Chest Clip, Buckle, Harness Related Problems of the 2016 GMC Yukon

Table 1 shows one common chest clip, buckle, harness related problems of the 2016 GMC Yukon.

Table 1. Chest Clip, Buckle, Harness related problems of GMC Yukon

Problem Category Number of Problems
Chest Clip, Buckle, Harness problems
2

Chest Clip, Buckle, Harness problem #1

After my child had thrown up all over the car seat her father had taken her inside to clean up and I took the car seat apart to throw the pieces into the washer to clean them. The harness strap did not come out fully clean so I contacted graco for a replacement piece and I was told that they don’t replace those and that the strap being removed totaled my car seat. It has a woven material tab that goes up through the hard plastic base and locks in by opening itself. It’s essentially a t in the material so it can be folded to go back through the hard plastic base. I was told that since the manual doesn’t provide instructions regarding that piece that I should know it’s not to be removed. No where in the manual, on the car seat or on the strap says it’s not to be removed. I did not damage/break/cut any pieces to get it in or out of the car seat. I was a mom in a panic trying to clean the car seat as quickly as possible so I could tend to my sick child. There were no warning signs telling me anywhere not to remove it. I don’t want other parents to do what I did and have a totaled car seat that they continue to use. I did not have the manual at the time of removing the pieces for cleaning but I have since located the pdf and read through all 96 pages.

Chest Clip, Buckle, Harness problem #2

Chest clip does not remain clipped. It releases without pressing the release buttons.


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