NHTSA complaint: EVENFLO DISCOVERY — CHILD SEAT:HARNESS/CROTCH BUCKLE
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS AN EVENFLO DISCOVERY REARFACING INFANT SEAT, MODEL NUMBER 302173. THE SEAT WAS MANUFACTURED ON NOVEMBER 11, 2008. WHEN THE CONTACT BUCKLED HER CHILD INTO THE INFANT SEAT, THE CHILD'S SKIN BECAME CAUGHT ON THE BUCKLE AND PINCHED HER. THE STRAPS ARE NOT LONG ENOUGH TO BUCKLE. ALSO, WHEN THE CHILD IS SEATED IN THE INFANT SEAT, SHE IS POSITIONED AT A HIGH AND UNCOMFORTABLE ANGLE. THE POLICE DEPARTMENT INSPECTED THE INFANT SEAT AND SUGGESTED THE CONTACT PLACE TOWELS UNDERNEATH THE BASE SO THAT THE SEAT WOULD NOT BE SO HIGH. THE PURCHASE DATE AND FAILURE TYPE WERE UNKNOWN.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation