{"@context":{"@vocab":"https://schema.org/"},"@type":"ItemList","@id":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/api/v1/nhtsa/complaints/check?make=COSCO","name":"COSCO","_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":"2026-09-24T03:41:49.039Z"},"summary":{"total_complaints":209,"deaths":18,"injured":191,"fires":3},"top_components":[{"component_desc":"CHILD SEAT","n":65},{"component_desc":"CHILD SEAT:HANDLE (INFANT)","n":28},{"component_desc":"CHILD SEAT:SHIELD ASSEMBLY","n":21},{"component_desc":"CHILD SEAT:MATERIAL/PADDING","n":17},{"component_desc":"CHILD SEAT:TETHER: STRAP/WEBBING","n":15},{"component_desc":"CHILD SEAT:HARNESS BUCKLE:INFANT","n":14},{"component_desc":"CHILD SEAT:SHELL:BOOSTER","n":8},{"component_desc":"CHILD SEAT:BASE","n":7},{"component_desc":"CHILD SEAT:HARNESS/CROTCH BUCKLE","n":5},{"component_desc":"CHILD SEAT:HARNESS RETAINER/CHEST CLIP","n":5}],"recent_complaints":[{"cmplid":"2039206","date_received":"2024-11-11","make":"COSCO","model":"CHILD SAFETY SEAT","model_year":null,"deaths":1,"injured":2,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"Chest Clip, Buckle, Harness","description":"Vehicle involved in a significant head on crash. Child was restrained in the right rear in Cosco Easy Elite All in One forward facing car seat. The buckle positioned between the legs failed by ripping through the plastic base of the car seat. The plastic base was damaged and the buckle was no longer attached to the car seat. Child sustained fatal injuries from this crash.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/2039206"},{"cmplid":"1818634","date_received":"2022-06-12","make":"COSCO","model":"OTHER","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":0,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"Other/I am not sure","description":"I got into a car accident and I was the only person in the car and my front bumper got hit in the accident and I’m the victim from a hit and run.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1818634"},{"cmplid":"1805657","date_received":"2022-04-04","make":"COSCO KIDS","model":"MIGHTYFIT","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"Chest Clip, Buckle, Harness","description":"The Rockmart police checked it out and put it back in there self. The harness will not tighten up and stay. There was an accident and he was took in ambulance to hospital bruised up a lot mainly front of his face. On his forehead. This is a shame that the seat did not provide the safety for him. Besides the restraints the white foam under the cushion head rest came off . Missed 5 days of work insurance was only liability want cover anything so I can’t afford another one at this time going through divorce.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1805657"},{"cmplid":"1805658","date_received":"2022-04-04","make":"COSCO KIDS","model":"MIGHTYFIT","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"Insert, Padding","description":"The Rockmart police checked it out and put it back in there self. The harness will not tighten up and stay. There was an accident and he was took in ambulance to hospital bruised up a lot mainly front of his face. On his forehead. This is a shame that the seat did not provide the safety for him. Besides the restraints the white foam under the cushion head rest came off . Missed 5 days of work insurance was only liability want cover anything so I can’t afford another one at this time going through divorce.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1805658"},{"cmplid":"1805659","date_received":"2022-04-04","make":"COSCO KIDS","model":"MIGHTYFIT","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"I suspect the car seat is counterfeit","description":"The Rockmart police checked it out and put it back in there self. The harness will not tighten up and stay. There was an accident and he was took in ambulance to hospital bruised up a lot mainly front of his face. On his forehead. This is a shame that the seat did not provide the safety for him. Besides the restraints the white foam under the cushion head rest came off . Missed 5 days of work insurance was only liability want cover anything so I can’t afford another one at this time going through divorce.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1805659"},{"cmplid":"1805660","date_received":"2022-04-04","make":"COSCO KIDS","model":"MIGHTYFIT","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"Chest Clip, Buckle, Harness","description":"The Rockmart police checked it out and put it back in there self. The harness will not tighten up and stay. There was an accident and he was took in ambulance to hospital bruised up a lot mainly front of his face. On his forehead. This is a shame that the seat did not provide the safety for him. Besides the restraints the white foam under the cushion head rest came off . Missed 5 days of work insurance was only liability want cover anything so I can’t afford another one at this time going through divorce.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1805660"},{"cmplid":"1805661","date_received":"2022-04-04","make":"COSCO KIDS","model":"MIGHTYFIT","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"Insert, Padding","description":"The Rockmart police checked it out and put it back in there self. The harness will not tighten up and stay. There was an accident and he was took in ambulance to hospital bruised up a lot mainly front of his face. On his forehead. This is a shame that the seat did not provide the safety for him. Besides the restraints the white foam under the cushion head rest came off . Missed 5 days of work insurance was only liability want cover anything so I can’t afford another one at this time going through divorce.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1805661"},{"cmplid":"1805662","date_received":"2022-04-04","make":"COSCO KIDS","model":"MIGHTYFIT","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"I suspect the car seat is counterfeit","description":"The Rockmart police checked it out and put it back in there self. The harness will not tighten up and stay. There was an accident and he was took in ambulance to hospital bruised up a lot mainly front of his face. On his forehead. This is a shame that the seat did not provide the safety for him. Besides the restraints the white foam under the cushion head rest came off . Missed 5 days of work insurance was only liability want cover anything so I can’t afford another one at this time going through divorce.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1805662"},{"cmplid":"1464410","date_received":"2018-04-26","make":"COSCO KIDS","model":"SCENERA","model_year":null,"deaths":1,"injured":2,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"CHILD SEAT:SHELL:CONVERTIBLE","description":"I AM A POLICE OFFICER, CRASH RECONSTRUCTIONIST, AND CHILD SEAT TECHNICIAN. I WAS INVOLVED IN INVESTIGATING A SERIOUS INJURY CRASH IN WHICH A CHILD WAS IN A DOREL JUVENILE GROUP, SCENERA NEXT CONVERTIBLE SEAT. THE SEAT BROKE AND FAILED TO MAINTAIN ITS INTEGRITY. THERE WAS A VERY LARGE CRACK DOWN THE SIDE FRAME, AND THE ENTIRE BACK OF THE SEAT BROKE OUT FROM WHERE THE HARNESS STRAPS COME THROUGH. I HAVE NEVER SEEN A CHILD SEAT BREAK EVEN A FRACTION AS MUCH AS THIS SEAT DID, THE SEAT AND CHILD WERE REMOVED FROM THE VEHICLE BY PARAMEDICS PRIOR TO MY SEEING THE SEAT. SO I DON'T KNOW ANY DETAILS BEYOND THE FACT IT WAS INSTALLED FORWARD FACING AT THE TIME OF THE CRASH. *TT *BF  *TR *DT*JB","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1464410"},{"cmplid":"1373455","date_received":"2017-04-25","make":"COSCO","model":"CHILD SAFETY SEAT","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"CHILD SEAT:HANDLE (INFANT)","description":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A COSCO CAR SOFT LIGHT AND COMFY (NA) CHILD SAFETY SEAT AND STROLLER, MODEL NUMBER: TR361DHR. THE SEAT WAS MANUFACTURED ON JUNE 3, 2013. WHILE REMOVING THE SAFETY SEAT FROM THE VEHICLE IN THE LOCKED POSITION, THE HANDLE MOVED BACK AND FORTH APPROXIMATELY ONE INCH. ADDITIONALLY, THE STROLLER COLLAPSED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE THE CONTACT WAS PUSHING THE CHILD DOWN THE STREET. THE CHILD SUSTAINED SLIGHT SCARS DUE TO THE FAILURE, WHICH DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1373455"},{"cmplid":"1263859","date_received":"2016-02-26","make":"COSCO","model":"22123 (SCENERA)","model_year":2009,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"CHILD SEAT","description":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 COSCO SCENERA 22123 CHILD SEAT. THE SEAT WAS MANUFACTURED ON MARCH 12, 2015. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SIDE IMPACT LABEL LOCATED ON THE TOP LEFT SIDE OF THE SEAT WAS ABLE TO BE PICKED OFF BY THE CHILD OCCUPANT. AS A RESULT, THE CHILD CHOKED ON THE LABEL. THE LABEL WAS ABLE TO BE REMOVED FROM THE CHILD'S THROAT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1263859"},{"cmplid":"1020248","date_received":"2013-11-06","make":"EDDIE BAUER","model":"HI BACK 02880","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":2,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"CHILD SEAT:SHELL:BOOSTER","description":"THIS CAR SEAT IS AND HAS BEEN OUR EXTRA CAR SEAT BECAUSE EVERY TIME MY KIDS ARE IN IT THEIR LEGS FALL ASLEEP. I HAVE ADJUSTED THE RECLINE TO EVERY LEVEL AND IT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE. HOWEVER TODAY MY SON WAS IN SUCH EXCRUCIATING PAIN HE PROJECTILE VOMITED. I PURCHASED THIS CAR SEAT FOR OUR DAUGHTER BACK IN 2009 AND HAD TO BUY ANOTHER CAR SEAT BECAUSE HER LEGS ALWAYS FELL ASLEEP BECAUSE OF THE DEEP BUCKET SEAT. WE NOW USE IT FOR OUR SECOND CHILD AS A SECOND CAR SEAT AND THE SAME THING HAS BEEN HAPPENING TO HIM. I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS MODEL HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED.   *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/1020248"},{"cmplid":"992773","date_received":"2013-07-10","make":"COSCO KIDS","model":"HIGH BACK","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"CHILD SEAT","description":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A COSCO HIGHBACK CHILD SEAT MODEL (BC038-ATU) MANUFACTURED 3/6/13. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THEIR CHILD WAS ABLE TO GET THEIR FINGER INTO ONE OF THE SLOTS WERE YOU RAISE THE ADJUSTMENT TO THE CAR SEAT AND GOT THEIR FINGER STUCK. THE CONTACT HAD NOT SPOKEN WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THE SEAT WAS NOT REPLACED.  *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/992773"},{"cmplid":"985418","date_received":"2013-06-11","make":"COSCO","model":"CHILD SAFETY SEAT","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"SEAT BELTS:REAR/OTHER","description":"CPSC: I1350123A. COSCO CAR SEAT. CONSUMER STATED THAT THE INERTIAL LOCK CREATED A PROBLEM REMOVING THE SEAT BELT BECAUSE NOT ENOUGH SLACK TO UNLOOP. THIS PROBLEM CAUSED A CHILD TO PASS OUT. *LN  A THREE YEAR CHILD, MANAGED TO WRAP THE SEAT BELT AROUND HER NECK. THE CONSUMER STATED ALL NEW VEHICLE, SHOULD COME EQUIPPED WITH A TOOL TO CUT SEAT BELT IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/985418"},{"cmplid":"985419","date_received":"2013-06-11","make":"COSCO","model":"CHILD SAFETY SEAT","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"CHILD SEAT","description":"CPSC: I1350123A. COSCO CAR SEAT. CONSUMER STATED THAT THE INERTIAL LOCK CREATED A PROBLEM REMOVING THE SEAT BELT BECAUSE NOT ENOUGH SLACK TO UNLOOP. THIS PROBLEM CAUSED A CHILD TO PASS OUT. *LN  A THREE YEAR CHILD, MANAGED TO WRAP THE SEAT BELT AROUND HER NECK. THE CONSUMER STATED ALL NEW VEHICLE, SHOULD COME EQUIPPED WITH A TOOL TO CUT SEAT BELT IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/985419"},{"cmplid":"934011","date_received":"2012-08-14","make":"COSCO","model":"CHILD SAFETY SEAT","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"CHILD SEAT","description":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A COSCO CHILD RESTRAINT SEAT, MODEL: CC047-BKC (N/A) 03/08/12. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH CRASHED INTO THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT'S CHILD WAS SEATED REAR FACING IN THE REAR MIDDLE SEAT. THE POLICE REPORTED TO THE SCENE AND A REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE CHILD SEAT STRAP BECAME LOOSE DUE TO THE IMPACT AND ONE OF THE BUCKLES HAD COMPLETELY DETACHED FROM THE SEAT. THE CHILD SUSTAINED BRUISES TO THE SHOULDERS AS A RESULT. THE CHILD SEAT WAS NO LONGER BEING USED.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/934011"},{"cmplid":"885680","date_received":"2011-10-16","make":"COSCO KIDS","model":"SCENERA","model_year":null,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"CHILD SEAT","description":"MY CHILD WAS INVOLOVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT 10/13/11, SHE WAS PROPERLY IN HER CHILD SEAT, AS A RESULT FROM THIS CAR SEAT, SHE WAS BURNED FROM THE STRAPS AND ALSO SUFFERED FROM ABRASIONS TO HER C2 VERTABRAE OF HER SPINE! I WILL BE CONTACTING A LAWYER IF THIS ISSUE CAN NOT BE RESOLVED ANY OTHER WAY.  *TR","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/885680"},{"cmplid":"858675","date_received":"2011-05-26","make":"COSCO","model":"SPRINTER TR141ABZ","model_year":2010,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":0,"component_desc":"CHILD SEAT:HARNESS:STRAP/WEBBING","description":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A COSCO CHILD SAFETY SEAT, MODEL NUMBER TR141ABZ, MANUFACTURER JULY 2, 2010. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHILD SEAT BECAME UN-LATCHED FROM THE STROLLER AND AS A RESULT, THE HARNESS BECAME UNDONE WHICH CAUSED THE CHILD SEAT TO FLIP OVER AND THE BABY TO FALL FROM THE SEAT AND HIT THE GROUND. THE BABY SUSTAINED A CONTUSION AND SCRATCHES TO THE HEAD.   UPDATED 07/08/11  *BF  THE CONSUMER STATED THE MANUFACTURER REIMBURSED HER AND THE CAR SEAT WAS RETURNED THEM. UPDATED 11/16/11","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/858675"},{"cmplid":"841555","date_received":"2011-02-11","make":"COSCO","model":"HIGH BACK BOOSTER(22-233)","model_year":2009,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"CHILD SEAT:SHELL:BOOSTER","description":"TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 COSCO HIGH BACK CHILD RESTRAINT, MODEL NUMBER 22233-TSS, MANUFACTURED JULY 18, 2008.  THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON CRASH. THE CHILD SEAT FAILED AND THE REAR PORTION OF THE CHILD SEAT FRACTURED, ALLOWING THE STRAPS THAT WERE SECURING THE CHILD IN PLACE TO RELEASE.  THE CHILD WAS THROWN FROM THE SEAT AND STRUCK THE REAR OF THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. THE EMS HAD TO PRY THE CHILD SEAT AND THE CHILD FROM THE VEHICLE AND THE CHILD SUSTAINED FACIAL FRACTURES AS A RESULT OF THE CHILD SEAT FAILURE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE DESIGN OF THE CHILD RESTRAINT WAS NOT SUFFICIENT FOR A HEAD ON CRASH.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/841555"},{"cmplid":"786062","date_received":"2010-05-07","make":"COSCO","model":"22-145 (SCENERA)","model_year":2005,"deaths":0,"injured":1,"fire":0,"crash":1,"component_desc":"CHILD SEAT:HARNESS:STRAP/WEBBING","description":"TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A COSCO CHILD SEAT, MODEL NUMBER 22-145 (SCENERA) MANUFACTURER IN 2005. SHE STATED THAT SHE WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH AND THE HARNESS BROKE AWAY FROM THE SEAT. THE CHILD IN THE SAFETY SEAT SUFFERED A FRACTURE TO THE LEFT FOOT AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT.","canonical_url":"https://api.ai-analytics.org/vehicle-complaint/786062"}]}