NHTSA complaint: GRACO SNUGRIDE — CHILD SEAT:SHELL:INFANT
MY BABY WAS FUSSY SO MY HUSBAND PUT HIM IN HIS INFANT CAR SEAT AND DROVE HIM AROUND TO HELP CALM HIM LATE ONE NIGHT. HE SCREAMED MORE, SO MY HUSBAND CAME HOME. WHEN I WENT TO FEED HIM AFTER THEY GOT BACK, I NOTICED THAT MY BABY HAD TORN UP THE BACKS OF HIS ANKLES AND WAS STARTING TO SCAB OVER. WHEN WE LOOKED FOR THE SOURCE OF THE INJURY, MY HUSBAND REMEMBERED THE SCREAMING AND WE CHECKED OUT THE CAR SEAT. THERE WAS BLOOD ON THE SEAT PADDING AND A FABRIC FLAP THAT COVERED A ROUGH, PLASTIC EDGE THAT CURVED UPWARD TOWARD WHERE MY BABY'S FEET/LEGS RESTED. THE FABRIC FLAP, EVEN WHEN COVERING THE PLASTIC, FAILED TO PROTECT MY BABY FROM THAT ROUGH EDGE. INJURY COULD OCCUR ANY TIME A PARENT PUTS THEIR BABY IN THIS CAR SEAT IF THEY DO NOT KNOW TO PUT A BLANKET OR OTHER PADDING UNDER THEIR CHILD'S LEGS TO PROTECT THEM FROM THE CAR SEAT. I NOTIFIED THE MANUFACTURER AND, AS OF YET, HAVE RECEIVED NO RESPONSE. *TR
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation