NHTSA Recalls 376,000 Infant Car Seats

08/14/96

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) today announced a safety recall involving 376,000 infant car safety seats manufactured by Century Products Company of Macedonia, Ohio.

The agency said some of the company's infant car seats and infant car seat strollers have buckles that may release upon impact. The infanct car seats, manufactured between Sept. 12, 1995, and May 13, 1996, are model numbers 4525, 4535, 4560, 4565, 4575 and 4590. The infant car seat strollers involved are model numbers 11-570, 11-597, 11-600 and 11-650.

Owners should contact Century to obtain a free replacement buckle kit and installation instructions. They can do so by calling Century toll-free at (800) 837-4044 or by writting to Century Products Company, 9600 Valley View Road, Macedonia, Ohio, 44056.

Owners of Century infant seats who have questions about this or other recalls should call NHTSA's toll-free Auto Safety Hotline, (800) 424-9393. In the Washington, D.C., area, the number to call is (202) 366-0123. Operators are on duty Monday through Friday form 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Eastern time, and requests for information are recorded around the clock.

Bill Maloney -- The Auto Channel