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Section 12 - Re-use After A Crash
Car seats are damaged in vehicle crashes and
in many cases, the car seat must be destroyed
and replaced. However, the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) advises
that if a child restraint (car seat) has been used
in a minor crash that the child restraint can
continue to be used with your child.
For information on car seat re-use after a crash,
check the NHTSA website at:
www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/childps,
select “Child Restraint Re-use After Minor
Crashes” and then “NHTSA Position”.
Damage to car seats may be difficult to see or it
may be difficult to verify the damage to the car
seat. For those situations where any of the
NHTSA Child Restraint Re-use criteria has not
been met, or if there is uncertainty whether
damage to the seat has occurred, NHTSA and
Combi USA advise parents or caregivers to
contact their automobile insurance company
regarding its policy on replacement of seats.
DO NOT risk your child’s safety.
WARNING
DEATH or SERIOUS INJURY can occur
• DO NOT allow any re-use of this car seat after
a crash unless crash and car seat meet ALL
conditions in “Re-use After A Crash” section
of this manual. Do not sell or allow others to
use a car seat that has been in a crash and it
does not comply with ALL of these conditions.
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