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2008 Safety 1ST 22554 (vantage) Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints 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 Feb 5, 2013
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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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Feb 11, 2010

What this page shows

Our database holds 3 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 2008 Safety 1ST 22554 (vantage). Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

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

Complaints, most recent first

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Seat belts
Filed Feb 5, 2013

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A SAFETY 1ST CHILD RESTRAINT SEAT, MODEL NUMBER CC045SNTG (N/A) MANUFACTURED OCTOBER 20, 2011. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE BOOSTER SEAT SHOULDER BELT POSITIONER FRACTURED. IN ADDITION, THE ADJUSTABLE HEAD REST FAILED TO POSITION PROPERLY UNLESS THE TWO PLASTIC TENSIONERS THAT SECURE THE TWO LONG RODS THAT TRAVELED THROUGH THE HANDLE WERE MANUALLY TIGHTENED CONTINUOUSLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE MALFUNCTION. THE DEFECTIVE CHILD SEAT HAD NOT BEEN REPLACED. THE BOOSTER WAS SECURED BY THE SEAT BELT SYSTEM WHENEVER INSTALLED IN THE VEHICLE.

NHTSA ID
10496516
Incident
Feb 5, 2013
Seat belts
Filed Mar 30, 2010

I HAVE THE SAFETLY 1ST VANTAGE HIGHBACK CAR SEAT, MODEL #22554-PCR. THE RESTRAINT STRAP WILL NOT STAY TIGHT. MY CHILD THEN LOOSENS THE STRAP WHILE IN THE SEAT SIMPLY BY PUSHING HER CHEST FORWARD. SHE NEVER TOUCHES THE STRAP RELEASE BUTTON. I HAVE CHECKED THE SEAT TO MAKE SURE STRAPS ARE INSTALLED CORRECTLY, AND HAVE RE-INSTALLED THE SEAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WASN'T CAUSING A PROBLEM. MY CHILD IS ABLE TO COMPLETELY GET OUT OF THE SEAT BECAUSE THE STRAP DOES NOT STAY TIGHT.

NHTSA ID
10322923
Incident
Jan 31, 2010
Seat belts
Filed Feb 11, 2010

UNIT FAILS AFTER ADJUSTING THE HARNESS ADJUSTMENT STRAP (PG. 8 OF INSTRUCTION BOOK). THE FAILURE IS THIS, AFTER AN ADJUSTMENT IS MADE, THE HARNESS RELEASE LEVER FAILS TO CINCH DOWN TIGHT ENOUGH ON THE HARNESS ADJUSTMENT STRAP TO PREVENT SLIPPAGE OF THE SEAT BELT. I HAVE MADE ADJUSTMENTS THEN PLACED MY ARM IN THE HARNESS AND PULLED THE HARNESS ADJUSTMENT STRAP LOOSE ENOUGH TO CAUSE SERIOUS COMPROMISE TO OCCUPANT SAFETY. I HAVE REPEATED THIS SEVERAL TIMES ON THIS SEAT. I HAVE CHECKED IN AND AROUND THE HARNESS RELEASE LEVER FOR DEBRIS AND FOUND NONE. I RECOMMEND THIS SEAT TO BE CHECKED FOR SAFETY. MANUFACTURED BY DOREL JUVENILE GROUP MODEL # 22554-PCR. *TR

NHTSA ID
10308745
Incident
Feb 1, 2010

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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