Nuna Baby Essentials has recalled greater than 600,000 of its RAVA automotive seats as a result of particles might forestall the harness from staying comfortable.
The recall impacts RAVA fashions constructed from July 16, 2016, to Oct. 25, 2023, the corporate mentioned. In these automotive seats, particles might get caught the place the entrance harness adjuster button is, impeding the mechanism from correctly clamping on the strap.
“A unfastened harness might not correctly restrain the occupant, growing the danger of damage in a crash,” Nuna mentioned on its web site.
Nuna RAVA fashions manufactured after Oct. 25, 2023, usually are not included within the recall. Those fashions have a material protecting over the harness adjusters, fairly than plastic.
The affected automotive seats shouldn’t have to be disposed of or returned to shops. Instead, the corporate is providing clients a brand new seat pad, cleansing package and care directions to maintain the harness adjuster clear.
The free treatment package might be ordered on Nuna’s web site, which incorporates directions on learn how to verify whether or not a automotive seat’s harness is functioning correctly. If it’s, clients can proceed to make use of the seats “as directed,” Nuna mentioned.
Nuna, a high-end firm that additionally makes strollers and different child gear, described the voluntary recall as a “proactive step.” There have been no accidents or fatalities reported in reference to the difficulty, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration mentioned of the 608,786 recalled automotive seats.
Dr. Alisa Baer, a pediatrician and co-founder of The Car Seat Lady, an advocacy group dedicated to stopping accidents in automobiles, mentioned comfortable automotive seat straps are essential as a result of they decrease how a lot infants and kids transfer within the occasion of a crash.
“The looser the kid is within the straps, the longer it takes to cease,” she mentioned. “You don’t wish to make contact with something besides your seat belt or automotive seat straps in a crash.”
Baer mentioned that sand, grime or crumbs can get caught in any automotive seat’s harness adjuster, not simply the Nuna’s. When that occurs, kids can by chance loosen the automotive seat straps in the event that they lean ahead as a result of the locking mechanism may not work, she mentioned.
“Children usually are not identified for his or her neatness,” Baer mentioned. “The gripper tooth simply don’t grip as properly on a slick floor.”
She suggested dad and mom to make use of a dry brush or toothbrush to scrub all automotive seat straps of particles, and he or she recommended checking to ensure the straps keep in place when buckled in.
“You ought to discover no give within the straps. They should not budge,” she mentioned.
Model numbers of the Nuna automotive seats might be discovered on the label on the underside of the seat. The recalled mannequin numbers are:
- CS-50-001 CAVIAR
- CS-50-002 INDIGO
- CS-50-003 BERRY
- CS-50-004 BLACKBERRY
- CS-50-005 SLATE
- CS05101CHC CHARCOAL
- CS05103CVR CAVIAR
- CS05103FRT FROST
- CS05103GRN GRANITE
- CS05103LAK LAKE
- CS05103OXF OXFORD
- CS05103ROS ROSE
- CS05115DDC DROPLET DOT COLLECTION
- CS05105BAC BROKEN ARROW CAVIAR
- CS05106BRS BRUSH STROKE
- CS05107RFD REFINED
- CS05109RVT RIVETED
- CS05110LGN LAGOON
- CS05110EDG EDGEHILL
- CS05111OCN OCEAN
- CS05114CRD CURATED
- CS05104THR THREADED
