Recall Posted: June 15, 2017
Name of Product: Britax B-Safe travel systems and Britax B-Safe rear-facing infant car seats.
Hazard: Britax recalls its B-Safe travel systems and B-Safe rear-facing infant car seats because the chest clip tag may break, posing a choking hazard to the infant in the car seat.
Remedy: Britax will notify owners and provide a replacement chest clip in a kit marked “PC”, free of charge. The kit contains step-by-step instructions and a replacement clip made from a different material that improves the durability of the tab.
Who to Contact: Owners may contact Britax at 1-833-474-7016 or visit the Britax B-Safe recall page on their website.
Details: Britax Child Safety, Inc., in cooperation with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and other regulatory authorities, is conducting a recall of the chest clip on certain B-Safe 35, B-Safe 35 Elite and BOB B-Safe 35 infant car seat models manufactured between November 1, 2015 and May 31, 2017.
No choking injuries have been reported to date. Number of units affected, 207,037.
Model numbers identified below:
E1A183F, E1A185M, E1A185P, E1A186R, E1A203F, E1A205M, E1A205P, E1A206X, E1A206Z, E1A207E, E9LU65V, E9LU66X, E9LU66Z, E9LU67D, E9LU67E, EXA185M, S02063600, S02063700, S03803400, S03803500, S03803700, S03803800, S03803900, S04144400, S04144500, S04144600, S04145000, S04402800, S04884200, S04884300, S04975600, S04978900, S05260200, S06020300, S06020400, S06020500, S06020600, S06020700, S06020800, S06020900, S06147100, S921800, E1A215T, E1A215U, E1A216P, E1A221Q, E1A225C, E1A225U, E1A226L, E9LS51Q, E9LS56C, E9LS56L, E9LS57F, E9LS57G, E9LS57H, EXA216L, S01298600, S02063800, S02063900, S02064000, S04281200, S04281300, S04628500, S06018800, S06020000, S06020200, S923700, E9LT34A, E9LT34C, E9LT35X and EXLT34A.
Visit the Britax B-Safe recall page on their website for more details.