Consumer Complaint Detail

BRITAX / E9W06 (MARATHON) / MARA

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 005056059 Incident Date: Aug, 17 2005
Consumer's City: GROTON Consumer's State: CT
Vehicle Transmission Type: Manufacturers Name: Britax Child Safety, Inc.
Model Name: E9W06 (MARATHON) Model Year: MARA
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, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Feb, 13 2006 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: Britax marathon child restraint: rear-facing lock-offs damage easily, simply from the pressure of the vehicle seat belt on the plastic lock-offs. (britax sent me replacements since my carseat was within the warranty period, but they are no different that the original pair.) the potential consequences are that a caregiver would follow manufacturer's instructions to install the child's carseat and assume that the restraint is locked in place; the seat belt would not be locked, and the carseat would not be adequately attached to the car in a crash. (incident date is the date i called to report the problem to britax, but this is an ongoing issue. the design is flawed and the rear-facing lock-offs are useless.) date of manufacture 5/26/05 model e9w0658 batch 255 serial e9w0658014164. *nm