2009 Cosco High Back Booster(22-233)

Routine

Owners filed 6 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the child seat › shell › booster. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Child Seat › Shell › Booster2
101
Child Seat › Harness › Strap/Webbing2
000
Child Seat › Harness/Crotch Buckle1
000
Child Seat1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Child Seat › Shell › BoosterCrash1 injured
Filed Feb 11, 2011PA

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 COSCO HIGH BACK CHILD RESTRAINT, MODEL NUMBER 22233-TSS, MANUFACTURED JULY 18, 2008. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD-ON CRASH. THE CHILD SEAT FAILED AND THE REAR PORTION OF THE CHILD SEAT FRACTURED, ALLOWING THE STRAPS THAT WERE SECURING THE CHILD IN PLACE TO RELEASE. THE CHILD WAS THROWN FROM THE SEAT AND STRUCK THE REAR OF THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. THE EMS HAD TO PRY THE CHILD SEAT AND THE CHILD FROM THE VEHICLE AND THE CHILD SUSTAINED FACIAL FRACTURES AS A RESULT OF THE CHILD SEAT FAILURE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE DESIGN OF THE CHILD RESTRAINT WAS NOT SUFFICIENT FOR A HEAD ON CRASH.

Child Seat › Harness › Strap/Webbing
Filed Nov 15, 2010MD

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A COSCO HIGH BACK CHILD SEAT, MODEL 22-233 BVL, MANUFACTURED NOVEMBER 14, 2007. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 2 MPH WHEN THE HARNESS THAT HOOKED THROUGH THE REAR OF THE SEAT SLIPPED OFF. WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED, THE CHILD WAS LEFT UNPROTECTED FROM THE LEFT SIDE. THE CONTACT HAD NOT NOTICED ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE SEAT PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE.

Child Seat › Harness › Strap/Webbing
Filed Jul 6, 2010VA

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A COSCO HIGH BACK BOOSTER WITH A FIVE-POINT HARNESS, MODEL NUMBER 22-231-DTD(NA), MANUFACTURED IN JULY 14, 2008. SHE STATED THAT THE HARNESS STRAP WOULD NOT SECURE THE CHILD INTO THE BOOSTER SEAT OR ALLOW ENOUGH ROOM FOR THE CHILD TO MANEUVER OUT OF THE SEAT WITHOUT ADULT ASSISTANCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED.

Child Seat › Shell › Booster
Filed Oct 13, 2009NM

PLASTIC BROKE ON THE SIDE OF THE CAR SEAT. *TR

Child Seat
Filed Jul 5, 2009IL

I TOOK APART THE CAR SEAT TO CLEAN IT AND WHEN IT CAME TO PUTTING IT TOGETHER, WE WERE UNABLE TO. I LOOKED EVERYWHERE FOR THE INSTRUCTIONS AND AM UNABLE TO COME ACROSS THEM. I NEED THE INSTRUCTIONS TO BE SENT. *TR

Child Seat › Harness/Crotch Buckle
Filed May 18, 2009MO

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A COSCO HIGH BACK BOOSTER SEAT, MODEL 22233PDP. THE SEAT WAS MANUFACTURED ON FEBRUARY 11, 2009. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HARNESS THAT CONNECTS BOTH ARM RESTS AND EXTENDS ACROSS THE CHILD'S WAIST SNAPPED IN HALF WHILE THE CHILD WAS IN THE SEAT. IF A CRASH HAD OCCURRED, THE CHILD COULD HAVE BEEN SEVERELY INJURED. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN.

6 of 6 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.