2005 Eddie Bauer 22-630

Routine

Owners filed 8 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the child seat › base. It has been recalled 1 time.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Child Seat › Base5
000
Child Seat2
000
Child Seat › Handle (infant)1
000

1 safety recall

Part 573 reports
Child Seat › Handle (infant)06C005000
Filed Nov 17, 200667,276 vehiclesDorel Juvenile Group

Defect. CERTAIN DOREL JUVENILE GROUP (DJG) COMFORT INFANT CHILD RESTRAINTS, MODELS 22-331 AND 22-332 ALPHA ELITE AND 22-630 AND 22-631 EDDIE BAUER, MANUFACTURED FROM JULY 26, 2005, AND FEBRUARY 28, 2006. ONE OR MORE OF THE SIX HANDLE TRIM SCREWS CAN LOOSEN AND FALL OUT INTO THE CHILD OCCUPANT AREA. THE CHILD COULD THEN PICK UP THE SCREW AND PLACE IT INTO HIS OR HER MOUTH.

Risk. THE CHILD COULD CHOKE ON THE SCREW.

Remedy. DJG WILL NOTIFY OWNERS AND PROVIDE A FREE REMEDY KIT WHICH CONSISTS OF SIX REPLACEMENT SCREWS, INSTRUCTIONS, AND A SCREWDRIVER. THE RECALL BEGAN ON NOVEMBER 21, 2006. OWNERS MAY CONTACT DJG TOLL FREE AT 877-229-1374.

What owners reported

Newest filings
Child Seat › Base
Filed Jan 10, 2013WV

MODEL: 22-630-BAL MANUFACTURE DATE: 2006-2-16 FIRST NAME: [XXX] LAST NAME:[XXX] ADDRESS: [XXX] CITY: [XXX] STATE: [XXX] ZIP: [XXX] COUNTRY: US TELEPHONE: [XXX] EMAIL:[XXX] I HEARD ABOUT THE RECALL FROM: WEBSITE I HAVE A EDDIE BAUER CAR SEAT AND THERE IS A RECALL ON IT BUT I'M ALSO HAVING A PROBLEM WITH THE BASE OF THE CAR SEAT FOR ONE THE SEAT BELT WON'T HOLD IT IN FIRM AND TIGHT IT WIGGLES ALOT AND ALSO WHEN I PUT THE CAR SEAT ON THE BASE IT WON'T STAY LOCKED IT I CAN'T GET IT TO LOCK IN THE BASE AT ALL SO PLEASE HELP.... INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Child Seat
Filed Apr 22, 2011KY

WHILE IN A AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT THE CLIPS ON MY SONS REAR FACING CAR SEAT THAT THE SEAT BELT GOES THROUGH TO HOLD THE CAR SEAT IN PLACE BROKE OFF ALLOWING HIS CAR SEAT TO MOVE FREELY IN THE CAR. *TR

Child Seat
Filed Sep 13, 2010DC

EDDIE BAUER 22-630. CONSUMER STATES DEFECTIVE TRAVEL SYSTEM *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN, THE CAR SEAT FLIPPED OVER AND IT HAPPENED MORE THAN ONCE. *JB

Child Seat › Base
Filed Jul 17, 2007FL

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 DOREL JUVENILE GROUP EDDIE BAUER THREE-IN-ONE CHILD SAFETY SEAT. THE MODEL NUMBER IS 22-630MRC. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BASE THAT CONNECTS INTO THE VEHICLE IS TOO NARROW AND UNSTABLE. SHE HAD A TECHNICIAN INSTALL THE SAFETY SEAT, BUT IT STILL REMAINED UNSTABLE. ON ONE OCCASION, SHE MADE A SHARP TURN AND THE SAFETY SEAT TIPPED OVER. THE CONTACT MANAGED TO CATCH THE SEAT BEFORE IT FELL. UPDATED 02/01/08. *LJ

Child Seat › Handle (infant)
Filed Jan 9, 2007MA

RECALL ON EDDIE BAUER INFANT COMFORT CAR SEAT TRAVEL SYSTEM MODEL# 22-630-HPN MFG: L#18B 030714 05/05/06. *JB

Child Seat › Base
Filed Sep 17, 2006OR

THE CAR SEAT BASE IS UNSTABLE WHEN PUT IN PER INSTRUCTIONS ,AND BY FIRE FIGHTERS A SERVICE THEY OFFER. THE HOLE UNIT CAR SEAT AND BASE TIPS OVER WHILE DRIVING. *NM

Child Seat › Base
Filed Sep 7, 2006FL

EDDIE BAUER CHILD CARSEAT WITH BASE, MODEL #: 22-630-MRC, MGF. DATE: 8/16/05, NO MATTER HOW TIGHTLY WE SECURE THIS BASE USING THE LAP/SHOULDER STRAP AND LOCKING CLIP, IT SEEMS THE BASE WOULD COME LOOSE IF OUR CAR WERE TO EVER FLIP OVER. THE BASE SEEMS SECURE WHERE THE BELT HOLDS IT DOWN IN THE BACK (THE TALLER PART OF THE BASE THAT IS CLOSEST TO THE BACK OF THE SEAT), BUT IF YOU LIFT THE FRONT OF THE BASE UP, IT EASILY RELEASES THE BASE FROM THE SEAT BELT. WE HAVE FOLLOWED THE INSTRUCTIONS TO A T AND HAVE REFERRED TO OUR CAR'S OWNER'S MANUAL AS WELL. I CAN'T BELIEVE THERE ISN'T A RECALL FOR THIS BASE/CAR SEAT. *NM

Child Seat › Base
Filed Aug 18, 2006NC

THE CAR SEAT ROLLS AND SHIFTS WHEN CORNERS ARE TURNED. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET SECURELY IN THE CAR AS WAS TOLD BY A CAR SEAT SAFETY SEMINAR. *NM

8 of 8 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 2006
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
200615100Routine
2005 — this page8100Routine

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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.

Recall repairs are free for as long as the recall stands. Check whether a specific car still has open work at NHTSA's VIN lookup.

Most recent recall on file: Nov 17, 2006. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.