RECARO Child Safety, LLC
1600 Harmon Road
Auburn Hills, MI 48326
1-888-9RECARO or [email protected]
IMPORTANT SAFETY RECALL
Dear Valued RECARO ProSPORT Owner,
This notice is in accordance with the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act. RECARO Child
Safety, LLC has determined that the RECARO ProSPORT child restraints manufactured from June 16th, 2010 to
January 31st, 2013 fail to conform to Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 571.213 Child Restraint
Systems. Our records indicate that you have either submitted registration for, or contacted our customer
service team, regarding a ProSPORT manufactured in this period.
The ProSPORT failed to meet required head excursion limits set forth by the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration (NHTSA) when tested with a 52 pound, 6-year old dummy and installed with a LATCH
belt only, no top tether. Not using the top tether could result in an increased risk of head impact in the event
of a crash and also contradicts the ProSPORT instruction manual that came with your child restraint.
In this repair kit, you will find a label, instructions on how to affix the label, and a new instruction
manual to repair your child restraint. The label and instruction manual advise you not only to ALWAYS use the
top tether when using the ProSPORT with a 5-point harness, but also to discontinue using the lower
anchors/LATCH strap when your child reaches 40 pounds. The combined weight of your child and the
ProSPORT should not exceed 65 pounds when using lower anchors, as newly required by NHTSA in the FMVSS
213 standard for seats manufactured after February 27th, 2014. Discontinuing the use of LATCH when your
child reaches 40 pounds updates your older ProSPORT to the new 2014 FMVSS 213 standard, and eliminates
the risk posed by installation with LATCH belt only, no tether.
If you have any questions regarding the recall or this repair kit, please email [email protected] or
call our customer service team at 1-888-9RECARO.
If you would like to submit a complaint to the Administrator at the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, you can reach them by mail at 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE., Washington, DC 20590, by phone at
1-888-327-4236, or via the web at http://www.safercar.gov.
Sincerely,
RECARO Child Safety, LLC