Recalled Car Seats..WATCH OUT

When considering a Car seat, any Car seat be sure that the one you are buying or bidding has not been recalled. Looking through this list of infant car seats, I have noticed a few that have been recalled and/or are 10-15 years old. It is not safe to use a car seat that old because laws have changed and companies are making their seats safer. The ones that have been recalled that I have noticed on halfvalue are as follows: The Graco or Century infant seat 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. The recalled car seats/carriers have a molded, one-piece, one-color plastic handle colored white, gray, or tan. Century has received more than 2,700 reports of handle-related problems, including handles breaking, cracking or possibly not being locked while the seat is being used as a carrier.

 Evenflo Co. Inc., of Vandalia, Ohio, is recalling about 3.4 million Joyride® Infant car seat/carriers. When the seat is used as an infant carrier, the handle can unexpectedly release, causing the seat to flip forward. When this happens, an infant inside the carrier can fall to the ground and suffer serious injuries. The recall involves all Evenflo Joyride® car seats/carriers, which are white or gray plastic with seat pads of various colors and patterns. "Evenflo Joyride Car Seat/Carrier" is written on the outside of the handle locks. The seats have model numbers beginning with 203, 205, 210, 435 or 493, which can be found on a label underneath or on the side the car seat/carrier. Juvenile product, mass merchandise and major discount stores nationwide sold the car seats/carriers from January 1988 through December 1998 for about $30 when sold alone, $48 when sold as a Travel Tandem® (with a detachable convenience base), and $89 when sold with a matching stroller.