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GRACO 8J00MTX (NAUTILUS) — CHILD SEAT:TETHER: CONNECTOR/CLIP

1 injured · 861609 · 2011-06-14

Vehicle

Make
GRACO
Model
8J00MTX (NAUTILUS)
Year
Manufacturer
Graco Children's Products, Inc.
Component
CHILD SEAT:TETHER: CONNECTOR/CLIP

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
1
Fire
No
Crash
No
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

2002 DODGE DASHBOARD IS COMPLETELY FAILED. FALLING IN AND CREATING SHARP OBJECTS IN BEHIND DASH AND ON FLOORBOARDS. PULLED A SHARP SHARD OF PLASTIC FROM MY SONS MOUTH 2 DAYS AGO THAT I HAD MISSED FROM THE FLOOR BOARD. THE PLASTIC MADE HIS MOUTH BLEED. I'M VERY GLAD HE DIDN'T TRY TO SWALLOW IT. I HOPE OTHERS ARE AWARE OF THIS AND KEEP THE SMALL OBJECTS FROM THE CHILDREN ALSO!! DODGE NEEDS TO FIX THIS SAFETY PROBLEM. NOT TO MENTION WHAT ALL THOSE PLASTIC SHARDS WOULD DO IN AN HIGH SPEED IMPACT SCENARIO. PLEASE LET'S GET THIS PROBLEM FIXED WITH ALL NEW RELIABLE SAFE MATERIAL. DODGE OFFERED ME A FREE DASH THE LAST TIME I CALLED THEM HOWEVER THEY WANTED ME TO PAY FOR LABOR. THE PRODUCT I ASKED IS THE EXACT SAME AND HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED. I'M NOT PAYING FOR THIS TO JUST HAPPEN AGAIN EVEN IF IT IS FOR LABOR ONLY. IT ALSO SUGGESTS THEY KNOW IT IS A SEVERE PROBLEM OR THEY WOULDN'T HAVE OFFERED THAT TO ME. (RELATED VEHICLE INFORMATION: MODEL YEAR=2002, MAKE=DODGE, MODEL=RAM 2500). *TR

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
10406238
Machine
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