Transport Canada has issued recall notices and safety warnings for three models of child restraint systems.
The recalls involve more than 12,000 units of the following products:
- Britax Roundabout: E9L16.
- Graco ComfortSport: 8C03WCFCA.
- Graco SnugRide: 8643CDRCA3, 8645SNY3CA, 8F00GLNCA3, 8F08PWCCA3, and 8F01FORCA3.
In the case of the Britax model, its warning labels do not provide all information and warnings in English, as required by the regulations.
Transport Canada says the company will provide free label replacement instructions to all registered owners. Consumers can order a repair kit from the company.
Transport Canada says the restraint system can continue to be used in accordance with the instructions found in the manual.
The agency says the universal anchorage system belt in some of the Graco ComfortSport Infant/Child Restraint Systems may have been routed incorrectly. It says when these restraint systems are installed in the rear-facing mode with the UAS belt, they may rotate more than is permissible in a frontal crash, possibly increasing the risk of injury to a child.
Elfe Juvenile Products, the Canadian importer and distributor of the product, is conducting a safety advisory program to alert consumers to the issue. Elfe will also provide registered owners with detailed instructions for examining and, if necessary, reconfiguring the UAS belt routing.
Consumers who have not completed and returned the registration card should register their Graco ComfortSport online.
Transport Canada says Graco Children's Products shipped almost 11,000 stand-alone Graco SnugRide Infant Restraint Systems into Canada that could present a potential choking hazard.
These stand-alone restraint systems have less dense backing material for the seat pad combined with a seat pad design that may allow children to access the fibre fill in the seat pad itself. The federal agency says the defect does not affect the ability of the infant restraint system to protect a child in the case of a crash.
The Canadian importer and distributor of the product is conducting a safety advisory program to alert consumers to the issue. The company will provide kits that include a replacement seat pad to registered owners of the identified models of SnugRide.
None of the safety issues with the child restraint systems has resulted in any injuries.
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