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Maxi-cosi - Dorel

Official notice

14 Feb 2011

CriticalHealth Canada

An official Health Canada notice concerns Maxi-cosi - Dorel. Certain infant seats may not lock properly in position when the seat is installed onto the removable base. The seat will latch into the base but it may not fully lock. In the event of a collision, should the seat not be fully locked into the base, the seat could separate from the base and result in personal injury or death. Correction: Dorel will notify its customers and provide a repair kit with a tool to be used to change the springs. Published 2011-02-14.

What to do now

Please see corrective actions section below

Recall number

71952

Official notice

2011-02-14

The hazard

Certain infant seats may not lock properly in position when the seat is installed onto the removable base. The seat will latch into the base but it may not fully lock. In the event of a collision, should the seat not be fully locked into the base, the seat could separate from the base and result in personal injury or death. Correction: Dorel will notify its customers and provide a repair kit with a tool to be used to change the springs.

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Recall Numbers

71952

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Affected products

Product 1

Year: 2008, Make: MAXI-COSI, Model: INFANT CAR SEAT BASE (22515CBLK)

Product 2

Year: 2008, Make: MAXI-COSI, Model: MICO (22371CJUC)

Product 3

Year: 2008, Make: MAXI-COSI, Model: MICO (22371CLMD)

Product 4

Year: 2008, Make: MAXI-COSI, Model: MICO (22371CORE)

Product 5

Year: 2008, Make: MAXI-COSI, Model: MICO (22371CPNG)

Risk / hazard

Certain infant seats may not lock properly in position when the seat is installed onto the removable base. The seat will latch into the base but it may not fully lock. In the event of a collision, should the seat not be fully locked into the base, the seat could separate from the base and result in personal injury or death. Correction: Dorel will notify its customers and provide a repair kit with a tool to be used to change the springs.

Where it was sold

The source does not list specific retailers. See the official notice for where affected products were sold.

Location 1

CA · Canada

Affected area 1

CA · Canada

Company & contacts

Manufacturer

Not provided

Phone

Not provided

Brand: Maxi-cosi, Dorel.

Source & status

Source

Health Canada

Tier

official

Category

VEHICLES

App estimate

critical

Recall details

Recall number

71952

Source tier

official

Documents, notices & source

See the official notice and source documents for full details.

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