Consumer Complaint Detail
EVENFLO / 470 (EVENFLO BOOSTER) / EVEN
0 Injured
0 Death
No Fire
| Components - Details | |
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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 003225523 | Incident Date: Jul, 22 2003 |
| Consumer's City: ZELIENOPLE | Consumer's State: PA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: Evenflo Company, Inc. |
| Model Name: 470 (EVENFLO BOOSTER) | Model Year: EVEN |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Child seat |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jul, 22 2003 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: - |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: We purchased an evenflo apollo booster seat for my son on august 24, 2002. within three weeks, one of the belt positioning guides had snapped off the seat. this was unimportant at the time, as my son was and still is using the five point harness on the seat, and not the car's lap/shoulder belt. however, the more distressing incident occurred today. i was driving home with my son in the booster seat behind me, when i felt a harder than usual bump against the back of my seat (he occasionally can kick my seat, but this was much harder) followed by my son's hand grabbing my arm. he had nearly escaped from his seat; only one leg remained held in place. it turns out that the metal clip which anchors the right strap behind the seat had managed to work itself loose and came through the back of the seat to the front. this left half of the harness unattached and allowed my son to wriggle most of his body free of the seat. (the main buckle and chest clip were still latched.) as i was only about one mile from home, i pulled over and fixed it as best i could (i couldn't take the seat out to fix it, as i was stopped beside a busy road and had nowhere other than the seat to secure my son and prevent him from getting out of the car and into the road) and we went straight home. i have now taken the seat out, and none of the parts on the back of the seat appear to be broken, so i am assuming that the metal clip had simply come loose over time. it was a frightening experience and i hate to think of the result had we been in a collision while the clip was loose or coming loose. i cannot trust this seat any longer and will be contacting the manufacturer as well.*ak |