2010 RADIANXT 19500 Problems & Recalls

THE HARNESS ADJUSTER ON MY RADIAN XTSL WAS GETTING STUCK OPEN FREQUENTLY, AND I THOUGHT IT WAS BECAUSE THE STRAP WAS GETTING STUCK OR OFF CENTER, SO I WOULD READJUST AND PUSH IT TIGHT. THEN ONE DAY, THE ADJUSTER SNAPPED OFF ON THE LEFT SIDE (WHEN STARING AT THE SEAT FROM THE FRONT) AND IT SLICED MY ...

I WAS INSTALLING CAR SEATS AND WANTED TO INSTALL MY SUNSHINE KID'S RADIAN XTSL (DOM 01/2010) TO REPLACE ANOTHER SEAT THAT IS EXPIRING SOON. IT'S INSTALLED IN THE CENTER REAR-FACING, AND I WAS SITTING IN THE SEAT BESIDE IT. WHEN I TIGHTENED THE HARNESS I MUST HAVE PULLED THE STRAP AT AN ANGLE. IT E...

I HAVE EXPERIENCED WHAT MAY BE A DESIGN FLAW IN THE FORMERLY SUNSHINE KIDS NOW DIONO BRANDED CHILDREN'S CAR SEATS IN WHICH IT IS SO HARD TO TIGHTEN THE STRAPS THAT SECURE THE CHILD IN THE CAR SEAT THAT MANY PARENTS ARE LIKELY TO END UP LEAVING THEIR CHILDREN TOO LOOSE FOR THE KIDS TO BE PROPERLY PRO...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A RADIANXT 19500 CONVERTIBLE CHILD RESTRAINT SEAT, MANUFACTURED JUNE 17, 2011. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STRAPS ON THE CHILD SEAT COULD NOT BE SECURED. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH THE MANUFACTURER AND WAS ADVISED TO INSTALL SMALLER STRAPS ON THE CHILD SEAT. THE CONTACT FOLLOWED THE...

I AM HAVING LATCH BUCKLE LOOSENING ON MY REAR FACING RADIAN XTSL IN MY HONDA ODYSSEY. THE PROBLEM OCCURS NO MATTER WHAT, NOTHING SEEMS TO KEEP IT FROM HAPPENING. IT JUST LOOSENS OVER A SHORT TIME (DAY OF DRIVING). *TR

THE CROTCH BUCKLE SEPARATED. CONTACTED THE COMPANY. THEY ARE MAILING OUT A NEW ONE. *TR

I AM A CERTIFIED CPS TECHNICIAN, SO I KNOW A FAIR BIT ABOUT INSTALLING CHILD SAFETY SEATS CORRECTLY. MY NEIGHBOR RECENTLY ASKED ME IF HE COULD BORROW A CHILD SEAT FOR HIS IN-LAWS' VISIT. I HAD AN EXTRA SEAT THAT I OFFERED TO INSTALL IN HIS CAR - A 2006 SUBARU OUTBACK. THE SEAT WAS A NEW (LESS THA...

MY BRAND NEW CAR SEAT (RADIAN XTSL) HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE HARNESS SLIPPING AND BECOMING LOOSE. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD (SEAT IS ABOUT 2 WEEKS OLD) WHEN MY 10YR SITTING NEXT TO MY LITTLE ONE ASKED WHY HIS HARNESS WAS SO LOOSE. I HAD CHECKED THE SEAT WHEN I BUCKLED THE LITTLE GUY IN ABOUT A MIL...

WHILE RIDING REAR-FACING IN HER CAR SEAT, MY DAUGHTER PUT HER FOOT OVER THE SIDE OF THE SEAT AND ACCIDENTALLY KICKED THE TILT-RELEASE MECHANISM ON THE LATCH STRAP, CAUSING THE STRAP TO LOOSEN SEVERAL INCHES. I AM A CPST, AND I AM CERTAIN THE SEAT WAS INSTALLED TIGHTLY AND CORRECTLY BEFORE SHE KICKED...

SUNSHINE KIDS / DIONO RADIAN XT SL RADIAN XTSL CAR SEAT PART NUMBER 19568 67726195688 SLIDING HEADREST INTERFERES WITH THE SHOULDER HARNESS IN THE TOP SLOTS. THERE IS NO LOCKING MECHANISM TO PROPERLY SECURE IT IN PLACE. WHEN I HEADREST UP TO UPPERMOST POSITION, ROAD VIBRATION WIGGLES IT BACK...

I OWN 5 SUNSHINE KIDS RADIAN XTSL SEATS. ALL OF THEM HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. THE COMPANY HAS NOT ADDRESSED THIS ISSUE THROUGH A RECALL OR EVEN A MENTION OF IT ON THEIR WEBSITE. ALL OF THE CARSEATS BECOME LOOSE AFTER PROPER INSTALLATION. THE BELT THAT IS USED TO TIGHTEN THE SEAT HAS A FAULTY MECHA...

THERE WAS NO SPECIFIC INCIDENT; THE PROBLEM RECURS SPONTANEOUSLY, WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE SUPER LATCH BELT LOOSENS SIGNIFICANTLY ON ITS OWN AFTER BEING CORRECTLY AND TIGHTLY INSTALLED. IT HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES WHILE INSTALLED REAR-FACING IN TWO DIFFERENT CARS. REINSTALLATI...

THE FASTENING STRAP ON OUR CAR SEAT THAT LOCKS THE SEAT BELT IN THE TIGHTENED POSITION DOESN'T ALWAYS LOCK. I NOTICED THAT MY DAUGHTER HAS BEEN ABLE TO LOWER THE CHEST CLIP AND PULL HER ARMS OUT AS WELL AS LOOSEN THE STRAPS WHILE WE ARE DRIVING. *TR

SUPERLATCH LOOSENING IMMEDIATELY AFTER INSTALLATION, EVERY TIME. HARNESS STRAPS SLIPPING AND BECOMING LOOSE/ADJUSTER PLATE NOT LOCKING PROPERLY APPROXIMATELY 50% OF THE TIME. DISCONTINUED USE OF CAR SEAT DUE TO LACK OF SAFETY. (RELATED VEHICLE INFORMATION: MODEL YEAR=2004, MAKE=HONDA, MODEL=PILOT...

SUPERLATCH LOOSENING IMMEDIATELY AFTER INSTALLATION, EVERY TIME. HARNESS STRAPS SLIPPING AND BECOMING LOOSE/ADJUSTER PLATE NOT LOCKING PROPERLY APPROXIMATELY 50% OF THE TIME. DISCONTINUED USE OF CAR SEAT DUE TO LACK OF SAFETY. (RELATED VEHICLE INFORMATION: MODEL YEAR=2004, MAKE=HONDA, MODEL=PILOT...

MY TWO-YEAR-OLD SON RIDES REAR-FACING IN HIS SUNSHINE KIDS RADIAN XTSL, INSTALLED WITH SUPERLATCH AND THE REAR-FACING TETHER. I AM A CERTIFIED CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY TECHNICIAN, SO I KNOW THE INSTALLATION WAS CORRECT. WHEN MY SON PLACES HIS FOOT ON THE TILT LOCK MECHANISM OF THE SUPERLATCH, IT SIG...

WE HAVE A RADIAN XTSL CHILD SAFETY SEAT FOR OUR CHILD. IT IS INSTALLED IN THE SECOND ROW CAPTAIN'S CHAIR OF OUR 2007 HONDA ODYSSEY. THE SEAT IS TIGHTENED APPROPRIATELY AND INSTALLED CORRECTLY. THE LATCH BELT LOOSENS ITSELF IN DAILY USE. WE HAVE NOTICED IT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TIMES AND NOW CHECK...

SUNSHINE RADIAN 80XTSL SUPERLATCH INSTALLATION BECOMES LOOSE (BY INCHES) AFTER A PROPER AND TIGHT INSTALLATION ANYTIME ONE OF THE KIDS' FEET TOUCHES THE TOP OF THE TIGHTENING BELT MECHANISM. IF I PUSH DOWN WITH JUST ONE FINGER, IT WILL LOOSEN ON IT'S OWN ALSO. THIS HAS OCCURRED ALMOST DAILY WHEN USI...

SUNSHINE RADIAN 80XTSL SUPERLATCH INSTALLATION BECOMES LOOSE (BY INCHES) AFTER A PROPER AND TIGHT INSTALLATION ANYTIME ONE OF THE KIDS' FEET TOUCHES THE TOP OF THE TIGHTENING BELT MECHANISM. IF I PUSH DOWN WITH JUST ONE FINGER, IT WILL LOOSEN ON IT'S OWN ALSO. THIS HAS OCCURRED ALMOST DAILY WHEN USI...

THE LOWER ANCHOR STRAP ON MY SON'S SUNSHINE KIDS RADIAN XTSL SPONTANEOUSLY LOOSENED WITH NO PRESSURE ON THE RELEASE BUTTON OR LOCKING DEVICE. AS A CPST, I CHECK THE INSTALLATION DAILY, SO I KNOW THIS HAD BEEN A ROCK SOLID INSTALLATION AND THE LOCKING DEVICE WAS PROPERLY ALIGNED ON THE SHELL OF THE ...

THE HEADWINGS LOWERED TO THE LOWEST POSITION ON THEIR OWN. AFTER REMOVING THE SEAT FROM THE CAR TO ADJUST THE HARNESS STRAPS, I MOVED THE HEADWINGS UP TO THE HIGHEST POSITION IN ORDER TO ADJUST THE HARNESS HEIGHT. I WALKED AWAY FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES TO EAT LUNCH WITH THE REST OF MY FAMILY (ME...

SUNSHINE KIDS RADIAN XTSL CARSEAT WITH SUPERLATCH SYSTEM, PURCHASED ON MAY 11, 2011, BECOMES LOOSE AFTER SEVERAL DAYS OF NORMAL USAGE EVEN THOUGH PROPERLY INSTALLED TO START. THE SEAT WAS MANUFACTURER'S IN CHINA NOVEMBER 2010, MODEL US19500, SERIAL # 111001985 04329. THE SEAT IS INSTALLED IN A 200...

SUNSHINE KIDS RADIAN XTSL INSTALLED REAR FACING IN 2006 CHEVY EQUINOX. SOLID INSTALL WITH SUPERLATCH SYSTEM, BARELY 1/4 INCH OF MOVEMENT AT THE BELT PATH, HOWEVER UPON WIGGLING THE SHOULDER AREA OF THE SEAT WITH MINIMAL PRESSURE, THE SUPERLATCH LOOSENED DRAMATICALLY AND THE SEAT WAS NO LONGER SECURE...

I INSTALLED A SUNSHINE KIDS RADIAN XTSL IN MY 2006 CHEVY EQUINOX REAR-FACING CENTER USING THE LATCH SYSTEM/REAR FACING TETHER. A WEEK OR SO AFTER INSTALLING, AS MY DAUGHTER GOT IN THE CAR, I NOTICED THAT THE LATCH STRAP HAD LOOSENED SIGNIFICANTLY AND THAT THE SEAT WAS NO LONGER IN TIGHTLY. I TOOK MY...

RADIAN XTSL BY SUNSHINE KIDS....SUPER LATCH MECHANISM COMING LOOSE VERY EASILY BY 2 1/2 YEAR OLD. (RELATED VEHICLE INFORMATION: MODEL YEAR=2007, MAKE=MERCEDES, MODEL=R CLASS). *TR

SUNSHINE KIDS RADIAN SUPER LATCH DEFECT. IT IS INSTALLED PROPERLY AND COMES LOOSE VERY EASILY! MY 20 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER DID IT WITH HER FOOT WITHOUT ME KNOWING IT! (RELATED VEHICLE INFORMATION: MODEL YEAR=2010, MAKE=GMC, MODEL=TERRAIN). *TR

OUR SUNSHINE KIDS RADIAN XTSL IS NOT HOLDING AT THE POINT OF SUPERLATCH AS IT SHOULD. AFTER CONFIRMING WE HAVE A TIGHT INSTALL, JUST A TOUCH, KNOCK, NICK, ANYTHING TO THE RELEASE TAB WILL LOOSEN THE STRAP TO THE POINT OF THE SEAT TIPPING. SEVERAL TIMES I HAVE GONE TO TAKE MY SON OUT OF HIS SEAT AN...

RADIAN XTSL SUPER LATCH STRAP APPEARS TIGHT (ROCK SOLID INSTALL THAT CAN SHAKE THE CAR) UNTIL MY 34 LB SON SITS IN THE SEAT AND THE STRAP THEN BECOMES SO LOOSE YOU CAN RELEASE IT WITH YOUR PINKY! (RELATED VEHICLE INFORMATION: MODEL YEAR=2005, MAKE=FOCUS, MODEL=FORD). *TR

MY DAUGHTER WAS RIDING REAR FACING IN HER SUNSHINE KIDS RADIAN 80XTSL. WHEN I LOOKED BACK IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR I NOTICED THAT SHE WAS WIGGLING HER FOOT ON THE LATCH BUCKLE, AND ASKED HE TO STOP. WHEN WE PULLED INTO A PARKING SPACE AND I WENT TO TAKE HER OUT OF HER SEAT I NOTICED THAT SHE HAD ACTU...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A SUNSHINE KIDS RADIAN XTSL CHILD SEAT, MODEL NUMBER 19500, MANUFACTURED IN SEPTEMBER 2010. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SUPER LATCH WOULD BECOME LOOSE DUE TO THE INFANT KICKING THE BUCKLE SINCE SHE WAS REAR FACING. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE CONTACT DID NOT RETURN THE SAFETY S...