VANDALIA, Ohio (Feb. 1) - Evenflo Co. issued a voluntary safety recall Friday on its Discovery infant car seat and is providing parents with free supplemental fasteners to prevent the seats from detaching in high-impact side collisions.
Baby product maker Evenflo announces a voluntary recall of four models of its Discovery infant car seats after tests show that some could potentially become separated from the base in high impact side collisions.
The recall covers car seat models 390, 391, 534 and 552. About 1 million units of the car seats were produced beginning April 2005.
The recall is based on recent laboratory tests by Evenflo and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which show that the seat could potentially become separated from its base in high impact side collisions.
Evenflo is providing current owners of the seat models with a free supplemental dual-hook fastener to ensure that the seat remains attached in such collisions.
"While our current Discovery car seat models have performed well to protect infants in actual side impact automobile collisions without any reports of serious injury or death since they were introduced, we want to take further steps to protect the safety of children who use our products," said Evenflo Chief Executive Rob Matteucci.
In the meantime, Evenflo said consumers should continue to use their Discovery infant car seat. The company said it is not necessary to return the seats to retailers.
The privately held company said it is also taking steps to improve future Discovery seat models. The updated seats will be available in the second quarter of 2008.
