Defect Investigation Detail
COSCO / 22120 (SCENERA) / 9999
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| NHTSA Action Number: PE08013 | Vehicale/Equipment Name: COSCO |
| Vehicale/Equipment Model: 22120 (SCENERA) | Vehicale/Equipment Year: 9999 |
| Component Name: CHILD SEAT:HARNESS:STRAP/WEBBING | Manufacturer's Name: Dorel Juvenile Group |
| Date Opened: Feb, 27 2008 | Date Closed: Jun, 27 2008 |
| Subject: SEAT WEBBING WEAVE SEPARATION, WEAR | Summary: Owners report that the 5-point occupant webbing on the subject cosco scenera child seat may show weave separation, abrasion or scoring if the webbing is pulled across certain sharp plastic corners (protrusions) on the underside of the seat shell.(models 22120, 22121, 22123, 22127, 22128, 22160, 22162, and 93120).dorel juvenile group (djg) is now supplying replacement webbing that has a more robust cobble weave pattern, along with instructions and a sticker illustrating the proper routing of the webbing to owners experiencing this and reporting it to djg (# 800-544-1108). since 2006, odi has received 9 complaints of alleged webbing damage involving the subject child seats.the harness webbing can score or show weave separation if it rubs across one or both of the protrusions.consumers report abrasion, separation of the weave, or puncture.the complaint incidents have occurred with the seats used in both the rear and forward facing modes.there has been no reported performance consequence: no webbing failure incidents, injuries or deaths associated with this issue. the protrusions on the bottom of the seat shell help guide the webbing and are part of the housing for folding the recline stand under the seat when the recline stand is not being used.djg used four different molds during seat production.the protrusions on two of the molds are sharper than those on the other two molds.after odi contacted the company, djg modified all four of its molds to completely remove the protrusions.this change was made effective march 24.djg also has switched to a new cobble weave webbing material that is more resistant to damage from the protrusions on existing seats.djg evaluated the potential effect of webbing abrasion and weave separation by rubbing unused webbing against the protrusions (to simulate webbing samples from real-world use) and measured webbing strength and seat performance in simulated crash tests.the test results showed little webbing performance degradation.degradation was significantly less than the webbing degradation permitted under abrasion tests for child seat webbing as specified in federal motor vehicle safety standard no. 213 (fmvss).based on the very low complaint rate, lack of failures, injuries or deaths, and the favorable test results, this investigation is closed. |