE SITTING AT A RED LIGHT AND GOT REAR ENDED BY A BIG PICK UP TRUCK SMASHING OUR TRUNK IN AND LIFTING OUR BACK END OFF THE GROUND. OUR ONE YEAR OLD WHO WAS IN THIS CAR SEAT WAS REAR FACING AND LATCHED IN CORRECTLY WEARING A LIGHT FLEECE (NO PUFFY JACKET.. WE ARE VERY CAREFUL TO FOLLOW EVERY CAR SEAT RULE). DURING THE ACCIDENT HER TOP LATCH CAME UNDONE! THE ADULT SITTING NEXT TO HER WITNESSED THE TOP HALF OF HER BODY FLY FORWARD HITTING THE SEAT SHE WAS FACING! SHE VOMITED SHORTLY AFTER AND WAS SAID TO HAVE A CONCUSSION! WE ARE REPORTING HERE AND COMPLAINING TO BRITAX! WE ARE NEVER BUYING THAT BRAND AGAIN AND WE HOPE THEY CAN FIX THIS FOR ANY OTHER CHILDREN WITH THIS CAR SEAT THAT FAILS TO DO ITS JOB!WE BOUGHTA GRACO REAR FACING CAR SEAT TO REPLACE THIS HORRIBLE ONE.WE STILL HAVE THE CAR SEATAT OUR HOUSE(WE ARE NOT USING IT)AND SENDING A VIDEO TO BRITAX OF HOW EASILY THE CLIP COMES UNDONE AFTER CLICKED IN! WE ARE NOT HAPPY AND UPSET THAT OUR DAUGHTER GOT INJURED!","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1343584"},{"cmplid":"1343586","date_received":"2016-12-26","make":"BRITAX","model":"ADVOCATE 70 G3","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":5,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"CHILD SEAT:HARNESS RETAINER/CHEST CLIP","description":"BRITAX CAR SEAT. ADVOCATE 70-G3. MANUFACTURER 01/2013.COMPLAINING OF TOP LATCH COMPONENT! WE HAVE OWNED THIS CAR SEAT FOR 3 YEARS AND NEVER HAD AN ACCIDENTWITH IT UNTILNOW. WE WERE SITTING AT A RED LIGHT AND GOT REAR ENDED BY A BIG PICK UP TRUCK SMASHING OUR TRUNK IN AND LIFTING OUR BACK END OFF THE GROUND. OUR ONE YEAR OLD WHO WAS IN THIS CAR SEAT WAS REAR FACING AND LATCHED IN CORRECTLY WEARING A LIGHT FLEECE (NO PUFFY JACKET.. WE ARE VERY CAREFUL TO FOLLOW EVERY CAR SEAT RULE). DURING THE ACCIDENT HER TOP LATCH CAME UNDONE! THE ADULT SITTING NEXT TO HER WITNESSED THE TOP HALF OF HER BODY FLY FORWARD HITTING THE SEAT SHE WAS FACING! SHE VOMITED SHORTLY AFTER AND WAS SAID TO HAVE A CONCUSSION! WE ARE REPORTING HERE AND COMPLAINING TO BRITAX! WE ARE NEVER BUYING THAT BRAND AGAIN AND WE HOPE THEY CAN FIX THIS FOR ANY OTHER CHILDREN WITH THIS CAR SEAT THAT FAILS TO DO ITS JOB!WE BOUGHTA GRACO REAR FACING CAR SEAT TO REPLACE THIS HORRIBLE ONE.WE STILL HAVE THE CAR SEATAT OUR HOUSE(WE ARE NOT USING IT)AND SENDING A VIDEO TO BRITAX OF HOW EASILY THE CLIP COMES UNDONE AFTER CLICKED IN! WE ARE NOT HAPPY AND UPSET THAT OUR DAUGHTER GOT INJURED!","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1343586"},{"cmplid":"1058735","date_received":"2014-04-22","make":"BRITAX","model":"FRONTIER","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"CHILD SEAT:LATCH CONNECTOR/CLIP","description":"MY DAUGHTER (5-YEARS OLD, 40 LBS) WAS IN A BRITAX FRONTIER CAR SEAT WHEN WE WERE STRUCK BY ANOTHER CAR IN THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE.  THE CAR WAS THEN STRUCK A SECOND TIME AND PROPELLED INTO A TELEPHONE POLE.  THE PLASTIC PIECE HOLDING THE CAR SEAT TIGHTLY IN PLACE SNAPPED DURING THE ACCIDENT, AND THOUGH THE CAR SEAT WAS STILL FASTENED BY THE LATCH SYSTEM IT COULD MOVE FREELY.  MY DAUGHTER HIT THE DVD PLAYER IN FRONT OF HER SEAT.  SHE HAS A CONCUSSION AND MULTIPLE FACIAL LACERATIONS.  THE CAR SEAT COMPLETELY FAILED TO HOLD HER IN PLACE IN THE ACCIDENT.  (RELATED VEHICLE INFORMATION: MODEL YEAR=2009, MAKE=TOYOTA, MODEL=RAV4).  *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1058735"},{"cmplid":"1030674","date_received":"2014-01-06","make":"BRITAX","model":"BOULEVARD 70 G3","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"CHILD SEAT:BASE","description":"WHILE DRIVING DOWN A STREET I HEARD A LOUD POP AND IMMEDIATELY SMELLED BURNT PLASTIC. I HEARD MY SON SCREAMING AND PULLED OVER. THE CAR SEAT WAS BEND ON ITS SIDE AND BLOOD WAS COMING FROM HIS MOUTH. A PIECE OF PLASTIC BROKE OFF AND CUT HIS LIP, CHIN AND EAR. HIS SIDE WAS ALL RED AND HOT AND LOOKED LIKE A HEAT RASH. THE BRITAX CAR SEAT WAS PINNED DOWN AND I COULDN'T MOVE IT. THE WHOLE BASE WAS TWISTED AND BENT. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENED WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BASE. IT LOOKS LIKE WE WERE IN A WRECK. IT'S THE BRITAX BOULEVARD 70 SERIES. THEY OFFERED TO SEND US A NEW CAR SEAT BUT NEEDED MY CREDIT CARD NUMBER? IT'S FORWARD FACING AND HAS A BACK STRAP AND 2 METAL HOOKS THAT ATTACH TO THE CAR. I HAVE NEVER IN MY LIFE SEEN A CAR SEAT DO THIS. IT'S MANGLED. MY SON WAS SCARED AND SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES BUT HAD ANOTHER CHILD BEEN IN THE CAR THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN PINNED DOWN AND INJURED BAD.  *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1030674"},{"cmplid":"942635","date_received":"2012-10-03","make":"BRITAX","model":"BRITAX","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"CHILD SEAT:HARNESS/CROTCH BUCKLE","description":"THE BUCKLE ON THE SEAT FAILS TO STAY BUCKLED. MY SON WAS RIDING IN THE SEAT REAR FACING WHEN I HIT THE BRAKES GOING 35MPH TO AVOID A COLLISION. THE NEXT THING I KNOW MY SON IS SCREAMING MY HEAD HURTS MY HEAD HURTS. SO I PULL INTO THE NEAREST DRIVEWAY TO FIND OUT WHY HE IS CRYING ONLY TO FIND HIM WITH THE BOTTOM BUCKLE UNBUCKLED (WHICH HE IS PHYSICALLY INCAPABLE OF UNDOING HIMSELF) WITH HIS BUTT WHERE HIS FEET SHOULD HAVE BEEN AND HIS HEAD WHERE HIS BUTT SHOULD BE. THE CHEST CLIP STAYED BUCKLED AND WAS THE ONLY THING KEEPING HIM IN THAT SEAT. EXCEPT FOR IT WAS LODGED IN HIS THROAT. HE WAS ESSENTIALLY HANGING FROM THE CHEST CLIP AND HARNESS BEING STRANGLED BY IT. SO I RE-BUCKLED HIM AFTER CALMING HIM DOWN AND DROVE HIM TO THE NEAREST ER. AFTER WE LEFT THERE I PUT HIM BACK IN THE SEAT AND PULLED ON THE BUCKLE AFTER HEARING IT CLICK TO ENSURE IT WAS BUCKLED, TO ONLY HAVE IT SLIDE OUT ON IT'S OWN UNDER MILD FORCE. SO I PUT HIM IN HIS BROTHER'S SEAT FOR THE RIDE HOME SINCE HIS BROTHER WAS NOT WITH US. HE HAD BRUISING AND SWELLING INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY ON HIS NECK, BUT LUCKILY NOTHING ELSE. YES THE SEAT WAS INSTALLED CORRECTLY AND BUCKLED AND TIGHTENED CORRECTLY WHEN THIS HAPPENED. I AM A CPST, SO I KNOW IT WAS A SEAT FAILURE NOT A USER ERROR.    IT IS MODEL OF BRITAX MARATHON 70 E9BB11Q SINCE I COULD FIND IT IN THE MODEL LISTING.  *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/942635"},{"cmplid":"934451","date_received":"2012-08-16","make":"BRITAX","model":"ADVOCATE","model_year":2009,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"CHILD SEAT:HARNESS:STRAP/WEBBING","description":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A BRITAX ADVOCATE 70-G3 CHILD RESTRAINT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HER CHILD WAS ABLE TO PULL THE RUBBER CHEST PIECE ON THE HARNESS DOWN AND BITE OFF PIECES OF THE RUBBER, CAUSING HER TO CHOKE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/934451"},{"cmplid":"868294","date_received":"2011-07-20","make":"BRITAX","model":"BRITAX","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"CHILD SEAT","description":"CPSC# I1170130A  BRITAX (BOOSTER SEAT) HANDLE ARMREST ON CAR SEAT BROKE TWICE VERY EASILY BY CHILD LEANING ARM ON IT. *LN  THE CONSUMER STATED THE SECOND TIME THE INCIDENT OCCURRED, THE CHILD FELL OUT OF THE CAR. THE CONSUMER STATED THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED FOR A REPLACEMENT.   UPDATED VOQ 06/08/122","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/868294"},{"cmplid":"868317","date_received":"2011-07-20","make":"BRITAX","model":"E9W57 (BOULEVARD)","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"CHILD SEAT","description":"CPSC# I1170324A  BRITAX BOULEVARD (CAR SEAT) THE RESTRAINT BELTS ARE VERY LOOSE AND IS EASY FOR CHILD TO GET OUT. CONSUMER STATES THAT THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL. *LN  THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN SHE TURNED A CORNER, SHE HEARD HER SON SCREAMING. SHE LOOKED AND DISCOVERED HE HAD A CUT ON HIS CHIN. THE RESTRAINT BELTS WERE VERY LOOSE AND HIS ARMS WERE OUT FROM UNDER THE STRAPS. THE CONSUMER PULLED OVER AND BANDAGED HER SON. AS SHE PROCEEDED TO DRIVE AGAIN, SHE LOOKED BACK AND SAW HER SON REACHING BETWEEN HIS LEGS AND PULLING UP THE LOOSENING LEVER. HE USED HIS CHEST TO PULL THE STRAPS LOOSE.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/868317"},{"cmplid":"867523","date_received":"2011-07-17","make":"BRITAX","model":"DIPLOMAT","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"CHILD SEAT:TETHER: STRAP/WEBBING","description":"I PUT OUR BRITAX DIPLOMAT CAR SEAT IN MY WIFE'S FORD EXPLORER.  I  ATTACHED THE SEAT BELT AND THE EXTRA LONG STRAP THAT IS ATTACHED TO THE TOP OF THE CAR SEAT THAT GETS HOOKED TO A HOOK ON THE SEAT.  THE EXCESS STRAP WAS HANGING OUT THE DOOR AND WE DID NOT REALIZE IT WHEN WE DROVE AWAY WITH OUR 2 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS IN THE SEAT.  THE STRAP WAS DRAGGING ON THE GROUND AND GOT CAUGHT UNDER THE TIRE AND VIOLENTLY PULLED THE CAR SEAT TOWARDS THE DOOR, THEN THE STRAP BROKE.  WE PULLED OVER AND FOUND THE CAR SEAT WAS BASICALLY LAYING SIDEWAYS ON THE BACK SEAT.  OUR DAUGHTER WAS SCREAMING, AND WE THINK SHE MAY HAVE BEEN SMACKED INTO THE DOOR WHEN THE STRAP GOT PULLED UNDER THE TIRE AND YANKED THE CAR SEAT.  THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO IMMEDIATELY.  MAYBE HAVE A SELF RETRACTING STRAP IN THE FUTURE, SO IT DOES NOT JUST HANG THERE  (RELATED VEHICLE INFORMATION: MODEL YEAR=2009, MAKE=EXPLORER, MODEL=FORD).  *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/867523"},{"cmplid":"867016","date_received":"2011-07-14","make":"BRITAX","model":"BRITAX","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"CHILD SEAT","description":"CPSC DOCUMENT NUMBER I1170130A. BRITAX FRONTIER 85 SICT CAR SEAT BOOSTER SEAT. CONSUMER STATES ARMREST IN CAR SEAT BROKE TWICE VERY EASILY BY CHILD LEANING ARM ON IT *TGW  THE CONSUMER STATED THE SECOND TIME THE INCIDENT HAPPENED, THE CHILD FELL OUT OF THE VEHICLE.(SERIAL # E9LE31A000788) *JB","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/867016"},{"cmplid":"714349","date_received":"2009-03-31","make":"BRITAX","model":"BOULEVARD","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"CHILD SEAT:SHELL:CONVERTIBLE","description":"I BOUGHT A BRITAX BOULEVARD A FEW WEEKS AGO FOR MY 12 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER. I WAS DRIVING ON 3/24/09 AROUND 7AM AND ALL OF A SUDDEN SHE STARTED SCREAMING. I THOUGHT SHE JUST WASN'T HAPPY THAT MORNING, BUT SHE WAS STILL SCREAMING FURIOUSLY ABOUT 3-5 MINUTES LATER WHEN WE PULLED UP TO HER PRESCHOOL. I WENT TO GET HER OUT OF THE CHILD RESTRAINT, I UNBUCKLED THE CROTCH BELT AND THEN CHEST CLIP, HER LEFT ARM CAME OUT AND WHEN I WENT TO GRAB HER RIGHT ARM SHE SCREAMED BLOODY MURDER! I LOOKED DOWN AND SHE HAD HER HAND STUCK IN THE SEAT BELT SLOT BY THE REAR-FACING LOCK-OFF , NOT ONLY STUCK DOWN IN THERE BUT HER FINGERS LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE ABOUT TO BREAK BECAUSE SHE HAD GOTTEN THEM WEDGED BETWEEN THE PLASTIC PART OF THE SEAT AND ABOVE THE METAL LATCH BAR. I WAS HORRIFIED TO SAY THE LEAST BECAUSE I COULD NOT MOVE THEM AND THEY WERE RED AND SWOLLEN. I RAN INTO THE PRESCHOOL AND YELLED FOR HELP, THE DIRECTOR AND HER TEACHER CAME OUT AND AFTER COMPLETELY UNLATCHING THE SEAT AND TRYING A NUMBER OF THINGS, HER TEACHER PUT LIQUID SOAP ON HER AND THE SEAT AND WE WERE ABLE TO GET HER HAND OUT. HER SKIN WAS SCRAPED OFF THE TOP OF HER FINGERS AND SHE CRIED FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES AFTERWARD. THEY ICED HER HAND AND IT DOESN'T LOOK TOO BAD NOW EXCEPT FOR THE SCRAPES. HER FINGERS COULD HAVE EASILY BEEN BROKEN AND THIS SEAT IS FOR BABIES 5LBS AND UP. HAS THIS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE? WHAT AM I TO DO TO PREVENT HER FROM STICKING HER HANDS DOWN IN THE SLOTS? *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/714349"},{"cmplid":"666049","date_received":"2008-04-16","make":"BRITAX","model":"E9L07 (WIZARD)","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"CHILD SEAT","description":"CHILD GETS HIS FINGERS STUCK IN THE BELT SLOTS (NEXT TO HIS LEGS) IN HIS BRITAX WIZARD.  *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/666049"}]}