The National Consumer Organization (OCU) has warned of certain security problems in two Recaro brand car seat models: the Zero 1 model and the Recaro Optia model.
If the chairs that your children use are of this brand, check if the model you have belongs to any of the advertised ones, and if so, inform the manufacturer, because it is carrying out a free replacement program of the affected chairs.
Model Recaro Optia
As Recaro reports on its website, "in the dynamic tests performed as part of the comparative tests by Stiftung Warentest, This chair model has been separated from the Isofix base"For this reason," the company has decided to stop deliveries of Recaro Optia and no longer allow its commercialization. "
Consumers with this chair model should contact the manufacturer to replace it with other models in the range. Recaro Optia belongs to Group 1 (from 9 to 18 kg) and is installed in the vehicle in front of the gear.
Model Recaro Zero.1
On the other hand, and as indicated on the manufacturer's website, the Zero.1 model also it has failures in some of its units: "In the affected chairs, the harness straps that hold the baby can loosen under certain conditions. This can lead to a safety dysfunction if the chair is used installed in the direction of travel."
This loss of harness tension It is attributed to an error in the production of harness tensioners, so, as in the previous case, the brand undertakes to replace the affected chairs for free, alerting the consumer that "until the receipt of the model of replacement, the old chair can only be used installed in the opposite direction of travel - that is, oriented backwards ".
