Six problems related to child seat have been reported for the 1996 Ford Windstar. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
The vehicle's integrated child seat straps which come across the child's chest can pop open very easily. The child which sits in the seat can pop open the straps.
The consumer's two year old child was able to undo the top half of the integrated child safety seat and proceeded to wiggle her legs out of the bottom strap and get out of the seat while the vehicle was making left hand turn omto a side street.
When placing child in rear bench seat on a booster seat child's head is over the headrest.
When the integrated child safety seat is locked a green insert is shown. When locking the css the green insert shows, but when tugging on the straps to make sure that the child is buckled in properly, the buckle separates very easily.
Children easily slip out of harness of integrated child seat.
Design of integrated child seat's chest clip allows it to be easily pushed by child's feet, freeing child to/ stand up/get out.
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