Parents who have their children in the car in a car seat from Chicco places, look the best is to look after what model they are in their car. Tests of Test-achats is, namely, that the belt at the bottom of the Chicco external loads given consist of i-Size seat, may break loose in a collision.
“The images of the crash in the lab are pretty terrifying”, says Test-aankoop. “In a frontal crash test at a speed of 64 km/h, we can see how the belt down to the Chicco seat, between the legs of the baby testpop – is confirmed, los, shoot. This flies the baby out of the seat, which, in practice, serious injuries would cause.”
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The consumer organisation contacted the company that the chairs in Belgium enter. They pointed out that the seat unit to the tests to meet European rules to comply with, without any problems had passed. But in these tests was a speed limit of 50 km/h is used. “Once more it shows how important our information on laboratory test results,” said Test-aankoop. the
The manufacturing defect would occur in a limited number of external loads given consist of i-Size child restraint systems, distributed after september 27, 2018. Chicco acknowledges that it was a mistake. The manufacturer shall establish a voluntary replacement program for: the failing belt will be replaced free of charge in the affected seats. You have such a car seat bought? Please contact your local customer service.
