Orbit G2 Car Seatbase Orb822000, model year 9999. Filed by Orbit Baby, Inc. and reported to NHTSA on 23 October 2013. 2,962 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Orbit Baby, Inc. (Orbit) is recalling certain G2 Car Seat Bases, Model No. ORB822000, manufactured from March 20, 2013, through July 20, 2013, with batch numbers A0840, A0860, or A0880. The StrongArm Knob component of the Orbit Baby G2 Car Seat Base intended to secure the seat's base, may become detached or spin.
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 13C003 cover?
- Orbit G2 Car Seatbase Orb822000.
- What is wrong with them?
- Orbit Baby, Inc. (Orbit) is recalling certain G2 Car Seat Bases, Model No. ORB822000, manufactured from March 20, 2013, through July 20, 2013, with batch numbers A0840, A0860, or A0880.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- If the seat base is not properly secured, a child may be at an increased risk of injury in the event of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Registered owners will be notified and Orbit will provide a free remedy kit along with repair instructions to them or any owner that notifies Orbit of the need for a kit. The recall began on November 22, 2013. Owners may contact Orbit Baby Customer Service at 1-877-672-2229.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “If the seat base is not properly secured, a child may be at an increased risk of injury in the event of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 13C003 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Orbit Baby, Inc. |
| System at fault | Child Seat:Base |
| Reported to NHTSA | 23 October 2013 |
| Model years | 9999-9999 |
| Vehicles named | ORBIT G2 CAR SEATBASE ORB822000 |
What the notice says today
The consequence
If the seat base is not properly secured, a child may be at an increased risk of injury in the event of a crash.
The remedy
Registered owners will be notified and Orbit will provide a free remedy kit along with repair instructions to them or any owner that notifies Orbit of the need for a kit. The recall began on November 22, 2013. Owners may contact Orbit Baby Customer Service at 1-877-672-2229.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 89 notices in the record whose component field names child seat. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 47 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
How to cite this record
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CarsMultiverse, recall 13C003, wording as read on 17 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/13c003/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
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- Defect summary
874f14e3 - Consequence
9770d093 - Remedy
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