EU alert · Safety Gate Serious risk Childcare articles and children's equipment
Children's car seat Britax-Römer “DUALFIX” — risk: injuries
Published in the Safety Gate weekly report: · Ref. A12/0632/18
Summary
There might be hairline cracks in both seat shell mountings. In the event of an accident, this could lead to the child seat shell detaching from the base causing injuries to the child and vehicle passengers. The product does not comply with UN/ECE Regulation No 44-04.
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Product
Children's car seat — Britax-Römer
- Brand
- Britax-Römer
- Name / model
- DUALFIX · Type-approval number: E11 - 041518; type: child car seat for group 0+/1 approved under ECE R44/04;
- Batch number(s)
- The child car seats affected were sold between 3 November 2017 and 22 March 2018 (the DUALFIX i-SIZE child car seat is not affected by this measure).
- Category
- Childcare articles and children's equipment
- Children's car seat for ages 0+/1.
- Recall information: https://www.dualfix-check.com
What is the risk?
- There might be hairline cracks in both seat shell mountings. In the event of an accident, this could lead to the child seat shell detaching from the base causing injuries to the child and vehicle passengers. The product does not comply with UN/ECE Regulation No 44-04.
Measures taken
- Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): ManufacturerCategory of measure(s): Recall of the product from end users
- Date of entry into force: Unknown
Source: Safety Gate — European Commission
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