Infant Child Seat Harness Buckle problems of the 1998 Chevrolet Tahoe

One problem related to infant child seat harness buckle has been reported for the 1998 Chevrolet Tahoe. The most recently reported issues are listed below.

1 Infant Child Seat Harness Buckle problem

Failure Date: 02/09/2002

This is to report the failure of a century brand child car seat in an traffic accident. Century car seat model: 45100sth, manufacturer's date: 06-30-2000; purchase date approximately 8/00. Seat was properly installed in Chevrolet Tahoe and child was properly seated and buckled into car seat. Accident occurred on 2/9/02; approximate travel speed: 50 mph, in 4-wheel drive. Truck spun out of control on icy road and came to stop in a ditch. Child was completely ejected from the car seat; buckle across chest broke and came open during crash. Proper installation and broken/failed part noted by both witnesses and police at the scene. Please contact us for additional information/copy of police report. This has been reported to centry products.




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