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1997 Fisher Price Safe Embrace Problems

Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component

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Owner complaintsComplaints 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 22, 2005
Components namedHow many of our component categories appear on at least one report for this model year. One report can name several.
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Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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What this page shows

Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 1997 Fisher Price Safe Embrace, 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

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.

16
reports

From owner reports, verbatim

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A FISHER PRICE, SAFE EMBRACE MODEL #79752. SHE SAID THE CHILD SEAT WAS UNSTEADY WHEN SHE TOOK IT OUT OF THE VEHICLE. UPON INSPECTION, SHE NOTICED THE BACK PART OF THE SHELL FORMED A CRACK. SHE DID NOT NOTICE ANYTHING PRIOR TO TAKING THE CHILD SEAT FROM THE CAR. THE CAR SEAT HAD BEEN IN THE SAME POSITION IN THE CAR FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS. THE MANUFACTURER OFFERED A PARTIAL REFUND, AND INFORMED HER THAT THEY NO LONGER MANUFACTURER CAR SEATS. *AK THE SEAT SEPARATED AT THE BASE. UPDATED 12/05/05. *JB THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT WAS PROVIDED TO DAD.

NHTSA ID 10143420 · filed Nov 22, 2005

FISHER PRICE MODEL 79752, DOM APRIL/22/2000. BASE MECHANISM BROKE. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK

NHTSA ID 10090165 · filed Sep 1, 2004
All 16 reports naming seat belts →

Tires & wheels

Reports naming tires, wheels, hubs, or the tire-pressure monitoring system.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

TREAD SEPARATION. HAVE REQUESTED REFUND FOR REPLACEMENT TIRE, BUT NO RESPONSE FROM FIRESTONE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: 038040 TIRESIZE: 23575R15)

NHTSA ID 735974 · filed Nov 8, 2000

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

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