Graco My Ride 65 Recall
Graco Children’s Products, in consort with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), issued a recall for certain MyRide 65 car seats yesterday. This recall affects more than 25,000 seats manufactured in the summer of 2014 and sold nationwide. According to the press release, the problem with these seats is in the webbing of the harness.
Routine tests conducted by NHTSA found that the harness performed just below standards when subject to a static pull test. Therefore, out of an abundance of caution, Graco has issued this voluntary recall. The company will provide any users with the affected car seat models with a replacement kit.
Car Seats Affected
There was a lot of confusion among parents on social media regarding which of Graco’s car seats were affected by this recall. In addition, many parents are understandably concerned about the safety of their car seats prior to receiving the replacement kit.
According to Graco, only the MyRide 65 seat has any issues. In addition, the harness issue was an isolated manufacturing malfunction and therefore only affected a single batch of webbing, produced on July 22, 2014. Again, this webbing was only used on the MyRide 65 convertible seat, not any other Graco models.
MyRide 65 seats with the following model numbers may contain the defective webbing:
- 871689
- 1908152
- 1813074
- 1872691
- 1853478
- 1877535
- 1813015
- 1794334
Graco also specifically consulted with the NHTSA regarding the safety of the seats prior to installing the harness repair kit. According to the company’s Facebook page,
After discussions with NHTSA, the determination was made that the car seat could still be used. The compliance failure during the static pull test was just below the limit and doesn’t pose a safety hazard.
In other words, performance of the seat in the safety tests was only just below the standard used by the NHTSA. In addition, the static pull test which these seats failed is different from the standard crash test, which these MyRide 65 seats still passed. According to Graco, the failure is only in the restraint system’s webbing and not the seat itself.
Next Steps for Graco MyRide 65 Users
If you believe that your Graco MyRide 65 car seat is among those affected by this recall, head on over to the Graco website to register your seat and provide your information to receive a repair kit. Despite some reports to the contrary, repair kits will ship immediately, not on July 17th.
Then, if you have any additional questions or concerns, contact Graco directly. They offer a direct email address at [email protected] as well as a contact number 1-800-345-4109.