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2011 Cosco Ic-021AHG Seat belts Problems

Owner-reported complaints naming the seat belt system, filed with NHTSA

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Seat belts reportsComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Nov 6, 2015
Share of all reportsThis category as a share of every owner report on file for this model year. One report can name more than one component, so the categories overlap.
100%
of 8 total
Crash or fire reportedReports in this category whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. The reporter's own answer on the NHTSA form, not a verified finding.
0
Injuries or deaths reportedTotals the submitters entered on their own reports in this category. Not verified by NHTSA and not a casualty statistic.
0

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Reports naming seat belts, buckles, retractors and pretensioners. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2011 Cosco Ic-021AHG submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 8 reports on file name it.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Owner reports naming seat belt

Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed

Seat belts
Filed Nov 6, 2015

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 COSCO SCENERA NEXT CONVERTIBLE SAFETY SEAT (NA), MODEL NUMBER: CC123-CVA (NA). THE SEAT WAS MANUFACTURED ON JUNE 20, 2015. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HARNESS BUCKLE BECAME DIFFICULT TO RELEASE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE THE CHILD FROM THE SAFETY SEAT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN.

NHTSA ID
10788948
Incident
Jul 9, 2015
Seat belts
Filed Jun 18, 2015

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 COSCO LIGHT N COMFY (NA) INFANT SEAT, MODEL NUMBER: IC-187BDE AND MANUFACTURED ON AUGUST 15, 2014. THE CHILD SEAT WAS BEING UTILIZED IN A 2010 TOYOTA TACOMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HARNESS STRAPS FRACTURED WHILE THE SEAT WAS IN THE VEHICLE. THE CHILD WAS IN THE SAFETY SEAT AT THE TIME OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN.

NHTSA ID
10725899
Incident
Jun 17, 2015
Seat belts
Filed Nov 20, 2014

COSCO LIGHT N COMFY CAR SEAT NOT STAYING LOCKED IN BASE AND THE HANDLE WOBBLING ON CAR SEAT COULD POSSIBLE FALL OFF LATER AND CAUSE CHILD SEAT TO FALL TO GROUND WHEN CARRYING. *TR

NHTSA ID
10659914
Incident
Nov 20, 2014
Seat belts
Filed Jul 22, 2014

***BLF NOTE CALL CONSUMER TO GET MORE INFO*** TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A COSCO IC-021AKT (NA) REARFACING INFANT SEAT. WHENEVER THE CONTACT WOULD SLIGHTLY PULL THE TETHER STRAP ON THE INFANT SEAT, THE STRAP WOULD AUTOMATICALLY PULL COMPLETELY OUT. THE INFANT SEAT WAS SECURED WITH THE ANCHOR BASE AND REAR VEHICLE SEAT BELT. THE VEHICLE INFORMATION, INFANT SEAT MODEL YEAR, MANUFACTURE DATE, AND PURCHASE DATE WERE UNAVAILABLE.

NHTSA ID
10615405
Incident
Jul 17, 2014
Seat belts
Filed Dec 4, 2013

THE STRAPS DO NOT STAY SECURE AT ALL. MY CHILD JUST PULLED IT COMPLETELY OUT OF THE SEAT JUST SITTING THERE SO I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW IT IS SUPPOSED TO KEEP MY CHILD SAFE IN AN ACCIDENT?! IT ALSO SNAPS INTO THE BASE REALLY FUNNY AND I DO NOT FEEL IT IS SAFE. *TR

NHTSA ID
10554789
Incident
Dec 3, 2013
Seat belts
Filed Aug 2, 2013

I HAVE A COSCO INFANT CAR SEAT MANUFACTURED ON 11/02/2012, GB1B3... WHEN PLACING THE CAR SEAT INTO THE BASE, THE CAR SEAT ONLY LOCKS INTO THE FRONT OF THE BASE, THUS ALLOWING THE REAR PART OF THE CAR SEAT TO LIFT UP FROM THE BASE FREELY AND EASILY. *TR

NHTSA ID
10533248
Incident
Jul 25, 2013
Seat belts
Filed Jul 21, 2013

I RECEIVED A CARSEAT WIT STROLLER FOR MY BABY SHOWER 2-9-13 EVER SINCE I OPENED IT THE STRAP KEEPS COMING OFF THE METAL PIECE IN THE BACK THE HOLDER PART IT CRACKING OPEN AND WHEN U HOLD THE HANDLE IT NOT IN THE MIDDLE LIKE NORMAL CARSEATS I FEEL THAT MY SON IS GOING TO FALL OUT DUE TO THE STRAP COMING OFF AND THE HANDLE BEING MADE THE WAY IT IS MY SON WAS BORN MARCH\10\13 THE MODEL NUMBER IS IC-021AKT AND IT NOT LISTED HERE. *TR

NHTSA ID
10525983
Incident
Mar 10, 2013
Seat belts
Filed Feb 19, 2013

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A COSCO CHILD SEAT, MODEL NUMBER: IC-021AHG MANUFACTURED DECEMBER 8, 2011. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHILD WAS ABLE TO EXTEND THE HARNESS STRAPS BY PULLING ON THEM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HARNESS STRAPS WERE SUPPOSE TO LOCK IN THE REAR OF THE SEAT BUT DO NOT SECURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE CHILD SEAT WAS NOT REPLACED.

NHTSA ID
10499226
Incident
Nov 19, 2012

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.

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