1997 Britax 161 (roundabout)

Routine

Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the child seat. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Child Seat1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Child Seat
Filed Aug 7, 2000MO

BRITAX MODEL # 16106, DOM 10/97: THERE IS A CRACK IN THE STYROFOAM THAT GOES OVER THE PLASTIC MOLDING, AT CHEST LEVEL OF THE CAR SEAT. PARENT NOTICED THIS WHEN THE COVER WAS TAKEN OFF THE SEAT. MANUFACTURER WILL BE CONTACTED ABOUT THE SEAT. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.