Orbit Baby G2 Car Seat Base. Published by Transport Canada as 2013368 on 25 October 2013. System: Seats And Restraints.
What the notice says On certain infant car seat bases, the knob used to securely tighten the base into the vehicle may detach or spin without tightening the base. In either case, the car seat base cannot be properly secured into a vehicle in accordance with the instructions. Correction: All registered owners with affected car seat bases …
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2013368
- Recall date
- 25 October 2013
- Make
- Orbit Baby
- Models
- G2 Car Seat Base
- Model years
- 2013
- Vehicle class
- Child Car Seat
- System
- Seats And Restraints
- Raised as
- Safety MFR
- Vehicles affected
- 110
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
On certain infant car seat bases, the knob used to securely tighten the base into the vehicle may detach or spin without tightening the base. In either case, the car seat base cannot be properly secured into a vehicle in accordance with the instructions. Correction: All registered owners with affected car seat bases will be sent a free repair kit consisting of a barrel nut, screw, allen wrench and repair instructions in both official languages. Non-registered owners, or owners who have moved, are asked to call the Canadian distributor, ALCA Distribution, at their toll-free number 1-866-531-3255 to request a free repair kit.
Important notes: If the car seat base is securely installed in accordance with the instruction manual and the knob later detaches or just spins, the base will remain securely installed and can continue to be used with the car seat. The infant car seat can also continue to be used without the base until a repair kit has been installed. The affected car seats should not be returned to the retailer.<a href="http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/roadsafety/childsafety-notice-2013p05-1391.html">Click here for more information</a>
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 2013368.
Orbit Baby elsewhere in this register
Orbit Baby is named on 3 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2010278 · 16 August 2010 · Ruby, Black, Mocha · Seats And Restraints
- 2017498 · 13 October 2017 · G3 · Seats And Restraints
The same system: Seats And Restraints
900 notices in this register name Seats And Restraints. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2013350 · 4 October 2013 · Silverado, Sierra · Seats And Restraints
- 2013409 · 20 November 2013 · S Class · Seats And Restraints
- 2013421 · 26 November 2013 · VNL, VNM, VHD · Seats And Restraints
- 2013413 · 26 November 2013 · Vision School Bus, All American School Bus · Seats And Restraints
- 2013414 · 26 November 2013 · All American Non-School Bus, Vision Non-School Bus · Seats And Restraints
- 2013427 · 27 November 2013 · Coronado, Cascadia, 122sd · Seats And Restraints
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