Car Seat Recall Notices Help You Keep Your Kids Safe

Britax, the child safety seat company, recently issued a recall for its Frontier five-point harness-equipped booster seat (pictured at right). The fix is a quick and simple matter of putting a couple of Britax-supplied rubber caps on a metal yoke that keeps the straps attached in the back of the seat. The Recaro Como car seat we're testing had a similar issue early last year. But Britax Frontier owners who haven't registered their car seat with the company wouldn't know there's a problem that needs fixing.

If you're a parent or caretaker and you haven't already done so, I urge you to take the time today to register for car seat recall notices. It won't take long. You can do so at your car seat manufacturer's website. 

Or you can register with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to get every car seat recall notice that they issue (about eight per year) via e-mail. At NHTSA's site, you can also elect to receive the other recall notices they have, including tires, cars (you have a choice of all cars or up to five specific cars), motorcycles and school buses.

Chances are you did a lot of research before you chose a car seat for your precious bundle. Don't let all that research be for naught.

For more child safety seat know-how, check out our feature story on car seats.

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Bryn MacKinnon January 14, 2009, 12:00 PM

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