CPSC, NHTSA and Century Announce Recall of Infant Car Seats/Carriers
Press Release # 01-012
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- Screen reading: "In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Century Products is recalling about 4 million infant car seats/carriers. When the seat is used as an infant carrier, the handle can break. An infant inside the carrier can fall to the ground and suffer serious injuries."
- View of two car seats and the product box.
- Close-up of product box reading in part: "Century; SmartFitlassic."
- View of car seats and box.
- Close-up of car seat reading in part: "Century."
- Screen reading: "The recall involves all Century rear-facing
infant car seats/carriers with one-piece handles manufactured from January 1991 through July 1997. The date of manufacture,
written as month, day, year (010191 through 073197), can be found on a label on the side of the seat."
- View of adult inspecting seat.
- Close-up of label with model number.
- Screen reading: "The recalled car seats/carriers have a molded, one-piece, one-color plastic handle colored white, gray, or tan."
- View of two car seats.
- Close-up view of car seat handles.
- Screen reading: "When the seat is used as an infant carrier, the handle can break."
- View of adult picking up car seat and showing broken handle.
- Close-up of broken handle.
- Screen reading: "Parents and caregivers should continue using these rear-facing infant car seats, but should not use the carrying handle until the new handle is installed. To receive the free handle, consumers should call Century at (800) 865-1419 anytime Consumers should have the carrier in front of them when they call the hotline to identify the model number and date of manufacture."
- View of adult outdoors walking down steps towards a car carrying the car seat.
- Car seat being put in car.
- New handle and instructions being taken out of box.
- Screen reading: "Century car seat/carrier with replacement handle."
- Adult making sure new handle is secure on car seat.
- Handle being put upright.
- View of baby in car seat.
- Close-up of baby being buckled in.
- Car seat being picked up by the handle with baby inside.
- Adult coming out of the house with carrier in hand and walking the steps towards a car, while baby is inside carrier.
- View of carrier being put in car.
- Close-up of baby's face.
- View of baby in car being carried by adult.
- End