Recall Date: April 08, 2022
NHTSA Campaign Number: 22C001000
Recall Summary
Name of Product: Child Seat
Manufacturer: Columbus Trading-Partners USA, Inc. CPT)
Hazard: A child may pick pieces of foam from the child seat headrest pad.
Potential Number of Units Affected: 20,526
Remedy: CTP will mail a kit with instructions on how to seal the headrest foam, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed May 9, 2022.
Consumer Contact: Owners may contact CTP customer service at 1-877-242-5676. Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.
Recall Details
Description: Columbus Trading-Partners USA, Inc. (CTP) is recalling certain CYBEX Sirona M Convertible Child Car Seat, model numbers 518000385, 518002153, 518000387, 518002145, 518002149, 518002151, and 519000211, manufactured between November 3, 2017 and August 31, 2018.
Affected Products:
| CYBEX | SIRONA M | 9999 |
Incidents/Injuries: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) Trends Analysis Division identified 15 Early Warning Reporting (EWR) Death & Injury (D&I) reports alleging injuries involving production year 2018 Cybex Sirona M car (child) seats. According to the reports, child occupants were able to access a foam material, used in the seat headrest, via an opening in its covering material. The children subsequently placed the foam in their mouths thereby resulting in coughing, gagging, vomiting, or passed by means of bowel movements. No fatalities have been reported.
In addition to the D&I reports, ODI has received four Vehicle Owner Questionnaire (VOQ) reports from two complainants involving the 2018 Cybex Sirona M car seat. Like the D&I reports, the VOQs also express concern for the same alleged defect, that the foam in the car seat headrest was accessible to child occupants through its covering material leading to potential ingestion. Three of the four reports were submitted by the same complainant who owned two subject car seats. No injuries are alleged in these reports.
Associated Documents:
Defect Notice 573 Report
RCLRPT-22C001-5097.PDF 227.317KB
https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2022/RCLRPT-22C001-5097.PDF
Recall Acknowledgement
RCAK-22C001-9711.pdf 739.567KB
https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2022/RCAK-22C001-9711.pdf
