2009 Cosco High Back Booster(22-233) Problems
Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component
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What this page shows
Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2009 Cosco High Back Booster(22-233), grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Reports by component
Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category
- Seat belts6100.0%
Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.
Each component in detail
What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words
Seat belts
Reports naming seat belts, buckles, retractors and pretensioners.
From owner reports, verbatim
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 COSCO HIGH BACK CHILD RESTRAINT, MODEL NUMBER 22233-TSS, MANUFACTURED JULY 18, 2008. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON CRASH. THE CHILD SEAT FAILED AND THE REAR PORTION OF THE CHILD SEAT FRACTURED, ALLOWING THE STRAPS THAT WERE SECURING THE CHILD IN PLACE TO RELEASE. THE CHILD WAS THROWN FROM THE SEAT AND STRUCK THE REAR OF THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. THE EMS HAD TO PRY THE CHILD SEAT AND THE CHILD FROM THE VEHICLE AND THE CHILD SUSTAINED FACIAL FRACTURES AS A RESULT OF THE CHILD SEAT FAILURE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE DESIGN OF THE CHILD RESTRAINT WAS NOT SUFFICIENT FOR A HEAD ON CRASH.
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A COSCO HIGH BACK CHILD SEAT, MODEL 22-233 BVL, MANUFACTURED NOVEMBER 14, 2007. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 2 MPH WHEN THE HARNESS THAT HOOKED THROUGH THE REAR OF THE SEAT SLIPPED OFF. WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED, THE CHILD WAS LEFT UNPROTECTED FROM THE LEFT SIDE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT NOTICED ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE SEAT PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE.
Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
Elsewhere on this vehicle
Data sources
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — owner-reported complaints and the components recorded on them
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