Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1997 Fisher Price Safe Embrace

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

1
Open recalls
17
NHTSA complaints
0
Defect investigations
0
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

17 filed
0
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Child SEAT:TETHER: STRAP/WEBBING
    3
  • Child SEAT:HARNESS RETAINER/CHEST Clip
    3
  • Child SEAT:SHELL:CONVERTIBLE
    2
  • Child SEAT:HARNESS BUCKLE:INFANT
    2
  • Child SEAT:HANDLE (INFANT)
    1
  • Child Seat
    1
  • Child SEAT:SHELL:BOOSTER
    1
  • Seat BELTS:INTEGRATED Child Seat
    1

Recalls

1 campaign
98C019000·CHILD SEAT:TETHER: STRAP/WEBBING1998-07-24

EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION: MODEL 79700 SAFE EMBRACE CONVERTIBLE CAR SEAT. THE HARNESS ADJUSTER, USED TO TIGHTEN AND LOCK THE HARNESS BELTS AROUND A CHILD, CAN MALFUNCTION IF A SPRING BREAKS OR DISLOCATES FROM THE CORRECT POSITION.

RiskWHEN THE HARNESS ADJUSTER FAILS, IT WOULD NOT PROPERLY LOCK THE SHOULDER BELTS IN PLACE. IF THIS OCCURS, THE CHILD MAY NOT BE ADEQUATELY PROTECTED IN A CRASH.

FixFISHER-PRICE WILL PROVIDE OWNERS WITH A REVISED RESTRAINT ADJUSTER AND INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS.

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