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1996 Chevrolet LUMINA Child Seat Base (infant) Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	363070
Internal NHTSA #	762338
Manufacurer	General Motors LLC
Brand	CHEVROLET
Model	LUMINA
Model Year	1996
File date	25/05/02
Component	CHILD SEAT:BASE (INFANT)
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	The base is not safe. The seat belt will not secure the base to the seat properly due to the belt feeds on the base being too close to the edge instead of more towards the middle of the car seat. To keep the base and car seat in place, more downward force must be applied to it from a point closer to its center. A police officer installed the infant seat per the instructions provided by evenflo and made sure the base was tightened down. Installed correctly, we could still lift the end of the base nearest the front cab up to touch the back seat. It actually flopped up and down loosely, even with the seat attached to the base. This would pose a serious injury risk to the infant in the event of an accident- the seat could fly back towards the rear dash and cause possible neck/back trauma. It could possibly even let go completely, allowing seat and child to be thrown around the interior of the car. Not only would such an incident injure the child, but also any other passengers that are in the car during an accident. Jacksonville police department advised me to return the car seat, purchase one that would install to safe standards and report this install failure of the evenflo cozy carry 5 comfort touch infant car seat to you.*ak
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Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	JACKSONVILLE, FL
VIN pattern	XXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	Y
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Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	0
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	01/06/01
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	Y
Cruise control	N
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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1996 Chevrolet LUMINA Child Seat Base (infant) Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

1996 Chevrolet LUMINA Child Seat Base (infant) Problems, Complaints and Defects

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