# GRACO OTHER — CHILD SEAT:MATERIAL/PADDING
> NHTSA complaint `698914` · 2008-12-05 · Graco Children's Products, Inc.
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** GRACO
- **Model:** OTHER
- **Year:** —
- **Manufacturer:** Graco Children's Products, Inc.
- **Component:** CHILD SEAT:MATERIAL/PADDING
## Narrative
WE BOUGHT THE INFANT SAFE SEAT IN JANUARY OF 2008. MODEL NUMBER 8A16CTM, SERIAL NUMBER JJ200711101047. OUR BABY WAS BORN IN FEBRUARY OF 2008. A FEW WEEKS AGO I NOTICED FOAM IN HER MOUTH AND IN HER CAR SEAT. I INSPECTED THE CAR SEAT AND FIGURED OUT SHE WAS PULLING THE FOAM OUT FROM THE PADDING IN HER CAR SEAT AND EATING IT. THIS IS A TERRIBLE CHOKING HAZARD FOR SUCH A YOUNG BABY, NOT TO MENTION THE INTERNAL DAMAGE THIS FOAM COULD HAVE ON HER STOMACH. I TORE THE FOAM THAT SHE COULD REACH OUT OF THE CAR SEAT FOR A TEMPORARY FIX. I CONTACTED GRACO REGARDING THIS MATTER AND THEY TOLD ME THEY WOULD SEND ME A REPLACEMENT PAD FOR THE RIPPED FOAM. OBVIOUSLY THIS WOULD NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM, CONSIDERING SHE WOULD JUST RIP IT OUT AGAIN. *TR
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