2013 CHICCO NEXTFIT 65 Problems & Recalls
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CPSC: THE CHICCO NEXT FIT IX ARRIVED WITH THE LATCH ATTACHMENT FOR THE SEAT BEING STUCK AND UNABLE TO BE ADJUSTED. I TALKED WITH A CUSTOMER SERVICE REP ON THE MONDAY FOLLOWING THE SEAT'S DELIVERY BUT THE REP WAS NOT ABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *DT *TR *DT NO VIN AVAILABLE *JB *TR
THIS INVOLVES A CHICCO NEXFIT IX ZIP. WE HAVE HAD THIS SEAT FOR AROUND 2 MONTHS. IT WAS A REPLACEMENT FOR OUR PREVIOUS CHICCO NEXTFIT ZIP THAT WAS IN AN ACCIDENT. A FEW DAYS AGO, I NOTICED THAT AFTER I BUCKLED MY DAUGHTER IN REAR-FACING, HER STRAPS LOOSENED. I PANICKED FOR A MOMENT TRYING TO FIG...
THIS INVOLVES A CHICCO NEXFIT IX ZIP. WE HAVE HAD THIS SEAT FOR AROUND 2 MONTHS. IT WAS A REPLACEMENT FOR OUR PREVIOUS CHICCO NEXTFIT ZIP THAT WAS IN AN ACCIDENT. A FEW DAYS AGO, I NOTICED THAT AFTER I BUCKLED MY DAUGHTER IN REAR-FACING, HER STRAPS LOOSENED. I PANICKED FOR A MOMENT TRYING TO FIG...
CPSC: THE CAR SEAT WAS BEING USED AS A CAR SEAT. THE NEXT FIT ZIP IS ADVERTISED AS A CAR SEAT IN WHICH THE COVER IS SUPPOSED TO BE EASILY REMOVABLE FOR WASHING. UPON REMOVING THE COVER THE STYROFOAM OF THE HEADREST POPPED OF. THIS STYROFOAM IS GLUED ON! *BF UPDATED 08/18/2017*JS
CPSC I1690253A: CHILD SAFETY SEAT, THE SHOULDER CAME FROM JUST BELOW HER SHOULDERS AND WERE TIGHTENED TO PASS THE PINCH TEST, THE CHEST CLIP WAS ON HER CHEST AT THE HEIGHT OF HER ARMPITS, AS PER THE MANUFACTURES INSTRUCTIONS. BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE SHOULDER STRAPS WERE UP BY HER DAUGHTER EARS,...
CPSC: THE PLASTIC PORTION THAT HOLDS THE STRAP THAT YOU TIGHTEN, THE PART THAT YOU HAVE TO RELEASE, HAS COME COMPLETELY OUT OF NOW TWO CHICCO NEXTFIT ZIPS. WE PULLED TO TIGHTEN THE STRAPS ON MY 20 MONTH OLD AND NEITHER OF US ARE THE HULK OR ANYTHING, BUT IT MADE THE ENTIRE CASING COME OUT TWO TIMES...
MY 2 YEAR OLD RIDES REAR FACING IN A CHICCO NEXTFIT AND SHE WAS PRESSING WITH HER FEET ON THE VEHICLE SEAT AND THE HEADREST (WHICH CONTROLS THE HEIGHT OF THE SHOULDER STRAPS) OF THE NEXTFIT SHOT UP FROM ITS POSITION TO ITS HIGHEST SETTING MAKING THE SHOULDER STRAPS NEAR HER EARS. WHEN THIS HAPPENED ...
THE HARNESS RELEASE BUTTON AND PLASTIC CASING THAT SURROUNDS THE BUTTON COMPLETELY BROKE OFF OF MY CHICCO NEXTFIT CONVERTIBLE CAR SEAT, AS I WAS TIGHTENING THE HARNESS TO MY CHILD. LEADING UP TO THIS EVENT, WE HAD DIFFICULTY IN LOOSENING AND TIGHTENING THE HARNESS, AS WELL AS DIFFICULTY WITH SYNCHI...
THE HARNESS RELEASE BUTTON AND PLASTIC CASING THAT SURROUNDS THE BUTTON COMPLETELY BROKE OFF OF MY CHICCO NEXTFIT CONVERTIBLE CAR SEAT, AS I WAS TIGHTENING THE HARNESS TO MY CHILD. LEADING UP TO THIS EVENT, WE HAD DIFFICULTY IN LOOSENING AND TIGHTENING THE HARNESS, AS WELL AS DIFFICULTY WITH SYNCHI...
THE HARNESS RELEASE BUTTON AND PLASTIC CASING THAT SURROUNDS THE BUTTON COMPLETELY BROKE OFF OF MY CHICCO NEXTFIT CONVERTIBLE CAR SEAT, AS I WAS TIGHTENING THE HARNESS TO MY CHILD. LEADING UP TO THIS EVENT, WE HAD DIFFICULTY IN LOOSENING AND TIGHTENING THE HARNESS, AS WELL AS DIFFICULTY WITH SYNCHI...
THE HARNESS RELEASE BUTTON AND PLASTIC CASING THAT SURROUNDS THE BUTTON COMPLETELY BROKE OFF OF MY CHICCO NEXTFIT CONVERTIBLE CAR SEAT, AS I WAS TIGHTENING THE HARNESS TO MY CHILD. LEADING UP TO THIS EVENT, WE HAD DIFFICULTY IN LOOSENING AND TIGHTENING THE HARNESS, AS WELL AS DIFFICULTY WITH SYNCHI...
WHILE TIGHTENING MY CHILD INTO THE SEAT, THE STRAP RELEASE BUTTON CAME AWAY FROM THE FRAME OF THE SEAT. I WAS ABLE TO GET HIM OUT BY REACHING INTO THE SEAT AND PUSHING THE INTERNAL BUTTON. THIS IS A CHICCO KEYFIT ZIP EQUINOX.
WHILE TIGHTENING THE HARNESS STRAPS ON THE CHICCO NEXTFIT CAR SEAT, THE PLASTIC HARNESS TIGHTENING BUTTON POPPED OUT OF SOCKET, EXPOSING A METAL SPRING, WHICH STABBED MY HAND. THE PLASTIC HARNESS TIGHTENING BUTTON WILL NO LONGER STAY IN SOCKET, AND MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO LOOSEN AND TIGHTEN THE CAR SE...
CPSC: CHICCO NEXTFIT CAR SEAT: CONSUMER STATED THE LATCH ON THE CAR SEAT WAS BROKEN. *SS WHEN THE CONSUMER WENT TO REMOVE HER SON FROM THE CAR SEAT, SHE NOTICED TWO PLASTIC PIECES ON THE FLOOR, AND UPON CLOSELY LOOKING AT THEM, SHE REALIZED THEY WERE PIECES FROM THE CAR SEAT. DUE TO THE BROKEN P...
MY TWO YEAR OLD SON CAN UNCLIP THE CHEST CLIP ON THE CHICCO NEXTFIT CAR SEAT. WE OWN 3 OF THESE CAR SEATS AND HE IS ABLE TO GET OUT OF ALL OF THEM. THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME WE ARE IN THE CAR WITH HIM. I DID CONTACT THE COMPANY AND THEY SEND ME AN EMAIL TELLING ME HOW TO KEEP MY SON IN THE CAR SEAT. T...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHICCO NEXTFIT 65 REARFACING INFANT SEAT, MODEL NUMBER: 06079319750070. THE SEAT WAS MANUFACTURED ON DECEMBER 15, 2013. THE SAFETY SEAT WAS BEING UTILIZED IN A 2014 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CHILD COULD UNBUCKLE THE CHEST HARNESS AND REMOVE THE UPPER BODY...
THE PLASTIC PIECE THAT HOLDS THE BELT TO TIGHTEN THE HARNESS ON THE NEXTFIT CAR SEAT IS NOT STAYING IN PLACE. CAUSING THE BUTTON THAT RELEASES THE HARNESS TO NOT BE ABLE TO BE USED. YOU ARE UNABLE TO RELEASE THE STRAPS OF THE CAR SEAT WITHOUT THE BUTTON FUNCTIONING. I ATTEMPTED TO PUT THE PIECE BACK...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHICCO NEXTFIT 65 INFANT SEAT, MODEL NUMBER: 06079319430070. THE SEAT WAS MANUFACTURED ON MAY 24, 2014. THE CHILD SEAT WAS UTILIZED IN A 2008 ACURA MDX. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HARNESS RELEASE BUTTON FRACTURED FROM THE SAFETY SEAT. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE ...
HARNESS ADJUSTMENT STRAP CAME APART WHILE TIGHTENING CHILD INTO SEAT PER INSTRUCTION MANUAL DIRECTIONS. PLASTIC HOUSING HOLDING MECHANISM TO SEAT BASE SHOWS SIGNS OF PLASTIC DEFORMATION DUE TO GENERAL USAGE WHILE TIGHTENING HARNESS. CAR SEAT IS UNUSABLE. WARRANTY REPLACEMENT HAS BEEN REQUESTED OF...
NEXTFIT CONVERTIBLE CAR SEAT HAS A BUTTON TO TIGHTEN/ LOOSEN SHOULDER RESTRAINT STRAPS, THIS BUTTON HAS GONE LOOSE AND NO LONGER TIGHTENS OR LOOSENS SHOULDER STRAPS CAUSING MY CHILD TO NOT BE SECURED SAFELY. THIS IS CONCERNING JUST AS MY CHILD ISN'T IN A CHILD RESTRAINT AT ALL. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 CHICCO NEXTFIT 65 REARFACING INFANT SEAT, MODEL NUMBER 06079319430070. THE SEAT WAS MANUFACTURED ON JANUARY 5, 2013. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HER TWO YEAR OLD SON UNBUCKLED THE CHILD SEAT. THE CONTACT INFORMED THE MANUFACTURER THAT THE CHEST CLIP WAS EASY TO UNBUCKLE AND T...
CHEST CLIP IS EASILY OPENED PREMATURELY BY TODDLER WHILE BUCKLED INTO SEAT WITH ONE FINGER PUSHING ON RAISED BUTTON. WAS TOLD TO DISTRACT CHILD WITH TOY OR REWARD SYSTEM BUT IS REALLY TOO YOUNG TO UNDERSTAND SAFETY RAMIFICATIONS. TOLD CHICCO WOULD SEND A NEW CLIP OF SAME STYLE TO TRY AND THAT THE ...
PLASTIC PIECE IN THE LATCH SYSTEM SNAPPED IN HALF. WHOLE NEW CAR SEAT SHIPPED TO ME. (RELATED VEHICLE INFORMATION: MODEL YEAR=2006, MAKE=DODGE, MODEL=CARAVAN). *TR
NOTE! THIS WEBSITE DOES NOT LIST THE CHICCO NEXTFIT AS AN OPTION FOR COMPLAINT. THIS COMPLAINT IS FOR THE CHICCO NEXTFIT CONVERTIBLE CAR SEAT. MY 14 MONTH OLD SON RIDES REAR FACING IN A CHICCO NEXTFIT IN MY HONDA ODYSSEY. THE SEAT WAS MANUFACTURED IN MAY 2013, PURCHASED IN JUNE OR JULY 2013 AND ...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A CHICCO NEXTFIT 65(N/A) FORWARD FACING CHILD SEAT, MANUFACTURED APRIL 13, 2013. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A TWO YEAR OLD CHILD WAS ABLE TO EASILY UNLATCH THE HARNESS STRAP CHEST CLIP. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE.