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Nuna Baby Essentials is recalling more than 600,000 of its Rava line of car seats over a harness ... Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). ... in a crash.” The car seats list for $400 and more ...
A well-known luxury baby car seat retailer has issued an urgent recall for one of its popular infant car seats.. Nuna Baby Essentials, Inc. announced the recall of approximately 608,786 widely ...
A study of car crash data from 16 U.S. states found that children under the age of 3 were 43% less likely to be injured in a car crash if their car seat was fastened in the center of the back seat rather than on one side. Results were based on data from 4,790 car crashes involving children aged 3 and younger between 1998 and 2006.
In January 2025, NHTSA opened a preliminary investigation into 877,710 General Motors trucks and SUVs (model years 2019–2024) after receiving 39 complaints and reports of engine failures caused by bearing issues. The probe aims to assess the scope and severity of the problem, with General Motors stating its full cooperation. [21]
In May, Tesla recalled more than 125,000 vehicles over concerns of a malfunction with the vehicles' seat belt warning system could increase the chance of injury in a crash. The recall applied to ...
Placing children in appropriate car seats and booster seats reduces serious and fatal injuries by more than half. [6] All infants and toddlers should ride in a rear-facing seat until they are at least of two years of age. [7] All 50 states require child seats with specific criteria. Requirements vary based on a child's age, weight and height. [8]
Safety seats for kids under 40 pounds will now have to pass a side-impact test that replicates a 30-mph side collision. Manufacturers have three years to comply.
Nader counters by pointing out that, at the time, annual (and unnecessary) styling changes added, on average, about $700 to the consumer cost of a new car (equivalent to $6,800 in 2023). This compared to an average expenditure in safety by the automotive companies of about twenty-three cents per car (equivalent to $2.22 in 2023). [5]: p187